- Cheeseburger (band)
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Cheeseburger Origin Brooklyn, New York[1] Genres Hard rock, Party rock[2] Years active 2005-Present Labels Kemado Records
Williams Street RecordsWebsite Cheeseburger on MySpace Members Joe Bradley
Luke Crotty
Christy Karacas
Eric Dufresne
Christian Gordy
Jayson GreenNotable instruments Saxophone Cheeseburger is a Brooklyn, New York based hard rock band.[1] They are perhaps best known for their song "Comin' Home" which is the theme song for the Adult Swim show Superjail!, which was co-created by the band's guitarist, Christy Karacas.[1][3]
Spin magazine has called the band "The Hives, minus the Swedish accents (and matching formalwear)".[4]
Contents
Gang's All Here
On June 10, 2005, Cheeseburger's released the 6 song EP "Gang's All Here" on Kemado Records.[5]
Self-titled LP
Their first album, the self-titled "Cheeseburger" was released in 2007.
Another Big Night Down The Drain
In March 2011, the band announced it would be releasing its sophomore album Another Big Night Down The Drain on May 3 of that year from Williams Street Records, Adult Swim's independent music label.[3] Original band members Bradley, Crotty and Karacas are now joined by Jayson Green (vocals), Christian Gordy (bass) and Eric Dufresne (guitar) on the release. To support the album release, Cheeseburger will perform in Austin, TX at the 2011 South by Southwest festival.[6]
It was also announced that music from their sophmore album will be featured throughout the upcoming season of Superjail!.
Other media
"Guitarist Christy Karacas and drummer Luke Crotty play sloppily on purpose, and frontman Joe Bradley howls about cocaine and easy girls so ferociously you want to give him a glass of water. Crass, foul and politically incorrect? That's the point."[7]
Rolling Stone magazineAlong with performing the theme song for Superjail!, Cheeseburger is also well known for their work on video games and movies. Their song "Cocaine" is on the Radio Broker station in the video game Grand Theft Auto IV, "Comin Home" was featured on the soundtrack of the video game Skate 3, and their song "Derby Day" was included in the closing credits of the movie Step Brothers.[8]
Guitarist Christy Karacas studied film and animation at the Rhode Island School of Design.[9]
Discography
- 2007: Cheeseburger
- 2011: Another Big Night Down The Drain
References
- ^ a b c Cheeseburger on GetGlue
- ^ Cheeseburger playing SXSW & Brooklyn w- Jon Glaser & Valley Lodge (featuring Dave Hill who has other shows too)
- ^ a b Superjail! Season 2 Gets Released to Adult Swim in April AWN Animation World Network
- ^ Cheeseburger SPIN.com
- ^ Splendid Magazine reviews Cheeseburger Gang's All Here
- ^ Cheeseburger Going Soph antiMusic.com
- ^ Cheeseburger, Hard Nips, Wizardzz, Alien Whale - Flavorpill New York
- ^ Step Brothers (2008) - Soundtracks
- ^ Square Footage Films Presents Christy Karacas
External links
Categories:- Musical groups from New York
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