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DISCO CURTIS

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Released: Jan 1, 2010
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General Info

  • Genre: Pop / Rock

    Location Dallas, Texas, US

    Profile Views: 1802378

    Last Login: 9/27/2012

    Member Since 8/2/2008

    Record Label unsigned

    Type of Label Major

  • Bio

    Music can bring people together. Disco Curtis (Tanner Howe) thrives on this notion, but he also take it a couple of steps further. It’s his unshakable enthusiasm for both the music and his fans that compliments his memorable pop/rock-tinged rock style. During his senior year of high school, Howe quickly took to MySpace for a unique marketing plan. Plugging a photo, and quickly following that with releasing a song at a time, interest about the band slowly took shape until setting out on the road for tours with the likes of Boys Like Girls and Forever the Sickest Kids. In the summer of 2010, Disco Curtis appeared on the 2nd half of the Vans Warped Tour, performing on the Skullcandy Stage for familiar and new faces from coast to coast. Disco Curtis credits the MySpace fanbase as being the key to making it all come together. Plucking from his influences (Say Anything, Dashboard Confessional, Relient K, The All-American Rejects) with the skilled craftsmanship of his musical upbringing, Disco Curtis’ genre-blending rock sound is undeniably fresh -- chock full of Howe’s savory and honest lyrics about love and self-introspection. “The main thing about writing a song is that it can’t be forced,” says Howe. “I can’t make something up in a song or else it’s not real to me. If it’s not real to me, how can I make it real to someone else?” The Disco Curtis name is somewhat of an homage to a fellow disco legend and drummer named Curtis. The mysterious impresario, who also resides in the band’s native Dallas, used to perform with various disco artists throughout the 1970s, wearing a paper bag over his head. Decades later, this mystery man who loves that disco beat, has become a mentor and a friend to Disco Curtis. “I’ve known him for years,” Howe explains. “When it came down to naming the act, Disco Curtis came to my head because I spent a lot of time with him in the summer of '08. As a joke, I started calling him Disco Curtis.” The overall mission is pretty basic: keeping communication open between Tanner and his fans. Such a mantra was definitely put to the test during DC's first-ever tour in October of '09, where they performed acoustic shows at select Hot Topic locations across the U.S. "Performing at Hot Topics across the nation was a great way to meet the fans who had been listening to Disco Curtis online. After each show, we would all go out for dinner, talking, laughing, and enjoying each other's company." Disco Curtis is wide-eyed for what’s in store for 2011. While plans to write and record a debut album are already in the works, summer releases, "This Gravity" and "Ammunition" are currently available for download via iTunes. Tanner Howe, AKA Disco Curtis, plans to hit the road in 2011. Until then, he will be writing, recording, and staying in constant contact with fans via MySpace, Facebook, Stickam, and Twitter.

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    Tanner Howe

  • Influences

    Dashboard Confessional, Say Anything, Relient K

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    Tanner Howe

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