mike hurts his throat; spencer hurts his neck; jon hurts his wrists; alan hurts his liver
Influences
We don't necessarily sound like all or any of these bands, but we'd be lying if we said they didn't have an influence on us: Converge, Cave In, Curl Up And Die, Thrice, Death By Stereo, AFI, Between The Buried And Me, The Nerve Agents, Nirvana, The Misfits, Botch, NOFX, Radiohead, daughters, Bad Religion, Old Man Gloom, Cat Stevens, Mastodon, Pelican, Dillinger Escape Plan, Smashing Pumpkins, The Unicorns, Underoath, At The Drive-In, Modern Life Is War, American Nightmare/Give Up The Ghost, Pretty Girls Make Graves, Every Time I Die, Magnetic Fields, Red Sparowes, The Blood Brothers, Thursday, The Tony Danza Tapdance Extravaganza, Avenged Sevenfold, These Arms Are Snakes, Shai Hulud, Weezer, The Mars Volta, Fury 66, Good Riddance, The Bronx, Rye Coalition, Beethoven, Slayer, The Fucking Champs, Minor Threat, Rhapsody, Rancid, The Power and the Glory, ISIS, The Unicorns, The Locust, HORSE The Band, Bright Eyes, System of a Down, Sufjan Stevens, Descendents, The Clash, As I Lay Dying, Rise Against, Mozart, Dragonforce, Propagandhi, Bane, The pAper Chase, The Cure, The Number Twelve Looks Like You, An Albatross, Murder By Death, Guttermouth, Death Cab For Cutie, Norma Jean, Cursive, Johnny Cash, The Chariot, Children Of Bodom, Iron Maiden, The Smiths/Morrissey, and fucking Refused.
THE STORY OF SMALLPAUL
So, three definitively unreligious kids by the names of Mike Keller (myself), Alan DeBenedetti, and Spencer Hilligoss wound up off the beaten path to Catholic School- where we learned to be socially awkward, and started a punk band. We made the mistake of going to college, but that turned out to be not a total loss when we met a radical drummer named Jon Bush, who we share with the awesome string metal band, Judgement Day (featuring a member of Bright Eyes and The Faint). We started a new punk band- sounding much like an improved version of the high-school trio, but over the next 4 years slowly evolved as we became better educated, increasingly frustrated, and quite a bit fonder of hardcore and metal. Bands we can agree on include Converge, Cave In, Thrice, The Nerve Agents, and of course, Nirvana.
At this juncture, we've played at a countless number of venues (e.g. The Pound, The Catalyst, Pier 30/32 for Warped Tour 2003, and bars galore) with a countless number of bands (e.g. Pitch Black, Swingin' Utters and tons of locals). We've self-recorded and self-released two ep's as well as two full length albums- the latest of which, titled "The Endless Appetite," received 4/5 stars on punkbands.com and attracted the attention of Unfun Records in Berkeley, who has committed to putting out our next release.
Other upcoming projects include recording a song for a Lorelei Records compilation (a label run by current and ex members of Good Riddance and Fury 66), as well as contributing songs to the soundtrack of an independent horror film called "Puppy," starring Alice Cooper's hot daughter. This year also marks our graduation, at which point we can put our hard-earned degrees to use by quitting our jobs and touring the country in a van.
5/1/06
-mdk
Although we're looking forward to recording and releasing our next full length album on Unfun Records, we have two self produced, self-released albums that you can buy online or at our shows. Get em while we still got em:
the endless appetite - 2005 newer old shit. we started finding our own sound here. quite a bit harder and more technical and better produced than the s/t. still rooted in punk but with lots of hardcore and metal elements. 4/5 stars on punkbands.com
self-titled - 2003 our old shit. more straight forward punk. still some metallish riffs and screaming though. we were nervous and recorded all the songs really fast! recorded in a high school gym, this one's for the die hards. PUT OUR PRETTY BANNER ON YOUR SITE
Hey, we hope everyone can make it to our show at Moe's Alley on Tuesday April 28th. It's a double bill with Still Time from San Luis Obispo, and they rock the house! The show starts at 9pm. See you there!
Thank you For supporting us! You have a GREAT taste in music! CTFS is nothing without YOU!! Check our new tracks & TOUR DATES and leave us love! <3 FOR FANS OF A DAY TO REMEMBER, ALL TIME LOW, KILLSWITCH ENGAGE & BLESSED BY A BROKEN HEART!
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