| Pistolita began as an idea for an aggressive piano-driven band after songwriter Conor Meads (piano/vocals) quit his job writing TV and radio jingles in San Diego. Bored with playing guitar, he started writing songs and founded the band with childhood friend Cory Stier (drums) during the winter of ’04. Justin Shannon (guitar/vocals) and Alex Kushe (bass) came from existing friendships with Cory and Conor and the band started playing shows immediately. The band demoed songs and built a local following over the next few months anxiously waiting to graduate and tour. Once the band was out of high school, Pistolita began booking their own tours up the west coast, traveling in Cory’s truck and finding couches and floors to sleep on. Saving enough money from the tours to record an EP, the band went to Los Angeles to record “gliss note” with Alex Newport. The EP and their ever-growing fanbase gained Pistolita label interest and an offer to play at the Bamboozle festival in New Jersey. Penniless, still in a truck and down to their last cds, they left for their first national tour to play the festival. The persistence paid off and Pisolita ended the tour signed as the first artist on Montalban Hotel Records. Immediately following the tour, they went into the studio to record their debut album, “Oliver Under The Moon” with producer Ben Moore. |
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