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Emarosa

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Hometown:
Lexington, Kentucky, United States
Founded:
2006
Genre:
Post-Hardcore
Label(s):
Rise Records
Website: Members:

  • Jonny Craig (Lead vocals) [2007-present]

  • ER White (Guitar) [2006-present]

  • Jonas Ladekjaer (Guitar) [2007-present]

  • Jordan Stewart (Keyboard) [2006-present]

  • Will Sowers (Bass) [2006-present]

  • Lukas Koszewski (Drums) [2006-present]

FORMER Members:

  • Chris Roberts (Lead vocals) [2006]

  • Chris Roetter (Lead vocals) [2007]

  • Mike Bryant (Guitar) [2006]

  • Madison Stolzer (Guitar) [2006-2007]

  • Tyler Smith (Guitar) [2006]

Biography

How do you say, “change is a good thing” in Latin? If Lexington, Kentucky’s Emarosa ever get around to creating an official coat of arms for the band, that adage needs to be boldly printed across the front of it. Emarosa’s history is the embodiment of change: Forming in 2006, the band featured members of a hardcore band with a patently awful name (Corsets Are Cages) with a lineup that included frontman Chris Roberts, guitarists E.R. White and Mike Bryant, bassist Will Sowers, keyboardist Jordan Stewart and drummer Lukas Koszweski. In 2007, Chris Roetter joined just in time to appear on the band’s debut mini-LP, This Is Your Way Out, replacing Roberts. However, the band didn’t remain stable after the release of the record, and more changes were forthcoming. Tyler Smith (whose career has gone on to include stints with In Fear And Faith, Greeley Estates and the Word Alive) was called into replace Bryant, but he only lasted a few months before being replaced by Madison Stolzer, who remained for a year before the arrival of current string-bender Jonas Ladekjaer. Despite all of the frustration the band went through to fill the second guitar position, they also decided things weren’t working out with Roetter and decided to part company with him.In November 2007, Emarosa hit the jackpot with the arrival of former Dance Gavin Dance frontman Jonny Craig. At first listen, Craig’s massively idiosyncratic vocal style seemed more appropriate in the context of smooth R&B grooves than crunching metalcore. But Emarosa’s second release, 2008's Relativity, gave whiplash to unsuspecting listeners who didn’t know what to make of Craig’s passionate performances set against the fury the rest of the band were throwing down. Fans down with Craig’s vocal style found new reasons to go to the record store when he recorded a solo album (2009's A Dream Is A Question You Don’t Know How To Answer) and became a member of post-hardcore supergroup Isles And Glaciers. Emarosa’s third release, Emarosa, issued in 2010 by Rise Records, found the group in an even more precarious state. Craig and producer Brian McTernan came to an impasse after the industry veteran tried to exert control over Craig’s free-spirited methods of working. Craig responded by walking out of the sessions and returning to Portland, Oregon, to record with close friend/recording engineer Kris Crummett. The gamble paid off, as the band’s fanbase was further galvanized by such tough ’n’ tender tracks as "A Toast To The Future Kids" and "We Are Life," while their reputation was further solidified with a well-received tenure on the 2010 Warped Tour, thereby landing them a spot on the 2010 AP Tour Fall. A month prior to the tour, Craig announced he was rejoining Dance Gavin Dance—the band that fired him three years ago—for full-time recording and touring duties he says will not impact Emarosa. While Craig comes off as a loose cannon whose impulses are mercurial at best, it’s crystal clear that what’s working for him certainly works for Emarosa. “I just want everyone to know that I’m not going anywhere,” Craig told AP in late summer of 2010. “No matter how much shit you talk, no matter how much you hate me, I’m gonna keep making music every day. You can’t get rid of me.”

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