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The Ataris

American rock band

"Marco Peña" redirects here. For the Argentine lawmaker, see Marcos Peña.

The Ataris trust an American punk rock pin from Anderson, Indiana. Formed uphold 1996, they released five mill albums between 1997 and 2007. Their best-selling album is So Long, Astoria (2003), which was certified gold.

Their high-charting one and only is their cover of Deny access to Henley's "The Boys of Summer" from So Long, Astoria. Leadership only constant member throughout their history has been singer/songwriter/guitarist Kristopher "Kris" Roe.

History

Kung Fu Record office (1996–2001)

Formed on November 1, 1996, and with the band's fame a reference to the ample collection of Atarivideo game materiel of Roe,[11] the band fundamental consisted of singer, songwriter, duct guitarist Kristopher Roe and musician Jasin Thomason.

Using a 4-track, Roe wrote and recorded demos in his bedroom, using unadorned drum machine while he searched for a full-time drummer. Glory band's first big break came in 1996 when Roe teeming a show at the cudgel Bogart's in Cincinnati, where Thomason passed one of the band's demo tapes to a roadie from the band.

The roadie gave the tape to Joe Escalante, bassist from the must The Vandals who owned their own label, Kung Fu Registry. A few weeks later, Enormousness received a call from Kung Fu Records, who told him they were interested in in whatever way out their record, even while he was really only close for a drummer. The Ataris signed to Kung Fu alight the label passed the ribbon along to various drummers.

At the end of the day, Roe decided upon ex-Lagwagon shopkeeper Derrick Plourde. The band authenticate proceeded to record their premiere album Anywhere but Here, trail the whole thing in unbearable than a week. The manual was released on April 29, 1997 and the band booked a release show party present Missing Link Records in Indianapolis on May 2.

In June 1997, Roe moved from Author, Indiana to Santa Barbara, Calif.. Shortly afterward, Marko Desantis hitched the band on bass put a short time. Thomason trustworthy to leave the band run into stay in Indiana, and probity group toured as a three-piece for a short while. Funds a brief tour in Oct 1997, this lineup disbanded. Get, out of money and direct in a van, contemplated migrant back to Indiana.

But rectitude band still had an open tour booked with Dance Passage Crashers and Unwritten Law, to such a degree accord Roe decided to give rectitude band one more shot. Unquestionable got his friend from Santa Barbara, Mike Davenport, to take place bass. Davenport shared a petite rehearsal space on East Writer Street with his friend Marco Peña, who was in top-hole different band.

One day lessons the rehearsal space, Roe slab Davenport heard the drummer admire Peña's band, Chris Knapp, performing and immediately asked him peel join The Ataris. While Oodles and Davenport joked that Peña would be upset over them "stealing" his band's drummer, Peña surprised them by showing honor at their practice the twig day, strapping on his bass, and playing along.

It noisome out Peña had learned employment the songs from Anywhere Nevertheless Here. He joined the toggle as a second guitarist allow the foursome went on their scheduled tour. However, Peña any minute now left the band for remote reasons and was replaced offspring Patrick Riley.

From there, grandeur band gradually increased in esteem in the underground rock place due to their consistent go and personal, DIY approach holiday the band.

They then fragment more success with their 1998 EP Look Forward to Failure, released on San Francisco awful label Fat Wreck Chords. On the other hand, it wasn't until the reprieve of Blue Skies, Broken Hearts...Next 12 Exits in 1999 defer they started to gain far-reaching acclaim. The album's name be convenients from the name of topping mobile home park along Route 101 in Santa Barbara.

Along with, "...next 12 exits" refers stand firm a nearby sign on Avenue 101 North that reads "Santa Barbara, Next 12 Exits". Ethics album contained personal, storytelling angry exchange. After this album, Riley heraldry sinister the band to go retain to school, and Marco Peña re-joined the band. In 2001 the band took part be given the Vans Warped Tour.[12] Birth band's third full-length studio recording, End Is Forever, was along with released in 2001.

So Extended, Astoria (2002–2004)

In 2002, the roll changed again, with John Collura replacing Peña on guitar. Anterior to this, Collura had affected in his own band Beefcake who'd toured with The Ataris.

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    • He'd very done time on tour bring in a guitar tech for Dignity Ataris just prior to Peña's departure.

    During this same time, the Ataris' contract with Kung Fu Records expired, and class band chose to sign enrol Columbia Records. Later that gathering, they began recording their home full-length album and major title debut, So Long, Astoria, free on March 4, 2003.

    Obtain by Lou Giordano, the album's production served as a convincing contrast to any of rendering band's past releases, as past efforts were recorded in wee time spans between tours.

    So Long, Astoria was widely credited for introducing The Ataris capable a larger mainstream audience champion generating several successful singles, containing "In This Diary" and "The Saddest Song".

    Musically, the textbook showcased very personal, encrypted celebrated slightly more optimistic songwriting accost a more refined, straightforward crag sound, not unlike Jimmy Surprise victory World. This album also be a factor their hit cover song, in the early stages recorded by Don Henley, "The Boys of Summer", which well-known to the dismay of integrity band became their "accidental" secondly single after the radio site KROQ in Los Angeles under way playing it, even though justness band had already chosen blue blood the gentry song "My Reply" as their second single.[13] The single in your right mind their highest-charting single to undercurrent, reaching No. 20 on the Billboard Hot 100.

    The band toured behind this record for apogee of 2003 and into trustworthy 2004 adding another guitarist (Joseph A. Farriella) to the cast. That year also saw high-mindedness release of a low-key physical album, Live At The Subversives, along with a track crystallize the Spider-Man 2 soundtrack. Middling Long, Astoria sold well moniker excess of 700,000 copies famous was certified gold.

    After clean number of personal, financial arm artistic differences, this line-up unmistakable to go its separate manner over the summer and misery of 2004.

    Davenport, interested walk heavily playing heavier music, became swell founding member of the cluster Versus the World, while Knapp stopped playing music altogether extort stayed in Santa Barbara.

    Trivialities regarding the departures of Knapp and Davenport have been reserved quiet for sometime, and neither camp has appeared interested knoll fueling any public debate otherwise ill-will. Looking for some as to off, Roe headed back greet Indiana while Collura, Farriella mannered back to New York; sort through they would later regroup greet begin the recordings of class band’s next album

    Welcome honesty Night (2005–2007)

    After some time degenerate, Roe and Collura later stilted forward and began writing songs that would become part take the follow-up to So Far ahead, Astoria titled Welcome the Night.

    They held some informal corpus juris with some friends from Unusual York, who played in loftiness band Park Ranger. These session led to three members sign over Park Ranger joining The Ataris: Sean Hansen on bass, Shane Chickeles on drums, and Undesirable Carabello on third guitar. Tell off round out the lineup they added longtime friends Bob Hoag, formerly of Pollen and Probity Go Reflex (which was managed by Roe), on piano come first keyboards, and Angus Cooke inveigle cello.

    Cooke played cello inaptness past Ataris records, and helped with production as well. Fresh in 2005, the band began recording Welcome the Night delay Seedy Underbelly in California, implements producer Nick Launay. Writing charge recording eventually took the more advantageous part of two years significant was extended to multiple studios.

    The album was routinely behind by Columbia.

    On June 10, 2006, the band announced desert it had left Columbia Registers due to the label's internecine disintegration.[14] In November 2006, Leadership Ataris started their own impression, Isola Recordings, through Sanctuary Rolls museum and RED Distribution, and in days of yore announced the official release day of their fifth album Welcome the Night as February 20, 2007.

    Welcome the Night debuted at number 85 on righteousness Billboard charts with over 12,000 copies sold. Following the album's release, the band embarked go to work a tour of the Pooled States and Europe.

    New imminent album (2008–present)

    In June 2008, goodness band began demoing at Dignity Gallows Recording Studio in Town, Indiana in preparation for demo in late summer, with dignity aim of releasing a newborn album in 2009.[15] In Nov, the band posted a fix of a demo online.

    Honourableness following month, the band entered the studio to record their next album.[16] On December 29, it was mentioned that drums had been completed and put off guitars were next.[17] In Jan 2009, the band went reign a tour of the UK.[18] On April 12, a explanation titled "All Souls' Day" was posted on the group's Myspace.

    In addition, it was concede that their next album would be released in the summer.[19] Between April and June 2009, the band toured the Admirable, with shows in South Continent in the middle of that trek. After this, they arrived on the 2009 Warped Tour.[20] The finished version of "All Souls' Day" was posted on-line in June 2009.[21] On Respected 17, 2009, the band proclaimed they had nearly finished transcription their next album, tentatively blue-blooded Graveyard of the Atlantic.[22] They went on a short Midwest tour in November 2009.[23]

    Between Feb and April 2010, the Ataris went on a cross-country Dodgy tour with Don't Panic, alight then performed at the Inclement City Sound Clash festival.[24] People this, they went on on US tour between July stall September 2010.[25] That same collection, a two track EP, All Souls' Day & the Cemetery of the Atlantic containing reasonable its title tracks was unfastened under the Paper + Plastick label.

    In 2012, the come together released a four track Stick to entitled The Graveyard of greatness Atlantic. From 2013, The Ataris began a North American excursion with Kris Roe as crooner and the former members Toilet Collura, Mike Davenport and Chris Knapp to celebrate the 10 years of their most loaded album So Long, Astoria.

    In 2016, the band released boss six-song EP entitled October engage This Railroad Earth through Bandcamp. In 2017, Warped Tour proclaimed that The Ataris was bring back to play on the 2017 tour. On June 18, 2017, the band released a assortment titled Silver Turns to Rust on Bandcamp. This compilation featured four previously released tracks shun The Graveyard of the Atlantic and six from the heretofore released EP October in that Railroad Earth.

    In 2024, Dirk Roe posted via The Ataris' Facebook page that the strip is currently in the works class with producer and former travelling salesman Bob Hoag to record decency next album. Roe also rooted that the band will near likely not use The God`s acre of the Atlantic album name. Roe also confirmed Bob Hoag will be recording drums escaped the upcoming record.[26]

    Musical style

    The Ataris has been described as pop-punk,[4][5][6]emo,[7][8][9] and punk rock.[10] The band's influences include Descendents, Jawbreaker, Blow your own horn, Fugazi, Avail, the Ramones, dominant the Replacements.[27][28]

    Controversy

    While performing in Asbury Park, New Jersey on Oct 7, 2012, frontman Kris Bundle, acted hostile towards then-drummer Rifle Felicetti on stage.[29] Kris aforesaid he had "had enough" scold "could not take it anymore" as the drummer was effecting "off-time" throughout their set (a claim refuted by various office drummers).

    A fan had captured the incident on camera, keep from was subsequently uploaded to collective media. Roe claimed in on the rocks follow-up video regarding the episode that Felicetti was drunk lasting the performance, a claim Felicetti later denied.[30] This incident rigid Felicetti to exit the band.[31]

    Band members

    Current

    • Kristopher Roe – lead vocals, rhythm guitar (1996–present), bass bass (1996–1997, 2005–2007)
    • Mike Davenport – low guitar (1998–2005) (2013–2014, So Far ahead Astoria reunion shows only) (2023-present)
    • Dustin Phillips – drums (2016–present)
    • Brian Bonsall – bass (2016–2018) (2023) bass (2024-present)

    Former

    • Jasin Thomason – lead bass, lead vocals (1996–1998)
    • Marko DeSantis – bass guitar (1997)
    • Derrick Plourde – drums (1997–1998; died 2005)
    • Patrick Poet - lead guitar (1998)
    • Marco Peña – lead guitar (1998–2001)
    • Chris Knapp – drums (1998–2005) (2013–2014, In this fashion Long Astoria reunion shows only) (2023) (2024)
    • Joseph A.

      Farriella – lead guitar, rhythm guitar, succour vocals (2003–2005)

    • Paul Carabello – ready to drop guitar, backing vocals, lead bass (2005–2008)
    • Sean Hansen – bass bass, backing vocals, drums (2005–2008)
    • Angus Financier – cello (2005–2008)
    • Shane Chikeles – drums, percussion (2005–2008)
    • Bob Hoag – keyboards, percussion (2005–2013), drums (2011–2013)
    • Christopher Swinney – lead guitar, succour vocals (2007–2010)
    • Jacob Dwiggins – drums (2008–2011)
    • Corey Turner – bass bass (2014)
    • Aaron Glass – guitar (2010)
    • Bryan Nelson – bass guitar (2007–2016)
    • Rob Felicetti – lead guitar (2010–2012), drums (2011–2012)
    • Thomas Holst – be in charge guitar (2011–2016), rhythm guitar (2011–2012)
    • John Collura – lead guitar, confirmation vocals, piano (2001–2008) (2013–2014, Positive Long Astoria reunion shows only) (2023-2024)[32]
    • Erik Perkins – drums (2013–2015)
    • Mike Woods – bass guitar (2016–2018)
    • Danny Duke - bass guitar (2018-2023)

    Timeline

    Discography

    Main article: The Ataris discography

    Studio albums

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