Midtown

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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.

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  • imreallyhappy

    I LOVE YOU GABE !!!!!!!!!! :)))))))))

    6 Mar 3:21am Reply
  • MandarkGnar

    Reliving 8th grade. i love it.

    28 Feb 6:21am Reply
  • wcar_

    I miss them :(

    23 Jan 7:35pm Reply
  • ByakuyaOTD

    They don't have make this right.... that's the reason why I came here in the first place

    11 Dec 2012 Reply
  • do_nietzschego

    Cobra Starshit.

    17 Nov 2012 Reply
  • sugarpunk

    I've discovered them today and I'm stunned.

    17 Sep 2012 Reply
  • Rubberbandman16

    Suprised these guys didn't last longer

    4 Sep 2012 Reply
  • BrandNewThrice2

    Cobra Starship is garbage and well Midtown is NOT!

    17 Aug 2012 Reply
  • MiiSTY

    I had no clue that the dude from Cobra Starship is actually the singer from Midtown. until I was driving down nostalgia road this evening and stumbled by this fact. WOW... in a who the F*** cares kind of way.

    25 Jun 2012 Reply
  • iNeonPanda

    underappreciated

    17 Jun 2012 Reply
  • justinerbeaner

    He should have just stuck with this.

    11 Jun 2012 Reply
  • nightswatch

    my memory of how good this band was is >> than how good they actually were. still, save the world is an iconic album. no place feels like home!

    1 Jun 2012 Reply
  • gregorymichael

    Buying a cobra starship album is basically losing money, I took it into account already. haha

    27 May 2012 Reply
  • -Trail-

    Cobra Starship is also better than losing money. Losing money sucks.

    25 May 2012 Reply
  • gregorymichael

    Cobra starship > brokencyde, cancer and... well, only those two things.

    25 May 2012 Reply
  • moozlik

    If you think Cobra Starship > anything, you're fucking retarded. [11]

    12 May 2012 Reply
  • promisedeyes

    I don't wanna lose your love.... toniiiiiiiiiiiight... *yeahhhh*

    27 Mar 2012 Reply
  • SneezingSnails

    if you think midtown > cobra starship, you're fucking retarded [10] Wait... I think I just fucked it up...

    23 Mar 2012 Reply
  • glassjaw13

    If you think Cobra Starship > Midtown, you're fucking retarded.[9] and this is coming from another person that used to like Cobra Starship

    17 Mar 2012 Reply
  • empty_canvases

    If you think Cobra Starship > Midtown, you're fucking retarded.[8]

    10 Mar 2012 Reply
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