History

The story thus far...

Falling Edge had its beginnings in 2004, with original members Kevin
Tetreault (drums, vocals), Chris Rupert (guitar, vocals), and Don McClellan
(bass, vocals), although we weren't Falling Edge yet. The next year saw the
addition of keyboard player and vocalist Tim Bork, and it wasn't long after
that that the idea of committing some of our originals to a CD was tossed
around. We began working on the original material in earnest, ironing out
timing details, arguing about arrangements, and the like. Recording started
late in the summer of 2007, and by the following January a good chunk of
Social Engineering was done. Unfortunately, it was around this time that Don
had to leave the band, which left us scrambling for a bass player to
continue work on the album. This proved much more difficult than we
anticipated, and, several months and several bass players later, our
inability to secure a bass player became kind of a running joke among the
remaining members. Not a very funny one, mind you. The problem wasn't so
much one of finding someone as it was finding someone who could commit to a
project of this scope. By the time we located someone who was interested,
let them work on the songs for a bit, then rehearsed for several weeks, 2 or
3 months would go by. Multiply this scenario by several different bassists,
and it isn't hard to see how completing the album fell way behind schedule.
Because Social Engineering was nearing completion, we decided to finish the
recording with Chris on bass and all the vocals (Don originally sang
backups). It was a bit of a drag having to drop Don's original parts, since
we were all happy with his playing, but differences in tone and style made
it necessary. Those original bass tracks are still kicking around somewhere,
though.

Meanwhile, rehearsals continued for other tracks on the album, as did our
quest for a permanent bass player. We started recording Not That Far Away
since it makes use of the keyboard for bass. Not That Far Away was about 90%
completed when Tim decided to call it quits. Undaunted, we decided to finish
the track with Chris on keyboards. Again, because of differences in tone and
style, all of Tim's parts on Not That Far Away had to be scrapped. In the meantime, Jim Walsh had joined the band on bass, so at least we were covered for bass.

Rather than repeat our bass player hunting experience, we decided to just push ahead with Chris handling keyboard duties while we looked for a new keyboard player. We pressed on with this lineup for another year or so, when, in August of 2010,  Steve Kubica joined the band on keyboards.

Falling Edge

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