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Springfield, New Jersey, United States (1998 – 2005)
Midtown was a pop-punk band from Springfield, New Jersey, United States. Formed in November of 1998 by three Rutgers students, the band soon became a pop-rock quartet and took advantage of the fertile New Jersey punk scene to develop a unique sound that combined elements of both emo and alternative sounds. They began recording shortly after their formation. Their first EP, “Sacrifice of Life,” was issued by Pinball Records in 1999. Their first full-length album, “Save the World, Lose the Girl,” was released in early 2000 by the Drive-Thru Records label and picked up for distribution by MCA.
Shortly after their second full-length, “Living Well Is The Best Revenge” was released, they left the label. Their third album, “Forget What You Know,” was produced while the band was not under contract with a record label and then picked up by Sony Records.
The very popular song “Give It Up” appeared in the summer of 2004 in the box-office hit: “Spider-Man 2” soundtrack. It was also featured on the EA Games title: “Burnout 3: Takedown” in the autumn of 2004.
In 2005 the band deferred and continued projects elsewhere. The lead singer/bass player Gabe Saporta, who is currently a member of Cobra Starship, had to clarify the situation. When asked why Midtown had deferred, he had this to say:
“Well, Midtown’s not broken up. Basically, after our last tour we were supposed to start writing new stuff and then our friends in Senses Fail needed a guitar player so they asked Heath to go out and that turned into a longer thing. I had been working with beats, like on the last Midtown album I did a lot of experimenting with beats and I wanted to take a different approach to song-writing.
The very popular song “Give It Up” appeared in the summer of 2004 in the box-office hit: “Spider-Man 2” soundtrack. It was also featured on the EA Games title: “Burnout 3: Takedown” in the autumn of 2004.
In 2005 the band deferred and continued projects elsewhere. The lead singer/bass player Gabe Saporta, who is currently a member of Cobra Starship, had to clarify the situation. When asked why Midtown had deferred, he had this to say:
“Well, Midtown’s not broken up. Basically, after our last tour we were supposed to start writing new stuff and then our friends in Senses Fail needed a guitar player so they asked Heath to go out and that turned into a longer thing. I had been working with beats, like on the last Midtown album I did a lot of experimenting with beats and I wanted to take a different approach to song-writing.
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Swink_11 wrote:
Caps... FFS.
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winterisbroken wrote:
those fucking caps.
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TaylorLynnne wrote:
someone tell me why their whole band name is in capital letters
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HeroJoe37 wrote:
I would like to see these guys get back together for a tour.
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-Trail- wrote:
Never did quite get into FWYK as much as I did Living Well.. Seemed like a step back to me, even though it was more popular. Living Well is a perfect record to me.
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osker33 wrote:
<3, still.
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slowzone wrote:
these guys went to my college!
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xilovefrankiero wrote:
<3
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hippiexmaggie wrote:
even though we sleep together, we're alone.
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west-wing wrote:
whenever i jam to you make me feel on the radio (because, yes, i admit, i find it catchy) and then midtown comes on in my itunes, i forgot what gabe in a good band sounded like. i miss midtown!
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XxXbudgieXxX wrote:
If you think Cobra Starship > Midtown, you're fucking retarded.[4]
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bd007h2 wrote:
If you think Cobra Starship > Midtown, you're fucking retarded.[3]
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mykeywillyums wrote:
I'm also another 25 year old pop punk nerd. Never gave this band a chance in highschool as I basically assumed they were shit. Turns out I was wrong. In retrospect, I missed out on a lot of great music due to being judgmental.
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ForBigMistakes wrote:
You're never too old for pop punk. I hope I end up being a 30 year old pop punk nerd. [3]
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asof_ wrote:
I love the crying over Cobra Starship and Midtown. not everyone has the same music tastes. Midtown is incredible and they'll always have a place in my heart (I'm a teenage girl, I'm allowed to be cheesy) but I'm not even gonna lie, I jam to Cobra Starship once in a while, but I'm no gonna call them my favorites. they're fun, and for some people, that's all they listen to music for, so whatever. For some people Cobra Starship is better, but taste doesn't have to do with intelligence no matter how much people pretend that it does.
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-Trail- wrote:
Living Well is probably one of my all time favourite records. Just brings back so many memories from the past for me. Still sounds great years after i first heard it.
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farmgirlblues wrote:
I used to see at least one guy from this band every time I went to the Bridgewater Mall.
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aircod1 wrote:
awesome band name awesome band members awesome music awesome cds awesome live awesome tours awesome vibe rock on
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tommyhaych wrote:
You're never too old for pop punk. I hope I end up being a 30 year old pop punk nerd. [1]
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bobo9390 wrote:
You're never too old for pop punk. I hope I end up being a 30 year old pop punk nerd.
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