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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.

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WhatAndWhatNot wrote:
Saturday afternoon

...o___O [2]

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asifricci wrote:
Saturday morning

great cover the cure.

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Animaple wrote:
Saturday morning

...o___O

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hippiexmaggie wrote:
Thursday afternoon

yeahhh i just noticed it auto-corrected my tracks with an apostrophe, haha

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v0xtheriot wrote:
last week

there's no apostrophe goddammit. (3)

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skullflowers wrote:
last week

there's no apostrophe goddammit. (2)

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cthomas2 wrote:
last week

there's no apostrophe goddammit.

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diehtc0ke wrote:
25 days ago

I really really miss this band like whoa.

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JoshCIVM wrote:
28 days ago

One of the more well-read bands I've seen.

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WhatAndWhatNot wrote:
last month

AMAAS, I'm positive. Completely different track, check it out. http://tinyurl.com/y9k9zjx New link because Mediafiire sucks now.

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AMAAS wrote:
last month

@twee_as_fudge yea I still have it on my iPod, in my iTunes as Gatsbys American Dream cuz there is meant to be no apostrophe, but it pisses me off when all those asterisks show up on my page....and @whatandwhatnot are you sure the song isn't "Fall of George Mallory", because if so then that's the 1st track on their 1st cd called "Why We Fight"

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GeatishHero wrote:
October 2009

I agree with megafone!

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megafone wrote:
October 2009

I demand an epic comeback album NOW DAMMIT.

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wolf_paper wrote:
October 2009

I think they personally did the "apostrophe" thing just to be asses, I mean hell people are still talking about it.

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WhatAndWhatNot wrote:
October 2009

That is a completely new and interesting find.

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twee_as_fudge wrote:
October 2009

correct me all you want Last.fm, but it is "Gatsbys American Dream," not "Gatsby's American Dream." Check their MySpace and album art. Then suck it.

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dancejjdance wrote:
October 2009

Haha fa sho. Gatsbys does need to have a reunion tour...would be crunk as helll

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nicklegend wrote:
October 2009

i miss gatsbys so much. i think its time for some little kid to come down with cancer and ask for a gatsbys reunion tour in part with the make a wish foundation. fuck, i'll give myself cancer for that.

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As_Hagle_Burns wrote:
October 2009

Better than being a douche MFORCE.

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MFORCE310 wrote:
October 2009

as_hagle_burns sounds like a tool

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