here's a good article. great to hear they are planning to write and record a bunch of new songs. hopefully they are back for the long haul.
By ANDY VINEBERG Staff Writer PhillyBurbs.com
Nick Perri never doubted the five original members of Silvertide would play together again, in part because of the shared experiences that will forever bond them, but also because of a fan base that remained loyal to the band long after the release of its one-and-only full-length album.
Eight and a half years after that album?s release ? and seven years after the original lineup last performed together ? Silvertide is back, possibly for the long haul.
The old-school hard-rock band, which formed in Northeast Philadelphia as teenagers in 2001 and quickly went on to earn a worldwide fan base on the strength of its relentless touring schedule and passionate commitment to the music, will play its official reunion show March 9 at a sold-out Theatre of the Living Arts in Philadelphia.
But first, the guys will say thank you to the fans who made the reunion possible with a meet-and-greet/autograph-signing Saturday afternoon at Pat?s Music in Bensalem.
The store is a big part of Perri?s upbringing. The Bensalem native bought his music at Pat?s, took guitar lessons there, even worked there during holidays.
?That?s the store Brian (Weaver), Kevin (Frank) and I grew up in,? he says, referring to two of his Silvertide band mates. ?It was my only real job before Silvertide. I wanted to do something nice to support the local record store.?
The band, which also includes Walt Lafty and Mark Melchiorre Jr., will hang out at the store beginning at 4 p.m., talking to fans, posing for pictures and signing copies of its 2004 album, ?Show and Tell.? New copies of the disc will be available for sale.
Will Silvertide also perform?
?Stranger things have happened,? Perri says, teasingly. ?It?s a store full of instruments, so we?ll see.?
Beyond Saturday and next month?s TLA show, Silvertide fans should have plenty to look forward to. The band has reunited ?not only to rehearse and play shows again,? Perri says, ?but to record, write new music and get back in the swing of things.?
The guys hope to write up to 15 new songs and release three or four of them by the summer on an EP that will be produced by David Ivory.At the TLA show, they will perform ?Show and Tell? in its entirety, then debut some of the new material.
Perri also announced on the band?s Facebook page this week that he will perform at Dobb?s in Philadelphia on March 2. The show, billed as ?Nick Perri and Friends,? will feature members of Silvertide and other area bands.
?We?re going to test the waters, and if everything goes well, there?s no other band I?d rather create music with,? says lead guitarist Perri, who performed with the likes of Shinedown, Perry Farrell and Matt Sorum of Guns N? Roses during Silvertide?s hiatus. ?We started so young that the average age of the band is 28. We?re still at the age where a lot of bands are just starting out.
?The whole musical climate has changed so much. I don?t think anyone has a crystal ball. But as long as the priority is to do everything for the love of the music and let everything else take care of itself, I think that?s a pretty good road map to success.?
Perri, whose singer-songwriter sister Christina Perri enjoyed a monster hit with ?Jar of Hearts,? certainly knows about success. He runs his own business, PERRI INK. Cartel, with his wife, Misi, in Los Angeles, selling motorcycles, guitars, tattoos and apparel.
And while Silvertide certainly wasn?t the biggest act in the world, the guys probably felt like it at times, signing their first record contract as teens with Clive Davis? J Records, opening for the likes of Aerosmith, Van Halen, Velvet Revolver and M?tley Cr?e, performing on national television and playing to frenzied crowds across the globe.
As so often happens in the music business, though, the wild and crazy days didn?t last.
?We were just a casualty of the time,? says Perri, whose parents, Dante and Mary, own Perri?s Barber & Hairstyling in Bensalem. ?It was right as all the labels started merging, and it was kind of like a cluster. It just became too much about the business, too much politics.
?All this really crappy stuff was happening on the business side, and we were, like, ?Screw this.? This was not why we got into it; we got into it for the music. Everything was in such upheaval, we said, ?Let?s take a break.? It wasn?t like it was forever.
?To be honest, man, I?m glad we did it. We left with the integrity of the band intact.?
In the ensuing years, the guys kept active ? and stayed in touch. Lead singer Lafty and bassist Weaver played in a band together called Automatic Fire. Perri and Lafty reunited in 2010 to form the band SINAI.
In the end, all roads led back to Silvertide.
?I knew one day we?d play together again,? Perri says. ?It had to be the five of us. These were my best friends ? we shared life experiences like no other. We dropped out of high school together and were handed the keys to the kingdom. We left things in a state of unfinished business. The chance to make music together again ? that?s what it?s all about.
?And the reason it?s possible is the incredibly loyal fan base we built along the way. We made one great record and kind of went away, but people were constantly asking about new Silvertide music. We feel very blessed. We wouldn?t be doing this if it weren?t for the fans.?
.Silvertide will hold a meet-and-greet with fans at 4 p.m. Saturday at Pat?s Music at 2072 Street Road in Bensalem. Admission is free. Information: 215-638-9750;
www.patsmusiccenter.com.
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