Showoff is a

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band from

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led by vocalist Chris Envy.

History

Showoff was formed in 1997 in

Villa Park, Illinois Villa Park is a village in DuPage County, Illinois, United States, within the Chicago metropolitan area. The population as of the 2020 Census is 21,113. Villa Park is a western suburb of Chicago. History When Ovaltine established its facto ...

. The band consisted of Chris Envy, Daniel Castady (drums), Graham Jordan (guitar), and Dave Envy (a.k.a. Dave Hyde) (bass). In 1998, Showoff signed with

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while it was owned by

Madonna Madonna Louise Ciccone (; ; born August 16, 1958) is an American singer-songwriter and actress. Widely dubbed the " Queen of Pop", Madonna has been noted for her continual reinvention and versatility in music production, songwriting, a ...

. Their self-titled debut album was released the following year in 1999, and was produced by Goldfinger's

John Feldmann John Feldmann (born June 29, 1967) is an American singer, songwriter, guitarist, and record producer. He serves as the lead singer/guitarist of the band Goldfinger. Early life Feldmann grew up in Saratoga, California. He started writing song ...

. The single "Falling Star" reached No. 36 on the

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Modern Rock charts that same year. Their song "Spill" was included in the soundtrack for Digimon: The Movie, which was released in 2000. They held a one-off reunion show in March 2005 for a cancer benefit.

Discography

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* {{Authority control Musical groups from Chicago Pop punk groups from Illinois