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Ah, the dreaded bio. Where to begin? What could I possibly say that you haven’t heard before? How can I talk about the bad things without sounding bitter? How can I speak of the good without bragging? And how do I make it all sound interesting?
Well maybe I’ll just tell it to the best of my recollection, at worst you’ll be bored.
I remember being in college, already disillusioned, and wanting to start a band with friends for fun. I remember putting out our own EP on a local label with a friend, and then signing to another friends’ label in Los Angeles. I remember going to Los Angeles and recording with a big name producer. “Hey, this guy wants to take a chance on you.” Awesome. Wow, we have a real record. Is this for real? I remember talking to my Dean about leaving in my sophomore year. She said, “rock n’ roll.” I was out of there.
I remember playing basement shows and sleeping in our van. I remember these basements suddenly turning into amphitheaters. “Hey, our friends’ label is doing a deal with a major label--they want to put out your next record.” Fall of 2001. We spend five months in a studio. Living Well is the Best Revenge comes out in April, we go on tour and never look back. Reading festival, Fuji Rock. “Hello Mr. Moore, it’s an honor to share a stage with you.” Headline US, UK, tour with Jimmy Eat World throughout Europe. Headline Japan. Come home in January of 2003. Everything is amazing. We pull the plug.
Why? Difficult question. Too many hands in my pocket? No control? Cliché band story: Band is happy to be playing music, doesn’t realize what is really going on.
