Saving Jane

Saving Jane
Marti Dodson in September 2008
Background information
Origin	Columbus, Ohio, United States
Genres	Rock, alternative rock
Years active	2001–2010 (as Saving Jane) 2010–present (as Union Rose)
Labels	Toucan Cove, Universal
Website	Official site
Members
Marti Dodson Pat Buzzard Dak Goodman Eric Flores Brandon Hagan
Past members
Joe Cochran Mike Unger Jeremy Martin

Saving Jane is a band from Columbus, Ohio who are most famous for their hit songs "Girl Next Door", "Come Down To Me", and "SuperGirl".

History

2002-2008: Girl Next Door, One Girl Revolution & SuperGirl

What started out as simply a campfire song between strangers soon turned into a musical connection in the form of the Columbus, OH-based alternative pop/rock group Saving Jane. It was at this bonfire that vocalist Marti Dodson (then a junior at Ohio State University) and rhythm guitarist Pat Buzzard first met and subsequently became friends. The pair began writing songs together and when the time came to record their work, local drummer Dak Goodman was recruited to help. The trio found something in each other, and the decision was made to form an actual band. Booking their first show, they took the name Saving Jane from a cartoon Dodson had been doodling one late night at the studio. As the band slowly began making a name for itself around Columbus, an additional lead guitarist, Kris Misevski, and a borrowed bass player from Goodman's cover band rounded out the group. About a year later, tensions within the band lead to the departure of their borrowed bassist, and Jeremy Martin replaced him in 2002. Two years later, as Saving Jane found their style shifting more from acoustic roots to alternative rock, their manager insisted that Dodson be emphasized over the rest of the band; these changes eventually led to the exit of their lead guitarist. In February 2006, Mike Unger stepped down from Saving Jane for family reasons, and Brandon Hagan joined the band as a replacement, while keyboardist Joe Cochran who completed the lineup, left in late 2006. Also as of 2008, Jeremy Martin is no longer with the band. The new bassist is Eric Flores.

Saving Jane's full-length debut, Girl Next Door, was issued in October 2005 on Toucan Cove, and the title track found the band getting major radio air play of the single of the same name. Gaining the attention of major record labels, Republic/Universal Records signed them and they made their debut on the Billboard charts. The single with the same title, "Girl Next Door", peaked at #31 on the Billboard Hot 100. The video debuted on MTV's Total Request Live's countdown on April 24, 2006 at #9. The single "Come Down to Me" was released in late August and went on to sell over 100,000 copies.
In 2006, country singer Julie Roberts recorded a version of "Girl Next Door" which was released on her album Men and Mascara. (Saving Jane had released their own country remix of the song the previous winter, which was available on iTunes and got exposure on CMT and CMT.com.)

On August 7, 2007, Saving Jane's follow up album to Girl Next Door was released with the title One Girl Revolution. A single with the same title debuted in the summer of 2007. The album, One Girl Revolution was released in 2007, with a re-release version with a new song, "SuperGirl" in the album, SuperGirl in 2008.

2009-2010: "Butterflies", Vampire Diaries EP, Psycho Ex-Girlfriend

A new song, "Butterflies" was released on iTunes in 2009. In early 2010, Saving Jane's new EP title, Vampire Diaries EP was released on January 26, 2010 on iTunes, it has three songs, "Immortal", "In Love With a Vampire" and "Immortal (Twilight Mix)". A new song that was posted on MySpace titled "Love Will Wait"^[1][2] may appear on an upcoming album.

On June 11, 2010, the band went on hiatus due to disputes with their record label.^[3] On October 25, 2010, the single "Worst of Me"^[4] was released onto iTunes, which is part of the upcoming new album, "Psycho Ex-Girlfriend" that is due for release in Spring 2011.

Meanwhile, guitarist Pat Buzzard is working as a solo artist and released his first single in August 2008, a cover of Old Crow Medicine Show's "Wagon Wheel", which features Brandon Hagan on guitar, bass, banjo, backing vocals, and Marti Dodson on backing vocals.^[5]

2010-present: Formation of new band

After Saving Jane disbanded, Union Rose - a new band was formed, with founding members, Marti, Brandon and Nate.^[6] Pat has opted out, stating that starting a new band is not the right move for him. Under the new band name, it was decided that their musical style would be more country-orientated, as opposed to Saving Jane's pop-rock sound.

In November 2010, Union Rose's first song "America's Sweetheart" was premiered on Radio 105.7 WLGC, and a 4-track-EP was also made available for download on the band's website for free.

Pop culture

"Girl Next Door" has been used on many hit TV shows and also is in The Sims 2 in simlish, and "Supergirl" is used as the theme music for female Indy-Car racing star Danica Patrick and U.S. Olympic gymnast Nastia Liukin.

Discography

Studio albums

Year	Album details	Peak chart positions
		US	US Heat
2002	Something to Hold Onto Release date: 2002 Label: self-released	—	—
2005	Girl Next Door Release date: October 11, 2005 Label: Universal Records	133	2
2007	One Girl Revolution Release date: August 7, 2007 Label: Universal Records	—	—
2008	Supergirl Release date: June 9, 2008 Label: Toucan Cove	—	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Extended plays

Year	Album details
2009	Butterflies Released: 2009 Label: - Formats: Download
2010	Vampire Diaries (EP) Released: January 2010 Label: - Formats: Download

Singles

Year	Title	Album	Chart positions
			U.S. Hot 100	U.S. Pop 100	U.S. Pop Airplay[7]
2006	"Girl Next Door"	Girl Next Door	31	27	20
	"Happy"		-	-	43
	"Come Down To Me"		-	-	-
2007	"One Girl Revolution"	One Girl Revolution	-	-	56
2008	"SuperGirl"	SuperGirl	-	-	39
	"Breaking Up is Hard to Do"	n/a	-	-	-
2009	"Butterflies"	Butterflies	-	-	90
2010	"Worst of Me"	Psycho Ex-Girlfriend	-	-	-

A shortened version of the song "Girl Next Door" is used as the theme song for MTV's show Tiara Girls.^{[citation needed]}

A shortened version of the song "Imperfection" is used as the theme song for the WE show High School Confidential.^{[citation needed]}

References

1. ^ 4s.io
2. ^ New song up!
3. ^ Where have all the cowboys (and Saving Jane records) gone?
4. ^ 4s.io
5. ^ Song of the Day: Pat Buzzard, “Wagon Wheel” (Old Crow Medicine Show cover)
6. ^ Union Rose Band - Members of Saving Jane form a new project.
7. ^ U.S. Pop Airplay Peaks

External links

• Saving Jane Official Myspace
• Saving Jane Official Tumblr
• Saving Jane Official Twitter
• Toucan Cove