There was a California band by the name "Bright Life" in the early
2000s, possibly late 90s.  I believe they put out an album, possibly
on Capitol Records.  Members of the band included Reed Calhoun, Shawn
Dailey, Nick Rucker, and Tim Lopez.  Dailey and Calhoun are now in the
band "Rock Kills Kid."  Two of the songs on the album may be "One
Chance" or "See Me Now."  I would like to track down a copy of this
album, if available, or find out more information on it, at the least.

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Clarification of Question by clintjames-ga on 06 Aug 2006 02:20 PDT

I believe the album is called "Where Are You Now?"

The following doesn't really provide any chronological or logical
history of the band. This is just a collection of details I found
through a basic internet search. Perhaps they will be of some
interest.

"See Me Now" opens Happy Meals 3: Songs to Run Away From, a 2002
punk/pop compilation. Here's the link to the album on Amazon (no
clips; used copies available):

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000063BOI/sr=1-1/qid=1155148761/ref=sr_1_1/002-0035346-0090458?ie=UTF8&s=music

Bright Life was one of the openers when Jimmy Eat World played in Los
Angeles in 2003. According to this brief comment, the band may have
been from Santa Monica:

"Opening bands Bright Life and Taking Back Sunday bravely filled the
earlier slots in the evening (perhaps not so bravely seeing as half of
the crowd seemed to be there for Victory band, Taking Back Sunday).
Bright Life played a brief fifteen-minute set of infectious pop rock
from Santa Monica."

http://www.punknews.org/review/1607

Or they may have been from Santa Barbara, according to a quote someone
posted from Sugarcult's website. The reference is to the Sugarcult
song "Worst December":

"A band from Santa Barbara called Bright Life inspired the music of
this song. I always admired their use of open chords in their rock
songs, something that Sugarcult doesn't do very often."  [See last
post on the page for more....]

http://www.songmeanings.net/lyric.php?lid=3530822107858493788

From a City Beat(Cincinnati weekly)write-up on Rock Kills Kid, who was
one of the openers for Yellowcard on July 18, 2006, in Cincinnati.
According to this comment, Bright Life probably disbanded sometime in
2003, and two former members are now playing in Rock Kills Kid:

"By 2003, he'd written nearly 150 songs and Rock Kills Kid finally
settled on a stable line-up -- Bright Life bassist Shawn Dailey and
keyboardist Reed Calhoun, Stairwell guitarist Sean Stopnik and drummer
Ian Hendrickson."

http://www.citybeat.com/2006-07-12/soundadvice.shtml

Here's a link to a recent interview with Reed Calhoun (Bright Life
keyboardist), in which he talks a little about his time with Bright
Life and what happened to him after the band broke up.

http://www.harmoniummusic.com/2006/05/24/interview-reed-calhoun-of-rock-kills-kid/

It's long shot, but you might try posting a request for the cd on this
site. Click on "Post Wants" on the right hand side of the page. It's
free.

http://www.musicstack.com/

You might also try checking eBay periodically.