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Conshafter is an alternative rock band from Richmond, Virginia. Alternative rock (also called alternative music, alt-rock or simply alternative; known primarily in the UK as indie) is a genre of A musical ensemble is a group of two or more Musicians who perform instrumental or vocal Music. This article is about the city of Richmond the capital of the Commonwealth of Virginia. Conshafter began with two rowing mates and friends from UNC-Chapel Hill, Dave Cykert and Chris Konstantinos, when they got together and began playing. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ( UNC, North Carolina, or simply Carolina) is a public, Coeducational Research During rowing competitions, they could not help but laugh at a fellow rower's name when he was called or announced, Conshafter; this young lad became the name basis for their band (not Cornshafter, as they were introduced as once by mistake).

The band was formed under the official name of Conshafter in 2000 with Chris Konstantinos performing lead vocals, Dave Cykert playing guitar and doing backing vocals, and Ben Vanderneck on bass. They recorded their first full length album, "your day job," in 2001 under their independent recording company, Dork Epiphany Recordings.

They followed that album with their more noticed "fear the underdog. " in 2004 (which was also recorded under Dork Epiphany Recordings). By the time "fear the underdog. " was being recorded, Rob Teague (who participated in a few of the songs in the first album) fully replaced Ben Vanderneck on bass and began to do some more backing vocals for many of the songs. Craig Nelson (also being a former part-time member) became the band's official drummer (although it is said that Conshafter has gone through 8 different drummers throughout its short career) as well as an off and on guitarist for a number of their songs. 2006 saw another lineup change as Travis Wilson (drums) and Sarah McCalla (bass, vocals) replaced Nelson and Teague permanently. Over 150 commercial & college radio stations have spun singles from Fear The Underdog. Veteran hip-hop producer Keith Shocklee, best known for his work with Public Enemy, recorded and produced the Conshafter song "Autopilot. The Bomb Squad is an influential Hip hop production team known for their work with Public Enemy. Public Enemy, also known as PE, is an influential hip hop group from Long Island New York, known for its politically charged Lyrics, criticism "

Around the time of the release of Fear the Underdog. Conshafter had entered a local Richmond radio station contest, the Y101 Rock Off (from local radio rock station WDYL-Y101) and won a slot in Richmond's Y101 Birthday Bash. This article is about radio broadcasting for other uses see Radio (disambiguation. Competition is a rivalry between individuals groups nations or animals for territory or resources Birthday is the name given to the date of the anniversary of a person's birth Conshafter has played alongside The Kicks, Puddle of Mudd, The Killers, The Von Bondies, and HIM (band), among others. Puddle of Mudd is an American rock band from Kansas City, Missouri, United States. The Killers are an American rock band from Las Vegas Nevada. Formed in 2002 the group consists of Brandon Flowers ( vocals, keyboards The Von Bondies are an American Alternative rock band whose current line-up is composed of Jason Stollsteimer on vocals and lead guitar Christy Hunt on HIM is a rock band from Finland formed in 1991 by vocalist Ville Valo, guitarist Mikko Lindström,

The band has been mentioned in French, German, and Italian magazine articles. French ( français,) is a Romance language spoken around the world by 118 million people as a native language and by about 180 to 260 million people The German language (de ''Deutsch'') is a West Germanic language and one of the world's major languages. Italian ( or lingua italiana) is a Romance language spoken by about 63 million people as a First language, primarily in Italy. Magazines, periodicals or serials are Publications generally published on a regular schedule containing a variety of articles, generally MTV's MADE has used three of their songs (Serotonin, Joey Ramone, and Maturity) in the "Surfer girl" and "BMX girl" episodes. MTV ( Music Television) is an American Cable television network based in New York City. Joey Ramone ( May 19 1951 – April 15 2001) born as Jeffrey Ross Hyman, was a vocalist and Songwriter best The band was also selected for headlining NEMO Festival & MidPoint Music Festival. SPIN. com, the online version of Spin Magazine, featured Conshafter as "Artist of the Day" for December 13, 2006.

Conshafter's "Con-Man" logo appears on Weezer's Rivers Cuomo's guitar in the "Dope Nose" music video. A logo ( Greek el λογότυπος = el-Latn logotypos is a graphical element ( Ideogram, Symbol, Emblem, Icon, Sign) Weezer (ˈwizɚ is an American Alternative rock band from Los Angeles California formed in 1992 Rivers Cuomo (born June 13, 1970) is a Musician best known as the lead Singer, Guitarist, and principal Songwriter The guitar is a Musical instrument with ancient roots that is used in a wide variety of musical styles A music video is a Short film or video that accompanies a complete piece of music most commonly a Song with lyrics John Heyn loved Conshafter's Heavy Metal Parking Lot (since he was the director of the independent film with the same name) so much that he decided to request use of it in his Heavy Metal Parking Lot DVD. Heavy Metal Parking Lot is a Video documentary produced by Jeff Krulik and John Heyn in 1986 An independent film, or indie film, is a film that is produced outside of the Hollywood Studio system, a series of oligopolistic practices by several Heavy Metal Parking Lot is a Video documentary produced by Jeff Krulik and John Heyn in 1986 DVD (also known as " Digital Versatile Disc " or " Digital Video Disc " - see Etymology)is

Conshafter has recently completed a music video with WideScreen Productions for their single "The Big Set-Up" and toured with Billionaire Boys Club, The Upwelling, Wheatus and Breaking Laces. The Billionaire Boys Club was the popular nickname for BBC an investment and social club organized by Joseph Gamsky also known as "Joe Hunt" in southern California in 1983 The Upwelling is a band with roots in the New York, Washington D Wheatus is an American Pop punk group from Northport New York. The band's third full-length album, entitled "A Slow Drive Off a High Dive" is set to be released in January 2007.

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Band members

Albums

Your Day Job

Your Day Job was released in 2001 by Dork Epiphany Recordings. Lead guitar refers to the use of a Guitar to perform Melody lines instrumental fill passages, and Guitar solos within a song structure The electric bass guitar (also called electric bass, or simply bass; ˈbeɪs as in "base" is a Stringed instrument played primarily with the

  1. Road Trip
  2. In It for the Money
  3. Myte As Well Rawk
  4. Wanker
  5. Porn Star Mustache
  6. Day Job
  7. Still Around
  8. Subtly Losing Wisdom
  9. Next Galaxy
  10. The Schwartz
  11. Kerouac
  12. Dying a Slow Death
  13. Midlife Crisis

Fear the Underdog

Fear the Underdog was released in 2004 by Dork Epiphany Recordings. Money is anything that is generally accepted as Payment for Goods and services and repayment of Debts. Wanker is a Pejorative term of English origin common in Britain, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, and British-influenced A pornographic actor/actress or a porn star is somebody who appears in Pornographic films or Photographs, live Sex shows or For the Swedish heavy metal band see Mustasch. A moustache (or mustache) is Facial hair grown on the upper Lip. Wisdom is a concept of personal gaining of Knowledge, Understanding, Experience, discretion and intuitive understanding, along with a capacity A galaxy is a massive gravitationally bound system consisting of Stars an Interstellar medium of gas and dust, and Dark matter Jack Kerouac ( March 12 1922 &ndash October 21 1969) was an American Novelist, Writer, Poet, and Death is the termination of the biological functions that define living Organisms It refers both to a specific Midlife crisis is a term used in Western societies to describe a period of dramatic self-doubt that is felt by some individuals in the "middle years" of life as a

  1. Sleep When I'm Dead
  2. The Last Day in the Life of a Rocket Scientist
  3. Heavy Metal Parking Lot
  4. Springville
  5. Lovesong Hypocritical
  6. Enjoy the View
  7. Autopilot
  8. Porn Star Mustache
  9. Maturity (Valiantly Staving Off the Debilitating Effects of)
  10. Serotonin
  11. Joey Ramone

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Sleep is a Natural state of bodily rest observed throughout the animal kingdom Serotonin (ˌsɛrəˈtoʊnən ( 5-hydroxytryptamine, or 5-HT) is a Monoamine Neurotransmitter synthesized in serotonergic Neurons Joey Ramone ( May 19 1951 – April 15 2001) born as Jeffrey Ross Hyman, was a vocalist and Songwriter best
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