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band formed in 1999. They are best known for their positive reviews by

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, Currently the Ghosty lineup consists of Andrew Connor (guitar, vocals), Mike Nolte (bass, guitar, vocals), David Wetzel (keyboard, guitar, vocals, tambourine) and Josh Adams (drumset). Ghosty completed a coast-to-coast tour of the

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at the end of 2006 and began working on a new full-length album, ''Answers'', which was released on January 11. Their most recent self-titled album was released on

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History

1999-2001

In the Fall of 1999 singer-songwriter Andrew Connor and drummer Richard Gintowt met while at a concert. This led to the

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students playing together at Hashinger Hall, The Bottleneck, and eventually to the creation of Ghosty. In the Fall of 2000 bassist Mark Hurst joined the band, making it a threesome, but Hurst only lasted until December. In the Spring of 2001 Connor and Gintowt were joined by Jacob Baum on the bass and won the critic's vote at the annual

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Farmer's Ball. Later that year Ghosty began its first tour in support of the "Five Short Minutes EP."

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described their debut as “U.S., nineties, guitar-based alt-rock Prefab Sprout.”

2002-2005

Ghosty began recording their first full-length album ''

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'' in August 2002 at Presto! in

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with producer

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. After a year of school and performing they went to Bell Labs in

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to work with Trent Bell to finish the album. While in the studios they provided backing vocals, sleighbells, acoustic guitar, bass, and keyboards on the Flaming Lips' "

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." In return Flaming Lips lead singer Wayne Coyne lent his vocals to their album. "Grow Up or Sleep In" was released by

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in 2005.

2006-2008

Currently the Ghosty lineup consists of Andrew Connor (guitar, vocals), Mike Nolte (bass, guitar, vocals), David Wetzel (keyboard, guitar, vocals, tambourine) and Josh Adams (drumset). Ghosty completed a coast-to-coast tour of the

at the end of 2006 and began working on a new full-length album, ''Answers'', which was released on January 11, 2008 on OxBlood Records. After four years with the band, drummer Josh Adams left as of October 13, 2008.

2009-present

Ghosty now releases their music under their own imprint, More Famouser Records. They released two EPs in 2009, ''A Mystic's Robe'' and ''O Foolish Pride'', and another EP in 2010, ''Team Up Again'', as well as a deluxe edition of ''

'', all available as digital downloads on their bandcamp.com page. The band released their self-titled album, GHOSTY, via digital download and limited edition vinyl through

Discography

Reviews

KWCW

JamBase

Lawrence.com

References

External links

Official Website

MySpace Page
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