Paloalto is a rock band formed in

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. The band is not named after the city

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, but rather the lead singer and frontman James Grundler's preschool. Their debut album was released on

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's American Recordings label and was produced by Rubin. Their second album, ''Heroes and Villains'', reached #14 on the

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Heatseekers chart in 2003,

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on the strength of the song "Breathe In", which had been featured on

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The song "Try" was the theme song on the 2003 Warner Brothers show "Tarzan". After the band dissolved, Grundler formed a new band called Golden State. As of 2021, Grundler is still actively releasing new material under Golden State. Paloalto has occasionally played a few reunion shows in the 2010s. On August 15, 2014, the band performed a reunion show at

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. To commemorate the event, Grundler released the single “Don’t Give Up Before You Start”, the first release under the Paloalto name in over ten years. In 2018, the band performed live again supporting Walking Papers.

Members

*James Grundler –

vocals Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or without ...

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(previously lead singer of The Din Pedals) *Marc Boggio –

*Tommy Black – bass *Steve Clark –

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Previous members

*Jason Johnson –

*Alex Parnell – bass *Andy Blunda –

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s, keyboards *Florian Reinert –

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s *Jason Goodhue – bass

Discography

Albums

* '' Paloalto'' (CD) – American Recordings – 2000 * ''

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'' (CD) – American Recordings – 2003

Singles

*"Sonny" (CD) – American Recordings – 2000 *"Fade Out/In" (CD) – American Recordings – 2002 *"Breathe In" (CD) – American Recordings – 2003 *"Don’t Give Up Before You Start" (Digital) – State Champ Records – August 11, 2014 *"Misery" (Digital) – State Champ Records – December 8, 2014

In popular culture

* Paloalto's single "Breathe In" was used in the movie ''

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''. * "Breathe In" was also used in the TV show '' Life As We Know It'' - Episode 3 - "The Best Laid Plans". * The songs "Last Way Out of Here" and "The World Outside" was used in the movie ''

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''. * The song "Fade Out/In" was used in the soundtrack for movie '' Daredevil'' but wasn't included in the film. * The song "Going Going Gone" was used in the movie ''

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''. * The song "Throwing Stones" was used in the TV show ''

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'' - Episode 19 - "Shock to the System".

References

{{Authority control Musical groups from Los Angeles Alternative rock groups from California