- Politicks
Infobox musical artist
Name = Politicks
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Origin =Washington, DC ,USA
Genre = Rock, Soul, Alternative
Years_active =2001 -Current
Label = Brokn Records
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URL =http://politicksband.com
Current_members = Matthew Green
Brian Chafin
Mike Trella
Brad Moore
Brendan McCourt
Past_members = William Waikart Tom McEvoy
Notable_instruments =Politicks is a 5 piece eclectic
rock band formed in2001 atRadford University where three of its current members went to school. [http://www.ontaponline.com/view_article.php?article_id=10489 OnTap - Five Guys on the Rise] ] Politicks has performed on the east coast fromNew York toFlorida and shared the stage with severalGrammy Award winning artists. [http://www.entnews.com/?a=1101&c=122 Entnews.com - Al Green in Concert] ] [http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=109&STORY=/www/story/08-28-2006/0004422677&EDATE= PR Newswire - Heineken Launches Heineken Red Star Soul to Showcase Soulful Sounds, Stars of Today and Tomorrow] ]Last summer Politicks performed with soul and hip hop artists including
Al Green ,Lauryn Hill ,The Roots , andIndia.Arie . In the fall they joined theHeineken Red Star Soul tour, performing with major artists in soul and R&B includingRaphael Saadiq ,Floetry ,Raheem DeVaughn ,Chrisette Michele ,Claudette Ortiz &Ryan Toby (City High). Politicks brought in 2007 with the Sugar Hill Gang, Pat McGee band and DC101 at the Downtown Countdown NYE event in Washington DC.While working on their professional debut album, Two Coffees, One Juice, the band wrote and recorded the theme song for a major motion picture, entitled "
The Perfect Game ." [ [http://www.fcnp.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1015&Itemid=36 Falls Church News Press Online - Press Pass: Politicks] ]Politicks features Matthew Green on vocals, Brian Chafin and Mike Trella on guitars, Brad Moore on bass, and Brendan McCourt on drums. All five members contribute to the songwriting process.
Notable venues outside Washington in which Politicks has performed include Nokia Theatre on Broadway in NYC, Theatre of Living Arts (TLA) in Philly, Rusty Rudder in Dewey Beach, DE [ [http://www.deweybeachfest.com/jamfest/index.html Dewey Beach Jamfest website] ] and Meyer Amphitheatre in West Palm Beach, FL.
The band has been known to contribute to benefit concerts including one for victims of Hurricane Katrina [ [http://www.ontaponline.com/livewire_display.php?id=303 OnTap Online - This Week @ State Theatre] ] and another benefiting Washington DC's
Whitman-Walker Clinic [ [http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-11046.html Washington Post - "Save Thy Neighbor" Benefit with Politicks] ]Politicks has two tracks on
OnTap 's 2006 CD compilation, "On The Verge - Local Music Worth a Listen: Vol. 1" [ [http://www.ontapontheverge.com OnTap - On The Verge] ]References
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External links
* [http://www.politicksband.com Official Politicks website]
* [http://www.myspace.com/politicks Official Politicks MySpace page]
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