Saturday, December 18, 2010

"We will fall together from the buildings ledge"



Band: We The Kings
Members: Travis, Drew, Hunter and Dan
Hometown: Bradenton, FL
Album: Smile Kid
Bio: The band members first met at Martha B. King Middle School in Bradenton, Florida; their name refers to this institution. Later, while in his sophomore year at Manatee High School, Travis Clark started a band called Broken Image. At this time, Hunter, Drew, and Danny were all playing in other bands, but Travis "cherry picked" them to form his band. However due to another couple of bands already calling themselves Broken Image, the name was changed to DeSoto, then, after a lawsuit ensued, to We the Kings.
The group began touring seriously while Travis, Danny and Hunter were in college, and they dropped out of college to do so, while Drew graduated early from high school. They completed a couple of tours with Boys Like Girls and Self Against City while still unsigned, and landed on the PureVolume Top 10 list after hiring a manager.
After continuing success via Internet sites such as MySpace, the group signed to S-Curve Records, who issued their debut self-titled album on October 2, 2007. The album peaked at #3 on Billboard's Top Heatseekers chart and #151 on the Billboard 200.
The band has toured with bands such as Cobra Starship, Valencia, Just Surrender, Metro Station, Boys Like Girls, All Time Low, The Audition, Cute Is What We Aim For, Danger Radio, Madina Lake, Mayday Parade, and Powerspace.
The song "This Is Our Town" is featured in commercials for the new season of One Tree Hill, and on the show Newport Harbor.
On February 4th, their song "Check Yes Juliet" was featured as the free single of the week on iTunes.
On April 8th, their song "Check Yes Juliet" was featured in an episode of MTV's The Hills. When it came to making a music video for their song "This Is Our Town", they set up a contest allowing fans from the Florida area to submit videos of their town set to the song. The winner would be allowed to spend the day with them on August 30, when they played the Rays game.
They were up for several VMAs in 2008, including Best Pop Video, Best Rock Video, Best New Artist, and Video of the Year. New VMA-themed King's Carriage videos were released seemingly to celebrate this fact. However, they did not secure the nomination in any of these categories.


http://wethekings.fangap.com/About/Biography.aspx


Photos (taken by me):


March 5th 2008 - Diesel 
























July 16th 2008 - Cleveland Warped Tour 





























July 29th 2008 - Pittsburgh Warped Tour























March 4th 2009 - Mr. Smalls


























July 17th 2009 - Riverplex























July 18th 2010 - Warped Tour













Check them out at 
www.myspace.com/wethekings

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