Ethylene

**The below description has been copied from the bands myspace page at www.myspace.com/ethylene by a fan (Marc Spears)** Ethylene would like to sincerely thank Samantha at The Advocate in Baton Rouge for her interest and efforts to support local music. Please read and enjoy her article about our band. ETHYLENE TO PERFORM AT THE CATERIE By SAMANTHA MORGAN Special to 2theadvocate.com Published: May 2, 2007

Ethylene would like to sincerely thank Samantha at The Advocate in Baton Rouge for her interest and efforts to support local music. Please read and enjoy her article about our band.

ETHYLENE TO PERFORM AT THE CATERIE

By SAMANTHA MORGAN
Special to 2theadvocate.com
Published: May 2, 2007


Even though the Baton-Rouge-based alternative rock band Ethylene has flown under the radar, the band has managed to build quite a strong following for itself.

Since forming in July of 2005, Ethylene, which includes members Caleb Hymel (vocals/guitar), Brandon McBride (guitar), Jordan Snyder (bass), and Sam Anderson (vocals/drums), has already completed extensive tours and produced two EP's.

Their first four-track EP, ?From the Ashes,? was released in the spring of 2006, and their second five-track EP, ?Flicker,? will be released on June 16 at The Caterie.

?We're booking as much as possible because we want to establish ourselves as a regional band first,? Hymel said. ?We just want to get our music out to as many people as possible.?

Hymel and former member, Karl Boudreaux, conceived Ethylene in one of the most natural places for a band.

?I ran into Karl at The Caterie one night and he said he wanted to put a band together,? Hymel recalled. ?I brought him to my car and played a mix tap of mine for him. We added Jordan on bass and then all started jamming together.?

Considering Ethylene is Hymel's first band, I wondered if there was any additional pressure on him to perform well.

?My view on it is that it means a lot more to me. It adds pressure on me to work harder. It's my only focus.?

?I'm the only one in this band that hasn't been in another band,? Hymel said. ?I've never played anyone else's music. It's always been about our music.?

The original roster of Ethylene has undergone some slight changes. The band was first a three-piece, until McBride joined six-months ago.

?I originally heard of Ethylene through Another Big Machine,? McBride explained. ?They were just awesome from the start. I became a supportive fan.?

Then, McBride heard Ethylene was holding tryouts for a guitar player.

He admitted that he was pensive about auditioning.

?I called and said I couldn't do it because there were people out there that could do better for them than me,? he said.

Obviously, the band didn't agree and McBride was asked to join.

As for Boudreaux, he recently left Ethylene due to work conflicts. He was replaced by Anderson, who played his first show with the band on Thursday, April 26 at Clicks Billiards.

?I played in a band called September Son, a semi-regional band, and Ethylene opened for us one time. I fell in love with the music they play, and then I grew a beard, and now we're here,? Anderson said with a laugh.

Although member shakeups are inevitable for a band, Ethylene now seems to be fit perfectly.

?We are all best friends that play music together,? Snyder said.

We would also like to thank Josh from San Diego, CA for his support of Ethylene.

Ethelyne
In a surprising manner, I just discovered a new unsigned rock band from Baton Rouge of all places - thanks to MySpace. I was online and either got a friend request from a band (perhaps before I changed my preference settings to avoid spamming) or maybe they were a featured artist in the teaser ads on the log-in page. I can't honestly remember. However, I'm currently in touch with one of the band members and I'm really impressed with how cool they are and how good their music is. They honestly sound like a major record label.