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Burlington, Ontario, Canada (2000 – present)

Silverstein is a 5-piece band from Burlington, Ontario, Canada; formed in 2000. The band name was taken from the famous children’s author Shel Silverstein.

After several lineup changes, the band acquired Billy Hamilton, a local fan who learned of the band’s need for a bassist on the Internet message board “The 905 Board” (an Ontario area outreach board which used to be for local musicians). In Christmas of 2001, he joined the band after Shane Told helped him learn the music for the songs. Following a rehearsal on Boxing Day (December 26) in 2001, he officially debuted with Silverstein. The next spring, original guitarist Richard McWalter left the band to move to Victoria, British Columbia to study engineering. He was then replaced by Neil Boshart, childhood friend of Shane Told. The new lineup recorded a second EP, When the Shadows Beam, in preparation for their first tour in Eastern Canada.

The band then signed to Victory Records in October of 2002 with a complete lineup as Hamilton attempted to complete his secondary education one semester early. The January after, the band recorded their full-length debut CD When Broken Is Easily Fixed, released on the Victory Records label.

In 2005 the band performed on the Never Sleep Again tour with bands such as Aiden, Hawthorne Heights and Bayside—a tour during which Bayside’s drummer John “Beatz” Holohan would be killed. In January-February 2006, they toured with fellow Canadians Simple Plan in Europe. They then toured Canada with the Taste of Chaos Tour, and also toured Europe, Japan, and Australia.
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  • El_Squeezy

    Sick, all the songs seemed great untill second 30'

    yesterday evening

  • Mielok

    "Short Songs "... No, seriously. WTF?

    Tuesday afternoon

  • MindCanvas

    v Translates to "I have terrible music taste, look at me".

    Monday afternoon

  • jestem_chujem

    lol Discovering the Waterfront is probably the shittiest thing I've heard this year

    Sunday evening

  • bobo9390

    "Wow. New album actually surprised me. Also, since when did scenecore bands listen to Orchid?" I'm pretty sure scenecore bands have always listened to bands like that.

    Saturday evening

  • Saii-

    World On Fire was good til the end.....

    last week

  • K4TERTOTS

    i will never stop loving them

    last week

  • star2777

    ***My heroine*** the best:D

    last week

  • Jonjonjohny

    minus Alesana that related artists list, but maybe FFAF and Story of the Year perhaps.

    last week

  • witter56

    What's the best similar artist to Silverstein?

    last week

  • ray__x

    'aren't really'? jesus christ man, silverstein is far from 'scenecore'. vithon, dig into their history and do your homework.

    last week

  • trebor17

    Silverstein aren't really scencore, this isn't Escape The Fate ya know

    last week

  • Vithon

    Wow. New album actually surprised me. Also, since when did scenecore bands listen to Orchid?

    11 days ago

  • Jonjonjohny

    This band kind of reminds me of Funeral For A Friend, good band but people outside their continent are a bit like "who?" I never heard about this band being from Britain, hell I've only listened to Short Songs. Maybe they should co headline and Dominate together.

    12 days ago

  • NitroSnake

    love SOS and the Orchid cover

    12 days ago

  • NitroSnake

    hahaha half the tracks on Short Songs won't even scrobble!

    12 days ago

  • Dead-Poetic

    Nice Short Songs! :D

    13 days ago

  • trebor17

    The Orchid cover is great, no one can touch the original though

    13 days ago

  • ibirtan

    short songs - wtf is that, is it a joke?

    13 days ago

  • poppunknerd182

    Short Songs is without a doubt the best release. None others of theirs are even worth owning, except for the record store day EP.

    14 days ago
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