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Too Short Notice

Somebody's got to jump on the grenade

About Me

Buy Diners, Jughandles, and Cigarettes by Too Short Notice on Interpunk

Music Video - Go On Get Out Of Here by Too Short Notice (right click and save target as to download)

Too Short Notice began as a small project when several members graduated high school, and subsequently moved to college. Several local shows were played in Northern New Jersey, and member changes were frequent.

In 2002, the band began to develop the form and sound that it has today. The lineup became settled Shannon Smith on vocals, Matt Mueller on Bass, Jef Bourlier on Guitar, Scott Bourlier on Trombone, Pat Sousa on Trumpet, and Freddy Iozzino on drums. Shawn Kimon, a student at Berkeley College of music, was quickly enlisted to produce, track, mix and master the band's first album. Red Light, Green Light was recorded in Shawn Kimon's Sparta, New Jersey basement during the summer of 2002. Independently released, the CD hit Interpunk and the merch table in November of that year, and has more than 1,000 copies in circulation to date.

Following the release of Red Light, Green Light, the schedule consisted of constant shows around the Northeast every weekend and 3 week-long tours through the Midwest and South. In November 2003, the band traveled to Boston to record their Second Album with Steve Foote from Big D and The Kid's Table behind the sound board. The CD was recorded over three days, but constant problems plagued the release for more than a year and a half. In June of 2004, after nearly 2 years and 110 shows, Freddy decided to leave the band due to personel problems and stress created by the band. Pat left soon after in August 2004 for similair reasons after several shows with fill-in drummers. A short hiatus followed, which gave a much needed break allowed time to recoup from the loss of band members.

Too Short Notice added former Barginn Doaner drummer Cliff Reynolds and former Majorska/Too Much To Say Trumpet player Matthew Testa to the band and started playing again in October 2004.

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Member Since: 5/24/2004
Band Website: tooshortnotice.com
Band Members: Shannon Smith (vocals)Matthew Mueller (bass)Jef Bourlier (guitar)Scott Bourlier (trombone)
Influences: Big D, Reel Big Fish, Rise Against, Strung Out, OutKast, ASOB, SGR, Helloween, Shadow's Fall, In Flames, Madness, The English Beat, The Specials, IV4K, No Use For A Name, The Miasmics, Long Shot Hero, Monty's Fan Club, Halifax, High School Football Heroes, Catch 22, Streetlight Manifesto, Boy Sets Fire, BTMI, Alice In Chains, Adam's Not Funny, My Chemical Romance, Barginn Doaner, The Lowlifes, Suburban Legends, System of a Down, The Flaming Tsunamis, The Superspecs, Perfect Orange, AC/DC, more
Sounds Like: Seriously, we're trying to rip off No Doubt.
Record Label: Homefront Records
Type of Label: None

My Blog

regarding shows

Please take note that we have no shows scheduled at the moment.  There may be some flyers and website promo going around for several shows in New Jersey and Pennsylvania right now with our name o...
Posted by Too Short Notice on Sun, 25 Sep 2005 04:07:00 PST

Home. Thank you.

We've been home for about a week now.  We had a blast out on tour, and in addition to the shows, we got to see some parts of the United States that we never throught we would get to see.  We...
Posted by Too Short Notice on Sat, 03 Sep 2005 12:26:00 PST

Summer Tour Dates

We're about to leave for some extended dates.  This will be our first time hitting many states in the South, Southwest, West Coast, Northwest and Midwest.  Be sure to come out and say h...
Posted by Too Short Notice on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Charlotte and Knoxville Cancellations

As some of you already know, we had to drop off our shows in Charlotte and Knoxville this weekend. I'm sorry that I couldn't post anything sooner. While en route to Charlotte from New Jersey Frida...
Posted by Too Short Notice on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

New Trumpet Player

Due to musical and directional differences, as well as scheduling conflicts, Matt Testa is no longer a member of Too Short Notice. Matt is very talented trumpet player, and we would like to thank him...
Posted by Too Short Notice on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

New Songs

As promised, we have uploaded 3 new songs from our new album, Diner's Jughandles, and Cigarettes to Purevolume (http://www.purevolume.com/tooshortnotice) and Myspace (http://www.myspace.com/tooshortno...
Posted by Too Short Notice on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

New Album Update!

We got the final mixes of our new CD. Our new buddy Chris Renne did an AMAZING job of mixing and mastering all 12 songs. We are very proud of the final product. I know this CD has been delayed fo...
Posted by Too Short Notice on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

RX bandits

RX bandits are an amazing band. If you have been living in a hole recently, go listen now. This is an extremly talented band. http://purevolume.com/rxbandits Anyone who came to the show to see...
Posted by Too Short Notice on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

RIP Bum RucKus

I'd like to take a minute to acknowledge the end of a great band: Bum RucKus. Although some of the band members will be continuing on under a new name, Bum RucKus will be missed terribly. We woul...
Posted by Too Short Notice on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

New Band Members

HELLO SKA KIDDIES!!!!! This is the "official" announcement of new band members. We know that we've tried out quite a few people in the last couple of weeks and we'd like to thank everyone who came...
Posted by Too Short Notice on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST