Coheed and Cambria
Coheed and Cambria
Coheed and Cambria perform at Central Park in 2005
Background information
Origin
Nyack, New York, USA
Genre(s)
Alternative rock[1][2]
Progressive rock[1][2]
Years active
1995 – present
Label(s)
Sony BMG, Columbia, Equal
Vision
Associated
acts
The Prize Fighter Inferno
Website
coheedandcambria.com
Members
Claudio Sanchez
Travis Stever
Michael Todd
Chris Pennie
Former members
Josh Eppard
Nate Kelley
Jon Carleo
Coheed and Cambria is an American altern-
ative/progressive rock band formed in Nyack,
New York, in 1995.[3] The band was origin-
ally named "Shabütie"; however, the name
was changed to "Coheed and Cambria" when
drummer Nate Kelley departed. The band’s
style
incorporates aspects of progressive
rock, post-grunge, and post-hardcore.[1][2][4]
Coheed and Cambria’s albums are concept
albums that reveal a science fiction storyline
called The Amory Wars, a series of comics
written by lead singer Claudio Sanchez. The
band has released four studio albums, two
live albums, and several special-edition re-
leases, with their latest release being Good
Apollo, I’m Burning Star IV, Volume Two: No
World for Tomorrow in 2007. In 2008, the
band held a series of four-day shows, Never-
ender, at which they played their studio al-
bums in succession. They are currently work-
ing on their fifth studio album which will be a
prequel to the series.
History
Shabütie (1995–2001)
In March 1995, Claudio Sanchez and Travis
Stever’s band Toxic Parents split and togeth-
er with Nate Kelley formed the band Beauti-
ful Loser. The band featured Stever on vocals
and guitar, Sanchez on guitar, Kelley on
drums and Jon Carleo on bass. The group
was short-lived, breaking up by June of that
year over an argument over gas money.[5]
Stever left the band and without him, the
band became a trio, renaming themselves Sh-
abütie,[6] taken from African tribe chants for
"naked prey" in the film Naked Prey.
The band spent nearly a year experiment-
ing with a multitude of different musical
styles, including punk rock, indi