Artist:Howie Day
Song:Collide
Album:Stop All the World: Special Edition
The 2004 top 20 hit Collide is the only chart single for singer songwriter Howie Day. He last recorded for his own label in 2015. So it seems unlikely that he will have that kind of success again. He was born Jan. 15, 1981 in Bangor, ME. Day took piano lessons as a child. At age 13, Day's father bought him a Fender Stratocaster and enrolled him in vocal lessons. His parents owned a restaurant so he performed there and in the band Route 66. Booking agent Shawn Radley spotted Day opening for Ziggy Marley at the University of Maine. He became Day's manager and sent him on tour in 1998. A couple of demos got Day a showcase at the National Association of Campus Activities convention. This got him college bookings across the US. Day recorded a cover of The Beatles' Help for the soundtrack of the 2001 film I Am Sam. Day self released his 2000 debut album Australia. He wrote and produced it. This got him a record deal with Epic Recotds. While they re-released Australia, Day went to England to record the 2004 album Stop All the World. He hired a band with Jay Clifford of Jump, Little Children on guitar, Les Hall of 70 Volt Parade on keyboards, Simon Jones of The Verve on bass and Laurie Jenkins on drums. Martin "Youth" Glover produced. He was Killing Joke's bassist and had success producing The Verve. Day wrote all the songs with either Clifford or Better Than Ezra lead singer Kevin Griffin. The album was not well received by critics and sales were sluggish at first. But after Collide was featured in TV shows like Scrubs, One Tree Hill and Third Watch, the song got radio play and reached #20 on the Billboard Hot 100. The album was certified Gold. This Special Edition of Stop All the World has four bonus tracks including an acoustic version of Collide. It's available as a budget CD. The main criticism of Stop All the World was that it was too slick compared to Australia. So after touring and taking a break, Day recorded the album Sound the Alarm. It was supposed to be released in 2008. But I guess Epic didn't like it so the release was delayed until 2009. It looks like the promotion budget was cut. The album did not sell and Day left Epic. He released the 2015 album Lanterns which was financed through PledgeMusic. He was charged twice for assaulting a girlfriend in 2019. He pled not guilty but there has been no trial yet. Recently Day has performed on his Cameo account to make a few bucks. He is also performing live shows soon. But I don't see anything about new music. He may not want to be famous again. Here's the video for Collide by Howie Day.
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