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Gatsbys American Dream is a seattle-based rock band. Since their founding in 2002, they have written four albums, with a fifth in the works. They have also appeared on a few compilations with original songs and covers. Gatsbys American Dream gets their name from The Great Gatsby, a book written by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Although it’s widely agreed the band is hard to classify into one subgenre, it can be said they draw influence from alternative pop/rock, indie pop, indie rock, post-hardcore, and punk-pop.
Gatsbys began with the disbanding of two bands called One Point Two and Good For Nothing. Bobby Darling was a guitarist for One Point Two and met up with Nic Newsham and Ryan Van Wieringen who were the lead singer and guitarist from Good For Nothing. The completion of Gatsbys didn’t come until they recruited Kirk Huffman (formerly of K Through Six) to play bass and Dustin McGhye as their drummer, to make them a five piece band.
When Kaylan Cloyd from the band Acceptance got his hands on a Gatsbys demo, he handed it off to record label Rocketstar Recordings owner Darrick Bourgeois. Shortly after this, they were signed by the local record label and worked with producer Aaron Sprinkle to record their 2002 debut album Why We Fight. Their first show after being signed drew in a crowd of 500+, which was largely due in part to the extensive promoting by Rocketstar.
Gatsbys began with the disbanding of two bands called One Point Two and Good For Nothing. Bobby Darling was a guitarist for One Point Two and met up with Nic Newsham and Ryan Van Wieringen who were the lead singer and guitarist from Good For Nothing. The completion of Gatsbys didn’t come until they recruited Kirk Huffman (formerly of K Through Six) to play bass and Dustin McGhye as their drummer, to make them a five piece band.
When Kaylan Cloyd from the band Acceptance got his hands on a Gatsbys demo, he handed it off to record label Rocketstar Recordings owner Darrick Bourgeois. Shortly after this, they were signed by the local record label and worked with producer Aaron Sprinkle to record their 2002 debut album Why We Fight. Their first show after being signed drew in a crowd of 500+, which was largely due in part to the extensive promoting by Rocketstar.
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lagginswag wrote:
this band never really did it for me....
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Sharkpuncher01 wrote:
Nic has such great vocals.
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cyates1 wrote:
oh please come back
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codyskidmore wrote:
http://www.last.fm/music/Places+and+Numbers
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Veasna wrote:
You know, as popular as these guys seem to be, I can't seem to find shit by them.
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WhatAndWhatNot wrote:
tonight the sky is painted, tonight the sky is painteeeeeed...
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NotAnimal wrote:
i see the world in a swirl of hues, but my favourite colour is shame
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Domenic182 wrote:
there's no apostrophe goddammit. [4]
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sammywhammyboy wrote:
Forget a comeback album. JUST TOUR AGAIN.
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rdgarzay2 wrote:
:@
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WeNeedVices wrote:
I think Volcano is best of o9.
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WhatAndWhatNot wrote:
...o___O [2]
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asifricci wrote:
great cover the cure.
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Animaple wrote:
...o___O
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hippiexmaggie wrote:
yeahhh i just noticed it auto-corrected my tracks with an apostrophe, haha
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v0xtheriot wrote:
there's no apostrophe goddammit. (3)
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skullflowers wrote:
there's no apostrophe goddammit. (2)
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cthomas2 wrote:
there's no apostrophe goddammit.
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diehtc0ke wrote:
I really really miss this band like whoa.
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JoshCIVM wrote:
One of the more well-read bands I've seen.
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