Amends (album)

Amends is a remix album by Grey Daze composed of Chester Bennington's vocals from the 90's over newly recorded instrumentals. "What's In The Eye" was released as the first “fan track” from the project on January 17, 2020 and was co-produced by Chris Traynor, Kyle Hoffman and Jay Baumgardner. The first single, "Sickness" featuring Page Hamilton and produced by Pete Nappi, was released on February 6th.[1] The release of the album was postponed from April 10th to June 26th due to the Covid-19 outbreak.[2][3]

Amends
Studio album by
Grey Daze
ReleasedJune 26, 2020
GenreRock
Length37:16
LabelLoma Vista Recordings
Grey Daze chronology
...No Sun Today
(1997)		 Amends
(2020)

Background

Tentatively titled New Sun Tomorrow,[4] the project was started in February 2017[5] when Chester and Sean picked about four songs to recut and sent new guitarist Cristin Davis into the studio to work on them. The album was announced in June by bassist Mace Bayers as a remaster of ...No Sun Today they would be working on with Sylvia Massy.[6] The band had previously tried to release a remastered version of the album through Artemis Records in 2003 but conflicts with lawyers within Linkin Park's label Warner Bros. Records prohibited the release.[7][8] The original versions of Wake Me and ...No Sun Today were also available on iTunes up to 2005 before they were removed.[9][10] Sean said this was due to the label seeing Grey Daze as a "competing product." Linkin Park's discography arrived to the digital store in 2006.[11] The news about the album came with the announcement of a Grey Daze reunion show at the Marquee Theatre in Tempe, AZ.[6] According to Sean, it was Chester's idea to put the band together for a Club Tattoo 20th anniversary party[12] and they had started getting offers to play at festivals all over the world.[10] Jason Barnes, who played guitar on Wake Me, was announced as part of the band's line-up for the show and was seen recording in the studio.[13][14] He was responsible for finding the original masters of the band's debut album. They had just started to strip the masters down and re-track guitars[12] and planned on sending the producer on tour with Linkin Park so Chester could record vocals. The show was canceled and the project was put on hold following his death on July 20th.[15] Members of Grey Daze and Dead By Sunrise/Julien-K teamed up for a special acoustic performance on September 2nd at the Saxe Theater in Las Vegas in honor of Chester. "The Down Syndrome" and two Dead By Sunrise songs were performed with Ryan Shuck on vocals.[16][17]

Writing and Recording

Grey Daze was given permission by Chester's widow, Talinda, to continue working on the project granted that they didn't change Chester's voice. In late December, Sylvia confirmed the sessions would be resumed. According to her, the music would be modernized for the current market using master tapes recorded in the late nineties.[18] However, the band did not move forward with her[12] and Jason Barnes was absent from the project after 2017. Originally planning to fund the project by himself and release it on iTunes, Sean was encouraged by Rene Mata to make it something special for Chester's fans with a wide release and helped connect him with producer Jay Baumgardner. The band then reached out to former Warner Bros. Records executive Tom Whalley to release the album through his Loma Vista Recordings.[19] Once they started working on it again, they decided we to start over, strip all the songs down and start from scratch. Sean said, "We reverse engineered a lot of the music. We took all the music away, we kept the vocal track and the lyrics that was there - that was all Chester. We kept the integrity and the intention of all of the vocals, intact from its original inception. We actually rewrote all of the music to every single song from the ground up."[20] They worked on Chester's vocals for 2 months before working on the music. Writing the instrumentals took about a year and half and recording took almost another year and a half.[21] Besides Chester's original vocals from Wake Me and ...No Sun Today, previously unreleased alternate takes were also used on the songs.[22][23] They worked at Salt Mine Studios and NRG Recording Studios with several musician friends of Chester or artists that he loved which included Ryan Shuck (Julien-K), Marcos Curiel (P.O.D.), Jaime Bennington (Chester’s son), Chris Traynor (Bush), Brian “Head” Welch and James "Munky" Shaffer (Korn),[24] LP (Laura Pergolizzi), Carston Dowdell and Brennen Brochard (Sean's sons), Heidi Gadd,[25] Carah Faye (Shiny Toy Guns), Jasen Rauch (Breaking Benjamin)[12] and Pete Nappi (Ocean Park Standoff).[26] They also had Esjay Jones and Lucas D'Angelo (Betraying The Martyrs) in the production team.[27] On June 9, 2019, Grey Daze confirmed they had wrapped up the project[28] and by August they had mixed the album.[29] Draven Bennington was also asked to sing on the album but declined because it was difficult for him to listen to his father's voice at the time.[30] The album title was taken from the lyrics of "Morei Sky". Sean said, "After Chester passed, being a close friend, you carry this amount of guilt, like, ‘What did I miss? What did I not see? How could I have let this happen to my friend? How could I have prevented this?’ You go through these emotional roller coasters. And then you read those lyrics and go, ‘How the fuck did I not see he was in such a dark place?’ It’s one of those things where it sheds a little bit more light onto who he was deep down and the thoughts that went through his mind." According to him, they have enough material for one or two additional Grey Daze albums which might be released if Amends gets a good response. Some proceeds from the sales will benefit Talinda's 320 Changes Direction and other portions of the proceeds have been allocated for Chester's kids.

Compositon

Release

Tracklist

All tracks are written by Grey Daze. [31].

No.TitleLength
1."Sickness (Amends Version)"2:52
2."Sometimes (Amends Version)"3:27
3."What's in the Eye (Amends Version)"3:26
4."The Syndrome"3:50
5."In Time (Amends Version)"3:55
6."Just Like Heroin"3:26
7."B12 (Amends Version)"3:34
8."Soul Song (Amends Version)"4:06
9."Morei Sky (Amends Version)"3:53
10."She Shines (Amends Version)"3:35
11."Shouting Out (Amends Version)"3:20
Total length:37:16
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References
  1. New Music From Grey Daze (Chester Bennington's First Band), January 15, 2020
  2. therealgreydaze on Twitter: "Out of concern for those in need of time w loved ones due to Covid-19, we & our label @LomaVistaRC are postponing Amends release date April 10th to June 26th. We're committed to engaging w fans during this extended period & will be sharing music, videos, memorabilia + more! https://t.co/mkAilFYAW3" / Twitter, March 24, 2020
  3. Grey Daze (Chester Bennington) Move Amends' Release To 6/26 - Rocked, March 24, 2020
  4. Grey Daze on Twitter: "Working on possible album titles and artwork... and it's really good so far! #GreyDaze #ChesterBennington #SeanDowdell #MaceBeyers #NRGstudios https://t.co/2zZ78Y4W4l" / Twitter, October 19, 2018
  5. Grey Daze on Instagram: “Talinda Bennington @talinda320 December 10th, 2019”, December 11, 2019
  6. Grey Daze Reunion Show Announcement - Newswire - Linkin Park Live, June 26, 2017
  7. LINKIN PARK ASSOCIATION CHAT WITH FORMER GREY DAZE DRUMMER SEAN DOWDELL APRIL 15, 2003 @ 8:00 PM, April 15, 2003
  8. There's No Sun Today For The Grey Daze Re-Release | LP Association, August 12, 2003
  9. Help With Grey Daze | LP Association Forums, August 20, 2005
  10. Chester By His Friends Grey Daze, March 11, 2020
  11. Linkin Park Catalog, Exclusive Bonus Tracks & Digital Booklets Now Available on the iTunes Music Store - Apple, August 29, 2006
  12. Grey Daze's Sean Dowdell Remembers Chester Bennington | SPIN, February 12, 2020
  13. Grey Daze on Twitter: "Guitarist Jason Barnes w/ producer Sylvia Massy - @xsylvianq in the studio, recording guitar tracks. 🎸🎸🎸 #GreyDaze #SylviaMassy #JasonBarnes https://t.co/ZzDzB7k9ew" / Twitter, July 02, 2017
  14. Grey Daze no Twitter: "Recording session with Jason Barnes & Sylvia Massy. 🎸🎸🎸 #GreyDaze #NoSunToday #Sickness https://t.co/xEICg1dJju" / Twitter, July 07, 2017
  15. Sylvia Massy - RIP Chester Bennington - with Sean Sean..., July 20, 2017
  16. Grey Daze & Julien-K Team-Up For Chester Tribute Show - Newswire - Linkin Park Live, August 11, 2017
  17. GD + JK: 2017.09.02 - Las Vegas, Nevada (Chester Tribute) - Newswire - Linkin Park Live, September 02, 2017
  18. Sylvia Massy » Chester Bennington/Grey Daze Project Underway, December 29, 2017
  19. Grey Daze on Instagram: “Grey Daze December 13th, 2019 This letter is missing an important piece. We could not have done this without our Chester and ours close…”, December 14, 2019
  20. EXCLUSIVE: Grey Daze on the Making of 'Sickness' and Honoring Chester Bennington | KISW, Februar 06, 2020
  21. Chester Bennington's Vocals Rise Again on the New Grey Daze Album Amends | Phoenix New Times, June 17, 2020
  22. Grey Daze - "What's In The Eye" Release - Newswire - Linkin Park Live, January 15, 2020
  23. INTERVIEW: MACE BEYERS from GREY DAZE - March 2020 | 100% ROCK MAGAZINE : 100% ROCK MAGAZINE, March 11, 2020
  24. News Roundup: Grey Daze Update - Newswire - Linkin Park Live, February 19, 2019
  25. Chester Bennington’s debut band – Grey Daze – announces new album & releases new single “Sickness” – Rock Your Lyrics, February 07, 2020
  26. Grey Daze on Twitter: "If you’ve wondered about how the song “Sickness” came together, check out this clip with Grey Daze band members & producer @PeteNappi breaking down the process. https://t.co/A2BDONMlQW" / Twitter
  27. PROJECTS | production
  28. Grey Daze Wraps Up Album Project - Newswire - Linkin Park Live, June 9, 2019
  29. Grey Daze Album Coming In April 2020 - Newswire - Linkin Park Live, November 18, 2019
  30. Grey Daze on Instagram: “We received these letters of support from Chester’s son @dravenbstudios and his mom @samanthabennington just a few short weeks ago. We are…”, February 05, 2020
  31. https://genius.com/albums/Grey-daze/Amends
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