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Gatsbys American Dream is a seattle-based rock band. Since their founding in 2002, they have written four albums, and one EP. 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 pop punk.
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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conditionals wrote:
v But there should be.
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zygulpy wrote:
There's no apostrophe.
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KosTeT72RUS wrote:
хороши!
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where_is_Jendos wrote:
Great band ..
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amazinganabell wrote:
Where is the damn ep the promised ages ago?
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amber_afterlife wrote:
cum back forrealsies pls
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aNTi_mAtTeR wrote:
god damn. album already.
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nicklegend wrote:
received my vinyls today! gobble this shit up everyone. the clear with white splatter WWF is amazing AND just look at that half and half cotton candy R&S!!!! lets sell these out! the profits go to water.org go to http://overduecollection.tumblr.com/ right now for 10% off!
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05061985 wrote:
Some seriously low weekly plays for a great band. What's going on?
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MilanoirSMT wrote:
Love Why We Fight, will listen to their other stuff somewhere today.
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flawlesly wrote:
great band!
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BVBmaniac wrote:
I love this band sooo much :) go them!
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Petahhhh wrote:
link to support my previous comment and Modern Man live http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJHwpaBz2Zs
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Petahhhh wrote:
They will release an EP titled Modern Man, Nick said yesterday at Bamboozle.
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knight_88 wrote:
can't wait for a new album, ep or something!
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WhatAndWhatNot wrote:
If two completely new songs weren't enough confirmation that an album is in the works, I don't know what is. And they've tweeted that the cover art and shit is all done.
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xxdawntodustxx wrote:
Their drummer is so good. On a side note they got me through my freshman year of college.
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xxdawntodustxx wrote:
come on dudes give me a confirmation that a new album is in the works. stop playing with my emotions
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copulateyou wrote:
modern man..... lovin the new!
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