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About Me

The Break-Ups are a band based in Lansing, MI that sings about love, peace, breaking up and probably other subjects relating to those three listed. The band has fooled around with the whole spectrum of rock music, tying the past to the present in their many stylistic forays, making a Break-Ups show seem like a greatest hits performance of songs you’ve never heard by The Beatles, Nirvana, and any number of great powerpop groups of the last several decades. Tying the songs together through blissed out heaviness, acoustic psychedelia and everything in between are the prominent male-female vocal harmonies of the co-ed group, and the songwriting personality of Break-Ups leader Timmy Rodriguez.
The Break Ups officially formed in fall 2005. Timmy Rodriguez and Tommy McCord, the erstwhile guitarists of the group, founded the band as an acoustic studio project, but the rock and roll in their blood demanded live performances. Timmy and Tommy joined with their favorite drummer Hattie Danby to form the full band after recording the acoustic "The George McFly EP" which was released in May 2006. Spring and Summer 2006 saw the band peform as a quartet with Tiana Miller on bass, with all of four contributing vocals, transforming the group into a powerpop band with alternating acoustic passages and guitar freak-outs. This was the time in which the "Timmy singing lead with Tommy and Hattie backing" formula was firmly put in place. Starting in August 2006 Frankie Knoch assumed bass duties from the departed Ms. Miller, and Stefan Johnson joined as a keyboardist. This five piece configuration of The Break-Ups recorded the "Rosa Gallica" EP (released Dec 2006) and the full-length album "Blush Noisette" (released May 2007). Mr. Johnson left the band in July 2007 and the band has remained a quartet, with an array of guests popping in from time to time. The Break-Ups return to the studio in spring 2008, so stay tuned.
We released our first full length album Blush Noisette in May 2007. If you are interested in a copy, just leave us a message or visit Good Time Gang Recordings .
Booking Email the band here at there MySpace or contact Timmy.

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Member Since: 6/1/2005
Band Members: Timmy - Vocals, Guitar
Tommy - Guitar, Vocals
Hattie - Drums, Vocals
Frankie - Bass, Vocals

The Ever Evolving Sometime/ Former Break-Ups roster:
Drake - Tambourine, Vocals, Whatever the Hell He Wants
Michael - Djembe
Loren - Bass for "Monkey Wrench"
Nich - Bass for "Black Diamond," Live Bassist August 2006, Opinions
Vella - Improvisational Bassist on-the-fly party guy July 2007
Jeremy - Ukulele July 2007
Josh - Almost 2mn Reunion Participant, Guitar/ Vocals on "Something" at our first show
Stefan - Guitar/ Keys July 2006-July 2007
Tiana - Bass/ Vocals/ Keys/ Guitar April 2006-July 2006
Chelsea - Vocals on the first EP, Sometime Live Vocals circa 2006
Influences: Blind Melon, Jet, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Nirvana, The Beatles, The Vaselines, Blink 182 (Last Album), Straylight Run, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Johnny Cash, The Plurals, Drinking Mercury, The White Stripes, Kurt Cobain, The Rentals, The Dandy Warhols, A Story Told, The Beach Boys, Iron & Wine, Infinity Shores, Death Cab For Cutie, The Raconteurs, "Classic Girl" by Janes Addiction.
Check us out at Garageband.com by clicking Here . Make sure to vote for us!
Also check us out at our Soundclick for other music, and old "Timmy" demos which lead to The Break-Ups by clicking here .

The Break-Ups live at Scene Metrospace in East Lansing, MI 05/19/07

Record Label: Good Time Gangs Recordings
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Thoughts

What a week it has been. Let me tell you. As most of you already know, The Knights Without, the band which I played bass for, has disbanded. It was an emotional week, but in the end, the music is now ...
Posted by The Break-Ups on Tue, 15 Apr 2008 06:11:00 PST

Sopranos, Rice Krispy Treats, Coffee

I had a dream last night that I was somewhere with Silvio Dante. For those of you who don’t know who Silvio Dante is. He is the second in command of the Soprano crew. He is my favorite character...
Posted by The Break-Ups on Thu, 13 Mar 2008 10:38:00 PST

2mn by TOMMY (part the second)

I had to audition to join 2 Minute Nothing, so I was instructed to meet Josh Ryan at his mom's house outside of Lake Odessa and he and I would ride together to Seth's grandma's house in Hastings for p...
Posted by The Break-Ups on Sat, 16 Feb 2008 11:46:00 PST

2mn by TOMMY (whoa!)

2 Minute Nothing Thru the Eyes of Tommy I'm going to post two blogs to expound on Timmy's 2mn History blogs. I think it's very important to document these defunct or semi-defunct bands from our pasts,...
Posted by The Break-Ups on Thu, 14 Feb 2008 10:16:00 PST

2MN Part 4 from Timmy Rodriguez

In my attempt to give myself a quiet little evening, I am sitting here in my apartment with one light on. No music playing though because my cds are all out in my car. There is a Slipknot CD by the ta...
Posted by The Break-Ups on Thu, 10 Jan 2008 04:20:00 PST

2mn from eyes of timmy part 3

I left off earlier with Josh Ryan playing with Point Blank on a few blink 182 songs. That show ended up being a very good show for all of us. I remember playing some new songs at the time, like Burn, ...
Posted by The Break-Ups on Wed, 09 Jan 2008 06:57:00 PST

The History of 2 Minute Nothing Part 2 as seen by Timmy Rodriguez

I last left off speaking about my first show at The Net Cafe in Lake Odessa. That was by far a very successful show. We had the 2nd highest attendence I believe? Trailing only behind the Red Cord reun...
Posted by The Break-Ups on Tue, 08 Jan 2008 11:31:00 PST

The History of 2 Minute Nothing from the eyes of Timmy Rodriguez (Part 1)

I realize that 2 Minute Nothing has absolutely nothing to do with The Break-Ups, or the music of the break-ups, but I feel like talking about 2 Minute Nothing. I just read Tommy's blog about the histo...
Posted by The Break-Ups on Sat, 05 Jan 2008 11:31:00 PST

Songs

The other day Tommy showed me a song by the Smashing Pumpkins that sort of resembled a song that I had written that we are slowly introducing into the set. It made me think of the Break-Ups catalog, a...
Posted by The Break-Ups on Thu, 20 Dec 2007 10:20:00 PST

One Amazing Month So Far

So far, December has the best the month i've had in a few. Life lately isn't what i planned it was 6 months ago. I saw myself in a different place, and after a few uphill battles, I feel what life tru...
Posted by The Break-Ups on Mon, 10 Dec 2007 12:39:00 PST