Chevelle is an American hard metal band. It is a Chicago-based trio formed in 1995. Brothers Sam (drums), Pete (vocals, guitar), and Joe Loeffler (bass) are the band members.

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 no 1, on Squint Entertainment. Three years later followed with many 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.

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