- Afternoons
:"Or see
afternoon ."Infobox musical artist
Name = Afternoons
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Origin =Los Angeles ,California , USA
Genre =Indie rock
Associated_acts =Sea Wolf , Irving
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Label = Unsigned
URL = [http://www.myspace.com/therealafternoons]
Current_members = Aaron Burrows Brent Turner Brian Canning Claire McKeown Sam Johnson Steven Scott Tom BillerAfternoons is an
Indie rock band based out ofLos Angeles , CA. Started by Irving band members Steven Scott and Brian Canning as an afternoon recording project, Afternoons was informally created in 2006.Grammy Award winner Tom Biller [ [http://www.grammy.com/GRAMMY_Awards/Winners/Results.aspx?title=&winner=Andrew%20Dawson&year=0&genreID=0&hp=1 GRAMMY Winners Search ] ] [ [http://www.langfieldentertainment.com/GRAMMYS2006.htm Complete List Of Grammy Winners At Wednesday's 48th Annual Grammy Awards* ] ] joined as bothrecording engineer andrecord producer , also performing live with the group playing guitar, bass, keyboards and drums. Classically trainedopera singer Claire McKeown from the bandDirt Bird sung on the recordings and along with Biller, Scott, Canning and formerIrving drummer Brent Turner, has performed live with the band since their first show. As the band developed and the focus of Irving members shifted to Afternoons, keyboardist Aaron Burrows of bothIrving andSea Wolf joined along with muliti-instrumentalist Sam Johnson. Johnson had joined Irving on their European tour in 2007 after the departure ofSea Wolf founderAlex Church .Afternoons gained social relevance when in Spring of 2008 contemporary
artist ,graphic designer andillustrator Shepard Fairey took interest in the band, creating a poster campaign featuring the title of the bands first single "Say Yes." [ [http://obeygiant.com/post/say-yes Say yes! - Obey Giant ] ] [ [http://theworldsbestever.com/2008/06/09/shepard-fairey-afternoons-say-yes/ Shepard Fairey, Afternoons, Say Yes ] ] [ [http://www.feedyourwall.com/2008/06/say-yes-by-shepard-fairey.html Feed Your Wall: Say Yes! by Shepard Fairey ] ] The posters appeared around Los Angeles shortly after Fairey's "Obama Progress" Campaign. [ [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/story/2008/05/16/ST2008051602005.html Obama's On-the-Wall Endorsement - washingtonpost.com ] ] Fairey also gave an early copy of the band's unofficial demo toradio DJ Steve Jones of Los Angeles based radio stationIndie 103.1 . Jones, the founding guitar player of theSex Pistols started playing Say Yes on his afternoon radio program Jonesy's Jukebox.References
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