Dead By Sunrise

Dead by Sunrise
Dead by Sunrise in 2009
Background information
Origin	Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Genres	Alternative rock hard rock post-grunge electronic rock
Years active	2005–present
Labels	Warner Bros.
Associated acts	Linkin Park Julien-K Orgy Stone Temple Pilots Street Drum Corps
Members	Chester Bennington Ryan Shuck Amir Derakh Anthony Valcic Frank Zummo
Past members	Brandon Belsky Elias Andra

Dead by Sunrise (formerly known as Snow White Tan) is an American rock band formed in 2005. The band consists of Linkin Park lead singer Chester Bennington, Amir Derakh, Ryan Shuck, Brandon Belsky, Elias Andra, and Anthony "Fu" Valcic from Julien-K and Orgy. Dead by Sunrise's debut studio album, Out of Ashes, was released worldwide on October 13, 2009. In 2012 during their hiatus since 2011, Andra was replaced by Frank Zummo of the Street Drum Corps as their new drummer, when he announced his departure from the band in December 2011 during the Love and Death concert played by The Whosoevers.

Dead by Sunrise started to form in 2005 while Chester Bennington was writing songs for Linkin Park's album Minutes to Midnight. According to Bennington, "I came up with a few songs that felt and sounded really good, but I knew they weren’t right stylistically for Linkin Park. They were darker and moodier than anything I’d come up with for the band. So I decided to work on them on my own rather than turn them over and have them transformed into Linkin Park tracks." However, the foundation for Dead by Sunrise was laid much earlier, when future bandmate Shuck met Bennington during the recording of Linkin Park's first album Hybrid Theory. In an interview, Shuck states that "I always used to go to his house and hear him play acoustic guitar. And I always thought to myself, 'Oh my God, these are such good songs.'"

The band's name, which was previously "Snow White Tan", reflects the time during the album's recording. In an interview, Bennington stated that:

On May 10, 2008, Dead by Sunrise performed three songs ("Walking in Circles", "Morning After", and "My Suffering") at the 13th anniversary party for Club Tattoo in Tempe, Arizona. The song titled "Morning After" was written by Chester Bennington and originally performed on December 9, 2001 at the Live in Berlin concert. Bennington also performed Morning After with his cover band entitled Bucket Of Weenies in many shows throughout 2005 and 2006. This was the first time that Bennington had "officially" performed the song under a new name—Dead by Sunrise. In addition, this band has recently started touring with Linkin Park in Europe, Japan, and America. In an interview with MTV, Bennington stated that "we're actually going to be jumping in the middle of Linkin Park's set, playing a few songs, then jumping out and letting LP finish out the set." During their debut European tour the band took time out to send a message to the German Armed Forces.