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11.26.04 - Crossfade's Ed Sloan: if you want to complain, you must vote
Crossfade prefers not to air their political views, but frontman Ed Sloan does insist that everyone who can vote today (Election Day, November 2nd) should do so if they want to have a say in the direction of the country. "There's a lot of people who are complaining about the country and the things that are going on, and, you know, half of those people probably don't even vote to try to make it what they want it to be. So you've got to get out there and do your thing, and then you have the right to say whatever you want."

Crossfade plays in Seattle, Washington tonight, but the Columbia, South Carolina-based band has already voted by absentee ballot. The next single from Crossfade's self-titled major label debut is called "So Far Away.

Crossfade playing to an older crowd on Alter Bridge tour
Opening for the former members of Creed in Alter Bridge, up and coming lineup Crossfade are finding themselves playing for an older audience than they're used to. As Crossfade bassist Mitch James notes of the tour, which ends November 20th in St. Petersburg, Florida: "It's an older crowd than we're used to playing to. I guess, you know, Creed's been around for 10 years, so they've got an older fan base, and so I guess a lot of the people that know who they are now, who stuck around, are a lot older. So it's a little different than the younger crowd that we usually play to, but they're still good, packed, sold-out crowds nonetheless."

Although Mitch James recently said that Crossfade enjoyed playing Halloween gigs in their hometown of Columbia, South Carolina, this year Crossfade played in Spokane, Washington on October 31st. They appear tonight in Vancouver, Washington (November 1st), and tomorrow (November 2nd) at Seattle's Graceland club.

Three of the four members of Crossfade are natives of Columbia, South Carolina, the state capitol whose previous claim to musical fame was Hootie and the Blowfish. In fact, Crossfade recently joked to Fox News, "If we can sell 10 million records, call us 'Hootie' as much as you want to."

Crossfade amazed at single's impact on fans' lives
While Crossfade's single, "Cold," has deep personal meaning for the members of the band, bassist Mitch James said he's amazed at the impact the track has had on the lives of their fans: "We have people that send us emails and talk to us and say, 'You know, I got back together with my husband because of that song.' Having that kind of impact on somebody is just - that's what we're in it for, for one thing. But we have maybe ten or twenty songs that have ever done that to us, and to be one of those for somebody else is just really cool."

"Cold" was recently named the most-played song at rock radio stations nationwide.

Crossfade's self-titled major label debut features eight songs initially issued by the band on an independent album called Cold. The group remastered those tunes and added a few new ones for their first official Columbia Records release.

The Columbia, South Carolina-based band recently wrapped up a tour with Alter Bridge and is now headlining clubs on their own. They perform tomorrow night (Friday, November 5th) in Tulsa, Oklahoma

Crossfade's 'Cold' written out of desperation
Crossfade's first single, called "Cold," was written during a particularly trying time in the band's career, according to singer Ed Sloan. "Pretty much we were all pretty desperate, really wantin' this thing really bad and it was affectin' all of our lives. We were neglecting a lot of friends and family and just kinda burying ourselves in our music and that was one of the songs that came out of that period."

Since those days, however, the South Carolina-based band has landed a major record deal and sold over 100,000 copies of their self-titled debut album. Meanwhile, the popularity of "Cold" has even spread overseas to U.S. troops stationed in Iraq. "We've heard from several people there who heard the song while they were here and then got shipped out, and anybody that writes us, we send 'em a free copy overseas if we can, so, yeah, we've heard from several people who've identified with the music over there as well."