Set Your Goals (band)

Infobox musical artist
Name = Set Your Goals


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Origin = San Francisco, California, USA
Genre = Punk-Rock, Pop-Punk, Melodic hardcore

Years_active = 2004 - Present
Label = Eulogy, Straight On
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URL = [http://www.setyourgoals.net Official Site]
Current_members = Matt Wilson Jordan Brown Joe Saucedo Michael Ambrose Audelio Flores
Past_members = Michael Quirk Manuel Peralez Israel Branson Dave Yoha Daniel Coddaire

Set Your Goals is a San Francisco based Punk-Rock band with Pop-Punk and Melodic hardcore influeces. The band name comes from CIV's first album, "Set Your Goals".

Biography

Set Your Goals released their first self-titled EP on Straight On Records in May 2004. After signing with Eulogy Recordings, they rereleased that EP under the name "Reset" on April 11, 2006. Their first full length album, "Mutiny!" was released on July 11, 2006. In the Spring of 2007, they were support on Anti Flag's headlining tour along side Alexisonfire and Big D and The Kids Table. Set Your Goals released an acoustic version of their track 'Echoes' for the Punk Goes Acoustic 2 compilation on Fearless Records this past summer, 2007. They also covered Lil Jon's "Put Yo Hood Up" for the Fearless Records compilation Punk Goes Crunk, released in April 2008. In the Spring of 2008 they played on the Bamboozle Roadshow with Saves The Day, Armor For Sleep, Valencia, Metro Station, Lydia, and A Cursive Memory. At the Bamboozle Set Your Goals played a special set with Vinnie from I Am The Avalanche consisting of songs from Vinnie's previous band, The Movielife. Recently they have released a new song entitled "The Fallen" through the social networking sites Trig and MySpace. This Summer, 2008, they will be on the entire Vans Warped Tour on the Smartpunk Stage. They are set to be main support to New Found Glory on the UK Easy Core tour later in the year.

Record label issues

Their managers Chris Allen and Keith Lazorchak paid for the band to be removed from Eulogy Records with a supposedly large sum of money (an amount unspecified). Dissatisfaction with the label had caused the band to cut ties. On Absolutepunk.net, vocalist Jordan Brown expressed his feelings about the matter: [cite web|publisher= Absolutepunk.net| url=http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=484301 |title=Set Your Goals Moving On Up?| accessmonthday= October 6 | access year= 2008]

"These were not sent as bragging rights. Please do not buy Eulogy records, do not by Set Your Goals merch from Eulogy's e-store. John has made an untraceable amount of money off of SYG's music and will continue to do so. We have never seen a dime. I have always said from day one that i don't do any of this for money, and i do not. But it does not sit well with me the amount of money he has kept from us (and many other bands). I could careless about seeing any of that money for myself, but i would rather it be with somebody or another band who deserves it more than John Wylie does. We cannot regain control of our Mutiny cd; the reset songs we will get back in another 3 years. For now he continues to milk Set Your Goals for what he can."

Following the previous statement, co-vocalist Matt Wilson hinted that their upcoming release for 2009 may be self-released. [cite web|publisher= Absolutepunk.net| url=http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=486651 |title=Follow-Up: Set Your Goals| accessmonthday= October 6 | access year= 2008]

Discography

Current members

*Matt Wilson - Vocals
*Jordan Brown - Vocals
*Audelio Flores - Guitar
*Dan Coddaire - Guitar
*Joe Saucedo - Bass
*Michael Ambrose - Drums

Past members

*Dave Yoha (2005-2007) - guitar
*William Stern (2006)
*Richard Abrahamsen (2006)
*Mike Quirk (2005)

References

External links

* [http://www.trig.com/setyourgoals Official TRIG profile]
* [http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/interviews/interviews/set_your_goals_in_hardcore_music_is_a_mere_vehicle_to_deliver_the_message.html Interview with Evan Greenblo for Ultimate-Guitar.com]
* [http://hangout.altsounds.com/3rd-party-hosted-music-videos/83435-set-your-goals-exclusive-altsounds-interview.html Altsounds.com Video Interview with Set Your Goals]
* [http://www.purevolume.com/setyourgoals Official PureVolume profile]
* [http://www.scenepointblank.com/features/108 Interview with Jordan (Scene Point Blank)]
* [http://www.truepunk.com/interviews/set_your_goals/ Interview with Set Your Goals on TruePunk.com]
* [http://www.hatesomethingbeautiful.com/chat/viewtopic.php?p=31874#31874 Interview with Jordan]
* [http://www.hatesomethingbeautiful.com/?p=399 Interview] from Hate Something Beautiful
* [http://www.drivenfaroff.com/2007/06/27/set-your-goals-interview-may-27th-2007 Interview with Set Your Goals - May 27th, 2007]
* [http://www.intricateindustries.com/index.php?post_id=245271 Interview] with Set Your Goals in Southampton Joiners
* [http://www.zpop.co.uk/reviews/gallows.htm Review of Feb 2008 Manchester Academy 2 gig]
* [http://www.a-pathetic.net/zine/archives/518 Interview @ SHOUT! Music Webzine]