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A leading light in the punk-pop genre, Motion City Soundtrack includes members Joshua Cain (guitar), Tony Thaxton
(drums),JustinPierre(vocals/guitar), Jesse Johnson (Moog), andMatthew Taylor (bass). Following their high-school
graduation,Minneapolis natives Pierre and Cain —both of whom were inspired by Sunny DayReal Estate, Jawbox, the Flaming
Lips,andSuperchunk — formed the band in 1999. The pair assembled atemporary lineup and issued a self-released 7" that same
year.Later, whiletouring through Pennsylvania in supportof their release, Motion CitySoundtrack met Thaxton and Taylor ...read more
A leading light in the punk-pop genre, Motion City Soundtrack includes members Joshua Cain (guitar), Tony Thaxton
(drums),JustinPierre(vocals/guitar), Jesse Johnson (Moog), andMatthew Taylor (bass). Following their high-school
graduation,Minneapolis natives Pierre and Cain —both of whom were inspired by Sunny DayReal Estate, Jawbox, the Flaming
Lips,andSuperchunk — formed the band in 1999. The pair assembled atemporary lineup and issued a self-released 7" that same
year.Later, whiletouring through Pennsylvania in supportof their release, Motion CitySoundtrack met Thaxton and Taylor of
theVirginia-based band Submerge. The two musicians decided to leave theirhometown of Richmond, VA, tojoinMotion
CitySoundtrack full-time, and the expanded band soon entered the studio with producer/engineer Ed Rose (the Get
UpKids,UltimateFacebook). Three weeks before recordingcommenced, they were also joined by keyboardist Jesse Johnson
(whosepersonal record label,Ordinary Records, had issued some of Jimmy EatWorld's earliest material in 1995)
torelievesinger/guitarist Pierre of his synthesizer duties.
With a new lineup firmly in place, the band's punk-glazed debut, I Am the Movie, was released in the summer of 2003.
Whileplaying venuesandbasements in support of the album,Motion City Soundtrack was picked up by Epitaph Records; later,
theyjoined blink-182 on a tour through Europeand Japan. Blink's bassist, MarkHoppus, took a liking to the band andagreed
toproduce their next album; the resulting Commit This to Memory wasreleased two years later and featured an increasinglypop-
heavysound. A deluxe version of the album(complete with bonus DVD) appeared in 2006, andthe band spent the summeron
Warped Tour before heading to Europe with OK Go that fall.Entering the studio for the third time,Motion CitySoundtrackbegan to
work with producers Adam Schlesinger (of Fountains of Wayne), Eli Janney (of Girls Against Boys), and RicOcasek(of the Cars).
Thecompleted product,Even If It Kills Me, was released in September 2007.
Even If It Kills Me cracked the Top 20 during its first week, becoming the band's highest-charting album to date. Major labelstook
notice, and bythefollowing summer, Motion CitySoundtrack had signed a new contract with Columbia Records. Eager tocapitalize
on such momentum, the group quicklywrapped up their WarpedTour obligations, wrote new materialduring thelatter half of 2008,
and returned to the recording studio with Mark Hoppus. MyDinosaur Life was completed by June 2009 andreleasedearly the
following year, with"Disappear" serving as the lead single.from allmusic.com « hide |
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