So that was probably his biggest reason for sort of it taking a long time that way.” He wanted to use something totally different because he wants the songs to be not only different from other songs but different from what we’ve done in the past. “So while maybe there’s a certain melody that comes to mind right away, he didn’t want to necessarily use that melody. “The main thing was we’re trying to write songs we haven’t written before - not just write songs he hadn’t written before, but also write something in a different vein than what he’s written before,” Loeffler said. Several factors made the project moreĭemanding than previous albums - beginning with the songwriting, which is handled by Loeffler’s brother, singer-guitarist Pete Loeffler. Getting new dimensions into rockers' music, though, proved challenging when it came to “The North Corridor,” the album that arrived earlier this month. The next four albums, “Vena Sera” (2007), “Sci-Fi Crimes” (2009), “Hats Off to the Bull” and “La Gargola,” didn’t match those sales, but they performed respectably, each selling several hundred thousand copies while adding several more top 10 rock radio hits to Chevelle’s resume and each reflecting the band's desire to push forward musically. “We see a lot more younger people, people that didn’t start out with us or even start out in the last two records, people that just found this ('La Gargola') record or found (the 2011 album) ‘Hats Off to the Bull.’ … So I definitely think these records are connecting with a new audience. “Probably the best way that we see that happening is at our live shows,” he said in phone interview earlier this month. Loeffler says the group is still gradually growing its audience, and with a healthy cache of top 10 rock hits in its arsenal, is enjoying the kind of reliable success that should be sustainable for years to come. 1 single on Billboard's mainstream rock chart. 3) of any of its releases and produced “Take Out the Gunman,” a No. Still, drummer Sam Loeffler isn’t complaining about where Chevelle's career stands after two decades and eight albums. The band's previous album, 2014’s “La Gargola,” had the highest chart debut (No. The Chicago trio hasn’t had multiple platinum albums of bands like Disturbed or Shinedown and doesn’t headline amphitheaters and arenas. Chevelle usually isn't considered one of the top acts in hard rock.
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