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Andrew Jordan - vocals, guitar
Judas DePaolo - guitar
Ryan Kienle - bass
Aaron Stern - drums
"Third time's a charm, but would we even get that far?" - "14 Balloons"
Allow us to introduce Poughkeepsie, NY's MATCHBOOK ROMANCE once known as The Getaway. |
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Andrew Jordan - vocals, guitar
Judas DePaolo - guitar
Ryan Kienle - bass
Aaron Stern - drums
"Third time's a charm, but would we even get that far?" - "14 Balloons"
Allow us to introduce Poughkeepsie, NY's MATCHBOOK ROMANCE once known as The Getaway. These four young men rock so well that Epitaph Records had to pluck 'em right off the Internet.
The Internet really played and plays a major part of our success as a band,"says bassist Ryan Kienle, weeks before the band lets the leash off West for Wishing, their debut EP. A taut, five-tune taste of an LP to come later this year, WFW is ripe with layered emotional-hardcore melodies and sharp, passionate, pop song craft. Further, it's the fruit of unmerciful self-promotion via the Internet. Here, Kienle relates "the whole freakin" story.
The band's genesis dates back to 1997, with him and vocalist/guitarist Andrew Jordan in various incarnations of different bands. One such band, Fizzlewink, coughed up a DIY disc in February 2001. Midsummer of that year, Kienle says, "is where things get interesting."
The band added a third guitarist, Ryan "Judas" DePaolo and drummer Aaron Stern and re-christened themselves The Getaway. Kienle credits DePaolo as adding "amazing background vocal and guitar ideas" which cemented the band's sound, a juxtaposition of singing and screaming within a marriage of pop melodies and pulsing, careening rock rhythms. "[We] bring a lot of emotion and power to the music," Kienle says. "something we thrive on as a band. We bridge the gap, taking the best of [pop punk and screamo] and making something of our own. We reach for that solid hook but, at the same time, try to work in that crazy offset that little extra kick to the song."
Armed with a modest bouquet of six tunes, the band all confessed computer geeks constructed a website and began a relentless word-of-mouth crusade, drumming up links and mailing list subscriptions by networking with other unsigned U.S. bands they admired and the several hundred fans that would frequent the band's performances.
Says Kienle, "We were promoting all our shows over punk sites and mailing lists and other bands' guest books and message boards...putting our music up on MP3.com all of that. We really pushed it hard told everyone we knew and had them tell everyone they knew about our MP3s and our website. It started drawing massive traffic and things just started taking off. From September to December, we played almost every single weekend, [sometimes] two shows a weekend, all throughout the northeast."
Payday came when Epitaph honcho/Bad Religion guitarist Brett Gurewitz, trawling the 'Net for the band with that Special Something. After reading a particularly enthusiastic post on www.punknews.org, Gurewitz downloaded the band's track "Ex Marks The Spot." Dazzled, he emailed Jordan to express interest. Jordan thought it a cruel, cruel joke. "Andy emailed all of us asking who was messing with him and [said], 'it's not funny [to] joke around about this crap.' We had no clue what he was talking about. So, Andy emailed Brett back saying its messed up if this is a prank and if not, you can call me.
Of course, the phone rang. Kienle, Jordan, Stern and "Judas" flew west and a deal was both proffered and signed with gusto. This, on the merits of a rough, six-song demo. "That's when we knew it was for real. We were all blown away."
Gurewitz returned the band now, due to legalities, called Matchbook Romance to Yorktown Heights. Charged with writing the new LP, the band tries to maintain focus as tour possibilities, including that golden ticket of summer jaunts, the Vans Warped Tour, are bandied about.
"From the day we got home, we've been writing as much as we can, trying new things, experimenting musically, trying different songwriting processes," says Kienle. "[We're] just focusing on writing the best album we possibly can."
Not that they don't indulge in a little reverie...
"It really is a dream come true. It just feels like we started something that can't be stopped. We are using an awesome producer [Joe Barresi; Queens of the Stone Age, Pennywise, Weezer, The Jesus Lizard, Melvins] for our full-length and a punk legend [Brett Gurewitz] produced our EP! It's like living inside a dream and I never want to wake up. I think that one statement kind of says it all."
Source: http://www.matchbookromance.com/history.html |
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where the hell are all there fans?
this band is soo good...why doesnt anyone
post at there board?
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| i don't know. but i do agree that this band
kicks major ass. | blindlldestiny | | thank you now start posting | simpleplanzgrupislut | i am a HUUUGE mbr fan, what the hell is up?
so, theyre touring, amazing, writing some new
stuff, rad and yeah...theyre very talented
and it hasnt taken effect because theyre so
modest... | lindz_e80110 | there touring?
hmm you learn something new each day,...im
gonna go have to check that out~ | simpleplanzgrupislut | | ...i believe so | lindz_e80110 | | lol, now i know...thanks lindz! | simpleplanzgrupislut | Yea I frickin love matchbox
romance........but I also have a life and
dont wanna post on every band I love hehe!
They were at warped jr. when I went! The
rocked! | Emogurl18287 | matchBOOK romance
matchBOOK romance
say it with me....... | simpleplanzgrupislut | heh everyone has that mistake...damn matchbox
twenty for making it difficult...eh....
yeah well at least youre a fan of their
music, doesnt necessasarily mean you have to
spell their name right, or does it? haha | lindz_e80110 | | lol | i_heart_emo_boys187 | its just i know its common, my friend did
that at their show,
girl: who are you here for?
my friend: matchbox romance
*girl gives strange look*
me: did she say matchbox, she meant
matchbook...haha
the ticket venues do that too, my Mest ticket
says "Matchbox Romance"
everyones just sooooo smart.....eh | lindz_e80110 | | awww thats sad and that sucks | i_heart_emo_boys187 | | Stupid, Stupid people. | bandchick | very.
extremely. | i_heart_emo_boys187 | | yeah this band rules | paintfreak181 | | they rock!! are you new? | i_heart_emo_boys187 | havent heard much of these guys but what i
have heard ive liked | ALLthatREMAINS11 | | thats nice | i_heart_emo_boys187 | i dunno, but matchbook romance is fucking
awesome. and theyre even better in concert,
unlike some other bands, they dont need to
digitally fix their music, they sound the
same on their cd as they do in concert,
except better | bleeding_mascara | ummm okkkk what other bands are you talking
about!? | i_heart_emo_boys187 | | yeah in confused too | simpleplanlover13 | yeah matchbook plays great in concert.. i saw
them in austin with tbs and fall out boy, it
was amazing.. they were excellent | amyhuddd | i seen em live once! and now im going to see
them play with motion city soundtrack...its
gonna be such a good concert | simpleplanlover13 | Yay simple plan lover!!!! MBR is awesome in
concert, but you love simple plan and
that's sad. | bandchick | i may like simple plan, but i hate good
charlotte. and i love alot more bands and yer
3 fave are also 3 of my faves | simpleplanlover13 | Yeah, sorry for the outburst, I just hate
simple plan with a passion. Im glad we're
on the same page though with the three
fav's thing. | bandchick | well just look past the fact that i love sp
....its not the only one i like :) | simpleplanlover13 | | isnt this just soo sweet | i_heart_emo_boys187 | | lol nikki | SiMpLePlAnLoVeR13 | | lol sam | i_heart_emo_boys187 | Is anyone interested in 2 tickets for
Matchbook Romance at the starland ballroom in
NJ? The show is on March 5th, I can't make
it so i am trying to sell the tickets for the
face value. If anyone is interested or has
any questions please feel free to email me at
ronnie_53@hotmail.com or im me at
ronnie12585. Thanks | Ronnie12585 | A Dreams End...check out my Screamo band
www.myspace.com/adreamsend
www.purevolume.com/adreamsendca
www.isound.com/a_dreams_end | ADE987 | | do they sound like matchbook? | i_heart_emo_boys187 | they're not bad nikki but they totally
dont sound like matchbook. | SiMpLePlAnLoVeR13 | | ohhhhhhhhh ok | i_heart_emo_boys187 | | NOBODY sounds like matchbook | SiMpLePlAnLoVeR13 | | they are the most unique band! =) | i_heart_emo_boys187 | hey im just barely gettin into them but they
are really good i like harder stuff but they
are really good .........MATCHBOOK ROMANCE
ROX!!!!! | theusedslave | | | |
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