- Blackpool Lights
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Name = The Blackpool Lights
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Origin =Kansas City, Missouri
Genre =Indie rock
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Label =Curb Appeal Records
Associated_acts =The Get Up Kids ,Butterglory , The Creature Comforts
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Current_members =Jim Suptic
Brian Everard
Jerad Meadows
Chris Clark
Past_members =Billy Brimblecom
Notable_instruments =Blackpool Lights is an indie rock band founded in
Kansas City, Missouri , by former Get Up Kids guitaristJim Suptic , bassist Brian Everard, and drummerBilly Brimblecom .History
The band was originally formed in 2004, soon after
Jim Suptic had finished recording the final Get Up Kids album,Guilt Show . There was a good deal of tension within the band, and Jim had written several songs that he felt didn't fit The Get Up Kids. [Alternative Press issue 204 "Say Goodnight, Mean Goodbye: An Oral History of the Get Up Kids] After the band decided to break up in 2005, Blackpool Lights became his primary focus.The band released a self-titled, self-published five-song EP in 2005. Suptic soon co-founded
Curb Appeal Records in early 2006 with other local entrepreneurs and musicians including Alex Brahl. Alex had producedSomething to Write Home About , the album that gaveThe Get Up Kids much of their success. OnJune 20 , 2006 Blackpool Lights' debut albumThis Town's Disaster was released, becoming the first release for the label. The day of the release,Spin Magazine named the band the "Artist of the Day". [http://www.spin.com/articles/blackpool-lights] The band went on to supportSocial Distortion andSupersuckers on various tours in fall 2006. [ [http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/upcoming_tours/social_distortion_tour_dates_update.html?200608160652 Social Distortion Tour Dates Update | News @ Ultimate-Guitar.Com ] ]In September 2007, the band announced that Chris Clark had been added as lead guitarist and that drummer Billy Brimblecom had decided to leave the band. Both Billy and Brian are former members of the Kansas City band The Creature Comforts. Billy left the band on good terms, though no explanation for his departure has been given. Jerad Meadows filled in on the drums for the bands tour with
The Forecast .In 2007, their song "Ain't Nobody Gonna Stop Us Now" was chosen as the official anthem for the
Kansas City Wizards ofMajor League Soccer . [ [http://www.adidas.com/us/campaigns/mls/content/site.asp adidas MLS Soccer ] ]Discography
*"Blackpool Lights EP" (August, 2005 Self Released)
*"This Town's Disaster " (June 20, 2006Curb Appeal Records )References
External links
* [http://www.blackpoollights.com BlackpoolLights Official Site]
* [http://www.myspace.com/BlackpoolLights Blackpool Lights at MySpace]
* [http://www.euphoniaonline.net/interviews/BlackpoolLights.html Interview with Jim Suptic]
* [http://soundcrank.com/Interview.aspx?interviewid=1009 Soundcrank Podcast Hosted by Jim Suptic of Blackpool Lights
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