A Long Lifehouse Madlib
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Teenage angst takes on a Life(house) of its own
Original source: http://www.sbsun.com/living/ci_10571628
Not that long ago, singer/songwriter Jason Wade was a typical teenager caught between his parents and their painful divorce. But instead of trying to ease his teenage angst with destructive behavior, he said he turned to something positive.
The lead vocalist and of the rock group Lifehouse found solace in music, which turned out to be a saving in ways that surprised even .
"I started songs more out of desperation and to express the I was feeling," said Wade, who will with Lifehouse at 8 p.m. Sunday at the Los Angeles County . "It was therapy. But people started to the songs and really connecting with the . Things kind of just into place."
Prior to discovering his talent for song at the age of 15, Wade said he wasn't all that into music. His mother played the and he mostly listened to her. It wasn't until he his own band that he discovered artists such as Pearl Jam, Nirvana, The Beatles and Simon and .
on those inspirations, Wade's songwriting blossomed. He his first recording contract with Dreamworks in 2000. He said the label wanted him to be a act but he insisted on being part of a . "I wasn't comfortable with being on stage ," said Wade, 28. "I've always liked playing and traveling with ."
Record execs at Dreamworks agreed to give Wade what he wanted and started a search for . After several, Wade and the label decided on Rick Woolstenhulme, 29. And after several changes, bass player , 28, joined the band in .
Lifehouse released its first CD, "No Face," in 2000. It was a smash, selling nearly copies. The project produced the No. 1 alternative hit " By a Moment," which became the Top 40's most song in 2000.
The group's success led to opportunities to open for Matchbox , the Goo Goo and The Stones on tour.
"I was so when we were opening for the Stones," said Wade, a native of Camarillo. "I didn't even get to enjoy it because I was overwhelmed and had a lot of . But now, I'm every aspect of it and all the is starting to pay off."
Lifehouse's second release, 2002's "Stanley Climb," didn't fare so well in sales. But the band's third CD, "Life," produced another hit, " and Me." The song spent more than 60 on Billboard's Hot 100 and sold more than 100,000 downloads.
Still, Wade said Lifehouse has only recently discovered its musical with its fourth CD, " We Are." The songs on " We Are" define the band's music as stripped down rock, driven by raw .
Wade wrote or co-wrote all the for the project and the entire collaborated on the production. Among the tracks are: "Disarray," "Whatever It ," "The Joke," "Mesmerized" and "."
"This time around it was not about having any preconceived ," said Wade. "It was about letting the machine roll and getting the music down .
"I'm at a place where it doesn't matter to me what other people . I'm comfortable being and I'm writing from an honest place not thinking about who's going to it."
Lifehouse's newfound must be working. Since the release of " We Are" in June, the CD's third single "Broken" peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart. The music video for the song was by actor Keifer Sutherland and debuted in September on VH1's top 20 down.
Despite Lifehouse's recent , Wade says the most part of the journey is that he and his mates finally have a chance to be what they wanted to be all along - a rock band aimed at touching the of everyone they play for.
"We have really grown into a with its own personality and ," said Wade. "We established camaraderie on the road and . This record who we are, which is why that's the . The sound fits where we're at right now."
Gavin Rossdale, former lead singer and for the post-grunge band Bush, will for Lifehouse. Rossdale, who is married to singer Gwen Stefani, will perform songs from his CD "Wanderlust."
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