Streetlight Manifesto
Streetlight Manifesto is a ska Founded in 2002, punk band from New Jersey.
Band History
The result, the Group is one half of former members, also based in New Jersey ska - punk bands Catch 22 ( Tomas Kalnoky, Jamie Egan and Josh Ansley ) and One Cool Guy ( Dan Ross, Pete Sibilia and Stu Karmatz ), the latter was already resolved.
The first band recorded a demo with four untitled songs. Even before we got down to work for the first album, Karmatz Sibilia and again left the band. They were replaced by Paul Lowndes and Jim Conti, now with whom you went to the recording of the first album Everything Goes Numb, which was released in the fall of 2003 and Streetlight quickly made her a popular new bands of the ska-punk, which is probably not last at the lay reputation of Kalnoky songwriter, was the similar in 1998 succeeded his former band Catch 22 Keasbey Nights and their debut album.
The influence Kalnokys on both albums ( Keasbey Nights by Catch 22 and Everything Goes Numb by Streetlight Manifesto ) and the resulting parallels are clearly visible. For this purpose, see for example the third song of Keasbey Nights with the third of Everything Goes Numb.
- Catch 22 - Keasbey Nights:
When they come for me I'll be sitting at my desk with a gun in my hand wearing a bulletproof vest singing my my my how the time does fly When you know you're going to die by the end of the night.
- Streetlight Manifesto - Point / Counterpoint:
So I waited by the phone but did phone never rang
And I sang so loud so I would not hear the bang
In 2004, one trombonist Mike Soprano as additional wind into the lineup at. During the year, Streetlight Manifesto gave their first performances, almost exclusively in urban areas of the U.S. east coast. In addition, Paul Lowndes and Josh Ansley left the band; for they came Chris Thatcher and Chris Paszik. Beginning of 2005 was also Jamie Egan, he was replaced by Delano Bonner. The many changes in the lineup did the enthusiasm of the fans could not be stopped, and so Streetlight Manifesto went in April / May 2005 on her first major tour, where they, mostly in England and Germany, played about 30 concerts in Europe. Before the tour Dan Ross left the band due to family problems, Mike Brown became his successor. During the European tour, there were other problems that led to the band most of the tour without Delano Bonner and Jim Conti, whose father had recently died, had to complete.
On 7 March 2006, the album Keasbey Nights was released. It is a remake of the 1998 published under the same name of the album Catch 22 In places, new verses and solos were inserted, modified old solo. In addition, the production quality of the new CD is higher than that of the original. However, new songs are not included.
Under the name Somewhere in the Between Streetlight Manifesto released her third album on November 13, 2007. Having denied the same tour in America, they played together with Reel Big Fish as part of their European tour in some German cities.
After the band released their spring tour ended in May 2008, which they describe themselves as the heaviest tour of their career, they are now planning already more concerts overseas.
Discography
- Demo (2002 ) EP
- Everything Goes Numb (August 26, 2003, Victory Records )
- Keasbey Nights (7 March 2006, Victory Records )
- Somewhere in the Between ( November 13, 2007, Victory Records )
- 99 Songs of Revolution ( March 12, 2010, Victory Records )
- The Hands That Thieve (April 30, 2013, Victory Records )