Jepetto

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Name = Jeppetto


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Origin = Annapolis, Maryland, USA
Genre = Alternative rock
Rapcore
Funk
Years_active = 1996–2006
Label = Fowl Records
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Past_members = Chris "Kahz" Cosgrove
Dan Marcellus
Dave Richardson
Chris "FC" Hartman
Jesse Hosch
Larry Byrne
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Jepetto was a popular band from 1994 to 2004 from Annapolis, Maryland. The band was managed by Adam Wheatley of Funkstarr Entertainment. They got their "Big Break" when they won the HFStival Big Break contest in 1999. Disbanded in 2004, Jepetto had a reunion show in March of 2006. The band is featured in Good Charlotte's song "Overcome".

Biography

Hailing from Annapolis, Maryland, Jepetto exploded onto the D.C./Baltimore scene when they won the WHFS Big Break Contest in 1999 and played the main stage at the prestigious HFStival. The bands unique blend of high energy hip hop, punk, funk, and D.C. Go Go has reaped them a huge following and invitations to the Warped Tour twice and the HFStival four years in a row. Hardcore independents, Jepetto are friends, as well musicians.

The release of their second album, "inkbox", on Fowl Records, gave Jepetto a chance to express their singular style of rhythm and rhyme. Songs such as "Destroyer" and "Caleco" demonstrate their versatility in harmonies and beats while "Dynamite Team" (featuring kindred spirits Grand Buffet from Pittsburgh) gives a clear representation of their lyrical skills. Jepetto had already opened for such artists as Cypress Hill, Good Charlotte, Jimmie's Chicken Shack, Fenix TX, and many others at Warped and HFStival.

After going their separate ways, the band's core members, Chris Cosgrove, David Richardson, and Chris Hartman formed Victory Party with Casey Hean, Ben Frock, and Carl Jenson.

Lineup

*Chris "Kahz" Cosgrove — vocals
*Dan Marcellus — drums
*Dave Richardson — vocals, percussion
*Chris "FC" Hartman — bass
*Jesse Hosch — guitar
*Larry Byrne — keyboards

Discography

Albums

"12:33" CD / LP (Fowl Records, 1999)
*Drip — Human — Groove Juice — Smack Doo Doo — Urge — Generation X — Cheeba — Jesse's Song — Underground — Timbuk — Deciding Where the World Begins — It's About Time

"Inkbox" CD / LP (Fowl Records, 2002)
*Faders — Better Off — Destroyer — Caleco — Dynamite Team — One Way — Eleven — Faceless — Complications — Old-balls

EPs

"Mung Sessions"

Compilations

"Penthouse on Sunset Vol. 2" CD / LP (2000)

ee also

*List of HFStival acts
*HFStival

External links

* [http://www.citypaper.com/music/artistprofile.asp?id=197/ Baltimore "City Paper" profile]
* [http://www.myspace.com/jepetto2005/ Jepetto's Myspace page]
* [http://www.myspace.com/victoryparty/ Victory Party's Myspace page]