Dallas Green (musician)

For the baseball player see Dallas Green

Dallas Green
Dallas Green performing in City and Colour
Background information
Birth name	Dallas Green
Also known as	City and Colour
Born	September 29 1980 (1980-09-29) (age 27) in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada
Genre(s)	Acoustic Post-Hardcore
Occupation(s)	Vocalist, Songwriter, Musician
Instrument(s)	Vocals, Guitar, Piano
Years active	2005-present as City and Colour, 2001-present in Alexisonfire
Label(s)	Dine Alone Records
Associated acts	Alexisonfire City and Colour Casey Baker
Website	cityandcolour.ca

Dallas Green is one of the guitarists and vocalists in the Canadian post-hardcore band Alexisonfire. He is highly praised by critics for his piercing vocals and melodic voice, present in nearly all of Alexisonfire's songs. One of his most striking features, besides his voice, is the number of tattoos that adorn his body. He has full arm sleeves as well as tattoos on his torso and back.^[1] In addition to his work with Alexisonfire, Green also has a solo project named City and Colour, which revolves around songs of an acoustic variety.

Career

Before joining Alexisonfire, Green was in a band called Helicon Blue which produced many songs before breaking up. The three piece band featured Dallas Green on guitar and vocal, Marce Lanteinge on bass and vocal, and Nicholas Osczypko on drums. Early on, the band recorded a self-titled release consisting of five songs; Great Escape, Machinery Faintly Purred, Ballad in Blue, Things You Find & The Words Came Easily. Later the band met with Greg Below from Distort, who recorded a second record which included; My Last Breath, Sunder, Greater Victory & Perpetual Healing. Dallas began playing with Alexisonfire in late 2001. Since then they have released three albums (Alexisonfire, Watch Out!, and Crisis), and several EPs. His melodic vocals are often cast beside Screamer George Pettit, and Wade McNeil's Punk vocals. Green's band, City and Colour's first music video, Save Your Scissors, from the now gold-rated album Sometimes, was released on January 17, 2006, featuring some of his best friends, and favourite places in his hometown, St. Catharines, Ontario. The second video, "Comin' Home", went number one on Much More Music's video countdown. Dallas Green appears on Neverending White Lights' collaborative album Act 1: Goodbye Friends of the Heavenly Bodies (which was released in 2005), contributing vocals to the song "The Grace". Green provided additional vocals on the track "INRihab" with Every Time I Die and also on "Tony Danza is The Boss" with Straight Reads the Line, to name a few. Dallas' new full-length album entitled Bring Me Your Love will be released on February 12, 2008 on Dine Alone Records, the first single will be "Waiting".

Personal life

As well as singing and playing guitar, Green is a keen skateboarder and has been skating since he was a teenager. However, Green resists skateboarding on tour, for fear that he would injure himself. He also stated on his live DVD that he is a fan of basketball.^[2] Green is also lactose-intolerant. Dallas has be seen sporting a Finish Strong shirt on the cover of Chart Magazine, Artist of the Year edition, or on his 2006 MMVA performance. Finish Strong is described as a brotherhood, a family of people dedicated to spreading a 'positive message out to those that choose to listen.' While Dallas is a member and proponent of the organization and what the message encompasses, he did not found it with cousin Matthew Scapillati, despite the many rumors. Dallas is in a relationship with MuchMusic VJ Leah Miller.

Unreleased and Other Dallas Green songs

• "Confessions" (as featured on City and Colour: Live)
• "Forgive me" (formerly known as Cross my heart)
• "How Come Your Arms Are Not Around Me" (Kristofer Åström Cover)
• "Love Don't Live Here Anymore (Rose Royce Cover)" (featuring Jully Black)
• "My Sensible Heart" (Live)
• "Side Walk When She Walks" (originally an Alexisonfire song from their second album "Watch Out!" and then covered by City and Colour Live)
• "So Low"
• "Soon Enough" (Constantines Cover)
• "The Sleeping Sickness"
• "This Sudden Injury"
• "Tony Danza Is The Boss" (by Straight Reads The Line featuring Dallas Green)
• "Urgency"
• "Wake Up My Love" (By Jude The Obscure featuring Dallas Green and George Pettit)
• "Wasting Time" (Ron Sexsmith Cover featured on his myspace)
• "When She"
• "To Cut To A Long Story Short" - The Dear & Departed (dallas sings guest vocals)
• "INRIhab" - Every Time I Die (Dallas does guest vocals)
• "What Makes a Man"
• "Waiting" or commonly known as 'Say Goodbye to Love'
• "Boiled Frogs" (Alexisonfire cover)
• "Cowgirl in the sand" (Neil Young cover, Borrowed Tunes 2 Tribute to Neil Young)
• "The Grace" with the Neverending White Lights project

Equipment

• Schecter Tempest Custom - Given to Casey Baker formerly of Sleeper Set Sail
• Fender Telecaster Plus
• Gibson ES-335 1965
• Gibson SG
• Gibson ES-333
• Takamine Jumbo Acoustic-Electric
• Norman ST68 CW Acoustic-Electric
• Marshall Jcm 2000 DSL100 modded head
• Orange AD140 head
• Orange rockerverb 100 head
• Morris Custom Head (by Glen Morris)
• Morris Custom Guitar Cab (by Glen Morris)
• Orange 4x12 cab
• BOSS Bass chorus pedal
• BOSS RV-3 Digital Reverb/Delay reverb pedal (2)
• BOSS chromatic tuner
• DigiTech DigiDelay Pedal
• Line 6 DL4 and MM4
• 12-52 gauge strings.

References

1. ^ http://www.yorku.ca/walrus/06-03/feature2.php
2. ^ http://www.optimumimpact.co.uk/index.php?p=5&id=106 Retrieved 16 June 2007

External links

• Official City and Colour website
• Dallas Green's MySpace profile
• Dine Alone Records