简介：Chevelle是由Joe Loeffler（Bass），Pete Loeffler（Vocal，Guitar），Sam Loeffler（Vocal，Drums）三兄弟组成的Alternative metal乐队。早在95年，乐队就成立于三人的家乡芝加哥，他们于那时开始于聚会或户外活动时表演。99年，乐队发行了他们的第一张录音室专辑Point ＃1。3年后，他们发行了全新的专辑Wonder What's Next，这张专辑里，他们的音乐有了大幅的提高。第一首单曲The Red取得了Billboard现代摇滚榜的第3名，而他们的第二首单曲Send The Pain Below更是取得了冠军的成绩，而最新单曲Closure现在也已升到榜单第13位。而专辑里的其他歌也都做到了足够出色。包括一些有再次取得冠军的潜力的歌！今年六月，这张专辑成为白金专辑。Chevelle也得到了在Ozzfest Main Stage和Marilyn Manson，Ozzy Osbourne，KoRn，DISTURBED，Datsuns演出的机会。今年夏天，他们与上述乐队一同参加了Ozzfest 2003的巡演。Ozzy Osbourne都对他们赞不绝口，并将他们的Family System收录于Ozzy家庭专辑中。
从音乐上来说，Chevelle明显受到了Tool和Deftones等优秀乐队不同程度的影响。兄弟三人也对媒体表示了Tool对他们的影响和他们对Tool的尊敬。事实上，Chevelle有些谦虚，虽然受到一定的Tool的影响，但他们已经做出了有自己特色的音乐，有内涵的音乐。可以说，他们的Wonder What's Next已经做到了不比Tool最出色的专辑（AMG评5颗星）差的水平。连经常不给很多著名乐队面子的AMG都对他们的这张专辑给出了4颗半星的极高评价。
by Tracy Frey
Inspired by the lurching riffs of Helmet and the soft/loud vocal styling of Tool, Chicago-based trio Chevelle's aggressive, heavy sound is all about mounting tension exploding into raw guitar bursts. Formed in 1995, Chevelle comprised brothers Sam (drums), Pete (vocals, guitar), and Joe Loeffler (bass), the last of whom joining up after he played better than the gang's original bassist. They started out playing parties and outdoor events, which quickly led to bookings at Chicago clubs when youngest member Joe was just 14. In 1999, Chevelle released their Steve Albini-produced debut album, Point #1, on Squint Entertainment. Three years later -- and following tours with bands like Filter, Sevendust, Powerman 5000, and Machine Head -- the band had inked a deal with Epic and issued Wonder What's Next, released in August 2002. The album went platinum by the next summer and their second single, "Send the Pain Below," was a number one hit on modern rock and mainstream radio. Main stage dates with the annual Ozzfest tour followed that summer, and 2003 brought a concert album, Live from the Road. Chevelle returned in the fall of 2004 with their third full-length, This Type of Thinking (Could Do Us In), and with it came another hit song, "Vitamin R (Leading Us Along)." Joe parted ways with his brothers in July 2005, and though he was replaced on bass a month later by Dean Bernardini, Chevelle remained a family affair, since Bernardini was their brother-in-law. With the new member came a newfound energy and optimism that replaced the internal bickering of the past, and the guys carried that spirit into the recording of their next album, April 2007's Vena Sera.
