The band first opened for Dashboard Confessional in a fall 2006 arena tour of the US.
In late 2006, Pandav, along with Chicago DJ’s JJ Flores and Steve Smooth , recorded an EP under the name Shock Stars. The album was released on March 6, 2007, in CD and digital formats. Shock Stars played their first live show at Double Door . Shock Stars broke up…
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While Hause was working as a roadie for The Bouncing Souls , the band was given the opportunity to do a tour with The Bouncing Souls, and would also tour with NOFX . Impressed by the band, NOFX frontman Fat Mike signed them to his label Fat Wreck Chords .…
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The band released How to Get Out Alive on June 13, 2006. It contained four new songs and a cover of Dramarama ‘s “Anything, Anything”.
The band continued, re-releasing their debut album Chroma under Epic Records . The new release is packaged with a live EP Live Dudes . After the re-release, “Say Anything (Else)” was featured in Madden 07 and their single “Honestly” became a hit when it was played on New York City’s…
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The final concerts of the 2005 world tour were in Sydney and Melbourne , Australia, on December 14 and 17, respectively.
featuring Hunter Lamb ( rhythm guitar ), who replaced Jason Bynum in December 2005.
In December 2005, a dual-disc special edition re-release of Crimson hit store shelves. This album features the original cut of Crimson released earlier in the year, while the 2nd disc has demo and acoustic/live versions of some of the songs. Additionally, an enhanced version of the lyrics and liner notes…
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Third Time’s A Charm was self-released by the band in December 2005. It was sold at shows and through their website. Soon after the album was released, they decided to add a keyboard player to the band to give it a more dynamic sound. After only 1 audition, 5th member…
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In December 2005, the band released a Christmas album Gift of Rock . It featured covers of Christmas songs by many artists, such as the Kinks and the Ramones , and one original song, “Baggage Claim”.