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Acceptance was an alternative rock band from Seattle, Washington, formed in 1998. They released their first EP, Lost for Words, in 2000, followed by Black Lines to Battlefields in 2003 (this EP was also re-released with live bonus tracks). Their only album, Phantoms, was released in 2005.
History The band toured nationally and shared stages with the likes of The Juliana Theory, Anberlin, Finch, Further Seems Forever, and Seether as well as performing successfully on the Warped Tour and Cornerstone Festival. When the band's debut record, Lost For Words came out on Seattle indie, Rocketstar Records, and quickly approached the 5000 sales mark, the industry at large began taking notice. When the band recorded a new 5-song demo with Aaron Sprinkle, this industry interest turned into serious courting by several major labels. After putting a professional management team in place to help determine the band's course of action, the band made the decision to release the Black Lines To Battlefields EP, produced by Aaron Sprinkle on The Militia Group who had been a long-time supporter of the band. Acceptance later signed to the larger Columbia Records and released their debut album Phantoms in 2005, again produced by Aaron Sprinkle. The album was one of many included in the Sony rootkit controversy due to its inclusion of the Extended Copy Protection software. Acceptance broke up in the summer of 2006. Former guitarist Christian McAlhaney posted the following message on their site: At the time of the band's breakup, they had already written and demoed songs for a new album. As a "going away" for fans, the band put the demo for "Not Afraid" up on their Myspace page for download. Post breakup - Kaylan Cloyd has joined Ryan Van Wieringen and Bobby Darling of Gatsbys American Dream to form Search/Rescue. The band released their debut album, titled The Compound, in Japan in late 2007 with a US release in early 2008 on Eyeball Records.[1]
- Christian McAlhaney currently plays guitar in Anberlin
- Nick Radovanovic, Christian McAlhaney, and Kyle Flynn started a band called Thunder Thunder with Jerrod Bettis. Their current status is unknown due to McAlhaney's commitment with Anberlin.
- Kyle Flynn currently resides in Los Angeles, CA and is working on a script with his brother Kevin Flynn for Warner Bros. Pictures. It has recently been announced that he will be touring with Anberlin.
- Jason Vena has retreated from the limelight, and is currently working for his family's business in Mercer Island, Washington.
- On May 30 Nick Radovanovic posted a remixed version of the song "So Contagious" on Acceptance's Myspace page
- Drummer Jerrod Bettis (Faster Avenue, OneRepublic) has joined Search/Rescue with ex-Acceptance members Kaylan Cloyd, and Ryan Zweifelhofer.
- On Wednesday, September 23, 2009 Nick posted another demo the band had written before their breakup called "Desperate" and also a blog entitled "Hey guys, Nick here" inside the blog it said:
Just wanted to say hi to everyone and to let you know im throwing up an old acceptance demo we made a while ago titled "desperate". this was during our writing sessions for which was supposed to be our newest record. most of you know we never made it that far. again, this is just a rough demo so bear with the quality. hope you guys like it. take care everyone and thanks for all this support. nickrad - Jason Vena was featured on the new album "Vessels" from Ivoryline on the song "The Healing". Marking it his first major appearance since the breakup.[2]
- Thanks to his extensive experience working the band's myspace page, Ryan Zweifelhofer (bass) is now a social media expert working with some of the most advanced social networks on the face of the earth.
Final lineup Previous members - Peter Pizzuto - drums
- Christopher Camp - bass
- Kyle Flynn keyboards
Discography Albums EPs Singles Video games References External links de:Acceptance
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