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Spencer Chamberlain

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Spencer Chamberlain
Chamberlain at Rock am Ring 2019
Chamberlain at Rock am Ring 2019
Background information
Born (1983-01-04) January 4, 1983 (age 41)
Chapel Hill, North Carolina, U.S.
Genres
Occupation(s)Musician, singer
Instruments
  • Vocals
  • guitar
  • bass
  • keyboard
Years active2003–present
Member of
Formerly ofNine Down and This Runs Through

Spencer Chamberlain (born January 4, 1983) is an American musician, best known for being the current lead vocalist for the rock band Underoath. Before fronting Underoath, Chamberlain was the vocalist for the band This Runs Through in which his brother, Phil Chamberlain, was the drummer (who is also the drummer for To Speak of Wolves).

Background

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Spencer Chamberlain was born in Chapel Hill, North Carolina,[5] and raised in Greensboro, North Carolina, with his mother, and older brother, Phil (also a musician as the drummer for Sullivan and To Speak of Wolves). As a child, Chamberlain's family was well-to-do and had enough money to pay tuition at Greensboro Day School. Chamberlain's parents divorced when he was in elementary school at Greensboro Day School. Chamberlain also struggled with substance use disorders. He tells Alternative Press, "You know how some people have a good family or a girlfriend that's always there for them and never fails? That was [what] drugs [were] for me. That was my weakness."[6] He particularly had problems with a serious addiction to cocaine. Chamberlain soon went on to Page High School.[7]

However, in a 2018 interview, Chamberlain stated, "I'm not saying religion is wrong for everyone, but for me it was wrong. It ruined my life, turned me into a drug addict and people were awful to me the whole time. I never felt more alone in my life than when I was Christian."[8]

Career

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Chamberlain at 2006's Warped Tour

Chamberlain has released six albums with Underoath, They're Only Chasing Safety (2004), Define the Great Line (2006), Lost in the Sound of Separation (2008), Ø (2010), Erase Me (2018), Voyeurist (2022). When Define the Great Line was released on June 20, 2006, it sold 98,004 copies within its first week and debuted on the Billboard 200 Chart at No. 2.[9]

Chamberlain performing with Underoath at 2008's Mayhem Festival

In 2013, Underoath played their final tour before disbanding, though Chamberlain implied that he himself would pursue further musical endeavors.[10] Later in the year, Chamberlain announced his new band Sleepwave, along with plans for a debut single, "Rock and Roll is Dead and So Am I". In July 2014, it was announced that their debut album, Broken Compass, is to be released on September 16, 2014 via Epitaph Records which features their debut single, "Through the Looking Glass".[11]

Discography

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With Nine Down and This Runs Through
  • Until Forever Finds Me (EP) (2003)
With Underoath
With Sleepwave
With SLO/TIDE

Bands

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Current

Former

  • Nine Down and This Runs Through (2000–2003)

Touring

References

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  1. ^ a b "Sleepwave | Artist Information | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved December 4, 2016.
  2. ^ a b Sharpe-Young, Garry. "Underoath". MusicMight. Archived from the original on November 2, 2009. Retrieved June 20, 2009.
  3. ^ Henderson, Alex. "They're Only Chasing Safety review". AllMusic. Retrieved June 17, 2009.
  4. ^ Jones, Kim. "Top 8 Christian Metal Bands". About.com. Archived from the original on January 31, 2016. Retrieved January 29, 2016.
  5. ^ "Profiles". Underoath. Archived from the original on May 16, 2007. Retrieved May 26, 2007.
  6. ^ Staddon, Tristan (October 2006). Underoath. Alternative Press.
  7. ^ "Did you realise... another famous North Carolinian". Rutherford Weekly. Archived from the original on December 6, 2018. Retrieved December 15, 2016.
  8. ^ ""Christianity Ruined My Life": Underoath's Spencer Chamberlain Talks Moving On From The Past". Music Feeds. March 19, 2018. Retrieved April 22, 2019.
  9. ^ "Billboard Chart". Billboard Chart. Retrieved September 12, 2006.
  10. ^ Spencer Chamberlain [@wschamberlain] (February 3, 2013). "Someone would have to kill me before I call any show my "last" show, UO is gone but I am not" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  11. ^ Pettigrew, Jason (October 2, 2013). ""I basically lost everything I had–except for the songs" Spencer Chamberlain gets his Sleepwave on". Alternative Press. p. 3. Retrieved October 3, 2013.
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