Mercy Fall were an American rock band from Flagstaff,

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, active from 2002 to 2008. They released one album, '' For the Taken'', in 2006. Members of the band have gone on to form the bands Corvo Radio and Citizen Media.

History

After recording a series of

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, the band was signed to

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in August 2004. After signing with Atlantic, they headed to

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, where they spent the spring of 2005 in the studio, with producer

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, P.O.D.). The band's debut album, ''For the Taken'', was produced by Benson. The first single, ''"I Got Life"'', reached #36 on ''

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chart. After the album's release, the band spent the summer of 2006 opening for

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on the

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tour. On December 12, 2007 it was announced that lead singer Nate Stone had left Mercy Fall to pursue

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. The remaining members of Mercy Fall went on to form the band Corvo Radio. Members of Mercy Fall have come back together to form a new band, Citizen Media. Members are Nate Stone, Kieran Smiley, Jeff Lusby, and Michael Bielecki. It was announced the band had been in the studio working on an album called ''Transmission'' but the album has not been released as the band is in an unknown hiatus or breakup.

Discography

References

External links

Official website

Mercy Fall
at MySpace * {{AllMusic, class=artist, id=p782962
Citizen Media
Rock music groups from Arizona People from Flagstaff, Arizona