The Dance Party is an American

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History

Formation, EP, ''Friction! Friction Friction!''

The Dance Party was formed in 2005 in

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by vocalist Mick Coogan, guitarist Kevin Bayly, drummer Jeff David, and bassist Danny Hoag, and soon released their first EP, ''The Dance Party EP.'' After building a reputation in the D.C. area and throughout the Mid-Atlantichttp://rcrdlbl.com/artists/The_Dance_Party/music for wild partying and huge, over-the-top live performances, The Dance Party self-released their full-length record '' Friction! Friction! Friction!'' in July 2007. In late 2007, the band rounded out their live show by adding keyboardist Drew Doucette of

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as a full-time member.

''Tigers'' EP

In 2008, the band recorded an unreleased full-length record with Andros Rodriguez which was later released as the five-song EP ''

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'' in a limited pressing containing the song "Sasha Don't Sleep." On November 14, 2011, the band announced that ''

'' would be released in its entirety on December 23, 2011. Music from ''

'' has been featured on such television series as ''

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'', and ''

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''. After the departure of David and Hoag in early 2009, the band added former

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drummer Jon Jester and bassist Rishi Chakrabarty to the line up.

''Touch''

In 2009, the band signed with HellYa! Records/

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and moved to

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to record their major label debut with producers

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, and Julian Bunetta. The album was mixed by

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at '62 Studios During the production of ''Touch'', both Doucette and Chakrabarty left the band. After auditioning and performing with a series of new bassists, Dave "Moose" Kuehl joined the lineup in February 2010, just before the band's series of performances at

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2010. Leading up to the release of ''Touch'', the band embarked on a national tour, playing select dates with

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. On September 28, 2010, The Dance Party released "Touch" as their first mainstream studio album. In October 2010, The Dance Party played

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. In January 2011, The Dance Party went on a bicoastal North American tour with Wallpaper. and

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. In 2011, The Dance Party played all 44 dates of the

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, personally invited by tour founder

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to perform on the Kevin Says Stage.

''Tigers'' (2011)

On November 14, 2011, The Dance Party announced that a full, ten-song version of ''Tigers'' would be released on December 23, 2011, beginning with the digital release of "Sing Your Song" on November 18, 2011. This album will be composed of archival material recorded from 2008 to 2009.

Brett (2011-present)

After the release of ''Tigers,'' the band announced a temporary name change to Brett due to the difference in sound of their newly written sounds. They reassured that the Dance Party was not finished, only temporarily changed. After periodically releasing songs under this name, Brett will release their self-titled debut album on May 20, 2014 through Cascine Records.

Members

*Mick Coogan –

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s *Kevin Bayly –

Guitars The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected stri ...

s, Programming *Jon Jester –

Drums A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and other Percussion instrument, auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person. The player (drummer) typically holds a pair o ...

*David "Moose" Kuehl – Bass

Discography

Albums

*''Friction! Friction! Friction!'' (2007) *''Touch'' (2010) *''Tigers'' (2011) *''Brett'' (2014) (As Brett) *''Mode'' (2016)

EPs

*''The Dance Party EP'' (2005) *''

'' (2009)

References

External links

The Dance Party on Myspace.com

Friction! Friction! Friction! from Dischord.com
{{DEFAULTSORT:Dance Party American pop rock music groups