Switched

Switched are a nu metal/hard rock band from Cleveland, Ohio, United States Their debut album titled, Subject to Change was released via Immortal/Virgin Records in 2001, and went on to sell close to 100,000 records worldwide. During the recording phase for their second album, the band decided to go on an indefinite hiatus, mainly due to the band's poor relationship with Immortal Records. The hiatus more-or-less signaled that they had broken up, and members of the band went on to other projects. Drummer Chad Szeliga joined popular post-grunge group Breaking Benjamin in 2004, bassist Corey Lowery helped form alternative metal group Dark New Day, lead guitarist Bradley Kochmit joined then left hard rock group "Rikets" to form his own project called "Tinjen", and vocalist Ben Schigel found success as a producer working with bands Chimaira, Breaking Benjamin, Rikets and Allele. With help from their first manager, Thom Hazaert, now co-president of Californian indie label, Corporate Punishment Records, the group reformed and released their second album titled, Ghosts in the Machine on January 10, 2006. The two-disc album contains rarities, b-sides and demos. The first disc includes eleven tracks that were intended for the band's sophomore Immortal release, while the second disc includes four live songs plus several demos and the unreleased track "She Blinded Me with Science". The quality of the first disc can be described as "rough" as the tracks weren't yet mastered and still in the demo phase. A repackaged version of Subject to Change (see Subject to Change (Re-Release)) was also released which features the b-side track "Spread", the Howard Benson produced alternate versions of "Walkaway" and "Inside", and the Rick Will mix of "Inside". Two videos for "Inside" are also included. Year active: 1999