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Minneapolis, United States (1999 – present)
Motion City Soundtrack is a pop-punk band which includes members Joshua Cain (guitar), Tony Thaxton (drums), Justin Pierre (vocals/guitar), Jesse Johnson (Moog), and Matthew Taylor (bass). Following their high-school graduation, Minneapolis, MN natives Pierre and Cain — both of whom were inspired by Sunny Day Real Estate, Jawbox, The Flaming Lips, and Superchunk — formed the band in 1999. The pair assembled a temporary lineup and issued a self-released 7” that same year. Later, while touring through Pennsylvania in support of their release, Motion City Soundtrack met Thaxton and Taylor of the Virginia-based band Submerge.
The two musicians decided to leave their hometown of Richmond, VA, to join Motion City Soundtrack full-time, and the expanded band soon entered the studio with producer/engineer Ed Rose (The Get Up Kids, Ultimate Fakebook). Three weeks before recording commenced, they were also joined by keyboardist Jesse Johnson (whose personal record label, Ordinary Records, had issued some of Jimmy Eat World’s earliest material in 1995) to relieve singer/guitarist Pierre of his synthesizer duties.
With a new lineup firmly in place, the band’s punk-glazed debut, I Am the Movie, was released in the summer of 2003. While playing venues and basements in support of the album, Motion City Soundtrack was picked up by Epitaph Records; later, they joined blink-182 on a tour through Europe and Japan. Blink’s bassist, Mark Hoppus, took a liking to the band and agreed to produce their next album; the resulting Commit This to Memory was released two years later and featured an increasingly pop-heavy sound.
With a new lineup firmly in place, the band’s punk-glazed debut, I Am the Movie, was released in the summer of 2003. While playing venues and basements in support of the album, Motion City Soundtrack was picked up by Epitaph Records; later, they joined blink-182 on a tour through Europe and Japan. Blink’s bassist, Mark Hoppus, took a liking to the band and agreed to produce their next album; the resulting Commit This to Memory was released two years later and featured an increasingly pop-heavy sound.
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Caltra wrote:
My Dinosaur Life. <3
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ixlovextofu wrote:
i'll always like their older stuff better...for purely nostalgic reasons if nothing else {2}
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dsfaxover wrote:
lol.. homeboy down there blocked me from his shoutbox after I called him a troll vv. fucking coward.
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dsfaxover wrote:
"rok2slayr" ... just look at that sn and tell what's shittier.
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rok2slayr wrote:
so fucking shitty.
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VK1990 wrote:
Attractive Today
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ftrhnfl wrote:
My Dinosaur Life is their best yet [2]
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neverbemine wrote:
i'll always like their older stuff better...for purely nostalgic reasons if nothing else
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SpyKiisMaGiC wrote:
MDL is their weakest yet.
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betterxbydesign wrote:
Commit This To Memory is my favoriteeeee <3
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Lys0L wrote:
My Dinosaur Life is their best yet
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brandon_mcs wrote:
This comment VVVVVVV So true. Absolute masterpiece.
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EpidemiKKK wrote:
Commit To This Memory is a fucking masterpiece and is still amazing to this day.
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funereal_waif wrote:
I love every song in My Dinosaur Life. Keep rockin' guys!
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Jonjonjohny wrote:
Commit This to Memory has some of the best lyrics, their newer albums are not that much further behind though.
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biancabalmores wrote:
wow, i havent listened to these guys in forever.
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Jaisa1909 wrote:
I wonder if they'll ever come back to Brazil...[3]
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flap-dragon wrote:
You guys are awesome, cant wait for the new album and the next tour around the mid-west!
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unguidedone wrote:
oh my, its been what? 8 years since i first heard that track XD
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bibipoynter wrote:
pedi pro justin no twitter se ele sabia quando eles iam voltar pro brasil, e ele disse que não tinha ideia :(
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