Snowden (band)

Infobox musical artist
Name = Snowden

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Origin = Atlanta, Georgia
Genre = Indie rock
Years_active = 2003–present
Label = Jade Tree Records
URL = [http://www.myspace.com/snowden Official website]
Current_members = Jordan Jeffares Chandler Rentz Corinne Lee David Payne
Past_members = Brandon Ivey Anthony Davis Aimee Rydarowski

Snowden is an indie band based out of Atlanta. They are signed to Jade Tree Records. They get their name from Howard Snowden, a fictional character from the novel "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller.

History

Snowden started out in Jordan Jeffares' bedroom, where he recorded demos. These demos impressed Jeffares' brother Preston, who then introduced other musicians to Jeffares, thus beginning Snowden. Snowden self released The Snowden EP, which was received with immense local success. They landed spots opening for groups such as Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, and Arcade Fire. In 2006, Jade Tree signed the band and released their debut album "Anti-Anti." The album gained immediate attention, as evidenced by its making the "most blogged" band on the internet according to elbo.ws and getting airplay by Steve Lamacq (BBC). In 2007, the band released videos for "Like Bullets" and "Anti-Anti" and made radio appearances around the country. They recorded special features for Comcast, AOL/Spin, and had a concert at Manhattan's Bowery Ballroom (recorded Nov 2006) released on DVD by Baeble Music. In addition they embarked upon a full US tour of medium size venues opening for Kings of Leon, and were invited to open several European dates as well. Snowden accepted and as a consequence pushed back plans for beginning the recording of their second album. [http://www.artistdirect.com/nad/music/artist/bio/0,,2919220,00.html#bio artistdirect.com] : accessed 08 April 2007]

Discography

Albums

EPs

External links

* [http://snowden.info Snowden Website]
* [http://www.myspace.com/snowden Snowden Myspace]
* [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&token=&sql=11:nzkcu3xaan7k Snowden at Allmusic.com]
* [http://soundcrank.com/Interview.aspx?interviewid=100000001 Soundcrank Podcast Hosted by Snowden]
* dchub://snowden.zapto.org Snowden DC Hub: Live Sets, News, Chat, etc.

References