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24-398: The band began in 2003 with just Gorbel's vocals and Kamstra's multi-instrumental talents, where they played with an indie record label before being signed onto Doghouse Records. After releasing their debut album, Anything Else But The Truth in 2004, the band eventually signed on ex-member of The Format , Adam Boyd (formerly of Greeley Estates), along with Jonathan Wiley. After heavy touring,

48-514: A New Friend" under label Burning House Records. Gorbel supported Hanson on the 3rd leg of their Shout It Out tour, starting November 1, 2010 in Dallas, TX and ending November 23 in Toronto, Ontario. In 2012, Gorbel founded a new band, Night Terrors of 1927 , along with friend Blake Sennett , former lead guitarist of the band Rilo Kiley . On May 5, 2017 having seen the release of two EPs and

72-457: A full-length album, Night Terrors of 1927 announced their end. That same day Gorbel announced his involvement with a new band, Mourners, and a side project entitled Numblife. On April 3, 2018, The Honorary Title announced on their Facebook page a reunion show to celebrate the 15th release anniversary of their first self-titled EP. The reunion show consisted of the band playing their first album, Anything Else But The Truth, in its entirety. The show

96-547: A live screening of the film and their first acoustic concert in over 12 years. The next day, the band announced a reunion in the spring of 2020 with concerts in Chicago , New York , and Phoenix . In March 2020, their tour (originally scheduled for March and April 2020) was postponed to July 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic . In June 2020, it was postponed again to July 2021. After a third postponement to March and April 2022,

120-665: A second album similar to their debut. In March and April, the band supported Yellowcard and Something Corporate on their co-headlining tour of the US. In June, the band appeared on a handful of dates on the Honda Civic Tour . For the next two months, they went on a headlining tour across the West Coast and Midwest. They were supported by Steel Train , Reuben's Accomplice , Jenoah , Hellogoodbye , Days Away , Maxeen and Robbers on High Street . In October 2004, they toured

144-401: The 1970s-pop-influenced demos and released The Format from its contract. Upon completing the album, Dog Problems , Ruess and Means, with help from their management company, decided to release it themselves through their newly established imprint label: The Vanity Label. Two months prior to the album's release, an MP3 version was leaked to the internet. In response, The Format decided to make

168-536: The EP "The Byron Sessions" which had generated some record label interest but not a deal. The duo's first single, aptly titled " The First Single " from their five-song demo, EP , became locally popular on Phoenix radio station KEDJ and led to the duo signing with Elektra Records in 2002. Their first studio album, Interventions + Lullabies , recorded and produced by R. Walt Vincent and released in October 2003,

192-543: The Format, particularly Mike, Don, and Marko, whom without, none of this would have ever even been fully realized. We both suggest you support their musical talents and whatever they decide to do. And lastly we want to thank the fans who made this the best 5 years of our lives. Means has completed solo work, including scoring the soundtrack to the film The Sinking of Santa Isabel , as well as forming Destry with former Straylight Run singer Michelle DaRosa. When asked about

216-533: The Honorary Title released Scream and Light Up The Sky in 2007. In late 2007, Aaron Kamstra left the band because of the constant touring schedule. Jonathan Wiley also left the band to tour with Adam Green . In an interview with Absolutepunk.net on April 1, 2008, Gorbel said, "Aaron and I always had different ideas of where we were headed both musically, artistically, personally blah blah blah. We spent more time arguing than actually creating music. I wish him

240-528: The Television Series One Tree Hill, Vol. 3 .They also performed in episode 7 of season 5 of One Tree Hill entitled "In Da Club". Their song "Accident Prone" was featured in the 2007 comedy Good Luck Chuck . Their song "Bridge and Tunnel" was featured in the 2005 video game True Crime New York City . Several songs from both albums have been featured on ABC Family's (now Freeform) Greek . The Format The Format

264-535: The album immediately available digitally for only $ 7.99 via the Nettwerk Music Store, which led to the sale of over 2,000 digital copies prior to the album's official release. Dog Problems was released in stores on July 11, 2006. The day the album was released, an episode of MTV 's My Super Sweet 16 featuring The Format aired, on which they performed at a birthday-graduation party for Priya and Divya Kothapalli from Nederland, Texas . Following

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288-414: The album's release. The album's title originates from lyrics in the track "I'm Ready, I Am." In October and November 2003, the group supported Something Corporate on their headlining US tour. Interventions + Lullabies was released on Elektra Records on October 21. In November, the band toured with Straylight Run . "The First Single" was released to radio on January 27, 2004. In March 2004, Elektra

312-443: The band getting back together, Ruess acknowledged that "every one of us like to remain optimistic and hopeful that it one day could happen." Following The Format's 2008 breakup, Ruess joined with Andrew Dost of Anathallo and Jack Antonoff of Steel Train to form Fun , a band that has gone on to more commercial success than any of its associated former acts, with the pop hits " We Are Young " and " Some Nights " becoming some of

336-514: The band's website: We have just put out word that we will not be making a new Format album. Please understand this was a tough decision and we're both upset about it. While we accept there will be false speculation as to why, understand that Sam and I remain extremely close and in fact are still passing the Twin Peaks box set back and forth in an attempt to figure out who REALLY killed Laura Palmer . We also want to thank everyone with and within

360-649: The best of luck. Jon is currently touring with Adam Green. There's no hard feelings, but we will miss him anyways; both amazing musicians." Gorbel released a solo EP called Ten Years Older on his 2009 acoustic tour with Dustin Dobernig. In an interview with weworemasks.com, Gorbel says, "It’s considered a solo session, but…The Honorary Title might be over." He also said he is working on a solo LP. On October 24, 2009, Jarrod announced that The Honorary Title would play their final show on Friday, November 20, 2009. On August 31, 2010, Gorbel released his first solo LP "Devil's Made

384-473: The most popular songs of 2012. Fun began recording their debut album, Aim and Ignite , in September 2008 with producer Steven Shane McDonald and arranger Roger Joseph Manning Jr. ; it was released on August 25, 2009. On February 3, 2020, the band formally re-released their 2007 concert film Live At The Mayan to streaming services and vinyl (previously only available on DVD.) The band also reunited for

408-489: The music industry's inclination towards a cookie-cutter "format" for a hit. Formed in 2002, the band announced a hiatus on February 4, 2008. On February 4, 2020, they announced a return from their hiatus for a tour of special shows that were later cancelled due to the pandemic. Before forming The Format in February 2002, Means and Ruess, who had been friends since grade school, formed the band Nevergonnascore and released

432-468: The one-year anniversary of Dog Problems , The Format offered the album in its entirety, including the liner notes in PDF form, for free on their official website. The offer was valid from June 25 to July 16, 2007. As of July 10, 2007, 36,000 people had downloaded the album. On February 4, 2008, The Format announced that they would be putting the band on hiatus, with Nate Ruess posting the following message on

456-728: The release of Dog Problems , The Format gained more attention, receiving high marks from various publications , even topping some Best of 2006 lists. During this year, The Format toured near constantly, supporting their own album Dog Problems as well as supporting The All American Rejects in September in the UK. In 2007, The Format played a show in Tokyo, Japan , were featured on Last Call with Carson Daly twice, co-headlined with Guster on their Campus Consciousness tour, and toured with Reubens Accomplice , Piebald , Limbeck , Steel Train , and The Honorary Title . On June 25, 2007, celebrating

480-493: The tour was ultimately cancelled. The First Single Interventions + Lullabies is the first album and second release by American rock band The Format . Produced and recorded by R. Walt Vincent , it was released on October 21, 2003 on Elektra Records . While the album is considered to be quite radio friendly, it did not produce any hit singles. This is possibly due to the absorption of Elektra Records into Warner Bros. Records and Atlantic Records shortly after

504-521: Was absorbed into Warner Bros. Records and Atlantic Records. This move allowed parent company Warner Bros. to eliminate any artists and employees who were considered a liability, without having to fulfill contractual obligations. The Format first believed themselves to be dropped, but then learned that their contract had been picked up by Atlantic Records. Unfortunately for The Format, Atlantic had decided not to invest any time or money into Intervention + Lullabies and instead instructed them to simply record

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528-559: Was an American indie rock band, formed by vocalist Nate Ruess and multi-instrumentalist Sam Means . Their style can be considered a mixture of indie, alternative, punk and folk music, with elements of 1960s and 1970s pop music. Though Means and Ruess are the foremost members of the band, they have played, toured, and recorded with Mike Schey, Mark Buzard, Don Raymond, and for the DVD recording and summer 2007 tour, The Honorary Title 's drummer Adam Boyd. The Format chose their name to make fun of

552-693: Was played June 1 at the Troubadour in Los Angeles with opening band Limbeck who frequently accompanied the band on their previous tours. Three more dates in August were eventually added for shows in Chicago, Brooklyn and San Francisco. Lost stars Dominic Monaghan and Daniel Dae Kim are known to be fans, Monaghan introducing Kim to the band while filming. The band is featured on The CW drama One Tree Hill soundtrack The Road Mix: Music from

576-815: Was very successful around the Phoenix area. The band's fan base grew due to word of mouth, the Internet, and extensive touring. The album sold over 100,000 copies in the US. l After Elektra folded, The Format released a second EP, Snails , with sister label Atlantic Records in April 2005. As they began to work on their second full-length album, they drew on the influences of 1970s pop music, including Harry Nilsson , Electric Light Orchestra and The Beach Boys , and decided to collaborate with Redd Kross founder Steven Shane McDonald whom they brought on as record producer. But Atlantic Records executives were not impressed by

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