Originating in the icy tundra of the beautiful
and remote Upper Peninsula of Michigan, squint has always been a band
focused on gathering experiences to write about. They packed up and moved to
Louisiana after high school so that they could play more cities and see new
places. Their incessant touring has consistently interfered with love,
however, and helped the band become deadly-accurate portrait artists of
broken relationships. Strong as their passion for writing music may be, they
are a band ultimately devoted to the live performance.....
The band made their first full record, Beeker,
on a total budget of $1200 in Houston, TX. Though it was obviously
a freshman effort, the songwriting was there, and the album opened doors for
squint to begin touring regionally. They acquired a fair amount of
recognition in the South and Southeast, and their first “big break” came
when they landed a show opening for the Toadies in Monroe, LA. Then,
soon after, they played their first arena show, opening for the Goo Goo
Dolls at Louisiana Tech University.
When it came time to record the next album, squint got the attention of
producer, Ed Stasium. Ed is a legend; the man responsible for recording
dozens of successful acts including The Ramones, Soul Asylum, and Rev.
Horton Heat. Ed signed on with the band to make a full length record, and
squint’s latest album, Tinsel Life, was born. This album earned them
a nomination for an American Music Award even before it was released. (Ed
would later go on to remix the now out-of-print Beeker, for a
re-release in 2006.)
After releasing Tinsel Life, squint immediately went back to their
first love, touring, playing shows from New York to Los Angeles to Houston
to their original hometown of Houghton, Michigan. Meanwhile, on college
radio, Tinsel Life became the 12th most added record according to
CMJ’s Top 20 Adds and charted on the CMJ Top 200. At commercial radio,
Tinsel Life immediately charted on the Top 20 Specialty Radio charts.
squint also soon found themselves on Touchtunes Jukeboxes, DMX Radio, and
Sirius XM.
As squint continued to tour and have some success with Tinsel Life,
they got the attention of Jagermeister, and soon found themselves with a
sponsor. They are featured on the Jager Music Compilation and are performing
on the 2008 Jagermeister Tour with Hinder, Trapt, and Rev Theory. Songs from
Tinsel Life have been featured on MTV, VH1, The Travel Channel, A&E,
Oxygen, Nickolodeon, and TLC. squint’s unique live show also attracted
the attention of microphone stand manufacturer, Atlas. Atlas joined forces
with squint in 2004 – making squint possibly the first artist in history to
specifically have a microphone stand endorsement. squint is also
proudly sponsored by AKG Microphones.
Since the release of Tinsel Life, squint has performed an average of
over 100 shows a year; gracing the stage with bands like Staind, Fall Out
Boy, The Goo Goo Dolls, Stone Sour, Alter Bridge, The Toadies and more.
squint has also donated over 33 thousand dollars to Parkinson disease
research through their annual charity festival, Squintfest (www.squintfest.com).
These accomplishments, and their hard work and solid song writing, earned
squint the ASCAP Plus Award in 2003 thru 2009.
The band moved to Austin, TX, in late 2007. They continue to grow an
extremely loyal fanbase, who affectionately call themselves sqroupies.
Currently recording a new studio album with the successful and talented
producer Dave Percefull (Bowling for Soup, Caroline’s Spine, David Cook),
squint is looking forward to their new album release in early 2010.
The first single from the new album is already slated to be included on the
2010 Jagermeister compilation of which 200,000 copies are being pressed.....
hey guys its me again.long time no talk.well i just wanted to let yall know that ill be there at yalls next concert in october and ill see yall soon .in time keep a rockin and blastin away the great music!!!!!!!
Well Hell Not to you Impression Things That Disappear Love Vs. The University of Anywhere Bitter Tinsel Life Unfinished Shadow Shadow No Name The Break my heart show Flustered Those Pictures Giving Up The Ghost Head On Cold Feelings Somebody To Talk To
We're playing at Red Eyed Fly this Thursday night and could really use your support. We're bringing our friends The Cardinal Health (awesome band!) from San Antonio and we want as many friendly faces there to welcome them to Austin as possible. So come no later than 9pm, tell them your there to see us and stick around for our show and The Cardinal Health and all the other excellent bands! (The band at 8pm is pretty awesome too, so you might as well come then). See you there!
like when you search for squint on myspace music, your band is shown and it says confirmed official band page... Did you guys have to do anything to get it that way? I hope that makes more sense, thanks fellas
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