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Thrice

Thrice is a post-hardcore band from Irvine, California. Thrice was founded in 1998 by guitarist/vocalist Dustin Kensrue and guitarist Teppei Teranishi while in high school. Throughout Thrice career, they have been known to donate proceeds from album sales to charitable or non-profit organizations.


In 1999, Thrice self-released an EP called First Impressions. Only 1,000 copies were made and sold out of their cars. Working with Death by Stereo's Paul Miner, the quartet recorded 12 tracks, and by April 2000, Thrice had released Identity Crisis on Greenflag Records. A portion of the album's proceeds were donated to a local charity called Crittenton Services for Children and Families. More support gigs and local buzz followed, and Thrice sparked the interest of Hopeless/Sub City's Louis Posen. In 2001, Posen signed the band, reissued Identity Crisis, and sent them out on tour with Samiam. Tours with Midtown and Hot Rod Circuit followed.

Thrice re-entered the studio with producer Brian McTernan to record their Hopeless/Sub City debut, The Illusion of Safety. The album was released in early 2002 and Thrice toured extensively to support it, opening for Further Seems Forever and Face to Face before embarking on their first headlining tour later that year. Thrice again donated a portion of the album's proceeds, this time choosing a non-profit youth shelter in South Central Los Angeles, A Place Called Home. Thrice 's donations were matched by their label.

The album received generally positive reviews and garnered the attention of several major labels, and Thrice  eventually signed with Island Records, who'd agreed to match Thrice's charitable donations in the same manner that Hopeless/Sub City had. That fall, Thrice toured with Hot Water Music and Coheed and Cambria before returning to the studio.

In 2003, Thrice released their Island Records debut, The Artist in the Ambulance. The album's title is in reference to Burn Collector by Al Burian and is meant to reflect the band's desire to do more than make music and contribute to society through their charitable donations.

A portion of the album's proceeds were this time donated to the Syrentha Savio Endowment, a financial aid organization for breast cancer patients. First pressings of the album were packaged in a digipak-style case with postcards containing lyrics and notes from the band.

The album spawned two singles, "All That's Left" and "Stare at the Sun." Both songs, and their accompanying videos, received modest airplay and Thrice ound themselves playing at larger venues as the year progressed. A co-headlining fall tour with labelmates Thursday and opener Coheed and Cambria sold out across the United States.

Throughout 2004, Thrice continued to tour in support of The Artist in the Ambulance. Island Records issued a promotional disc (that features an alternate version of "The Artist In The Ambulance") in early 2004 that would become the basis for If We Could Only See Us Now, a CD/DVD package outlining Thrice entire career thus far. Named after a lyric from "So Strange I Remember You," the CD portion contained live tracks from a performance at the Apple Store and various B-sides.

Much of the first half of 2005 was spent working with producer Steve Osborne on the follow-up to The Artist in the Ambulance. On October 18, Vheissu was released with "Image of the Invisible" as the first single. The album's title was taken from the Thomas Pynchon novel V., and featured a wider variety of instrumentation than used in Thrice 's previous albums, including the use of strings, electronics, and a Rhodes Piano. Many of the album's lyrics also feature biblical and spiritual themes.

For Vheissu, Thrice chose a tutorial program for underpriveleged children called 826 Valencia to receive proceeds from the album sales.

Thrice toured extensively in support of the album, including headlining 2006's Taste of Chaos tour and performing "Image of the Invisible" on Jimmy Kimmel Live. In May 2006, Thrice released "Red Sky" as their second single from the album. The accompanying video was directed by Tim Hope, who'd previously directed videos for Coldplay and Jimmy Eat World. Instead of releasing just a single, Thrice opted to release the Red Sky EP in support of the single, which included two previously unreleased tracks and four live tracks.

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