The Jealous Girlfriends

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Name = The Jealous Girlfriends


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Origin = Brooklyn, New York, United statesflagicon|USA
Years_active = 2003 - present
Genre = Rock Alternative rock
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URL = [http://www.myspace.com/thejealousgirlfriends Official MySpace page]
Current_members = Holly Miranda Josh Abbott Alex Lipsen Mike Fadem

The Jealous Girlfriends is a Rock band based in Brooklyn, New York. Their music video for "How Now" won first place for the iPod Music Video Contest.

Biography

The band was formed in 2003 by Holly Miranda (Vocals/guitar)and Alex Lipsen (Keys/Synth/Bass Module). Josh Abbott (Guitar/Vocals) joined the band as their drummer. Soon after joining Abbott began singing back up and before long writing and sharing lead vocal duties with Miranda. In early 2005 they invited Mike Fadem (Drums) to replace Abbott on drums so that the latter could move up front to focus on singing and add another guitar to their live sound. They first released an 8-track album titled Comfortably Uncomfortable. The song "Lay Around" played on the Showtime Original Television series the L Word. In 2007 they released a self-titled second album. Roboxulla, and "Something In The Water" was used on the ABC series Grey's Anatomy, [cite web |title=Grey's Anatomy Music |url=http://www.greysanatomyinsiderDOTcom/music/artists/the-jealous-girlfriends.html |publisher=greysanatomyinsider.com |accessdate=2007-11-16] , while "Carry Me" was featured on .

The Jealous Girlfriends have spent most of 2008 touring with Kevin Devine. In April they will be opening for Nada Surf

Discography

*Comfortably Uncomfortable (2004)
*The Jealous Girlfriends (2007)

References

Further reading

* [http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/underground/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001304729 The Jealous Girlfriends at Billboard.com]
* [http://www.thedelimagazine.com/jealousgirlfriends/index.htm Jealous Girlfriends (emo-porn yatch rock)]
* [http://www.sentimentalistmag.com/exclusives/jealousgfs.htm Jealous Girlfriends (interview)]

External links

[http://www.myspace.com/thejealousgirlfriends Official MySpace page]