Young Love is an American

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band, fronted by Dan Keyes. They were formed in 2005 in

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handles the majority of the

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and

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. Young Love's debut full-length album, '' Too Young to Fight It'' was released on January 30, 2007 in the

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History

Prior to creating Young Love, Dan Keyes fronted the

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band Recover with much help from

. After releasing three albums with the quartet, Keyes felt the need for change, but continued work with Phillips. A friend offered him a place to stay in

, and within weeks Keyes was traveling from

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to New York with just one bag and his guitar. Keyes spent 2005 working at a restaurant in the city as well as working on music that he started while he was touring with Recover. At the end of 2005

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signed the musician, and by summer 2006, Keyes and his band, now known as Young Love, were performing with Stolen Transmission at

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. In mid-July, a live video of Keyes performing the song "We Want Drugs" acoustic was released on

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. In September, two short promotional videos were released for the single "

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". The single was also featured on the

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soundtrack. In October, a full video featuring live footage was released for the single, and on November 21, 2006, the ''

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'' was released on

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, and featured "

" a new song, "Tragedy" and two remixes. In December, Young Love played several shows with British MC

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. In early January 2007, ''

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'' listed Young Love as one of "2007's Best Bets" for the year, and described their album as "...the kind of pop that we've been missing: melodic, catchy, smart and as young and in love-with the ubiquitous 'she'-as Romeo...". On January 3, 2007,

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premiered the video for the band's newest single, " Find A New Way". In addition, the single will serve as the theme song for the network's

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-produced reality series, ''

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'', which premiered January 15, 2007. January 30, 2007 was the official release of Young Love's full-length debut, '' Too Young to Fight It''. The album includes both "

" and "Tragedy" along with nine more original songs. In February 2007, the band toured with better known artists, playing shows with several different acts including

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. On April 29, 2007, the band signed with the Konspiracy Theory Music promotion company. The band has toured

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. In July and August 2007, Young Love supported

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on their headlining US tour. Their song "Close Your Eyes" off of '' Too Young to Fight It'' was featured on the "

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" episode of ''

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'' and on the episode "Sad Songs for Dirty Lovers" on ''

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''. Young Love's second full length record, '' One Of Us'' came out April 28, 2009 on

, recorded by John King in

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. The band promoted the new album with a three-week residency at New York's

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Members

;Past members *Dan Keyes - lead vocals, guitar *Bob Mann - guitar, bass, backing vocals *Erik Tonnesen - keyboard *Santiago Vela III - drums (2008–2009) *Terrence Campbell - drums (2006–2008) *Ross Tweedy - bass (2006–2008) *Danny Wood - bass (2006) *Jeremy Hollehan - bass (2009) *Todd Weinstock - guitar (2008) *Vincent Perini - guitar (2008)

Discography

Albums

*'' Too Young to Fight It'' (2007) *'' One of Us'' (2009)

EPs

*''

Non album tracks

*"1979" (from ''Helio Presents: The Smashing Pumpkins Tribute CD'')

Singles

References

External links

Official Site @ Island Records

Young Love feature on hardrock.com

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