"In my opinion, Chain Poets are the best band in the Atlanta music scene today. Memorable, melodic power-pop songs, stop-on-a-dime instrumentation and powerful vocals are what you will find both on their CD and their live performance."
- Ear Candy
Amplifier Magazine review of first album 'Chain Poets':
"God save the Chain Poets. Not from themself of course, but from the commercial power brokers that continue to ignore well-crafted and diversified rock'n'roll that unabashedly traces its lineage back to the Beatles, Badfinger and Cheap Trick.
This Atlanta-based trio purveys pop in a myriad of mistaken identities. "Dial Nine" is a melodic mesh of acid rock and garage punk while cuts such as "Little Tin Toys" break the speed-metal sound barrier with shred guitar and glam-rock-riddled choruses. "Spleen" shoegazes, "Sweet Dreams" boogies, "Too Bad" freaks out and "Better Off Dead" takes the piss out of macho arena rock. These lads certainly deserve the success afforded Everclear, Fountains of Wayne and the Goo Goo Dolls. Equally cursed and blessed, perhaps Chain Poets do too many things too well."
- Tom Semioli for Amplifier
Hailing from Atlanta, Georgia, Chain Poets was formed> by singer/guitarist Greg Kaegen, drummer Michael Patrick, and bassist T. Penland Cone. Made up of impeccable musicianship, they have honed their live act and polished their songwriting, resulting in an impressive set of killer power pop tunes delivered with passion, energy and reckless abandon, earning them well-deserved credibility and respect in the Atlanta music scene.
Chain Poets have released through Garageband Records, a full length 13-song pop extravaganza which has been one of the top 5 sellers on Cd Baby. They have been featured on CNN, written about in the Wall Street Journal and Amplifier Magazine.They recorded a version of the Beatles song "Help" for the Sean Penn movie "I Am Sam" and their song "Emotion Sickness" was featured in the Pontiac Vibe commercial, and was also featured on the interactive dvd from snowdvd.com, which tours ski and snowboard resorts all over the world. Chain Poets have completed work on their second cd Idiodyssey.... stayed tuned....
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How are you, Chain Poets? Haven't checked in on you lately, so I swung by to say Happy Labor Day & hope you are feeling well! Listen, I have another track up on my page, "Attack Of The Mushroom People." You can hear it right now, if you'd like at: www.myspace.com/psychedelicpablo adios for now! Pablo
We have been so busy in the studio and working on a radio
contest that we have not been very good friends, but we are almost finished.
Got a couple of new songs up and WE NEED
YOUR HELP! Please click on the link to help us win air play and know that
you can ALWAYS count on us to reciprocate. Contest begins at 5 PM on Friday and
ends on Monday at 10 AM June 22nd. We will be the “featured artists” on Clear
Channel’s Rooster 106.1 FM on June 28th (6-8 PM) and we invite you
to listen.
Big news!! We are playing with Reeks of Failure, Expect Resistance, and Black Rose Drive on May 9th, 2009 in Atlanta at The Masquerade. It's located at 695 North Ave NE, Atlanta, Georgia 30308. Show starts at 7pm. Tickets are only $8.00.
happy birthday to you... happy birthday to you... happy birthday dear greg... happy birthday to you...woohoo!! i hope you have a great day! love you! xo
Really cool tunes. It's truly amazing the amount of cool bands that are out there waiting to make it. You'll get there, just keep at it. If you get a chance check out the new tunes off my new CD "Chewing on Marbles". Live the life. Respect the music.
