Old Gray was an American
emo
Emo is a rock music genre characterized by emotional, often confessional lyrics. It emerged as a style of and hardcore punk from the Washington D.C. hardcore punk scene, where it was known as emotional hardcore or emocore and pioneered b ...
band from
Hooksett and
Auburn, New Hampshire
Auburn is a town in Rockingham County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 5,946 at the 2020 census, up from 4,953 at the 2010 census.
History
Auburn was originally settled by Native Americans in 1624. It was a fishing settlemen ...
.
History
Old Gray began in 2011. The band was formed by Cameron Boucher, Charlie Singer, Zane McDaniel, and Raphael Bastek. In 2013, Boucher would form punk band
Sorority Noise
Sorority Noise was an American rock band from Hartford, Connecticut. The band consisted of members from the bands Old Gray (Boucher and Singer, and Ackerman), Prawn (McKenna), Small Circle (Boucher, Singer, and Ackerman), and En Route (Singer) ...
in which would later feature Singer. Due to the prominent rise in popularity of Sorority Noise, Old Gray would often have to take long periods of inactivity aside for some one-off shows. Since then, they have released two full-length albums, three EPs, six splits, and two singles. Their debut album, ''An Autobiography'', was released in 2013. Their second full-length album, ''Slow Burn'' was released on December 9, 2016 via Boucher's Flower Girl Records.
In April 2018, the band announced their final shows but cancelled them due to the mental well being of Boucher after a third party claimed they had sexually assaulted a friend of theirs. In December 2018, these claims were refuted in a joint post by both Boucher and the person involved, saying that "they were pressured into making this statement" and that "anything that did occur was not purposeful or malicious."
Members
;Final line-up
*Cameron Boucher - guitar, vocals, bass, and piano
(2011–2018)
*Charlie Singer - drums and spoken word
(2011–2018)
*Adam Ackerman - bass and vocals
(2015–2018)
;Past
*Raphael Bastek - guitar, vocals, bass, and drums
(2011-2014)
*Zane McDaniel - bass
(2011)
Timeline
Discography
Studio albums
*''An Autobiography'' (2013)
*''Slow Burn'' (2016)
EPs
*''Demo'' (2011)
*''Do I Dare Disturb The Universe'' (2011)
*''Everything I Let Go & The Things I Refuse To'' (2012)
*''Dex'' (2015)
Splits
*Old Gray &
The Hundred Acre Woods - An Acoustic Split Among Friends (2011)
*Old Gray / Girl Scouts (2011)
*4-way V-Day split -
The Hundred Acre Woods /
Julia Brown /
Modern Baseball
Modern Baseball (MoBo) was an American emo band from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania consisting of Bren Lukens, Jake Ewald, Sean Huber, and Ian Farmer. The band formed in 2012 at Drexel University and released their first album, ''Sports'', on Lame- ...
/ Old Gray (2013)
*Old Gray /
Tiny Moving Parts
Tiny Moving Parts is an American rock band from Benson, Minnesota. Formed by brothers William and Matthew Chevalier, and their cousin Dylan Mattheisen, the band has released eight studio albums since their 2008 formation in junior high. Their e ...
/
Have Mercy / Unraveler (2013)
*
Dikembe / The Hotel Year /
Modern Baseball
Modern Baseball (MoBo) was an American emo band from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania consisting of Bren Lukens, Jake Ewald, Sean Huber, and Ian Farmer. The band formed in 2012 at Drexel University and released their first album, ''Sports'', on Lame- ...
/ Old Gray /
Empire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate) /
Pentimento
A pentimento (plural pentimenti), in painting, is "the presence or emergence of earlier images, forms, or strokes that have been changed and painted over". The word is , from the verb , meaning 'to repent'.
Significance
Pentimenti may show that ...
(2013)
*Old Gray /
Tiny Moving Parts
Tiny Moving Parts is an American rock band from Benson, Minnesota. Formed by brothers William and Matthew Chevalier, and their cousin Dylan Mattheisen, the band has released eight studio albums since their 2008 formation in junior high. Their e ...
(2014)
Singles
*""I Think I Might Love You" Is An Awfully Long Sentence" (2013)
*"The Artist" (2013)
*"Catharsis" (2011 demo) (2013)
References
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Rock music groups from New Hampshire
American post-hardcore musical groups
American emo musical groups
American screamo musical groups