Pete.

American post-grunge and alternative metal band

pete.

Origin| New Jersey, United States
Genres|

* Post-grunge
* alternative metal
* nu metal[citation needed]

Labels|

* Warner Bros

Past members|

* David Terrana
* Rich Andruska
* Lars Alverson
* Scott Anderson

Website| petenoise.com[dead link]

pete. was an American post-grunge and alternative metal band from New Jersey, United States. The band was most known for its song "Sweet Daze", which peaked at #17 on Billboard's Mainstream Rock Songs chart in 2001.[1]

## History[edit]

### Early days (199X-2000)[edit]

The band toured throughout the United States, including Detroit, Toledo, and Iowa City during the mid-1990s. The band was named after "a man who always seemed to be the life of the party at a Newark, N.J., watering hole".[2]

### Signing to Warner Bros. and self-titled debut (2001-2004)[edit]

The band became signed to Warner Bros. Records under "rather unique circumstances"; after providing a demo tape to a rock radio station, the song "Burn" become remarkably popular, resulting in attention and later signing to the label.[2] pete.'s self-titled album, produced by Ross Hogarth and Jason Slater,[citation needed] was released on July 31, 2001.[3]

pete. appeared on the August 29, 2001 episode of HBO's concert series Reverb with nu metal bands Adema and Staind.[2]

It is implied that pete. broke up at some point before 2005.

### Reformation as Sonicult (2005-2009)[edit]

In 2005, the original band members reformed as Sonicult, which released one album on Rat Pak Records in 2009. Andruska later left the band and was replaced by Freddy V.[4]

## Discography[edit]

### Studio albums[edit]

* pete. (2001-07-31)

### Singles[edit]

* Sweet Daze (2001)
* #14 Active rock, #17 Mainstream Rock Songs, #25 Heritage rock

## Members[edit]

* David Terrana – vocals (199X–200X, 2005-20XX)
* Rich Andruska – guitar (199X–200X, 2005-20XX)
* Freddy V – guitar (20XX-20XX)
* Lars Alverson – bass (199X–200X, 2005-20XX)
* Scott Anderson – drums (199X–200X, 2005-20XX)

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Pete". Billboard.
2. ^ a b c "RN&R • Arts&Culture • Scene&Herd • Meet pete • Sep 13, 2001". Reno News & Review. July 7, 2005.
3. ^ Staff, PopMatters (30 July 2001). "pete: self-titled, PopMatters".
4. ^ "Sonicult". ratpakrecordsamerica.com.

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