Kalen Chase
Kalen Chase Musmecci, is an American singer, songwriter, and musician. Chase is best known as the lead singer of American heavy metal band Vimic.Biography
Chase was born in Southern California and grew up in Washington state, before eventually returning to Los Angeles, where he currently resides and occasionally instructs at Musicians Institute. Chase was born with albinism and has severe visual impairment.
Chase toured with American nu metal band Korn from 2006-2008. It was on tour with Korn in 2007 that he befriended Joey Jordison. He also performed on the 2007 MTV Unplugged release as a backup vocalist and multi-instrumentalist.
Vimic made their debut on SiriusXM in an interview with Joey Jordison on May 5, 2016.
After a career in metal and Vimic on indefinite hiatus, Chase officially returned to his singer-songwriter roots in 2020. The change in genre stemmed largely from conversations with record producer Kato Khandwala, whom he met while with Vimic. Prior to Khandwala's death in 2018 in a motorcycle accident, Chase had worked closely with the producer on his original material and was encouraged to pursue it.
In March 2020, Chase wrote, recorded, and released solo acoustic single When the Sun Comes Up amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
On June 26, 2020, Chase released Good Things featuring Brian Viglione of The Dresden Dolls on drums.
