TeamAWESOME!

Infobox musical artist
Name = teamAWESOME!
Origin = Boulder, Colorado, United States
Genre = indie rock, indie pop, electro pop, twee pop
Years_active = 2005-present
Label = Mighty Pop Music, Still Soft Recordings, Digital Cloud
URL = teamawesomemusic.com
Current_members = Chuck Potashner

teamAWESOME! is an electro pop band with twee sensibilities based in Boulder, Colorado. They are known for their energetic stage presence, which involves props, lightly choreographed dances and audience participation. Their songs tend to have upbeat, childish themes, such as slides, pirates, hand-holding, and rocket ships.

The band originated in 2005 with two members, Chuck Potashner and Kara Jorge. Since then it has had many line up changes (including a period with nine members), though Potashner had always been the frontman. In late 2005, teamAWESOME! had finished recording their first CD, but could not afford mastering for it. So they entered and won the University of Colorado Battle of the Bands, the prize of which was mastering. Shortly thereafter, the band released their first CD, "Greatest Hits! Vol 1!" on Still Soft Recordings, a DIY record label in Denver, Colorado. They have completed four tours of the western United States, preferring to play shows that are all-ages and/or in DIY spaces.

Throughout their shows and tours, teamAWESOME! played with The Presidents of The United States of America, Girl Talk, Health, An Albatross, Gravy Train!!!!, Matt & Kim, Tally Hall, Thunderbirds Are Now!, Aqueduct, Dressy Bessy, Mount Eerie etc. ..

Members

Some people who have contributed to teamAWESOME!:
*Alyssa Detert (Synthesizer, Glockenspiel, vocals)
*Andrew Heath (Bass)
*Anthea Osguthorpe (Trumpet, Guitar, vocals, Glockenspiel, Synthesizer)
*Austin Keeble (drums, Synthesizer, vocals)
*Austin Ryan-Mas (Bass)
*Brittany Christie (Synthesizer, dance, vocals)
*Cade Weidenhaft (Toms, dance, Signs)
*Chuck Potashner (vocals, Synthesizer, Guitar, Bass, Glockenspiel, Ukulele, Programming, Lyrics)
*Dave Ebel (Bass)
*Ethan Brown (Synthesizer, Flute, Glockenspiel, Programming, vocals)
*Ian (Guitar)
*Kara Jorge (vocals, Synthesizer, Lyrics)
*Kat Roscoe (Violin, Guitar, Bass, Glockenspiel, vocals)
*Katherine Peterson (Accordion)
*Krysta Potashner (Baton, Props, vocals)
*Logan Corcoran (drums, Drum Machine, vocals)
*Mark Donohue (Bass, Guitar, tom-tom, vocals)
*Michelle Wooden (Cello, vocals)
*Nathan Oberle (Guitar, Bass, Cello, vocals)
*Patrick Wimberly (Guitar, Vibraphone, drums, Synthesizer, vocals)
*Rachel King (Keyboard, Guitar, Glockenspiel, vocals)
*Sam Cooper (Guitar, Bass, Glockenspiel, vocals)
*Stirling Myles (Bass)
*Travis Rosenburg (Bass, Guitar, vocals)
*Tyler Broeren (Guitar)
*Tyler Snow(Synthesizer)
*William Fewer-Reed (Guitar, Bass, vocals)
*Zach Burba (Guitar, Bass, vocals)

Discography

Albums and EPs

*"Greatest Hits! Vol. 1!" (Still Soft Recordings; CD; 2005):1. Oh My!:2. Cars!:3. Your Smile!:4. Slide!:5. Best Part of the Year!:6. Pirates!:7. Let's Sing a Song!:8. Gossip!:9. Hugs!:10. Split Pea Soup! :11. Rocketship!:12. Fort!:13. Sun!:14. Love Song!:15. teamAWESOME!:16. Zuper! Tekno! Danse! Party! Party!:17. Oh My! (Nato Remix):18. Best Part of the Year! (Naked Sounds Remix):19. Gossip! (Bloodbath Remix):20. Slide! (Nato Remix):21. Cars! (Acoustic Version by Nate)

*"Heck Yeah!" (Self Released; EP; 2006):1. Yr Fur!:2. Oh Ship!:3. teamNASA!:4. Get Pumped!:5. Heck Yeah!:6. Scrabble!:7. Robot!:8. Secret Track (sometimes called Sleepover!)

*"The Burnt Sienna Album!" (Mighty Pop Music; CD; 2008):1. Hide N Seek!:2. Pomegranates (Featuring iji):3. 12 Times (Featuring Laura Goldhamer):4. Lobster!:5. Boo! (Featuring The Kissing Party):6. Pegasi:7. Train! (Featuring Paper Bird):8. Weeping Willow!:9. Running Away!:10. Birthday!:11. Friendly Friend!:12. Red Dunes:13. Hide n' Seek (Hide n' Seek! (Ultra! Rainbow! MIDI! Premix!)

Compilation Appearances

*"Oh My!" on "Still Soft Recordings" (Still Soft Recordings; CD; 2005)
*"Running Away!" on "Firsts" (Digital Cloud Records; CD; 2007)
*"Hide n' Seek!" on "Adventure Records Cuvée Volume 5" (Adventure Records; CD; 2008)

External links

* [http://www.teamawesomemusic.com teamAWESOME!'s official website]
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bz5lm-yhd1I Video for Robot!]
* [http://www.spokanesidekick.com/files/SiDEKiCK_122106_web.pdf Review in the Spokane Sidekick, page 17]
* [http://www.portlandmercury.com/portland/Content?oid=100037&category=22187 teamAWESOME! in the Portland Mercury]
* [http://www.westword.com/Issues/2007-02-01/music/critics.html teamAWESOME! Critic's Choice in the Denver Westword]
* [http://www.mscd.edu/~themet/TheMetropolitan/06_07/Vol29_issue03/audiofiles/freeplay2.html Review in the Metropolitan]
* [http://bestof.westword.com/bestof/award.php?oid=oid:104922&section=oid:35099&year=2006 Still Soft rated best DIY label in Denver by Westword]