The Color Morale is an American metalcore band from Rockford, Illinois, formed in 2007. The band includes vocalist/keyboardist Garret Rapp, guitarists Devin King and Aaron Saunders, bassist Mike Honson, and drummer Steve Carey. Rapp and Carey are the only two members of the original line-up that remain in the band. The group was signed to Fearless Records before they went into a hiatus in 2018. The band officially returned in March 2020. Before the hiatus, the band has released five studio albums: We All Have Demons, My Devil in Your Eyes, Know Hope, Hold On Pain Ends, and Desolate Divine.
The band's sound was influenced by a variety of post-hardcore and metalcore bands such as Glassjaw, Beloved, Misery Signals and Poison the Well. Major themes in the group's music included religion, mental disorders, overcoming past struggles, and a message of positivity.
-Wikipedia
Members:
Garret Rapp - Lead vocals
(2007-present)
Steve Carey - Drums
(2007-present)
Aaron Saunders - Rhythm guitar, backing vocals
(2012-present)
Devin King - Lead guitar
(2012-present)
Mike Honson - Bass, backing vocals
(2013-present)
Name Origin:
Garret Rapp explained:
"It was a title that says what the band's mission statement is and states what the band does."
Genre(s):
Post-hardcore,
metalcore
Active From: 2007-present
Influences:
Glassjaw,
Beloved,
Misery Signals,
Poison the Well
Quotes:
"Most of us are Christians. I think the label 'Christian Band' is more related to marketing and sales than it does an actual
belief in something. You see so much of this 'We're a Christian band, this and that' sort of thing, and you just
don't know what people are like outside of that setting. You can be Christian as you want to be on stage,
but off-stage, it's a whole different ball game with people. I think before you say anything like that,
I think you need to live your life according to what you believe, or you're just a hypocrite and it doesn't
matter what you say on stage. I wouldn't label us a Christian band, but we're guys that believe in Jesus,
and that's our beliefs — but we like to talk about it in a different sense, different from the idea of
'Evangelical Christian Metalcore.'"
-Anthony Wick
"I don't know if I have any biblical stories that I use as lyrical content. There is a track on the second album called
"Fill; Avoid”, it was written spontaneously after I read a verse in Genesis. "Hope's Anchor” is a song tha
is derived from a Hebrews verse: "may hope be the anchor of my soul.
-Garret Rapp
"I think I was in 2011 during Scream It Like You Mean It Tour. I think in the last year in my life I've really taken
a step back. I can feel it when I talk...I'm in a grey area right now, I'm unsure of where I am and where I'm going,
it's feel like I'm walking with quicksand beneath me half the time, it's a very unstable time of life right now.
I'm just trying to do the best thing I can with what I've got given to me or I've came to do what I've tried to
earn I guess...I'm just trying to do something positive for someone else, and that re-affirms a purpose in me
for something right now."
-Garret Rapp