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Goodnight & Goodbye
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Goodnight & Goodbye
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Released: Jan 1, 2009
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General Info

  • Genre: Electronica / Glam / Post punk

    Location Washington DC, Un

    Profile Views: 259789

    Last Login: 12/19/2011

    Member Since 10/7/2004

    Website www.23rainydays.com

    Record Label Radio-Active-Music

    Type of Label Indie

  • Bio

    Hello Everyone… I'm writing to let you all know that 23RAINYDAYS has officially come to an end. Over the past 7 years we've had an incredible time writing and performing our music. Over the life of the band we've done 3 coast-to-coast tours, countless regional tours, tons of label showcases, and in our last year we even performed on the MTV Video Music Awards Tour. But most of all we felt really humbled by the countless number of people that would write us, come to our shows, and buy our merchandise…you guys have been really amazing. Even though we're going in different directions, we've all got projects lined up and we'll be letting you know about new bands, new music, dj sets, and where we've all ended up. So…goodbye from 23RAINYDAYS and thank you so much for all the years of support! -------------------------- 23RD Named a TOP 3 BREAKOUT ARTIST by MTV and featured on MTV2 and MTV OnDemand. Most bands go their entire careers without playing before a crowd of thousands. For 23RAINYDAYS, that chance came in 2004, before the band even had songs or a name, much less a stable line-up. They had all decided to quit music in order to pursue their careers. It was months later that they were offered the opportunity to open for Kill Hannah and the Violent Femmes at Live on Penn. They quickly put a new lineup together and in a matter of weeks they had written 15 new songs and were playing to 10,000 people on the streets of DC. From such auspicious beginnings, 23RD have not only gone on to prove themselves as great songwriters focused on the national stage (they recently returned from a stint on the road with industrial founding fathers, My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult) but also as a prolific recording act. In a little over four years, they’ve managed to record two full-length albums and a handful of EPs, mount three coast-to-coast US tours, get picked up as a MySpace Band of the Week and ink a new deal with Metro area record label, Radioactive Music. Creating a sound self-described as “Dark Pop Synth Rock,” 23RD balance the doom and gloom perspective of their Goth roots with the consummate pop production that has been garnering them airplay across the Mid Atlantic. Listening to their songs ‘Monster,’ ‘Get a Gun,’ or ‘From Today Until Forever’ you get your fill of guitar but can feel a dance band dying to surface. In the words of singer Ian Kaine MacGregor “The people in our band are absolute music fanatics and we’re all the sort of misfits that liked everything from Depeche Mode to Motley Crue when we were growing up.” Because of — or perhaps in spite of — that diverse range of influences, 23RD hesitate to be lumped in wholesale with any and all of the scenes their music touches upon. They are not goth and certainly not emo. 23RD’s music owes more to melodic, eyeliner-heavy British acts like The Killers and Shiny Toy Guns than any MTV-friendly angst rock by a long shot. The band — currently comprised of singer/guitarist MacGregor, bassist Bryan Kimes, and keyboardist Jonathan Lim — has big plans for 2009. They’ll be touring extensively in support of Radioactive’s re-release of their first album “From Today Until Forever,” and their newest release “Wonderful Disaster v2.” It promises to be the most ambitious touring schedule the band has ever tackled and they are also exploring the possibility of a trip to the UK. Based on the strength of 23RD’s accomplishments so far, D.C.’s favorite black-on-black-clad sons have alot to look forward to. It's almost a given that widescale recognition awaits 23RAINYDAYS.

  • Members

    Ian Kaine MacGregor Vox, Guitar Dennis Kapoyos Guitar, Backing Vox, Electronics Bryan Kimes Bass, Backing Vox Jonathan Lim Synth, Piano Brian Fasani Live Drums

  • Influences

    The Cure, New Order, The Smiths, Duran Duran, Depeche Mode, Siouxsie

  • Sounds Like

    The Cure, The Killers, Shiny Toy Guns, Iris, Kill Hannah, New Order

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