Jupiter Rising was an American pop duo consisting of Jessie Payo and Spencer Nezey. The band was signed to Chime Entertainment and formed in 2005. They are best known for their songs " Go!", which was also featured on the soundtrack to '' Jump In!'', and "

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", which topped the dance charts and achieved a million plays on Myspace.

Members

* Jessie Payo - lead vocals, songwriting, co-production * Spencer Nezey - vocals, beatbox, production, songwriting The band described their music on their Myspace account as a fusion of

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, hip hop, folk, punk, downtempo,

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and

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Former members

* 80.Bug - Lead Singer/ Songwriter/Founder * Bjorn Fleuren - Bassist/Music Director

Singles

Their song "Go!" hit #24 on Billboard magazine's Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart, and received some airplay on radio stations across the United States. The song was used in commercials for

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, Fox Sports, and Major League Baseball. It was also used by at least four sporting teams at their arena/stadium. It was used in a commercial for '' Feel the Noise'' and some other Disney commercials.Artist Page
at Amazon.com, Retrieved April 3, 2007 "Go!" was also featured in the DCOM '' Jump In!'', as well as in '' Wendy Wu: Homecoming Warrior'', along with "Hero". It was also used in a commercial for '' Dance on Sunset''. The group's songs "Home" and "Hero" have been used on ''

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''. "Hero" has also been featured in the International Museum of Women's exhibition

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and the TV show '' The Unit''. The band was featured on a piece on '' The Insider''. In 2007, the band released their single "

" to Sirius Satellite Radio. It was released to the iTunes Music Store on June 19 as a single.

Discography

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Jupiter Rising Jupiter Rising was an American pop duo consisting of Jessie Payo and Spencer Nezey. The band was signed to Chime Entertainment and formed in 2005. They are best known for their songs "Go! (Jupiter Rising song), Go!", which was also featured on t ...

'' - released on September 26, 2006 *''

'' - released September 11, 2007 *'' Tres Cool, L.A. Girls EP'' - released December 16, 2008 *''

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'' - released March 17, 2009

Appearances

In 2006 Jupiter Rising appeared on CBS's'' The Insider (TV series)'' and were interviewed by Pat O'Brien. In 2007 Jupiter Rising appeared on

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's '' My Super Sweet 16''. They were interviewed and performed at Bobby Strauser's party. Jupiter Rising's single "LA Girls" was debuted on MTV's '' The Hills'' on November 17, 2008. Also featured on ''The Hills'' was "Flip My Switch" and "Tres Cool". Jupiter Rising's song "Guarded" was debuted on MTV's ''

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'' in the first season of the show. On March 2, 2009, ''

'' also featured their single "Falling Away" and on March 16, 2009, Jupiter Rising's song "Quicksand" was also highlighted in the season finale of the show. The band has also been featured in season 2 of ''

'' with their song "New York Girls" airing in the October 16, 2009 episode. On March 16, 2009, Jupiter Rising was interviewed by ''

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'' and was featured on E!'s ''

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'' Jupiter Rising's song "Tres Cool" was featured in an episode of the CBS television show '' Criminal Minds'' on April 8, 2009. Jupiter Rising's song "Home" was featured in the

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romantic comedy series, '' Single Ladies'' on the "Cry Me A River" episode.

References

* Biographyat Allmusic, J. Scott McClintock, Retrieved April 3, 2007
Artist Page
on Yahoo, Retrieved April 3, 2007
Review of the band's debut CD by Jason Thompson
at Bullz-Eye.com.

External links

Jupiter Rising MyspaceOfficial TwitterOfficial Jupiter Rising YouTube ChannelJessie Payo/Jupiter Rising Skyrock Music (2009)
{{Jupiter Rising Rock music groups from California American dance music groups Musical groups established in 2005