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that formed around 1996 and later had their music released through Cage'em Records. They released their debut album ''Laugh at the World'' in 2001, and the albums ''Invisible'' and ''Study of the Human Race'' followed in 2003 and 2005, respectively. They first received significant attention in 2006 when

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singer-songwriter

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", the title track from ''Invisible''. In 2008, Kira Leyden and Jeff Andrea formed the new group, " The Strange Familiar" with fellow Akronites, Frank Freeman and Brian Pipe
"Jaded Era won't be 'Invisible'. Akron quartet's song to be Ashlee Simpson's next single; band meets with industry bigwigs."
by Malcolm X Abram. Beacon Journal, June 1, 2006. (accessed June 7, 2006). On the band's MySpace page, they cite

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, Pearl Jam,

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and U2 as their influences.

Band Members

*Kira Leyden — lead vocals,

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, keys *Jeff Andrea — lead

, vocals *Marco Hilj — bass *Eric Ortopan — drums

Discography

References

Drummer Eric Ortopan and Bassist Marco Hilj formed the band "The Blissfield Adrian" with Akron area singer songwriter Scott Hoyer in 2006

External links

Official MySpace page
Alternative rock groups from Ohio Musical groups established in 1996 Musical groups from Akron, Ohio People from Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio {{US-alternative-rock-band-stub Drummer Eric Ortopan is currently an 8th grade social studies teacher for Cuyahoga Falls and also coaches for a few soccer teams