Vertical Horizon
Vertical Horizon is an alternative rock band that was formed in 1990 by Geo… Read Full Bio ↴Vertical Horizon is an alternative rock band that was formed in 1990 by Georgetown University undergrads Matthew Scannell and Keith Kane. They're best known today for their 1999 mega-hit "Everything You Want", which was #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. After their graduation in 1991, the duo relocated to Boston, in which they got started seriously recording. In 1992, they self-released their debut album, titled 'There and Back Again', which they had recorded in Matt's old high school over a period of a few days.
Matt and Keith together played all the instruments appearing on that album, with its name taken from 'The Hobbit' by J.R.R. Tolkien, though they both mostly played acoustic guitar. Both also contributed to writing all the songs and both sang for 'There and Back Again'. The duo toured for several years after this, mostly appearing with similar bands such as Jackopierce. By 1995, they were ready to record again. The resulting album, titled 'Running on Ice', again had Matt and Keith playing acoustic guitar and singing, but it also featured the addition of other guest musicians to play other instruments. Guests included members of Jackopierce band as well as Carter Beauford (of the Dave Matthews Band) on drums.
More touring followed, and soon Matt and Keith were joined by Ed Toth on drums. In 1997, a live album, Live Stages, was released. This featured Matt, Keith, and Ed, as well as Ryan Fisher on bass. Live Stages signaled a departure from the original acoustic guitar-based music, and featured heavy emphasis on electric guitar. Also, by this time, the band was explicit in their intent to find a major record label; band members have said that it was no accident that the first track of Live Stages opens with the sounds of a large cheering audience. Their wishes came true, and the band was signed to RCA Records.
Ryan had never intended to join the band permanently, so the three other members held auditions for a permanent bass player. Their first audition was Sean Hurley, and everyone liked him immediately. There were many more auditions, but they eventually came back to Sean, and he officially joined Vertical Horizon.
The band's major label debut, "Everything You Want", was released in 1999. The title track, released as the second single from the album, skyrocketed up the charts and ended up as one of the most played tracks on radio in 2000. One of the stand out tracks "You're A God" got on several compilation CD's and featured in the Box Office smash Bruce Almighty
The follow up to "Everything You Want", titled "Go", was delayed several times until finally being released in 2003. "I'm Still Here", the first single from Go, was released with little fanfare and faded quickly. VH ended their relationship with RCA in 2004 and re-signed with Hybrid Recordings. "Go" was re-released with an additional track in 2005. A second single, "Forever", was released prior to the re-release and received moderate airplay but did not match the earlier success of Everything You Want.
In 2005, drummer Ed Toth got what he considered the dream gig of a lifetime when he was invited to join the Doobie Brothers following the death of drummer Keith Knudsen. While Toth had hoped to juggle both bands, he quickly realized it would not be possible and announced his departure from Vertical Horizon in July 2005.
In 2007, realizing as Matt says, “there was more to do” and “thinking the timing was just right to start working on a new album,” the band began writing and recording, Burning The Days. The album is slated for release on September 22, 2009 with the first single, “Save Me From Myself” recently sent to radio. The single has been extremely well-received and is currently climbing the Hot AC charts with strong airplay in McAllen, Modesto, Monterey-Salinas, El Paso, and New Orleans.
Independent of label constraints, Burning The Days was produced by Scannell and recorded at his studio over the course of the past 2 years. For the band, it was a complete return to their beginnings of working at their own pace and “nurturing those moments of inspiration.” According to Matt, the album is “sonically as good as anything we have ever done. I take great pride in this album and feel that our renewed sense of creativity will resonate with our fans.” The album also features virtuoso drummer Neil Peart of Rush on “Save Me From Myself,” “Even Now” and “Welcome To The Bottom” as well as Richard Marx playing piano on “Here” and producing two of Matt’s lead vocal tracks.
“I’m actually in a pretty positive place right now,” says Scannell. “Of course I still have that underlying fear of everything falling apart and crumbling to the floor, but it is not the first thing on my mind, like it’s been at times in the past.” And so one of the main themes of Burning The Days is about finding balance in a journey from hardship to peacefulness – knowing that the up must follow the down, and vice versa. “It’s about being okay with things going well, and also finding strength to get through the tough times.”
The first single, “Save Me From Myself,” is about “the danger of getting so lost in your own struggles and personal demons that you can’t help the people you love, and you won’t let the people you love help you. You’re too far away in your own head to do anything but spin off in self-criticism and doubt. There’s a lot of anger and frustration in that song.” Conversely, “The Lucky One” is one of the album’s most upbeat tracks, a fact that took the song’s author a bit of time to get used to. “I’m usually wary of songs that have really upbeat messages, but this song resonated for me because I tend to be the last one to believe when things are really going well. Songs where everything is perfect and everyone’s in love make me suspicious, but this song has enough of a gray area to feel real for me.”
Other highlights on the album are “Afterglow,” “All Is Said And Done” and “The Middle Ground.”
To support the album’s September 22nd release, the band plans on doing targeted performance dates throughout the summer with a nationwide tour in the fall.
Offical web site: http://www.verticalhorizon.com
Matt and Keith together played all the instruments appearing on that album, with its name taken from 'The Hobbit' by J.R.R. Tolkien, though they both mostly played acoustic guitar. Both also contributed to writing all the songs and both sang for 'There and Back Again'. The duo toured for several years after this, mostly appearing with similar bands such as Jackopierce. By 1995, they were ready to record again. The resulting album, titled 'Running on Ice', again had Matt and Keith playing acoustic guitar and singing, but it also featured the addition of other guest musicians to play other instruments. Guests included members of Jackopierce band as well as Carter Beauford (of the Dave Matthews Band) on drums.
More touring followed, and soon Matt and Keith were joined by Ed Toth on drums. In 1997, a live album, Live Stages, was released. This featured Matt, Keith, and Ed, as well as Ryan Fisher on bass. Live Stages signaled a departure from the original acoustic guitar-based music, and featured heavy emphasis on electric guitar. Also, by this time, the band was explicit in their intent to find a major record label; band members have said that it was no accident that the first track of Live Stages opens with the sounds of a large cheering audience. Their wishes came true, and the band was signed to RCA Records.
Ryan had never intended to join the band permanently, so the three other members held auditions for a permanent bass player. Their first audition was Sean Hurley, and everyone liked him immediately. There were many more auditions, but they eventually came back to Sean, and he officially joined Vertical Horizon.
The band's major label debut, "Everything You Want", was released in 1999. The title track, released as the second single from the album, skyrocketed up the charts and ended up as one of the most played tracks on radio in 2000. One of the stand out tracks "You're A God" got on several compilation CD's and featured in the Box Office smash Bruce Almighty
The follow up to "Everything You Want", titled "Go", was delayed several times until finally being released in 2003. "I'm Still Here", the first single from Go, was released with little fanfare and faded quickly. VH ended their relationship with RCA in 2004 and re-signed with Hybrid Recordings. "Go" was re-released with an additional track in 2005. A second single, "Forever", was released prior to the re-release and received moderate airplay but did not match the earlier success of Everything You Want.
In 2005, drummer Ed Toth got what he considered the dream gig of a lifetime when he was invited to join the Doobie Brothers following the death of drummer Keith Knudsen. While Toth had hoped to juggle both bands, he quickly realized it would not be possible and announced his departure from Vertical Horizon in July 2005.
In 2007, realizing as Matt says, “there was more to do” and “thinking the timing was just right to start working on a new album,” the band began writing and recording, Burning The Days. The album is slated for release on September 22, 2009 with the first single, “Save Me From Myself” recently sent to radio. The single has been extremely well-received and is currently climbing the Hot AC charts with strong airplay in McAllen, Modesto, Monterey-Salinas, El Paso, and New Orleans.
Independent of label constraints, Burning The Days was produced by Scannell and recorded at his studio over the course of the past 2 years. For the band, it was a complete return to their beginnings of working at their own pace and “nurturing those moments of inspiration.” According to Matt, the album is “sonically as good as anything we have ever done. I take great pride in this album and feel that our renewed sense of creativity will resonate with our fans.” The album also features virtuoso drummer Neil Peart of Rush on “Save Me From Myself,” “Even Now” and “Welcome To The Bottom” as well as Richard Marx playing piano on “Here” and producing two of Matt’s lead vocal tracks.
“I’m actually in a pretty positive place right now,” says Scannell. “Of course I still have that underlying fear of everything falling apart and crumbling to the floor, but it is not the first thing on my mind, like it’s been at times in the past.” And so one of the main themes of Burning The Days is about finding balance in a journey from hardship to peacefulness – knowing that the up must follow the down, and vice versa. “It’s about being okay with things going well, and also finding strength to get through the tough times.”
The first single, “Save Me From Myself,” is about “the danger of getting so lost in your own struggles and personal demons that you can’t help the people you love, and you won’t let the people you love help you. You’re too far away in your own head to do anything but spin off in self-criticism and doubt. There’s a lot of anger and frustration in that song.” Conversely, “The Lucky One” is one of the album’s most upbeat tracks, a fact that took the song’s author a bit of time to get used to. “I’m usually wary of songs that have really upbeat messages, but this song resonated for me because I tend to be the last one to believe when things are really going well. Songs where everything is perfect and everyone’s in love make me suspicious, but this song has enough of a gray area to feel real for me.”
Other highlights on the album are “Afterglow,” “All Is Said And Done” and “The Middle Ground.”
To support the album’s September 22nd release, the band plans on doing targeted performance dates throughout the summer with a nationwide tour in the fall.
Offical web site: http://www.verticalhorizon.com
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Vertical Horizon Lyrics
Afterglow I wasn't sleeping, I wasn't dreaming I kept my head down,…
All is Said and Done I need you to hear me I want you to feel…
All of You So you say I'm too quiet Holding things Up in…
Angel Without Wings We started out so brand new darling But now it…
Answer Me It seems you're feeling down You don't know how long…
Back To You It's not enough to tear me up You need to watch…
Before The Let Down I’ve got so much to hide But reflections never lie I see…
Best I Ever Had So you sailed away Into a gray sky morning. Now I'm here…
Best I Ever Had (Grey Sky Morning) So you sailed away Into a grey sky morning Now I'm here…
best i ve ever had So you sailed away Into a gray sky morning. Now I'm here…
Better When You're Not There It's good to see your face in the morning It helps…
Broken Over You Closer than I've ever been With you. Trying to get settled i…
Call it Even I saw an open door and I looked inside it…
Can You Help Me Can you finally reach me Out beyond the blue I've been gon…
Candyman [Chorus] And even though I'm right behind you Shadows haun…
Carrying On The waves on the shore, can't be ignored Soon they're all…
Children's Lullaby Little girl was down by the waterside The sun so…
Consolation It's all so bright These blossoms on the Pavement look so ni…
Echo [Chorus:] Echo, Echo-ooo We come and we go No, I don't want …
Écho Echo, echo we come and we go No I don't want to be…
Even Now Even now After all these years I think about you with both…
Evermore Out in the haze of the distance You're never sure, but…
Everything You Want Somewhere there's speaking It's already coming in Oh and it'…
Everything You Want (Modern Ro Somewhere there's speaking, it's already coming in Oh and i…
Everything You Want (Modern Rock mix) Somewhere there's speaking, it's already coming in Oh and it…
Falling Down Where does the time go Spinning my wheels Standing still…
Famous Oh I know Things are gonna change The only thing for certain…
Fast Car (live) You've got a fast car I've got a plan to get…
Finding Me I don't think you notice When you see my face…
Footprints in the Snow Seems like only yesterday But it started long ago Trials…
Forever Take these roses off of me. Let me live and let…
Fragments Hold my thoughts I'm at an impasse Past the place…
Frost Touch ticking in the torchlight Flicking like a firefight in…
Give You Back I need to know if you were real 'Cause I've…
Goodbye Again I'm on the outside looking in What do I see So much…
Goodnight My Friend Goodnight my sun Goodnight my friend Rest your soul at…
Gray sky Morning So you sailed away into a gray sky morning Now I'm…
Great Divide Keep on looking, find a way out Get a hold on…
Half-Light I think I gave away the best of me Now everything…
Heart In Hand I know it's been a long road To get these…
Here Here is the place Where the light is made Come make a…
I Breathe in the water Drown in the sky High, high above her…
I Believe In You You're only broken on the outside You're shivering, but the …
I Free You A serenade is through, and all the fireworks, fade away A…
I'm Gonna Save You Looking up on star fields tonight Wide awake by the candle…
I'm Not Running It's a miracle if you stop and think about it That…
I'm Still Here I found the pieces in my hand They were always…
Inside We're all lost We're all found We're all the same Just one h…
Instamatic Lost causes turn you on, So I'm the perfect one. Your eyes…
It's Only Me I am the blood I am the heartbeat I am the needle…
It's Over I'm here Wide awake again There's fear There's something I c…
Japan Well I saw a young man by a telephone He…
Liberty We met as two total strangers As many lovers often…
Life in the City Cut it down go put it away Take an inside…
Lighthouse A touch, a dream, I wanna believe again So far away,…
Lines Upon Your Face A small group of boys walks down the street Throwing…
Losing Ground You hate this place you've worn out you bear your dreams a…
Love's Light Well I know that no one is to blame But…
Lovestruck Here we are under stars And their light is falling down…
Lucky One We carried all the colors From the portrait of our summer We…
Miracle It's taken much too long To get it right Would…
More He pushes your hair back Just like you like it He watches…
On the Sea No fog clear in the moonlight The stars shine so…
One Day Sitting down to nobody Waiting around to worry out a rhyme W…
One Of You Breathe in the water Drown in the sky High, high above her…
Prayer for an Innocent Man Oh won't you listen O Lord to my plea for…
Save Love Somewhere in the silence Just beyond the memory In the warmt…
Save Me From Myself The clouds are rollin' in Who will watch them? The waves are…
Send It Up Oh you make me lay down Oh you make me…
Shackled For so long my life's been sewn up tight inside…
Song for Someone This is a song for someone all alone This is a…
South for the Winter Settling in, for a lonely one Quiet as snow, now the…
Sunrays and Saturdays Open the window Let the sunset in If only for…
Sunshine Sometimes I can't get enough Ooh, of you This friendly…
The Best I Ever Had So you sailed away Into a gray sky morning. Now I'm here…
The Lucky One We carried all the colors From the portrait of our summer We…
The Man Who Would Be Santa And the man who would be Santa slips into the…
The Middle Ground You illuminate me You're the color I see You're all the shin…
The Mountain Song This mountain we must climb over This mountain we must…
The Ride I hope you know why You're taking me for a ride…
The Unchosen One God why you want to play with me Can't you see…
True Illusion The scent of daybreak and summer mornings Clutch to your hea…
Trying to Find Purpose Well the sun sets gently on your shoulders And it…
Underwater You and I are here, underwater Seconds are so dear, underwat…
Wash Away An old man lying by the road Black as night…
We Are Take a listen through the window Take a lover on…
Welcome to the Bottom Welcome home its been a while We've been expecting you You t…
When You Cry Heaven knows you're with me now Heaven knows that you're…
Willingly When I was just just a young boy My mama…
Won't Go Away Dear baby, baby Won't you I go crazy, crazy For…
Written in the Stars An empty heart on the radio A songbird cries in the…
You I've got to be honest I think you know We're covered in…
You Never Let Me Down I've got so much to hide But reflections never lie I see…
You Say Here in the light It burns you up inside Here…
You're a God I've got to be honest I think you know We're covered in…