Current members: Jason Garcia (guitar, vocals), Chris Peters (bass, vocals), Joey Spivey (drums), Eric Roberts (guitar)
Influences
Early Police, R.E.M., Bowie, Beck, Pete Yorn, Wilco, Spoon, Aimee Mann, Paul McCartney, Queens of the Stone Age, GBV, Fountains of Wayne, Tom Petty, New Pornographers, Elvis Costello, Oasis
Household Names have delivered some mighty fine pop tunes via two stellar full-lengths and a 4-song EP since forming in Austin nearly a decade ago. KUT 90.5 FM’s Austin Music Minute highlighted the band in March during their SXSW 2008 edition, and beyond Austin, the Household Names have garnered much national attention over the years. Their 2002 debut record The Trouble With Being Nice reached 67 on CMJ’s Radio 200 Chart and was featured on Hewlett-Packard's Experience Music Project mobile tour in 2002. Household Names’ expert power-pop sensibility and their penchant for delivering catchy riffs and melodious hooks also grabbed the attention of MTV -- “Bright Spot” off the record was made available for download on MTV.com, and more recently, "The Latest Success" and "Handle On" off 2006’s "Picture In My Head" were featured on the MTV shows "Cribs" and "Bromance". In addition, "Only One” from that record was utilized by CNBC’s "American Made" show and the ABC series "What About Brian?" The band are currently working on a new record for summer 2009.
Hey! Check out the new Acoustic EP... just hit Play Now! If you like what you hear, drop a line and sign up on my e-mail list for a chance to get some free bonus tracks.
Hey guys! Just wanted to invite you to our first headlining show EVER! MANKIND AND ME'S MIDNIGHT PAJAMA PARTY on July 9th @ Red Eye Fly in Austin! Whoever comes wearing pj's gets a surprise gift. We hope to see ya there. It should be a really fun night.
Just stopping by to say hello and give you some news. The new album 'Coolgilly and the Freakshow' from Centascope is now available worldwide from CD Baby and directly from the merchandise page of the official website. You can also get the album from Apple iTunes, MSN Music, Rhapsody, Napster, Amazon and many more.
You're invited! Come have a beer with us!
Friday, May 22nd! @ Flamingo Cantina on 6th Doors @ 9pm
We're playin with Ryan Scroggins & The Trenchtown Texans and Informant (Dallas).
We're celebrating the release of our new album "Pose & Posture" Go here to see a review:
http://amusicfan.blogspot.com
"These guys have the chops to hang with the heavy hitters in US ska scene but also have a fresh and accessible enough sound to cross over to new listeners..."
or here:
www.phillyska.com (scroll down)
"It is something a little different, yet also familiar. In short time the album rose to become one of my favorite releases so far this year with a secure position on my playlist..."
or here: http://www.musicaloccupation.com/
"If there’s one album that stands out as different this year, it’s Channel One’s Pose & Posture..."
thanks!
Our new single released today! "A Pyrrhic Victory" - available on iTunes, Amazon, Spotify and also available in our player here on MySpace of course... it will only be released digitally and we'll add it in our player too of course.
The only lucky 50 ones in posession of a physical copy are the 50 first who showed up for our little release party where Dregen from Backyard Babies was DJ on the 16:th last month.
Hello there! We're playing our first big show in Austin in ages on June 5th at The Parish with our friends and wanted to let everyone possible know about this! We have two really cool things to tell you.
1. We're giving away an exclusive "fan disc" of live and unreleased tracks on Do512 for this show, so please go to that site, register, and click "I Like It" on the show listing to be entered to win one of 6 amazing gift bags. If you cannot find the link below, just click here.
2. Also, tickets go on sale on Monday, May 4th at 10AM and you can buy special fan-priced tickets to the show for $5.00 for 24 hours ONLY.
After that they go to $10 so be sure to grab your tickets early and make plans to come out to the show! Go to The Parish's website to pick up your tix!
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