{"id":78,"date":"2019-02-02T10:04:31","date_gmt":"2019-02-02T15:04:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2019\/?page_id=78"},"modified":"2019-07-05T15:23:02","modified_gmt":"2019-07-05T19:23:02","slug":"discipline","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2019\/artists-schedule\/2019-artists\/discipline\/","title":{"rendered":"Discipline"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Discipline,
Discipline, photo by Vincenzo Nicolello<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

“Discipline weaves a wicked web of lush, whimsical melodies, cynical stories and melancholy theatrics\u2014so disturbing some fans have pegged lead-man Matthew Parmenter as ‘unstable,'” writes Heidi Olmac in Detroit’s Orbit newspaper. New Zealand rock critic Kev Rowland describes\u00a0Discipline as “one of the most important bands to come out of America in the last 25 years.”\u00a0Based in Detroit, Michigan, Discipline has performed and recorded together since 1987. The\u00a0band has released its fifth studio album with current members Paul Dzendzel (drums), Mathew\u00a0Kennedy (bass guitar), Chris Herin (lead guitar), and Matthew Parmenter (vocals and\u00a0keyboards).<\/p>\n

The U.S. label Laser’s Edge has released the new Discipline album “Captives of the Wine Dark\u00a0Sea.\u201d Ken Golden, owner and CEO of Laser’s Edge records says, “We are thrilled to welcome\u00a0Discipline into the Laser’s Edge family. The new Discipline album has definitely been worth the\u00a0wait. This album demonstrates once again why Discipline is considered one of the finest U.S.\u00a0bands.” Influences abound on the new release, which singer Matthew Parmenter describes as\u00a0“an escape to ameliorate the workaday world.” Veteran music producer Terry Brown (Rush,\u00a0Cutting Crew, Fates Warning) has mixed Discipline\u2019s new release. Chris Cope of Prog Magazine\u00a0describes the album as a \u201ctour de force\u201d of \u201cemotive, ardent music.\u201d Discipline\u2019s new album,\u00a0“Captives of the Wine Dark Sea” was released worldwide in July 2017.<\/p>\n

The band\u2019s earliest live shows were memorable for unusual theatrics. Parmenter (a.k.a. the Magic Acid Mime) wore different costumes to act out the songs. Though the costumes have gone away in recent years, spontaneity remains a hallmark of Discipline’s stage presence. “I think most of it comes from playing live,” says Parmenter in The Observer and Eccentric newspaper. “If something goes wrong, it’s kind of interesting how you will get out of it.” Several notable progressive rock festivals have welcomed Discipline to their stages. In 2017 they performed at Italy’s renowned music festival 2Days Prog+1 and at Chicago’s Progtoberfest.<\/p>\n

The band played UK’s Summers End festival in 2015. In 2012, Discipline appeared at RoSfest, the Rites of Spring progressive rock\u00a0festival in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. That performance can be viewed as an Amazon Instant\u00a0video. In 2008, Discipline performed at NEARfest, the Northeast Art Rock Festival. Other festival\u00a0appearances include Terra Incognita (Quebec Canada), ProgScape, Orion Studios (Baltimore,\u00a0Maryland), and six separate performances at ProgDay (Chapel Hill, North Carolina). Jeff Milo of\u00a0Ferndale Friends newspaper writes, “Go online and you’ll find various zines, blogs, and sites\u00a0devoted to ‘prog’ music sending some substantial love toward Detroit’s Discipline.”<\/p>\n

\"Discipline,
Discipline, photo by Doug Susalla<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Discipline’s previous album “To Shatter All Accord” (2011) includes the 25 minute song suite “Rogue.” John Collinge, publisher of Progression Magazine, acknowledged “To Shatter All Accord” with the publication\u2019s highest marks in his review (16 out of 16 stars). The band may be\u00a0best known for its album “Unfolded Like Staircase” (1997). With four sprawling epics, including\u00a0“Canto IV (Limbo)” and “Crutches,” “Unfolded Like Staircase” is considered by some to be one\u00a0of the best progressive rock albums of the 1990s. In The Dutch Progressive Rock Pages, Brian\u00a0Watson goes further: “Unfolded is my favourite progressive rock album of all time. In over 30\u00a0years of listening, and out of a collection touching 1500 albums, Unfolded Like Staircase is \u2018the\u00a0one\u2019” (DPRP Volume 51). The CD “Push & Profit” (1993) introduced Discipline to an\u00a0international audience supported by a tour of Norway. The band also recorded a virtually\u00a0unknown first album “Chaos Out of Order” (1988) that remained out of print for twenty-five years\u00a0until the band’s indie label, Strung Out Records, reissued the recording in 2013.<\/p>\n

Discipline has also released three live albums: “This One’s for England” (2014 double CD), “Live Days” (2010 double CD on Cyclops\/GFT), and “Into the Dream” (1999 on Syzygy\/SOR).<\/p>\n

\"Discipline,
Discipline, photo by Doug Susalla<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Band Lineup<\/strong>
\nPaul Dzendzel – drums
\nMathew\u00a0Kennedy – bass guitar
\nChris Herin – lead guitar
\nMatthew Parmenter – vocals and\u00a0keyboards<\/p>\n

Official Website: http:\/\/www.strungoutrecords.com<\/a>
\nFacebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DisciplineBand\/<\/a>
\nTwitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/DisciplineBand<\/a>
\nYouTube: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/DisciplineBand<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“Discipline weaves a wicked web of lush, whimsical melodies, cynical stories and melancholy theatrics\u2014so disturbing some fans have pegged lead-man Matthew Parmenter as ‘unstable,’” writes Heidi Olmac in Detroit’s Orbit newspaper. New Zealand rock critic Kev Rowland describes\u00a0Discipline as “one of the most important bands to come out of America in the last 25 years.”\u00a0Based…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":63,"menu_order":10,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-78","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/78","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=78"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/78\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":438,"href":"https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/78\/revisions\/438"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/63"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}