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Leaving Springfield

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About Me

Leaving Springfield is a two piece rock band from Las Vegas, formed by veterans of the Las Vegas local music scene. The nucleus of the band, drummer Matt Norcross and guitarist Brent Kessler, met several years ago but never shared a stage together until Brent was asked to join Matt's band, Now That We're Famous, for a number of shows. A few months after Famous’ final show, Brent and Matt’s paths crossed again and the combination proved to be a good thing. Leaving Springfield mixes the raw rock elements of bands like the Replacements and Cheap Trick, while still providing the pop hooks of Fountains of Wayne and Weezer. Leaving Springfield breaths a much deserved breath of fresh air into today’s music.

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Member Since: 10/20/2006
Band Members: Brent Kessler -Guitars/Vocals Matt Norcross- Drums/Vocals
Influences: Matt is Proudly Endorsed By:
Record Label: Normal Street Records
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Leaving Springfield on the Rocking Comedy Show

BK & I were on the Rocking Comdey Show with Crazy Jay here is the link to listen to the show.  It is episode 50 http://rockingcomedyshow. com...
Posted by Leaving Springfield on Mon, 05 May 2008 10:50:00 PST

City Life Review of New CD

LAS VEGAS CITYLIFE March 27-April 2, 2008 Someone sent us these  section   What makes 21st-century emo so jack-ass lame? Emotion isn’t the problem. The problem is emotion prese...
Posted by Leaving Springfield on Thu, 27 Mar 2008 01:07:00 PST

Las Vegas Weekly review of new CD

Leaving SpringfieldMarch 20, 2008 by Julie Seabaugh[Local] Leaving SpringfieldAnd Leave All This Behind*** 1/2Front-loaded pop trifles like "Whatsamatta You," "Pretty, Skinny, and Blonde," "Negative ...
Posted by Leaving Springfield on Sat, 22 Mar 2008 12:22:00 PST

Centennial Hills Magazine Article

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Posted by Leaving Springfield on Mon, 28 Jan 2008 12:16:00 PST

Vegas Rocks Music Issue

Vegas Rocks September issue was devoted to Las Vegas' local music scene.  Leaving Springfield was picked by Jarret Keene as one of Vegas' next "Big Thing"  here's what he wrote: " Three of m...
Posted by Leaving Springfield on Wed, 05 Sep 2007 11:37:00 PST

Las Vegas Weekly Review

Leaving Springfield  self-titled EP  3.5 stars out of 5 " To say that guitarist Brent Kessler and drummer Matt Norcross play pop-rock is nearly an insult to the Now That We're Famous vets.&...
Posted by Leaving Springfield on Fri, 31 Aug 2007 03:56:00 PST

City Life Review

Jarret Keene of  the Las Vegas City Life Magazine reviewed our debut EP on the August 9-15 issue.  Here's what he had to say about "Pretty Skinny and Blonde."      &...
Posted by Leaving Springfield on Fri, 31 Aug 2007 03:46:00 PST

New Tunes

Hey everbody!  Thanks for the thumbs up on the tunes.  Means a lot to us.  Can't wait to get the rest to you all! Peace!  
Posted by Leaving Springfield on Wed, 21 Feb 2007 11:30:00 PST

Recording Sessions

Well, we made it through the basic tracks and are now finishing up vocals.  Things went great in the initial sessions and the engineer we choose far exceeded our expectations.  It was great ...
Posted by Leaving Springfield on Tue, 05 Dec 2006 06:29:00 PST

Recording Sessions

Well, the recording begins the first week of November.  We're going to have six songs out quickly, and more to follow.  As soon as they're available, they'll be here on myspace. Peace!...
Posted by Leaving Springfield on Sat, 28 Oct 2006 05:18:00 PST