Top Five Artists: Week Three

Dear friends,

Here is my third edition of my Artists of the Week series.  I know I have not written one in a few weeks, my apologies. Feel free to click on my pen name for the older editions!

However, this week I decided to change things up for you readers with how this is put together.

As usual I have picked the top five bands of the week:

1. All Time Low
2. The CAB
3. Chase Coy
4. We The Kings
5. Tokio Hotel

Here are some of their most famous songs (or my favorites)

            All Time Low

• Remembering Sunday
• Coffee Shop Soundtrack
• Dear Maria, Count Me In
• Poppin’ Champagne
• Six Feet Under The Stars

              The CAB

• I’ll Run
• Diamonds are Forever(and Forever is a Mighty Long Time)
• Can You Keep A Secret?
• Risky Business

              Chase Coy

• If The Moon Fell Down Tonight
• All Those Nights
• Lullaby
• Summer’s Song
• Take Me Away

             We The Kings

• Check Yes Juliet
• Skyway Avenue
• August is Over
• Don’t Speak Liar

           Tokio Hotel

• Ready Set Go!
• Monsoon
• By Your Side
• 1000 Oceans
• Durch Den Monsun (the German version of Monsoon)

Information on the Bands

All Time Low

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All Time Low is a band from Maryland. This quartet is signed with Hopeless Records.  They are classified as “Pop-Punk” technically.  All of the members are 20 years old, some soon to be 21. 

The members are:
Alexander William Gaskarth – vocals, guitar
Jack Bassam Barakat – lead guitar, backing vocals
Zachary Stephen Merrick – bass, backing vocals
Robert Rian Dawson – drums

Here is their myspace for the myspace buffs out there:http://www.myspace.com/alltimelow

The CAB

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Current Members:
Alex DeLeon – vocals
Cash Colligan – bass
Alex Johnson – drums
Alex Marshall – piano/vocals/guitar
Ian Crawford – guitar

Albums

Whisper War (2008)
Glitz And Glamour (2007)
Drunk Love (2006)

They are from Las Vegas, Nevada and were signed to Fueled by Ramen

For all the myspacers, here is their URL:http://www.myspace.com/thecab

Chase Coy

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Chase writes about lost love, friends, life, moving away, long distance relationships.
His recordings were done in his basement, not in an actual studio.

You don’t always have to have a record deal and record in a bigtime studio to make a name in music.

Here is the myspace:
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewProfile&friendID=136323309

We The Kings

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We the Kings is an American pop/powerpop band from Florida. They are signed to the independent label S-Curve Records

Their first three albums were independently released. They were titled; Ivy, Friendship is a Touchy Subject, and Between the Ink and the Paper.

We The Kings have their own miniature webshow entitled: The King’s Carriage. Its a comedy show about their life on the tour bus.  These can be viewed on their myspace or youtube.

Members:
Travis Clark – lead vocals, guitar
Hunter Thomsen – guitar, backup vocals
Drew Thomsen – bass
Danny Duncan – drums

Here is their myspace:
http://www.myspace.com/wethekings

Tokio Hotel

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This band is made up of four members.  They are young, but definately full of talent. To most people they look pretty young, but the youngest member is 19 years old. Also, contrary to popular belief, they are are from Germany.

They have a couple number one hits in Germany, but are becoming fairly well known in the U.S.

The members are:
Bill Kaulitz- Lead vocals
Tom Kaulitz- Lead guitar
Georg Listing- Bass guitar
Gustav Shafer – Drums

Here is there myspace for those who would like to check them out: http://www.myspace.com/tokiohotel

Dun-Duh-Dun…..

Here is the winning video of the week!

The CAB – I’ll Run

Thanks to FueledByRamen for the use of the video