Action Action is an American

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band, formerly signed to

Victory Records Victory Records is a Chicago-based record label founded by Tony Brummel. It operates a music publishing company called "Another Victory, Inc." and is the distributor of several record labels. It has featured many prominent artists including Thur ...

History

Action Action formed in 2004 from the ashes of

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. The band signed with

and released their first album, '' Don't Cut Your Fabric to This Year's Fashion'' (2004), and released their second album '' An Army of Shapes Between Wars'' in 2006. In the same year, Action Action toured with

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and Something for Rockets on various legs of their US tours. The song "Paper Cliché" was featured in the

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, '' MVP 06: NCAA Baseball''. Their song "Dream Within A Dream" was featured in a 2009 Gillette commercial. The song was included on their self-released 2010 album ''

The Ones Who Get It Are The Ones Who Need Not To Know Action Action is an American indie rock band, formerly signed to Victory Records. History Action Action formed in 2004 from the ashes of The Reunion Show, Count The Stars and Diffuser. The band signed with Victory Records and released their fi ...

''.

Line-up

*Mark Thomas Kluepfel (vocals, synth, guitar, songwriter) *Adam Manning (guitar) *Dan Leo (drums, percussion) ;Former members *Clarke Foley (bass) *Kris Baldwin (guitar)

Discography

Albums

*'' Don't Cut Your Fabric to This Year's Fashion'' (

, 2004) *'' An Army of Shapes Between Wars'' (

, 2006) *''

The Ones Who Get It Are the Ones Who Need Not to Know Action Action is an American indie rock band, formerly signed to Victory Records. History Action Action formed in 2004 from the ashes of The Reunion Show, Count The Stars and Diffuser. The band signed with Victory Records and released their fi ...

'' (self-released, 2010)

External links

Official website

Official MySpace profile

Last.fm profile

Victory Records website
* Review of "Don't Cut Your Fabric to This Year's Fashion,"by AllMusicGuide.com * Review of "An Army of Shapes Between Wars',"by AllMusicGuide.com
Burning Stars Interview with Adam Manning & Clarke Foley

Burning Stars Interview with Mark Thomas Kluepfel
{{Authority control Indie rock musical groups from New York (state) Musical groups from Long Island Victory Records artists