Golden State is an
indie rock
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band from
Los Angeles, California
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. Band members include former
Paloalto vocalist James Grundler (vocals/guitar), Marc Boggio (guitar), Kemble Walters (drums), and Elias Reidy (bass), formerly of
The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus
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.
Biography
Vocalist James Grundler is known for heading Los Angeles-based band
Paloalto. Paloalto's two studio albums were produced by
Rick Rubin
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Rubin helped popula ...
and released through
American Recordings. James was also in
San Luis Obispo, California-based band
The Din Pedals.
Golden State has two singles that were featured on the
Discovery Channel show ''
Deadliest Catch'': “All Roads Lead Home” and “Bombs.” “All Roads Lead Home” was also featured on episodes of the Canadian TV series ''
Flashpoint'', and ''
Heartland
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as well as on the soundtrack for the movie ''
Dolphin Tale
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''.
"Save Me", from their debut album ''Division'', has another version recorded and released separately that features
Tyler Blackburn
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on vocals and is the theme song to webseries ''Wendy'' (starring
Meaghan Martin
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).
Their song "Till the End" was used as the official theme for the
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.
The band's song "Bombs" was featured as the opening song of an episode of the TV series ''
''.
Their song "Take Me Out" is featured in the trailer and soundtrack for the film ''
''.
;Former
* Fern Sanchez – drums
* Kameron Waters – drums
* Robb Torres – guitar
* Tommy Black – bass guitar
* Noah Stone – guitar
* Alex Parnell – bass guitar
*
* "Destroyer" (March 11, 2011)
* "All Roads Lead Home" (July 19, 2011)
* "Bombs (End This War)" (May 11, 2012)
* "Rocket" (January 26, 2013)
* "Love Song" (feat. Holly Conlan) (January 27, 2013)
* "A Triumphant Return" (May 7, 2013)
* "Take Me Out" (January 5, 2014)
* "Take Me Home" (June 24, 2014)
* "Wolves" (July 15, 2014)
* "Head On" (February 8, 2015)
* "Gold" (June 10, 2015)
* "Race" (March 25, 2019)
* "Eyesore" (October 13, 2020)