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"Behind the Beat: Commercial Appeal"

By Michael Cimaomo


Photo Courtesy of Gone By Daylight
Gone By Daylight


According to Gone By Daylight frontman and songwriter Eric Paquette, 2012 is shaping up to be an exciting year for him and his bandmates.

Though the current lineup—Paquette, Jeff Lynch (lead guitar, vocals), Jordan King (bass, vocals) and Shaanan King (drums)—has only been together since 2011, the group has already completed an encouraging run in The Break contest sponsored by the Bamboozle music festival. And recently, the Westfield rockers were named the winners of Radio 104.1 WMRQ's Homebrew Battle of the Bands, held at the Scorpion Bar at Foxwoods Resort Casino in Connecticut.

Paquette says, "The Break contest was an awesome experience. We had a great time, and were able to get our music out to thousands of people that wouldn't have heard us otherwise. Although we didn't win with the on-site votes, we did get high remarks from the judges. That's always nice to hear."

And the band isn't stopping there. Next up is the release of an Axe Body Spray commercial that the group filmed at the Bowery Ballroom in New York City.

"We heard about a casting call for the commercial and figured we would give it a shot," says Paquette. "The actually filming was a blast. It took a full day to film over at the Bowery Ballroom. The crew was super-friendly. We spent most of our time talking to the extras, making friends and fans and handing out CDs. They also had it catered with Chinese food, which was a plus."

Unfortunately for Pioneer Valley fans, the commercial is scheduled to be aired only in Latin American countries. But Paquette acknowledges the material will probably end up on YouTube at some point. The experience was a bit of an eye-opener for a bunch of guys who first started jamming together in the sixth grade.

Though the band began as more of a pop-punk project covering Blink-182 songs, Gone By Daylight eventually evolved into more of a rock-based unit spurred by such inspirations as Tom Petty, the Beatles and Ryan Adams.

Says Paquette, "We always had a classic rock influence from our upbringing. Eventually the rock would take over, but the melodic sensibility remained."

Currently, the group is continuing to write and record material at studios in Massachusetts, Connecticut and Los Angeles. There are also plans to film a music video at The Elevens in Northampton on May 10.

"We are constantly in the studio, and always will be for as long as time allows," says Paquette. "We have about 30 songs right now and plenty more in the works. As far as a release goes, we are streaming [our material] online via Facebook. We aren't going to release anything until our production deal is complete and we see what everyone wants to do with the best of our works. The ultimate goal would be to present them in demo form and try and get a record deal."

Gone By Daylight performs May 10, The Elevens, 140 Pleasant St., Northampton. For more information visit www.facebook.com/gonebydaylight or www.facebook.com/TheElevens.
- The Valley Advocate


"Behind the Beat: Commercial Appeal"

By Michael Cimaomo


Photo Courtesy of Gone By Daylight
Gone By Daylight


According to Gone By Daylight frontman and songwriter Eric Paquette, 2012 is shaping up to be an exciting year for him and his bandmates.

Though the current lineup—Paquette, Jeff Lynch (lead guitar, vocals), Jordan King (bass, vocals) and Shaanan King (drums)—has only been together since 2011, the group has already completed an encouraging run in The Break contest sponsored by the Bamboozle music festival. And recently, the Westfield rockers were named the winners of Radio 104.1 WMRQ's Homebrew Battle of the Bands, held at the Scorpion Bar at Foxwoods Resort Casino in Connecticut.

Paquette says, "The Break contest was an awesome experience. We had a great time, and were able to get our music out to thousands of people that wouldn't have heard us otherwise. Although we didn't win with the on-site votes, we did get high remarks from the judges. That's always nice to hear."

And the band isn't stopping there. Next up is the release of an Axe Body Spray commercial that the group filmed at the Bowery Ballroom in New York City.

"We heard about a casting call for the commercial and figured we would give it a shot," says Paquette. "The actually filming was a blast. It took a full day to film over at the Bowery Ballroom. The crew was super-friendly. We spent most of our time talking to the extras, making friends and fans and handing out CDs. They also had it catered with Chinese food, which was a plus."

Unfortunately for Pioneer Valley fans, the commercial is scheduled to be aired only in Latin American countries. But Paquette acknowledges the material will probably end up on YouTube at some point. The experience was a bit of an eye-opener for a bunch of guys who first started jamming together in the sixth grade.

Though the band began as more of a pop-punk project covering Blink-182 songs, Gone By Daylight eventually evolved into more of a rock-based unit spurred by such inspirations as Tom Petty, the Beatles and Ryan Adams.

Says Paquette, "We always had a classic rock influence from our upbringing. Eventually the rock would take over, but the melodic sensibility remained."

Currently, the group is continuing to write and record material at studios in Massachusetts, Connecticut and Los Angeles. There are also plans to film a music video at The Elevens in Northampton on May 10.

"We are constantly in the studio, and always will be for as long as time allows," says Paquette. "We have about 30 songs right now and plenty more in the works. As far as a release goes, we are streaming [our material] online via Facebook. We aren't going to release anything until our production deal is complete and we see what everyone wants to do with the best of our works. The ultimate goal would be to present them in demo form and try and get a record deal."

Gone By Daylight performs May 10, The Elevens, 140 Pleasant St., Northampton. For more information visit www.facebook.com/gonebydaylight or www.facebook.com/TheElevens.
- The Valley Advocate


"Nightcrawler: Smell of Success Gone By Daylight gets the Axe commercial"

By Gary Carra


Photo Courtesy of Jworks Management
Western Mass. pop-rockers Gone By Daylight headline the Pearl Street Clubroom this Saturday, March 24 with The Shape, Zamia, Lentner and Maverick West.


The Valley's own Gone By Daylight have shared stages with everyone from Bret Michaels to My Chemical Romance and have more than 3,000 Facebook "likes" to their cyber credit. But it is a recent brush with a national cologne company of note that seems to have the pop-punk quartet poised for impending success on a new level.

"It was our first experience with the whole business side of the industry, and our production deal has really been life-changing," says singer Eric Paquette of the band's recent signing with Universal Publishing and the Axe body spray commercial that came to fruition because of it. "We've never worked with a producer, or anyone else, for that matter, so it was quite a wakeup call, throwing other people in the Gone By Daylight world. ... But the plot of this commercial involves me getting flashed by a model, so I guess I really can't complain."

The commercial was shot near New York City's famed Chelsea Market, and as evidenced by the band's regular Saturday night residency at the renowned rock hall Arlene's Grocery, the Big Apple certainly seems to be playing a big role in the band's master plan.

"We've spent the last year playing NYC, taking bus trips to hand out CDs, playing open mics and basically doing anything we can do to make friends and fans in the city," Paquette explains. "It's finally starting to feel like the work is paying off, with more and more people coming out, coming up to us after sets, then seeing them again the next show."

This Saturday, March 25, Paquette and fellow Gone By Daylight-ers Jeff Lynch (guitar) and the brother/battery of Jordan (bass) and Shaanan King (drums) headline the Pearl Street Clubroom, with improv trio The Shape, Springfield decibel-deliverers Zamia and blues-rockers Lentner and Maverick West in support. (In keeping with our sibling revelry theme, it should be noted that Lentner also includes two brothers, and Maverick West comprises the four youngest brethren from the Lynch family in Huntington).
- Valleyadvocate.com


"Gone By Daylight Here to Stay"

THE FRUITS OF THE ROCK n’ ROLL TREE OF LIFE… WHAT SEEDS ARE BEING SEWN FOR THE FATE OF ROCK n’ ROLL? FIND OUT HERE AS NEWCOMERS GONE BY DAYLIGHT ARE SET TO TAKE OVER STAGES AND SPEAKERS EVERYWHERE!!

Meet the boys, pictured from left to right:

Shaanan King: Drums
Eric Paquette: Lead Vocals and Guitar
Jordan King: Bass, Backing Vocals
Jeff Lynch: Lead Guitar and Backing Vocals

For those who have had their head stuck under a floorboard, or in the corner of a dive bar listening to a band that nobody wants to know on their ipod because they think it’s cool, or it looks “fashionable,” back in 2011 Dave Grohl was receiving an award in London for “Godlike Genius” at the NME awards. More recently, Guns N’ Roses was inducted into the Rock n’ Roll Hall of Fame for all they have contributed to Rock n’ Roll. Despite the fact that Axl Rose rejected this sentiment, it is arguable that his band gave the world the most impacting debut Rock n’ Roll album of all existence.

The irony of these two events is that just about 20 years ago, there was a historic feud between Axl Rose’s band Guns N’ Roses, and Dave Grohl’s band at the time, Nirvana. For those that don’t know the story behind this, Nirvana – along with several other relative bands – were part of a movement that came about as a deliberate attempt to “resist” the “Rock n’ Roll of the establishment” as Kurt Cobain put it, that were the likes of Guns N’ Roses. The cruel twist of fate here is, that in pigeon-holing himself as a figurehead of an “anti- establishment Rock n’ Roll machine,” the seemingly recluse Nirvana front man Kurt Cobain publicly BECAME that very machine he sought out to destroy. Poor martyr; rest his soul. History is sometimes a very cruel teacher, so if you learn nothing more from this example, know that whenever you label yourself, that label may as well come with an expiration date- because ripe fruit can’t stay fresh forever. If it wasn’t for the “Rock n’ Roll of the establishment,” Nirvana would never have existed. Ironic isn’t it . . . Don’tcha think? Evolution is an inevitable process; everything will inevitably change over time. The lesson to be learned from this is: don’t be quick to label yourselves kiddies, just play some fuckin’ Rock n’ Roll!!!!

In our premiere issue, I am pleased to expose the world to Gone By Daylight: a group of New England boys from Massachusetts who are a perfect example of the traditional school of successful Rock n’ Roll that gave you music without self-proclaimed labels and devoid of boundaries. These boys capture a time when Rock n’ Roll was music you could FEEL, because it was being played with pure feeling, dedication, drive, and last but not least: VOLUME!!!! These were times when something as simple as The Beatles’s “Yeeeah Yeaaah Yeeeah” in a song would stay in your head for weeks and become the most memorable part of the song, because it was so SIMPLE – yet effective, and HONEST.

Sometimes the simplest “Ohhh oh, OHHH Ow” can be the best part of the song if its harmonized right. This is done well in tracks like “Gotta Get Out,” (featured below) where the message is so clear cut, but presented in the most decorated way. Its just very good musicianship, and great songwriting. The stage presence chemistry that these boys have Marie Curie couldn’t theorize. They’re so LIVE, and the live sound is so engulfing, more so than the actual studio recordings; therein lies the true test of talent. Its only a matter of time before these boys inevitably erupt in the face of the Rock n’ Roll music scene anywhere Rock n’ Roll is present.

The encapsulating harmonies of lead singer Eric Paquette will take control of your mood like a dose of Scopolamine. You’ll just hear it one time, and you’ll be submerged in harmonies that place you at the most intense point of the rising action in a motion picture; it’s that BIG. Also, also prominent is the heavy guitar carnage throughout songs like “Gotta get Out” and the solo 35 seconds into our clip below of “Wanna Take a Ride.” This is serious guitar harmonizing. For those of you that don’t like “big,” for whatever shallow pretentious reason, we here at Walk The Plank are musicians writing about musicians, and we appreciate the musicianship of the record at the end of the day. You’re in the MUSIC section right now, not the fashion section. We praise music for the craft of it, not the trend.

Through the appreciation and preservation of great music – particularly Rock n’ Roll – of many genres and time periods, we preserve a very important gene pool: the fundamentals of great Rock n’ Roll music that nurture its Tree of Life. I don’t know what happened over time. Perhaps somewhere along the timeline, the string of the telephone cord from one can to the other got cut in the generation gap when people were explaining music to each other . . . I don’t know. They really needed a better system for relaying “tweet” messages back then, - walktheplankmag.com


"Gone By Daylight Here to Stay"

THE FRUITS OF THE ROCK n’ ROLL TREE OF LIFE… WHAT SEEDS ARE BEING SEWN FOR THE FATE OF ROCK n’ ROLL? FIND OUT HERE AS NEWCOMERS GONE BY DAYLIGHT ARE SET TO TAKE OVER STAGES AND SPEAKERS EVERYWHERE!!

Meet the boys, pictured from left to right:

Shaanan King: Drums
Eric Paquette: Lead Vocals and Guitar
Jordan King: Bass, Backing Vocals
Jeff Lynch: Lead Guitar and Backing Vocals

For those who have had their head stuck under a floorboard, or in the corner of a dive bar listening to a band that nobody wants to know on their ipod because they think it’s cool, or it looks “fashionable,” back in 2011 Dave Grohl was receiving an award in London for “Godlike Genius” at the NME awards. More recently, Guns N’ Roses was inducted into the Rock n’ Roll Hall of Fame for all they have contributed to Rock n’ Roll. Despite the fact that Axl Rose rejected this sentiment, it is arguable that his band gave the world the most impacting debut Rock n’ Roll album of all existence.

The irony of these two events is that just about 20 years ago, there was a historic feud between Axl Rose’s band Guns N’ Roses, and Dave Grohl’s band at the time, Nirvana. For those that don’t know the story behind this, Nirvana – along with several other relative bands – were part of a movement that came about as a deliberate attempt to “resist” the “Rock n’ Roll of the establishment” as Kurt Cobain put it, that were the likes of Guns N’ Roses. The cruel twist of fate here is, that in pigeon-holing himself as a figurehead of an “anti- establishment Rock n’ Roll machine,” the seemingly recluse Nirvana front man Kurt Cobain publicly BECAME that very machine he sought out to destroy. Poor martyr; rest his soul. History is sometimes a very cruel teacher, so if you learn nothing more from this example, know that whenever you label yourself, that label may as well come with an expiration date- because ripe fruit can’t stay fresh forever. If it wasn’t for the “Rock n’ Roll of the establishment,” Nirvana would never have existed. Ironic isn’t it . . . Don’tcha think? Evolution is an inevitable process; everything will inevitably change over time. The lesson to be learned from this is: don’t be quick to label yourselves kiddies, just play some fuckin’ Rock n’ Roll!!!!

In our premiere issue, I am pleased to expose the world to Gone By Daylight: a group of New England boys from Massachusetts who are a perfect example of the traditional school of successful Rock n’ Roll that gave you music without self-proclaimed labels and devoid of boundaries. These boys capture a time when Rock n’ Roll was music you could FEEL, because it was being played with pure feeling, dedication, drive, and last but not least: VOLUME!!!! These were times when something as simple as The Beatles’s “Yeeeah Yeaaah Yeeeah” in a song would stay in your head for weeks and become the most memorable part of the song, because it was so SIMPLE – yet effective, and HONEST.

Sometimes the simplest “Ohhh oh, OHHH Ow” can be the best part of the song if its harmonized right. This is done well in tracks like “Gotta Get Out,” (featured below) where the message is so clear cut, but presented in the most decorated way. Its just very good musicianship, and great songwriting. The stage presence chemistry that these boys have Marie Curie couldn’t theorize. They’re so LIVE, and the live sound is so engulfing, more so than the actual studio recordings; therein lies the true test of talent. Its only a matter of time before these boys inevitably erupt in the face of the Rock n’ Roll music scene anywhere Rock n’ Roll is present.

The encapsulating harmonies of lead singer Eric Paquette will take control of your mood like a dose of Scopolamine. You’ll just hear it one time, and you’ll be submerged in harmonies that place you at the most intense point of the rising action in a motion picture; it’s that BIG. Also, also prominent is the heavy guitar carnage throughout songs like “Gotta get Out” and the solo 35 seconds into our clip below of “Wanna Take a Ride.” This is serious guitar harmonizing. For those of you that don’t like “big,” for whatever shallow pretentious reason, we here at Walk The Plank are musicians writing about musicians, and we appreciate the musicianship of the record at the end of the day. You’re in the MUSIC section right now, not the fashion section. We praise music for the craft of it, not the trend.

Through the appreciation and preservation of great music – particularly Rock n’ Roll – of many genres and time periods, we preserve a very important gene pool: the fundamentals of great Rock n’ Roll music that nurture its Tree of Life. I don’t know what happened over time. Perhaps somewhere along the timeline, the string of the telephone cord from one can to the other got cut in the generation gap when people were explaining music to each other . . . I don’t know. They really needed a better system for relaying “tweet” messages back then, - walktheplankmag.com


"Gone By Daylight Interview"

Recently, Danny from Wambled spoke to Eric Paquette, lead singer of the band Gone By Daylight about the band and about the state of music in general. Check out the interview.




So tell us a bit about your band.




Well there’s me. I play guitar and I am the lead vocalist. Jordan King plays bass, Shaanan King plays drums and Jeff Lynch is the lead guitar player. And they all sing backup vocals as well. We are a band from western Mass. Me and the two brothers have been playing together since we were little kids. I think we actually played our first show when we were about 12 years old. You know, we were in bands in high school, we did some stuff after high school, but the way it is now, with this lineup, we've been around for about a year. Jeff showing up kind of like sealed the deal for us.




With this lineup that you've had for a year, you have been recording some tunes lately?




Yeah, we've been all over the place. With technology now its cool, you can do like the drums in one studio, and I can go out to LA and do the vocals out there, come back, do the guitars in Connecticut, its pretty crazy. Most of the drums have been recorded at Zing Studios in Westfield Massachusetts. Most of the guitars have been done in Connecticut and I've always done the vocals with our producer, Curtis John, out in LA.




Do you feel like you lose anything from not all being in the studio at the same time?




Well we always spend a lot of time before even entering the studio so that we know it inside and out. We usually do the drums first, but a lot of time when you are playing in a room full of people you cant dissect it until you’re in the studio, hearing it through the speakers and then you can tweak it that way. But I don’t think were really losing anything from that process. Some people, like the new Blink 182 record, they didn't even write the songs together. They sent emails and brought a hard drive back and forth. They sent emails back and forth. I think the Strokes did their last record like that too.

And we write together and make sure the songs are prime before we even enter the studio.




So you make sure you have the songs down 100% before you start this recording process so that you are comfortable doing it in different places?




Well you know what… usually, but sometimes we have a very scatter brained process because songs can come out in different ways. There is no set formula on how to write a song. Sometimes it’ll come from a band jam, and usually then we make sure that before we go in the studio we have our parts down and all that. But sometimes I’ll write an acoustic song, so ill record an acoustic track and a vocal, throw a little beat in there as a reference. Then I’ll show it to the guys and we’ll jam on it and it can change. Or sometimes that first vocal track I do will stay and then other things will be added. I think you can tell the difference between the songs that we write like that and the songs that we write together as a band. The songs we write together are usually more rock, more riff based, more guitar driven, whereas the stuff I bring on an acoustic track is usually more melodic.




How has your experience been with Kurtis John and Mike Nadeau?




It’s been great, I’ve been working with them for a while. They used to be in that band The Last Goodnight. It has been great, they have pushed our band to become better than we ever thought we could be. Especially doing vocals with Kurtis, he has pulled performances out of me that I really never thought I could do. Sometimes he would be right there in the booth with me when I was doing vocal takes, coaching me.




Does Kurtis work with the band as well, of just on your vocals in his studio in LA?




Well he is actually in town, I am going to work with him tomorrow. He comes down and works with the band too, but I’ve tracked vocals with him in LA about three or four times.




So you have been on both the west and east coast recording, but most of your touring has been around here in the northeast?




Yea, we actually consider ourselves full time at the studio right now. We are really focused on writing. I mean, we love playing live, that’s mostly why we play music. We like trying out the new songs live. We also love being in New York, so we have been keeping it semi-local, playing in New York, Boston, Hartford, those areas. We all live in the western Massachusetts area, in Northampton. It is definitely the coolest town in Western Mass. Its got a little bit of culture. The music scene is pretty cool. Lot of great foot, some cool little record shops.




Yea I always judge how cool a town or city is based on how many record shops they have. Or, if they have one at all.




We lost a few, but there is one really good one left. Turn it Up.




Do you do the majority of your live performances in western Mass?

- Wambled


"Gone By Daylight"

One of the things I love most about music is seeing how various musicians share the same influences and what relates and diverges in their output such as Ryker Sear (whom I've covered before here) and Gone By Daylight who share influences in Blink-182 and Guns N' Roses. While I heard similarities in both bands, Gone By Daylight was far from hopping onto Ryker Sear's sound, let alone anyone else's! With Eric Paquette and brothers Jordan and Shaanan King (lead singer, bassist, and drummer respectively) having met and founded Gone By Daylight in middle school, and lead guitarist Jeff Lynch filling out the roster in early 2011, they've unquestionably grown a lot as people and as musicians, which not only gives them a wide array of subjects to cover in song, but it has a definitive effect on their actual sound as well. Gone By Daylight takes the strengths from all their influences and blends them into a noteworthy hybrid of modern pop-punk and classic rock that gives their songs a surplus of character, appealing just as much to the members' personal tastes as to listeners (and potential future fans!) by providing multiple hooks for them to latch onto. They've been hard at work in the studio, recording over thirty songs for their upcoming album in Los Angeles and Connecticut, thus not leaving me with a lot of recent studio songs to listen to, but the two available on their Facebook, “Wanna Take A Ride” and “Up In The Air” were more than enough to tide me over for the time being, displaying the bands' two different sounds at their very best. “Wanna Take A Ride” was updated from its previous version on their 2007 EP Sold My Soul, and its buildup from the acoustic opening into what sounds like an 80s rocker in all the best ways complete with a guitar solo reminiscent of that era makes it a solid take, while “Up In The Air” is reason enough in itself why the pop-punk angle is just as important and I'm a big fan of the rhythm found in their songs, the drawn-out beats leaving me in anticipation of every next one. If you happen to live in or near Boston or New York, Gone By Daylight plays shows and opens for bands in both areas on a regular basis, and they're set to play a Saturday night residency throughout the month of December at Arlene's Grocery in New York City! Their hard work and dedication is already starting to pay off with their songs being featured on MTV's Teen Mom, Starz' Party Down, and E! News Daily, and with their passion and talent bursting at the seams, it wouldn't surprise me to see Gone By Daylight gather more mainstream success! - Kaleigh


"Gone By Daylight"

One of the things I love most about music is seeing how various musicians share the same influences and what relates and diverges in their output such as Ryker Sear (whom I've covered before here) and Gone By Daylight who share influences in Blink-182 and Guns N' Roses. While I heard similarities in both bands, Gone By Daylight was far from hopping onto Ryker Sear's sound, let alone anyone else's! With Eric Paquette and brothers Jordan and Shaanan King (lead singer, bassist, and drummer respectively) having met and founded Gone By Daylight in middle school, and lead guitarist Jeff Lynch filling out the roster in early 2011, they've unquestionably grown a lot as people and as musicians, which not only gives them a wide array of subjects to cover in song, but it has a definitive effect on their actual sound as well. Gone By Daylight takes the strengths from all their influences and blends them into a noteworthy hybrid of modern pop-punk and classic rock that gives their songs a surplus of character, appealing just as much to the members' personal tastes as to listeners (and potential future fans!) by providing multiple hooks for them to latch onto. They've been hard at work in the studio, recording over thirty songs for their upcoming album in Los Angeles and Connecticut, thus not leaving me with a lot of recent studio songs to listen to, but the two available on their Facebook, “Wanna Take A Ride” and “Up In The Air” were more than enough to tide me over for the time being, displaying the bands' two different sounds at their very best. “Wanna Take A Ride” was updated from its previous version on their 2007 EP Sold My Soul, and its buildup from the acoustic opening into what sounds like an 80s rocker in all the best ways complete with a guitar solo reminiscent of that era makes it a solid take, while “Up In The Air” is reason enough in itself why the pop-punk angle is just as important and I'm a big fan of the rhythm found in their songs, the drawn-out beats leaving me in anticipation of every next one. If you happen to live in or near Boston or New York, Gone By Daylight plays shows and opens for bands in both areas on a regular basis, and they're set to play a Saturday night residency throughout the month of December at Arlene's Grocery in New York City! Their hard work and dedication is already starting to pay off with their songs being featured on MTV's Teen Mom, Starz' Party Down, and E! News Daily, and with their passion and talent bursting at the seams, it wouldn't surprise me to see Gone By Daylight gather more mainstream success! - Kaleigh


""Sold My Soul" Cd Review"

On their EP Sold My Soul, Western Massachusetts’ Gone By Daylight delivers big riffs and attitude that is pure rock ‘n’ roll. The band is obviously not interested in lumping themselves in to any bracket of rock, which is a relief in an era of post-rock, dance-rock and anything else-rock.

From the album opener “By Your Side,” the influences are clear with crisp production allowing lead vocalist Eric Paquette and company to become genuine arena rockers, with their big hooks and anthemic tunes. Though they have potential to rock some serious face, Gone By Daylight’s sound is more akin to Third Eye Blind, who took an intricately catchy rock sound and made it easily accessible to the masses. Like them, Gone By Daylight successfully mix guitar licks and solos aplenty, but keeping it melodic and always catchy. Most importantly, they don’t come off as cheesy.

Tracks like “The Way It Feels” with its acoustic guitar opening and closing track “Big Riff” are all massive in the production, and Gone By Daylight is able to pull it off. As Paquette nearly delves into a cliché in singing about “selling his soul for rock and roll” on “Big Riff,” he manages to genuinely pull it off with a some real conviction. Some bands don’t rely on gimmicks for popularity. This is one of them. (self-released)

www.myspace.com/gonebydaylight

- Nick Stefanovich
- Performer Magazine/ www.performermag.com


"Gone by Daylight "Sold My Soul" cd review"

Gone By Daylight
"Sold My Soul"
Thursday, November 29, 2007
By Greg Saulmon

Growing up, there was always one kid who, despite the fact that every member of the PTO loved him, harbored a huge secret stash of fireworks and porn. Sold My Soul answers the question of what it would sound like if four of those kids met and decided to start a band.

That is to say that Gone By Daylight -- singer/guitarist Eric Paquette, bassist Dan Rivera and brothers Jordan and Shaanan King on guitar and drums, respectively -- play the type of throbbing, post-teen, post-angst rock that's sophisticated enough to know that songs can evolve rather than repeat, but unpretentious enough to include liberal use of the words "woo" and "ooh."

To that end, Eric Paquette sings like he's trying to seduce your sister and your mom, slipping into his rock-setto like it's a hot tub filled with champagne. Thick backing vocals push the band's sound into the "sunny" end of the spectrum; guitars wedged in AC/DC's turn-every-tone-knob-on-the-Marshall-to-5 frequency shade it all with a darker edge.

The AC/DC reference is apt only to a point, though -- the tone's there, but King and Paquette replace Malcom's clockwork-stiff riffs with limber, ropy lines. If you need more specifics about their influences, you could read their MySpace page, or you could just listen to the opening figure of "Like a Rock." Somewhere, a guy in a top hat will hear this, pet his python, twist his black curls and weep with nostalgia.

Of the other songs: "The Way it Feels" will probably be the first track on the mix you'll make for your next Facebook crush; "Wanna Take a Ride" figures to have the band saving up for a fog machine; "By Your Side" finds a way to use a wah-wah pedal for the forces of good.

On the title track, Paquette sings "I sold my soul for rock and roll." Forgiving the clich -- and whatever he's hiding under his mattress -- it's hard not to think that he got a good deal.



- Local Buzz


"Night Crawler: FNB's date with destiny; Gone by Daylights bright idea"

...The Crawler also connected with Eric Paquette, guitarist and singer for melodic rockers Gone By Daylight. Paquette was on his cell phone in the band's van, en route to a New Hampshire gig. As he detailed the lengths to which he and his bandmates go to promote themselves, it shed light on how this fledgling band from Southwick has made a name for itself in relatively short order.

"We started about two years ago," he says. "But after the first year of getting these shows the conventional way with promoters and all, we noticed that we were doing a lot more legwork—and bringing in the most people."

Daylight's bright idea? Renting halls themselves and putting their own shows together, a habit that recently led to a sold-out affair at Pearl Street with an audience of 600-plus.While Paquette admits plunking down dough on self-booked shows has risks, he adds that it's worth it when it all comes together. And there are ways to increase the odds of success.

"We literally are working our band 24/7," he says. "Handing out flyers, CDs, stickers... the Web. We go out to clubs and network every night... and we practically lived at the Big E."

This Saturday, Dec. 8, GBD headlines Pearl Street's clubroom. We recognize local show openers Maverick West, Exit Reason and Agaetis Run, but who's this Eighty Six on the bill? Well, Paquette says they traded shows (another part of their plan) with Eighty Six to get that very New Hampshire gig they were en route to.

by Gary Carra

- The Valley Advocate


""Sold My Soul" Cd Review"

On their EP Sold My Soul, Western Massachusetts’ Gone By Daylight delivers big riffs and attitude that is pure rock ‘n’ roll. The band is obviously not interested in lumping themselves in to any bracket of rock, which is a relief in an era of post-rock, dance-rock and anything else-rock.

From the album opener “By Your Side,” the influences are clear with crisp production allowing lead vocalist Eric Paquette and company to become genuine arena rockers, with their big hooks and anthemic tunes. Though they have potential to rock some serious face, Gone By Daylight’s sound is more akin to Third Eye Blind, who took an intricately catchy rock sound and made it easily accessible to the masses. Like them, Gone By Daylight successfully mix guitar licks and solos aplenty, but keeping it melodic and always catchy. Most importantly, they don’t come off as cheesy.

Tracks like “The Way It Feels” with its acoustic guitar opening and closing track “Big Riff” are all massive in the production, and Gone By Daylight is able to pull it off. As Paquette nearly delves into a cliché in singing about “selling his soul for rock and roll” on “Big Riff,” he manages to genuinely pull it off with a some real conviction. Some bands don’t rely on gimmicks for popularity. This is one of them. (self-released)

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- Nick Stefanovich
- Performer Magazine/ www.performermag.com


Discography

Big Riff EP Available on iTunes.

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Bio

Born from pop-punk roots and a Rock n’ Roll spirit, Gone By Daylight incorporates a magnetic voice and pop-rock song writing, brimming with hooks and rock riffs. Influences include (but not limited to) Third Eye Blind, Guns n’ Roses, Blink 182, Tom Petty, and of course, The Beatles.

The band is comprised of born front man and song writer, Eric Paquette (Lead Singer, Guitar); master-thinker and fret shedder, Jeff Lynch (Lead Guitar, Vocals); rhythm-locked to perfection with his drummer brother and two revolvers tattooed across his chest, Jordan King (Bass, Vocals); and the no-bio-can-ever-do-him-or-his-stage-presence-justice, Shaanan King (Drums). The band solidified this line up in January of 2011, and has found management with John O’Leary of JWorks Management. Shortly after, the group inked a Production deal with Universal Publishing and EMI Recording artists, Kurtis John and Michael Nadeau. The team has been on an all-out writing and recording spree, completing upwards of 30+ songs between the producer’s Los Angeles and Connecticut studios.

GBD members have been playing their North East music circuit together for years and have shared the stage with My Chemical Romance, Fuel, Brett Michaels, Ed Kowalczyk of Live, Lifehouse, Misfits, Starting Line and The Academy Is. Currently, the band performs consistent shows between New York City and Boston.

The band will be appearing in an upcoming Axe Body Spray commercial filmed in NYC’s legendary Bowery Ballroom and aired in Latin America and Spanish speaking counties, thanks to House Casting and Imperial Woodpecker film company.

GBD has aired on TV: ESPN2, WWE, E News Daily, Party Down, MTV’s Teen Mom and Starz Network (Starz, Comedy, HD).

Radio stations showing GBD support: Lazer 99.3 WLZX (Springfield, MA), Radio 104.1 WMRQ (Hartford, CT) and 96.5 WTIC-FM.