Genres: Punk Revival, Punk-Pop, Alternative/Indie Rock Active: 2000's Formed: 1999 in Minneapolis, MN
Superchunk, The Rentals, Pixies, Jawbox, Braid, Jimmy Eat World, blink-182, Lifter Puller, The Get Up Kids, The Cars, Green Day, Archers of Loaf, Sunny Day Real Estate, Weezer, Girls Against Boys, A.F.I. Houston Calls, Ultimate Fakebook, Sing It Loud, The Matches, The Format, The All-American Rejects, Schatzi, Sunday's Best, The Get Up Kids, Jimmy Eat World, Superdrag, Boys Night Out, Matchbook Romance, Sunny Day Real Estate, At the Drive-In, Panic at the Disco |  |
A leading light in the punk-pop genre, Motion City Soundtrack includes members Joshua Cain (guitar), Tony Thaxton (drums), Justin Pierre (vocals/guitar), Jesse Johnson (Moog), and Matthew Taylor (bass). Following their high-school graduation, Minneapolis natives Pierre and Cain -- both of whom were inspired by Sunny Day Real Estate, Jawbox, the Flaming Lips, and Superchunk -- formed the band in 1999. The pair assembled a temporary lineup and issued a self-released 7" that same year. Later, while touring through Pennsylvania in support of their release, Motion City Soundtrack met Thaxton and Taylor of the Virginia-based band Submerge. The two musicians decided to leave their hometown of Richmond, VA, to join Motion City Soundtrack full-time, and the expanded band soon entered the studio with producer/engineer Ed Rose (the Get Up Kids, Ultimate Facebook).
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Release: January 19, 2010
Label: Columbia
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Release: July 16, 2007
Label: Epitaph, Triumph
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