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Emocapella

One band's emo trash is another's emo gold

About Me

On the eighth day, God created Emocapella. And it was good...Emocapella is a hard working all-male college a cappella group that sings songs by artists such as Taking Back Sunday, Jimmy Eat World, and The Weakerthans. We sing mostly punk rock songs, but we also do a few other numbers, such as "Just a Friend" by Biz Markie. And yeah, we spell it with one "p"...Emocapella is the brainchild of George Washington University senior Eric Denman, who wanted to form an a cappella group that strayed from performing typical "a cappella numbers" and sing some good songs by some of our favorite bands. Emocapella has been together since Fall of 2001 and since then has had an amazing time.After getting picked up by a few punk webzines, we soon found ourselves getting mentioned in national publications such as Spin Magazine, Entertainment Weekly, and Britian's Kerrang Music Magazine. We also found ourselves singing on stage with one of our favorite groups, Taking Back Sunday, when they played in Washington DC, which was one of our most amazing experiences together. Last spring Emocapella was named the best performance group on GW's campus by the Student Association for 2003.Our debut album, Im Sorry is available by request. The album features 11 songs, including the first ever emocapella original. Our second album is in the works and will be out before you know it so set up your lemonade stands and save up 10 bucks to buy it.Another unique aspect of our group is our shows. Don't expect the typical a capella campus concert... we rock out. We usually try to load our shows with amusing sideshow elements and a hefty amount of rock jumps. We also invented what we call Guerillacapella. Essentially this means going out to a random spot on campus or wherever, and singing our hearts out for whoever passes by. We usually do this a bunch of times during a semester, and people seem to enjoy it.

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Member Since: 5/21/2005
Band Website: gwemocapella.com
Band Members: Matt Hotez • Ryan Buyco• Karthik Gunnia • Nate Phillip • Kevin Miller • Mac Clevenger • Adam Mack • Anthony Fowler • Ben Balter • Greg Hersh • Bill Reitz • Mike Sosinski • Mike Passaretti •
Influences: Your Mom
Sounds Like: New video!
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Big Fall Show 07!

Hey everyone, long time no talk. Lets never fight again.Our Big Fall Show will be THIS SATURDAY DEC. 1st at 7:00 pm, in the Mitchell Theater at 19th & E st. NW In Washington, DC. Admission is free, ...
Posted by Emocapella on Wed, 28 Nov 2007 05:39:00 PST

’07-’08 AUDITIONS! FUCK YEAH!

HOLY CRAP!OMG!WTF!BBQ!Its been a long summer but emocapella is back, and we have auditions this MONDAY 9/10 and Wednesday 9/12 at 8:00 pm in Phillips hall B-120. If you attend GWU and have testicles ...
Posted by Emocapella on Sun, 09 Sep 2007 03:01:00 PST

SUPER HUGE AWESOME SPRING SHOW TONIGHT!!!

TONIGHT, 5/3 - 7:00 Betts Theater (1st floor marvin center, 21st & H st NW DC) Our Spring Extravaganza!Come hear all our classics plus new songs by JACK'S MANNEQUIN, (old)FALL OUT BOY, and SOMETHING C...
Posted by Emocapella on Thu, 03 May 2007 08:42:00 PST

Big Fall Show & Video Premier

Hey kids I know its been a while since the last update, but you can stop crying in the corner now! This Saturday December 9th we will be having our big fall show (i swear its huge i promise, ((wi...
Posted by Emocapella on Thu, 07 Dec 2006 09:53:00 PST

New Members and SHOWS

YO homies and homettes, I'd like to congratulate the newest members of emocapella, Ryan Buyco, Matt Hotez, Adam Mack, Julian Lamm, and Mike Williams on passing through our rigorous audition process an...
Posted by Emocapella on Fri, 20 Oct 2006 10:32:00 PST

LyKE OMG - Teh AUDITIONS! (and more!)

HEY everybody school is back in session, and that means its time for Emocapella audtions!  Auditions are open only to male GWU students, so if you fit the requirements and can sing, beatbox, or a...
Posted by Emocapella on Tue, 05 Sep 2006 10:45:00 PST

IM Emocapella! and other stuff!

Hey kids - I just wanted to let you know that the old Emocapella ScreenName is up and running again (its just "emocapella"), so if you're really that bored then hit us up and say hello!   AL...
Posted by Emocapella on Thu, 17 Aug 2006 01:22:00 PST

YOU KNOW YOU WANT TO BUY OUR NEW CD!!! READ THIS TO GET ONE

So our new cd is done and should be coming in this week which gives you lucky people a chance to own a part of emo history. Our new cd entitled "Is it in Yet?", a compilation of 10 musical pieces of ...
Posted by Emocapella on Wed, 03 May 2006 09:34:00 PST

How much we fucking rock

So last night was the GW Battle of the A'Cappella groups with Emocapella up against 5 other groups. We never expect to win anything because all the other groups usually take away all the awards and a...
Posted by Emocapella on Fri, 24 Mar 2006 09:00:00 PST

Semester Update

Well I just got on here and saw a whole wave of people that wanted to be friends of Emocapella and was quite impressed. I had no idea so many people actually liked us. Anyway we have been going strong...
Posted by Emocapella on Mon, 06 Feb 2006 02:21:00 PST