{{Short description|American Christian rock band}} {{for|the Trojan horse program|Sub7}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Subseven | image = | caption = | image_size = | background = group_or_band | origin = Weatherford, Oklahoma, U.S. | genre = Christian rock, emo, post-hardcore | years_active = 1999–2005, 2015 | label = Flicker | website = | current_members = Wesley Fite<br/>Clint McManaman<br/>Caleb Wilkerson<br/>Jacob Sullivan<br/>Shaun Brown | past_members = Reed Corbin<br/>Smokey Emerson<br/>Evan Crowley }}
'''Subseven''' (sometimes styled as '''sub7even or subseven''') was a Christian rock band formed in 1999 in Weatherford, Oklahoma.<ref name="about">{{cite web|url=http://christianmusic.about.com/od/upcomingreleases/a/aasub7305rel.htm|title=Subseven's First Full-Length Label Release Hits Stores in March|website=Christianmusic.about.com|accessdate=2013-11-05}}</ref> They played for four years as an independent in the Midwest, where they released one album and one EP and gained a large local fan base. In 2003, they signed a record deal with Flicker Records and soon after released ''Subseven: the EP''. One year later they released their final album, ''Free to Conquer''.
The band's members included Wesley Fite, Clint McManaman, Reed Corbin, Caleb Wilkerson and Jake Sullivan before their breakup in December 2005.<ref name="break">{{cite web|url=http://oklahomarock.com/subseven-taking-indefinite-break/|title=Subseven taking indefinite break|website=Oklahomarock.com|accessdate=2013-11-05}}</ref> Since their breakup in 2005, the band members have engaged in other musical activities, including other bands and solo projects. In November 2007, their bass guitarist, Reed Corbin, died from a heart attack at the age of 33.<ref name="okrock">{{cite web|url=http://oklahomarock.com/subsevens-reed-corbin-dead-at-33/|title=Subseven's Reed Corbin Dead at 33|website=Oklahomarock.com|accessdate=2013-11-05}}</ref>
In 2015, the band announced that they would be reuniting and playing a show on July 24, 2015 in Oklahoma City; they have not played a show since.<ref name="alternativepress">{{cite web|url=http://www.altpress.com/news/entry/subseven_to_reunite_this_year|title=Subseven to reunite this year|website=Altpress.com|accessdate=2015-08-14}}</ref>
In 2024, member Clint McManaman was a guest on The BlackSheep Podcast, speaking about the formation, breakup, and future of the band.<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=giVmTEvDHuA |title=Subseven: The Best Christian Emo Band You've Never Heard Of |date=2024-02-13 |last=The BlackSheep Podcast: Presented by HM Magazine |access-date=2024-12-09 |via=YouTube}}</ref>
==Members== ;Current members * Wesley Fite – vocals, guitar <small>(1999–2005, 2015)</small> * Clint McManaman – drums <small>(1999–2005, 2015)</small> * Caleb Wilkerson – guitar <small>(2003-2005, 2015)</small> * Jacob Sullivan – guitar <small>(2003-2005, 2015)</small> * Shaun Brown – bass <small>(2005, 2015)</small>
;Former members * Reed Corbin – bass <small>(1999–2005; died 2007)</small> * Smokey Emerson – guitar <small>(1999–2003)</small> * Evan Crowley – guitar <small>(2005)</small>
==Discography== ===Studio albums=== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" ! Album title ! Label ! Date |- | ''Free to Conquer'' | Flicker Records | March 15, 2005 |}
===EPs=== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" ! EP title ! Label ! Date |- | ''Larusso EP'' | Independent | 2001 |- | ''Subseven: the EP'' | Flicker Records | May 4, 2004 |}
===Independent albums=== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" ! Album title ! Label ! Date |- | ''The Black Album'' | Independent | 2000 |}
==Music videos== * "Emotion" – Filmed in January 2004 * "Free to Conquer" – Filmed summer of 2005 * "Hold On" – Filmed December 2005
After the video shoot of "Hold On" at the Green Door, the band announced that they would be breaking up, and played a farewell show to the audience that showed up to be in the video.
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20060326145643/http://www.flickerrecords.com/ Flicker Records] * [{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p695547|pure_url=yes}} subseven] at AllMusic * [http://www.purevolume.com/subseven subseven] at PureVolume * [https://www.facebook.com/subsevenrock Facebook]
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