Egypt Central

Biography

Egypt Central is an American rock band from Memphis, Tennessee.

Formation and debut album (2002–2010)

Egypt Central was formed on October 2, 2002 in Memphis, Tennessee and named after one of its roads. They wrote and recorded for one year until generating a buzz in their hometown. After eight shows, they caught the attention of former Lava Records CEO Jason Flom. Flom offered the band a record deal after seeing their live performances. Egypt Central's self-titled debut album was recorded with producer Josh Abraham in Los Angeles. It experienced many delays, eventually being released by Fat Lady Music on January 15, 2008. Two singles were released to promote the album: "You Make Me Sick" and "Taking You Down". These two tracks also ended up being on the soundtrack of the video game WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2009. They have performed with bands like Disturbed, Seether, Sevendust, Hurt, Red, In This Moment, and many others.
There is rumored to be an entire second album from this era which was never released due to legal issues with their record label. Two songs meant for this album, "Hate" and "California Dreams" (later reworked as "Citizen Radio" and released on the Murder in the French Quarter: Rare & Unreleased EP), were performed live while on tour in 2008.

White Rabbit (2010–2011)

Egypt Central completed work on their second studio album, entitled White Rabbit×White Rabbit17 May 2011 · Studio albumSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 12 tracks1Ghost Town3:452White Rabbit3:383Goodnight3:454Kick Ass3:185Change3:396The Drug (Part One)3:137Down in Flames3:548Enemy Inside (Part Two)4:129Blame3:1910Dying to Leave3:2611Surrender3:0012Backfire4:06, in December 2010 with producer Skidd Mills and released it on May 31, 2011. The album received many positive reviews from many sources. The album's title track was released as the first single on March 1, 2011. The band toured from March–May on the Tour of the American Dream tour with Cold and Kopek. The band toured on their Down the Hole headlining tour with Abused Romance and Candlelight Red in June and with Burn Halo and Red Line Chemistry in July. In addition to several festival appearances, the band toured briefly with Hinder, Saving Abel, and Adelitas Way in August. The band supported Pop Evil on a number of shows in September followed by a supporting leg of shows with Hinder and The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus in October. The band opened for Staind at the Q103 Thanksgiving Hangover, November 26 at the Washington Avenue Armory in Albany New York. They then joined Puddle of Mudd and Pop Evil on December 9 for the 105.7 The X (WIXO) Nutcracker Eleven at the Expo Gardens in Peoria.

Breakup (2012–2019)

On December 3, 2012, after being inactive for a year, bassist Joey Chicago announced through a letter on Facebook that both vocalist John Falls and guitarist Jeff James would not be continuing on with the band, thus bringing an end to Egypt Central.
In 2014 a post was made to the band's Facebook page, announcing a new EP of previously unreleased songs titled Murder in the French Quarter×Murder in the French Quarter19 August 2014 · EPSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 7 tracks1Enemy Inside (Rock Mix)3:502Cliche'3:443Citizen Radio3:464Over & Under (Demo)3:035Different (Demo)3:226Wake Up in Flames3:467Change (Demo)3:12, that was set for release on August 19, 2014.

Reunion & Burn With You (since 2019)

On April 1, 2019, a mysterious teaser video appeared on the band's Facebook page. The teaser appears to feature new music along with a cryptic 06 06 19 message. The video was re-posted on May 6, 2019. On June 6, 2019, Egypt Central released "Raise the Gates×Raise the Gates6 June 2019 · SingleSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1Raise the Gates3:23" as a new single confirming a reunion. On June 18, 2019, another cryptic teaser appeared on both Facebook and Instagram with a new date 07 05 19.
On July 5, 2019, Egypt Central released "Dead Machine×Dead Machine5 July 2019 · SingleSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1Dead Machine2:46" on their YouTube channel. On April 13, 2020, Egypt Central released a new single "Over Soon×Over Soon13 April 2020 · SingleSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1Over Soon3:24" on all platforms.
October 20, 2020, the band announced on their Instagram page the release of a new single "Hunted×Hunted20 November 2020 · SingleSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1Hunted2:53" set for November 20. Another single, "Let Me Out×Let Me Out30 April 2021 · SingleSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1Let Me Out3:32", was released digitally on April 30, 2021. An EP titled Burn With You×Burn With You9 July 2021 · EPSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 6 tracks1Raise the Gates3:232Dead Machine2:473Over Soon3:254Hunted2:535Let Me Out3:336Burn With You3:14 was released on July 9, 2021. On December 5, 2021, the band released a new single, Beautiful Misery with rapper Mikes Dead. On February 22, 2022, the band announced a new single called No Place Like home with a date on their YouTube channel 3-10-22.
The band are confirmed to be making an appearance at Welcome to Rockville, which will take place in Daytona Beach, Florida in May 2026.

Official members

Blake Allison – Drums
Joey "Chicago" Walser – Bass
John Falls – Lead Vocals

Former members

Heath Hindman – Lead Guitar
Jeff James – Rhythm Guitar
Don Wray – Lead Guitar (2001–2004)
Stephen "Worm" Williams – Lead Guitar
Chris D'Abaldo – Rhythm Guitar