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In the summer of 1998 – brought together by a slew of disparate-yet-alluring musical reference points – high school friends Eddie Baranek (vocals/guitar), Mike Trombley (drums), and Mark Leahey (bass/vocals) formed The Sights. The trio began playing around their hometown of Detroit shortly thereafter, around which time Trombley headed to California for what would come to be a three-year respite from the band and also the impetus for a revolving door of drummers, bassist and keyboard players. Undaunted, The Sights took to the studio and began recording their debut album, Are You Green?, at Jim Diamond’s Ghetto Recorders in Detroit.
Originally released in June of 1999, Are You Green? was picked up by L.A.-based Fall of Rome Records and re-released the following year. Never big on rest, The Sights went to work on their sophomore album, Got What We Want (released in 2002). With this, the band’s freakishly precocious ability to blend frenetic garage rock, Motown and 60’s pop into something equal parts classic and catchy got them noticed. Got What We Want was released in the U.K. a year later, garnering them some very nice words from both the British press ("Got What We Want is a revelation - a treasure trove of sparky and wildly immediate songwriting." --NME) and the not-so British press ("At last - a new Detroit-garage band that comes in colors." --Rolling Stone). The Sights hit the road for a year of touring both countries, including a 10-week stint sleeping inside the group’s 1991 Ford Econoline van and stealing bagels for sustenance.In the spring of 2004, The Sights - now including Bobby Emmett as organist/bassist and Keith Fox as drummer - caught the ear of ex-Smashing Pumpkins guitarist James Iha, who signed them to his own Scratchie Records (an imprint of New Line Records). And with that, the band headed back to Ghetto Recorders to record their self-titled third LP, The Sights, due out in March 2005. No small feat, the album combines the unobtrusive honesty of The Band with slivers of influence from The Sights’ own personal record collections: Ike & Tina, Solomon Burke, Everly Brothers, Bob Seger, Tim Hardin and all manner of raucous songwriting. The end result is an album that’s classic, not derivative—filled with swagger and deference—and ridiculously catchy. Really.
Discography:
1999 - Are You Green? 2001 – The Sights Double 7” 2002 - Got What We Want 2005 – The Sights
The Sights were released from Scratchie in 2006. They are currently not signed with any label, and are sitting on a massive pile of new songs..

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Member Since: 8/13/2004
Band Members: Eddie Baranek Vocals, Guitar
Bobby Emmett Vocals, Organ/Lefthand Bass
Keith Fox - Drums
Influences: Booze
Sounds Like: I'm Gonna Live The Life I sing About In My Song

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november 24th show cancelled

hey everyone, sorry for the short notice, but the show on the 24th of november  has been cancelled . why? oh, you know..strikes and gutters, ups and downs.  we will be playing again in mid d...
Posted by The Sights on Sat, 24 Nov 2007 04:00:00 PST

Arthur Digby Sellers

Dear Nihilists, Pacifists, and Arthur Digby Sellers- we are playing the berkley front tonight (monday ) june 18th, should we do a guest list contest? if so, kindly write us an essay about whatever you...
Posted by The Sights on Mon, 18 Jun 2007 12:19:00 PST

4 NEW SONGS ADDED!

We've had an overwhelming amount of messages regarding hearing new material....Well, its a beautiful day for adding new songs... We added 4 new tunes on our page, they are just a rough idea of some ne...
Posted by The Sights on Fri, 04 May 2007 12:23:00 PST

back home from south by southwest!

hey kids! eddie here. we're back from austin, texas and the industry wankfest that is south by southwest! wooooo weee and we are full! we stocked up on all that free booze and pulled pork sammies...
Posted by The Sights on Wed, 28 Mar 2007 01:11:00 PST

TODAY's SHOW CONTEST!

HEY FOLKS, SHOW TODAY (FRIDAY) at the HALF ASS IN ANN ARBOR. THE DECKS, THE MUGGS, THE SIGHTS. SINCE WE'VE HAD A LEBOWSKI THEME FOR THE PAST 5 YEARS , HERE's THE CONTEST- LEBOWSKI DRESS UP. WHOEVER HA...
Posted by The Sights on Fri, 01 Dec 2006 11:06:00 PST

NEW SIGHTS CONTEST!

Hey everyone, We are playing a show on december 1st at  the half ass in ann arbor with those hacks The Muggs .  Its gonna be a packed show so here's the deal..... If anyone can answer these ...
Posted by The Sights on Fri, 24 Nov 2006 11:26:00 PST

oopsy!

oopsy! i almost forgot to list my mood: elation with a mixture of jubilance. listening to: les paul and mary ford. late, the lil guy
Posted by The Sights on Tue, 31 Oct 2006 10:36:00 PST

the term applies to the territory

what is up internet world-- my good friend bobbbbbby and i have just finished a new batch of tunes. friends on the east coast might call it "bitchin," bitches on the west coast might find it "kil...
Posted by The Sights on Tue, 31 Oct 2006 10:35:00 PST

tank zoo all who came to zee show!

hey kids it's your dear friend eddie here. i'd just like to thank everyone for coming out to our little steven fest last month. we had a gay old time and i can personally say that i loved the go go da...
Posted by The Sights on Wed, 11 Oct 2006 02:12:00 PST

FREE SHOW TODAY WITH THE ZOMBIES!!!!!

HEY EVERYONE! Thursday September  14th we are playing a show with The Zombies (time of the season, she's not there) at St Andrews Hall in Detroit. We go on EARLY at 8:10pm.  Email us by 3:00...
Posted by The Sights on Thu, 14 Sep 2006 11:42:00 PST