WAYLAND is working class music hailing from the town of the same name in West Michigan. Frontman
Mitchel Arnold and lead guitar player Phillip Vilenski met when touring the world teaching children music
with Bill and Robyn Brawley of Heart Global. They left the UK with their first batch of songs and set off to
build a fanbase that nobody could take away from them.
They toured the country independently for seven years selling out venues as a headliner all over the
midwest, opening for cross over acts like Aaron Lewis, Shinedown, Lifehouse, Colt Ford, Blackberry
Smoke, and Buckcherry, securing slots on major, national festivals, and building relationships with radio
stations all over the country by singing three part harmony at seven am live on air on radio and television.
WAYLAND\u2019s \u201cWelcome To My Head\u201d hit #32 on the active rock charts followed by \u201cReno\u201d which reached<\/p>\n\n\n\n
while simultaneously hitting #49 on media base active rock charts with a viral music video to match.
\u201cBloody Sunrise\u201d reached #30 and was followed by their single, \u201cThrough The Fire\u201d which reached #29 on
the Billboard Music Charts. \u201cGhost,\u201d co-written by Brent Smith and Zach Meyers of Shinedown reached<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Each time the band hit a major milestone, Cumulus, iHeart, and Sirius XM would encourage the band to
embrace their midwestern and bluegrass upbringing and make their way into the country genre where
their pedal steel, mandolin, and acoustic guitars would be welcomed.
They accepted this invitation and came off the road for the first time in seven years. They were first called
to the Mojave Desert in Joshua Tree, CA where they had the time and space to produce their own record
for the very first time. With the sound of WAYLAND clearly defined, they came back to Nashville, TN
where they spent their days in the studio finishing their next release and weekends on the road with the
WAYLAND WARRIORS.
WAYLAND
For more information, check out WAYLAND:
Official: www.waylandtheband.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com\/waylandofficial
Instagram: www.instagram.com\/waylandtheband
Twitter: www.twitter.com\/waylandtheband
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