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Single File
Origin Westminster, Colorado Flag of the United States
Genre(s) Pop punk
Alternative rock
Years active 2003-present
Label(s) Reprise Records

Single File is a band from Westminster, Colorado. The City of Westminster is a Home Rule Municipality located in Adams County and Jefferson County of the State of Colorado A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other Pop punk (also known as punk pop and other names is a Fusion genre that combines elements of Punk rock with Pop music, to varying Alternative rock (also called alternative music, alt-rock or simply alternative; known primarily in the UK as indie) is a genre of In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music Reprise Records is an American Record label, founded in 1960 by Frank Sinatra, which is owned by Warner Music Group, and operated The City of Westminster is a Home Rule Municipality located in Adams County and Jefferson County of the State of Colorado

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History

The group started out originally as a swing jazz trio when its members were in high school, though members Sloan Anderson and Chris Depew had been playing together since middle school. Swing music, also known as swing jazz, is a form of Jazz music that developed in the early 1930s and had solidified as a distinctive style by 1935 in the United [1] Their first EP, As You Were was self-released in 2003, followed by two further EPs, Heartbreak and Masturbation (2004) and My Best Defense (2005). [2] After that they promoted several national tours in 2005 and 2006, including touring with the Vans Warped Tour[3][4] as well as scoring regular airplay on Denver radio station KTCL with the song "Zombies Ate My Neighbors" (named after the video game), which became a local hit. The Warped Tour' is a touring music and Extreme sports festival KTCL is a commercial Radio station licensed to Wheat Ridge Colorado, broadcasting to the Denver Colorado area on 93 Zombies Ate My Neighbors is a 1993 Run and gun 'horror' Video game for the Sega Mega Drive/Sega Genesis and Super NES platforms [1] Single File were also named one of MySpace's Top 10 Unsigned Bands in 2006. [3]

In early 2006 Single File recorded their debut full-length, which was tentatively titled Benson Shady Grove, with producer Ed Rose (who has worked with such bands as Motion City Soundtrack, The Get Up Kids, Senses Fail, Emery, Reggie and the Full Effect, The Spill Canvas, and The New Amsterdams). Ed Rose is an American Sound engineer and Record producer. He has worked extensively with groups in the modern Emo and Pop punk scenes Motion City Soundtrack is a rock band based in America. The band formed in Minneapolis Minnesota, in 1997 with only two of the founding members still The Get Up Kids were an American indie rock band Forming in Kansas City Missouri in 1995 the band opened for bands such as Green Day and Weezer Senses Fail is an American band based in Ridgewood New Jersey, formed in 2002. Reggie and the Full Effect is a Kansas City -based American music project featuring James Dewees who was the former drummer for Coalesce, keyboardist for The Spill Canvas is an alternative rock band from Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The New Amsterdams is a Lawrence Kansas -based American band featuring Matthew Pryor, formerly of The Get Up Kids. However, instead of releasing the full-length, the band put the project on hiatus and continued touring. [4] In July 2007, they released an iTunes-exclusive EP, No More Sadface, on Reprise Records instead, which hit #43 on the Billboard Heatseekers chart. iTunes is a proprietary digital media player application introduced by Apple Inc Reprise Records is an American Record label, founded in 1960 by Frank Sinatra, which is owned by Warner Music Group, and operated See Billboard (Turkish magazine Billboard is a weekly American Magazine devoted to the Music industry [5] Upon releasing the EP, the group opened for The Fray on several tour dates in America. The Fray is a Grammy Award -nominated four-piece Piano rock American band from Denver Colorado. [6][7] Following this, the group opened for Saves the Day on their US tour. Saves the Day are a rock band that was formed in 1997 in Princeton New Jersey. [8]

Their debut full-length has been retitled Common Struggles (former titles include Young Goodman Brown: A Book of Short Stories and Benson Shady Grove),[1] is to be produced by Howard Benson,[8] and is slated for release on Reprise in 2008. Howard Benson (born in Havertown, Pennsylvania) is a Grammy nominated Music producer and Aerospace engineer. [1]

Members

Discography

Albums

EPs

References

  1. ^ a b c d What a Difference a Year Makes for Single File. The guitar is a Musical instrument with ancient roots that is used in a wide variety of musical styles The electric bass guitar (also called electric bass, or simply bass; ˈbeɪs as in "base" is a Stringed instrument played primarily with the The piano is a Musical instrument played by means of a keyboard that produces sound by striking steel strings with Felt covered hammers A drum kit (also drum set or trap set) is a collection of Drums Cymbals and sometimes other Percussion instruments such as cowbells Reprise Records is an American Record label, founded in 1960 by Frank Sinatra, which is owned by Warner Music Group, and operated My Best Defense is the third EP released by the Denver Colorado based trio Single File. No More Sadface is the fourth EP released by the Denver Colorado based trio Single File. Reprise Records is an American Record label, founded in 1960 by Frank Sinatra, which is owned by Warner Music Group, and operated Denver Post, July 5, 2007. The Denver Post is a daily Newspaper and online website published in Denver Colorado. Accessed September 14, 2007.
  2. ^ Review of My Best Defense. Sputnikmusic. com, February 2, 2007. Accessed September 14, 2007
  3. ^ a b Single File. CampusCircle. net, 2006. Accessed September 14, 2007
  4. ^ a b Biography at Allmusic. com
  5. ^ Billboard, Allmusic. com
  6. ^ The Fray Show Review. Saint Rock N Roll, July 29, 2007. Accessed September 14, 2007
  7. ^ The Fray gives local bands a chance to play Red Rocks. The Daily Camera, August 2, 2007. Accessed September 14, 2007
  8. ^ a b Profile at Absolutepunk.net. AbsolutePunknet is a Website, Online community, and Alternative music News source founded by Jason Tate (the current CEO) September 27, 2007. Accessed October 4, 2007.

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