Education

Stanford University, Georgetown University, Boston University, Fairfield University, School of Visual Arts
Degrees Awarded: BA in BS, JD, BFA, MA, and some other letters.
Activities: Socializing, Listening to Albums, Writing Songs, Wearing Pants

Boneyard College
PhD in Pizza Consumption, Late Night Recording, Regrettable Drinking Decisions and Bad Jokes, conferred December 2006

Activities:
Playing Shows: Loading and unloading equipment in the bitter cold; being heckled by “funny” audience members who want to hear ‘Freebird’; entertaining audiences around the globe.
Honors Thesis: ‘How to Release Two Albums in One Year and Still Appear Not to be Saturating the Market’
Sword Fighting: Using real swords.

Touring

Stone Temple Pilots and Black Rebel Motorcycle Club — Summer 2008
Opened for these bands during the summer of 2008 in the south and southeast. It was totally awesome. And the people liked us it seems. We ate a lot of fried chicken. Our bus broke down. We went to Disneyland while a hurricane went through Florida. Adrian bought a Wu-Tang sweatshirt. This was a sweet tour.

US Tour — Spring 2008
Did a headlining tour of the east, south and midwest, including some radio interviews, and a live television performance on Fox (Rupert didn’t show up). We did SXSW and opened for Moby’s band the Little Death. They were cool. Did a live acoustic set on DC101 in our nation’s capital.

Other Show Highlights — Sept 2008 to Jan 2009
We did an acoustic set for the Dave Hill Explosion in September that went well; VH1 covered it and really liked it. Plus we got to hang out with Dave Hill and Steve Guttenberg. We opened for Weiland’s solo band in Boston a couple times, including a sold out show at the Paradise. Did a live acoustic set on WBCN in December. Hardy, we love you. We played our friend Jonny’s film premier party at Webster Hall in NYC, and we recorded a Band in Boston podcast that has a cool T. Rex cover y’all should hear. Did a live set for Breakthru Radio too. They were friendly.

England tour with Rose Hill Drive, the Answer and Dinosaur Jr., US Tour with ourselves Summer, Fall 2007
We did some shows with Rose Hill, the Answer and Dino Jr in ’07 ‘across the pond.’ We did shows in London, including the Hyde Park Calling Festival, played in Liverpool (where they told us we sounded ‘Oasisy’ to which we replied ‘thank you’), and also in Peterborough, where things started off weird (i.e. thought we were going to get our asses kicked) then ended up having a blast. We then did California, a bunch of cities in the northeast and CMJ.

Recording History

Long Weekend: (2008) Some bloggers love the shit out of this record; even NPR and the New Yorker got in on the act. And we made a sweet video for the single (thanks to Mikey Carlson and Miguel; it even made mtvU’s video of the week).

Pulling Out Just Enough To Win: (2008) 3.5 stars in Rolling Stone; Popmatters enjoyed it too.

The 34% Louder EP: (2007) Rolling Stone didn’t seem to care about this one.

The XMass EP: (2007) Rolling Stone missed this one.

Other Fun Facts

Our music has appeared on such programs as Entourage (the HBO hit series with J.Piv), CSI:NY (the tough cop drama with none other than Gary Sinise), and The Riches (a cool show on FX that has Minnie Driver and Eddie Izzard)

Songs from Long Weekend reached the top 10 and 20 in indie and college markets across the US and Canada. It’s true, we have the documentation.

Howard Stern and Robin Quivers have spun our tracks, as have many other fine radio stations, like WBCN, WFNX, WAAF (Boston), DC101, as well as stations in Philly, AC, and the list goes on. It’s hard dealing with the fame sometimes. We usually turn to Dr. Phil for guidance.