Lifehouse

Lifehouse is an alternative rock band founded in 2000 in Los Angeles. The group almost immediately hit the mainstream, from the very moment of its foundation. 

Although, it is worthwhile to make an immediate small lyrical digression at that point and indicate that 2000 is not a direct starting point. Before the band started performing under the name Lifehouse, the guys were active using the name Blyss. The band released their first debut EP "Diff's Lucky Day" as Blyss. Despite the change in the group's naming, the guys changed the line-up a bit, however, not the band's sound. Well, if we have already mentioned the line-up, then let's take a closer look at it: 

As for today, the group consists of three members: 
Jason Wade - lead vocalist, lead and rhythm guitarist (1997 - present); 
Rick Woolstenhulme Jr. - drummer and percussionist (2000 - present); 
Bryce Soderberg - bass guitarist, backing vocalist, and occasional lead vocalist (2004 - present); 
All the same, the composition of four people is more common for the group. So, let's take a look at the list of former Lifehouse members: 
Jon "Diff" Palmer - drummer and percussionist (1997 - 2000); 
Aaron Lord - violinist, violist, and mandolinist (1997 - 2000); 
Sergio Andrade - bass guitarist (1997 - 2004); 
Sean Woolstenhulme - lead guitarist, occasional backing vocalist (2002 - 2004); 
Ben Carey - lead guitarist (2009 - 2014, touring 2004 -2009); 
Also, three touring musicians join the band's line-up for joint gigs from time to time: 
Steve Stout - lead guitarist (2014 - present);  
Stuart Mathis - lead guitarist, backing vocalist (2000 - 2001); 
Joerg Koehrig - lead guitarist, backing vocalist (2001 - 2002). 

The band released their first full-length studio album in 2000. It used some demo tracks recorded on the group's debut EP. The release of the new album, No Name Face, turns into a huge success for the collective. The group sold out over 4 million copies of the album worldwide, which was a great result for the first oeuvre of the band; critics also measured the album merely positively. 

The song Hanging by a Moment received the status of song # 1, according to Billboard Hot 100. The second studio album did not repeat the glory of the previous one. It also should be said that it took a much worse place in the charts, but from a commercial point of view, the album became several times worse than the first one.  

As you may have noticed earlier, the 2000-2004 period was marked by the tangible instability of the band's line-up. So, the changes affected not only the touring members but also the permanent "studio" musicians. The next three albums released by the group approximately repeated the success of the second, but they are still far from the success of the first one. The band sold the third album even better than the second. Some of the group's songs became well-recognizable, got into media TV projects, have been played on radio broadcasts, and so on. In general, the group would gain its constant fanbase, starting spending more time on tour, traveling around the country. By the way, one interesting story is also connected with the third album. The group somehow decided to arrange a contest between the students to shoot a video for the song "Make Me Over," which they did. The video was filmed by amateur students without any significant experience in clip making. 

The group has become less active in terms of new releases in the 2010s. Despite the release of three albums, the last of which, by the way, was released in 2015, the group began to shoot fewer videos and give out fewer singles. Besides this slump in release activity, the band kept the pace of their live schedule. Naturally, 2020 has made some adjustments to the band's concert schedule; nevertheless, let's hope that the group will quickly recover from such a forced hiatus and return to restoring its usual timetable, delighting us with new performances and releases.