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Straight out of Nashville’s bourgeoning rock scene (Paramore, Red, Kings of Leon) comes FRAMING HANLEY.
FRAMING HANLEY started their journey as EMBERS FADE out of White House, TN where high school friends, drummer Chris
Vest & bassist Luke McDuffee met future vocalist Kenneth Nixon at Volunteer State Community College. The trio came
together to jam, then recruited guitarist (and part time barista) Brandon Wootten to join the band. “We started practicing
in Chris’ parents’ garage, and then worked our way down to their basement,” Brandon jokingly recalls. Despite their
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Straight out of Nashville’s bourgeoning rock scene (Paramore, Red, Kings of Leon) comes FRAMING HANLEY.
FRAMING HANLEY started their journey as EMBERS FADE out of White House, TN where high school friends, drummer Chris
Vest & bassist Luke McDuffee met future vocalist Kenneth Nixon at Volunteer State Community College. The trio came
together to jam, then recruited guitarist (and part time barista) Brandon Wootten to join the band. “We started practicing
in Chris’ parents’ garage, and then worked our way down to their basement,” Brandon jokingly recalls. Despite their
humble beginnings, the combination of Nixon’s smooth vocals and commanding stage presence, Luke and Brandon’s
searing riffs and Chris’ driving rhythms quickly moved the band to the very top of their local rock scene.
Chris then ventured out and contacted former Creed bassist & Dark New Day front man, Brett Hestla. On the strength of
their 5 song EP “With October Came the Fall”, Brett agreed to record two tracks with the band in November 2006. “I had
the chorus to ‘Hear Me Now’ in my head when we arrived in Orlando to record” remembers Nixon, fondly. “But working with
Brett is what helped us realize our potential as song writers.”
In January 2007, Jeff Hanson (manager Creed / Paramore / Sevendust) and his business partner, Rick Schmidt (former
radio programmer of DC101 / 98ROCK Tampa) heard the first demo of ‘Hear Me Now’ and immediately signed the band to
their new indie label Silent Majority Group. “Radio was my background for 20 years and I knew that Hear Me Now was a
very special song; and Jeff has helped develop a number of very successful artists and there was no question in his mind
that the band was capable of great things” says Schmidt.
With the new year also came a new name, and FRAMING HANLEY was born. The “Hanley” in the band’s name is a tribute to
a friend, Ashley Hanley, who died tragically in a car accident in October 2006. “Ashley was our biggest fan. She was a
tireless promoter of our music and she was an anchor for us emotionally. She was a best friend to the band,” said Nixon.
The start of 2007 brought a new record deal and Framing Hanley wrote and recorded their debut release “The Moment” in
just 6 weeks. In March of 2007 “Hear Me Now” was already on numerous radio stations and Silent Majority Group
subsequently released an independent version of “The Moment” in May. By June, on the strength of the song and the new
album, Silent Majority Group entered into a distribution agreement with Warner’s Independent Label Group. “The Moment”
was released nationally on August 7 and immediately the band joined a tour with Evans Blue and Fair to Midland, followed
by multiple radio shows and fall tour with Trapt, Saving Abel, and Fuel.
Framing Hanley wrapped 2007 with the most played song of the year (Hear Me Now) on Sirius Octane and garnered airplay
on over 50 radio stations across the nation, breaking into the top 40 on the active rock charts.
The successful ride continues in 2008 with the 2nd single “Built for Sin” off “The Moment” released and a lengthy tour with
Tantric. National publications started to take notice. Guitarist Ryan Belcher joined Framing Hanley replacing Tim
Huskinson. “Ryan came in and had big shoes to fill. After only a couple of hours of jamming with him for the first time
though, we knew we found what we needed and were looking for,” Nixon says. The band began writing new material and
recorded a cover of Lil Wayne’s smash “Lollipop”.
Less than 24 hours after the final mix of “Lollipop” was complete, it began airing on the Westwood One syndicated show
Skratch N Sniff in major US markets. As Nixon puts it, “If you would’ve told me the day I suggested covering ‘Lollipop’ that
we would end up shooting a video for it…or even pushing it at radio as a single, I would’ve laughed and told you you’re
crazy. It was already an incredible song, and we put our spin on it and created something that seemingly caught on and
people seemed to enjoy. I just hope we make Lil Wayne proud.”
Lollipop was released to radio in October and added to the November 18th re-release of The Moment which includes the
Lollipop bonus track and video. Over 130 radio stations have added into rotation in Alternative, Active, Mainstream and Top
40. The song and CD has charted on Billboard and ranked highly in ITunes.
Lollipop went Digital Gold in June 2009 (over 500,000 copies sold).
The band has been touring non stop since November with headline shows and also supporting Theory of a Deadman, Hinder,
Hollywood Undead, Red Jumpsuit Apparatus and several major radio shows including ROCK ON THE RANGE 2009.
As of now, Framing Hanley has left their label and started a Kickstarter account with a pledge of $40,000 for their third
album due by July 14th, 2012. The project was a success with 151% of the proceedings met. Production has begun on
their new album.
InstrumentationNixon - vocalsRyan - guitarBrandon - guitarLuke - bassChris - drums
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