Mêlée (band)

Mêlée
Origin Orange County, California, United States
Genres Emo, pop punk, indie rock, power pop, alternative rock
Years active 2000-2012
Labels Warner Bros. Records
Hopeless Records
Subcity Records
Associated acts Suburban Legends
The Service
Members Ricky Sans
Chris Cron
Ryan Malloy
Derek Lee Rock
Past members Mike Nader
Israel Villanueva
Michael Amico

Mêlée is an American rock band from Orange County in California. Formed in 2000, the band consists of Ricky Sans, Chris Cron, Ryan Malloy and Derek Lee Rock. The group released their debut album Everyday Behavior under Los Angeles-based independent label Subcity Records in 2004.[1] In 2006, they were signed with major record label Warner Bros. Records, and subsequently, in 2007 made their major record label debut Devils & Angels.[2] In 2010, they released their follow up album on Warner titled The Masquerade, released in Japan and digitally in North America.[3]

History

Devils & Angels

The first single, "Built to Last" had international radio success. Peaking at #8 in Austria; #4 in Belgium; #75 in Czech Republic; #58 in Denmark; #6 in Finland; #2 in Germany; #29 in Ireland; #2 in Netherlands; #13 in Norway; #54 in Sweden; #7 in Switzerland; #16 in UK; #1 in Japan; #2 in Indonesia; #12 in Thailand.

"Imitation", the follow up single had international radio success as well. Peaking at #21 in Belgium; #43 in Switzerland; #10 in Singapore; #47 in Netherlands. "Can't Hold On", the third single charted at #97 in Netherlands.

"Biggest Mistake" is featured in the trailer for Disney animated movie, Tangled in 2010.[4] "Stand Up" is featured on the soundtrack for the film Sydney White starring Amanda Bynes 2007.[5] Melee appeared in Where Music Meets Film, a one-hour TV special of the three night live music event at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival, that aired on Fuse in 2008.[6]

The Masquerade

The single "On The Movie Screen" reached #3 on The J-Wave Tokio Hot 100 radio chart.[7]

"The Ballad of You and I" was the iTunes Store free single download of the week on October 5, 2010.[8] "The Ballad of You and I" was featured in promotion ads for NBC The Biggest Loser December, 2010 [9]

Members

Former members

After breakup

Band member Chris Cron appeared in the auditions of season 11 of the American edition of The Voice singing "Never Tear Us Apart from INXS, but failed to turn the chair of any of the four judges Adam Levine, Miley Cyrus, Alicia Keys and Blake Shelton. After the performance, he talked about the success of Mêlée internationally, particularly in Japan and his circumstances after the break up of the band.

Discography

Studio Albums

Year Album Title Chart Positions
US BEL
(Vl)		 GER
 JP NED
 SWI UK
2004 Everyday Behavior – – – – – – –
2007 Devils & Angels – 86 81 18 [10] 26 96 61 [11]
2010 The Masquerade – – – 35 [10] – – –

Extended Plays (EPs)

2000 – An Existential Guide To Love
2001 – Transmission
2002 – Mêlée
2003 – Against the Tide

Singles

Charts
Year Single Peak positions Album
US
 AUT
 BEL
(Vl)
 GER
 JP
 NED
 SWI
 UK
2007 "Built to Last" — 45 30 40 14 36 — Devils & Angels
All singles
Year Title Album
2001 "Francesca" Transmission (EP)
2004 "The War" Everyday Behavior
2007 "Can't Hold On" Devils & Angels
"Built to Last"
2008 "Frequently Baby (She's a Teenage Maniac)"
"Imitation"
2010 "On The Movie Screen" The Masquerade
"The Ballad of You And I"
"Teo Toriatte"

Compilations

Music videos

Melee released several self-made videos for their single "Built to Last" prior to the recording of the official video, produced by the Malloys. All of the videos can be seen on their Youtube page.

References

  1. ↑ "MELEE: Everyday Behavior: Music". Amazon.com. Retrieved 2015-03-04.
  2. ↑ "Melee: Devils & Angels: Music". Amazon.com. Retrieved 2015-03-04.
  3. ↑ "MELEE: THE MASQUERADE +2(ltd.low-price): Music". Amazon.com. Retrieved 2015-03-04.
  4. ↑ "Tangled (2010) : Trailer (Tangled: Trailer #2)". IMDb.com. Retrieved 2015-03-04.
  5. ↑ "Sydney White (2007) : Soundtracks". IMDb.com. Retrieved 2015-03-04.
  6. ↑ "Where Music Meets Film (2008)". IMDb.com. Retrieved 2015-03-04.
  7. ↑ "Google Translate". Translate.google.com. Retrieved 2015-03-04.
  8. ↑ "iTunes Single of the Week Confirmed for Melee - Yahoo Finance". Finance.yahoo.com. 2010-10-06. Retrieved 2015-03-04.
  9. ↑ "Melee's "The Ballad Of You and I" in NBC's The Biggest Loser Video by Melee on Myspace". Myspace.com. Retrieved 2015-03-04.
  10. 1 2 メイレイのCDアルバムランキング、メイレイのプロフィールならオリコン芸能人事典-ORICON STYLE, oricon.co.jp
  11. ↑ "The Official UK Albums Chart for the week ending 9 August 2008", ChartsPlus, Milton Keynes: IQ Ware Ltd (363): 5–8
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