 Chelsea Grin was founded in Salt Lake City during March 2007 by Alex Koehler and (former) guitarist Chris Kilbourn. Prior to being named Chelsea Grin, the 2 members were in local Salt Lake band "Ahaziah", but changed their named to Chelsea Grin in March 2008 naming themselves after the infamous torture maneuver known as a Glasgow smile or "Chelsea grin".[1] At this time, the band continued to recruit members and gained bassist Austin Marticorena and lead guitarist Michael Stafford. Marticorena introduced Andrew Carlston to Chelsea Grin and assisted in rewriting their current songs as well as the creation of new material. This writing process lead to the tracks listed on their first release, a self-titled EP that was first streamed and released online through iTunes and then released in Compact Disc format worldwide on July 27, 2008.[2] The band released the song "Crewcabanger" as well as "Lifeless" as singles and was received by listening audiences very well. |
