Cheeseburger is an American

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band. They are perhaps best known for their song "Commin' Home", which was used as the theme song for the

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animated television series ''

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'', which was co-created by the band's guitarist,

Christy Karacas Christy C. Karacas (born March 8, 1975) is an American musician, animator, voice actor, director and writer, known for creating ''Superjail!'' and '' Ballmastrz: 9009'' for Adult Swim and directing the Cartoon Network series ''Robotomy''. Life a ...

, who is also known for creating '' Ballmastrz: 9009''. '' Spin'' has referred to the band as "

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, minus the Swedish accents (and matching formalwear)".

Gang's All Here

On June 10, 2005, Cheeseburger's released the 6 song EP "Gang's All Here" on Kemado Records.

Self-titled LP

Their first album, the self-titled "Cheeseburger" was released in 2007.

''Another Big Night Down The Drain''

In March 2011, the band announced it would release its second album ''Another Big Night Down The Drain'' on May 3 of the same year from Williams Street Records, Adult Swim's independent music label. Original band members Bradley, Crotty and Karacas are now joined by Jayson Green (

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), Christian Gordy ( bass) and Eric Dufresne (

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) on the release. To support the album's release, Cheeseburger performed in

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at the 2011

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. It was also announced that a lot of the music from the second album would be featured all throughout the upcoming season of ''Superjail!''.

Other media

Along with performing the theme song for ''Superjail!'', Cheeseburger is also well known for their work on video games and movies. Their song "Cocaine" is on the Radio Broker station in the video game

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, "Comin Home" was featured on the soundtrack of the video game

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, "Winner" was used in '' Saints Row: The Third'' and their song "Derby Day" was included in the closing credits of the movie '' Step Brothers''. Guitarist Christy Karacas studied film and animation at the

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.Square Footage Films Presents Christy Karacas

Discography

*2007: Cheeseburger *2011: Another Big Night Down The Drain

References

External links

Official Myspace page
* Allmusic.com bio Musical groups from New York (state) {{US-rock-band-stub