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Under the Influence of Giants
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Los Angeles, United States (2000 – present)
Under the Influence of Giants (sometimes abbreviated UTIOG) is an alternative dance group from Los Angeles, California. They formed in 2000 and currently consist of Aaron Bruno (vocals), Drew Stewart (guitar), David Amezcua (bass) and Jamin Wilcox (drums, keyboards). They released their major label debut album in August 2006, which was a number one hit on the Top Heatseekers chart. Among their influences are the Bee Gees, Prince, WHAM!, and Todd Rundgren. They have performed on Last Call with Carson Daly and Jimmy Kimmel Live. The band’s first single 2006’s “Mama’s Room” was a minor hit on US Modern Rock radio.
Aaron Bruno and Drew Stewart were formally members of now defunct rock act HomeTown Hero from 2002-2004. In 2004 after several member changes and label woes the band was on haitus. Around this time Aaron and Drew connected back with childhood friend Jamin Wilcox (former member of Audiovent) and began to jam together. All three had experienced several turmoils with major labels and wanted to create music under their own circumstances. The music from these sessions would later be recorded and released free over the internet and called Bitch City. Still going under the moniker HomeTown Hero at this point. However, the evolution of the music did not fit the name so they dropped the name. However, still being contractually obligated to Maverick, they label held the legal rights to it. The members freed themselves of the label without the music but are currently in legal talks to once again obtain all rights to it and possibly release some, if not all of the songs, in the future.
Aaron Bruno and Drew Stewart were formally members of now defunct rock act HomeTown Hero from 2002-2004. In 2004 after several member changes and label woes the band was on haitus. Around this time Aaron and Drew connected back with childhood friend Jamin Wilcox (former member of Audiovent) and began to jam together. All three had experienced several turmoils with major labels and wanted to create music under their own circumstances. The music from these sessions would later be recorded and released free over the internet and called Bitch City. Still going under the moniker HomeTown Hero at this point. However, the evolution of the music did not fit the name so they dropped the name. However, still being contractually obligated to Maverick, they label held the legal rights to it. The members freed themselves of the label without the music but are currently in legal talks to once again obtain all rights to it and possibly release some, if not all of the songs, in the future.
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In the Clouds
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Got Nothing
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Lay Me Down
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Meaningless Love
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Stay Illogical
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Against All Odds
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Ah Ha
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Heaven Is Full
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I Love You
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Faces
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Justinx_nl wrote:
New album please!
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HodgeBat wrote:
come play the uk!!!!!
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hobik wrote:
WTF is IMA Robot doing under similar artists?
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brand929 wrote:
Hopefully they'll find success with their solo works, but they must release another album one day. It would be a shame if such an awesome band broke up.
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pftno wrote:
rip utiog
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spacematador wrote:
thought the rapture would be higher on similar artists.
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bwinslow1 wrote:
Love UTIOG They are way to underrated [5]
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lordbloodraven wrote:
They've only got the one album out. Most of them seem to be doing solo stuff at the moment, but they don't seem to have disbanded.
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ailene90 wrote:
Do they even have a second album? I really liked them when they first came out.
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justchio wrote:
They are way too underrated. [4] !
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CybrDark wrote:
I forgot about this band and haven't heard them for nearly 2 years. I thought they would have had WAY more plays by now.
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Justinx_nl wrote:
They are way too underrated. [3]
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killhannahowns wrote:
They are way too underrated. [2]
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jonathanae wrote:
They are way too underrated.
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MarsAsAGirl wrote:
These guys are one of those wonderful obscure bands on the track listing at work. Ah Ha was the first song I was exposed to
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Justinx_nl wrote:
@ pamento: Good new then! Really like every song on the album. Only Lay Me Down is not that great.
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DCeclectic wrote:
Oh man! 'Bones' is supreme!
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pamento wrote:
according to their myspace bulletins, they're working on new music. not sure when it'll be released though
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Justinx_nl wrote:
This is so refreshing! Astonishing band. I'm indeed curious what happend to them. When does a new album come out?
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BoxofPandora wrote:
Really great dicovery :) I just love the first part of "Meaningless Love".
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