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About Me

The Professional Americans formed in late May 2002, after the breakup of Purim and Stewlava; two prominent Springfield, MO bands. James Hafner and Jason Poe broke away from Purim, while Corbin Petersen and Terry Parker came from Stewlava. The four officially united in early June, and a month later, performed publicly for the first time at an exclusive showcase for Island Records and Bounce Entertainment. Following the showcase, many media outlets showed their support for Pro Am, including Q102.1 FM and Michael Brothers of the Springfield News-Leader. In January 2003, The News-Leader named The Professional Americans the "Act to Lookout For in 2003." The band's tight, intense show helped them build a solid fanbase in the months after.
In March 2003, Terry Parker parted ways with the band to pursue other avenues. However, Jason, James, and Corbin continued on under the Professional Americans name. The three began writing together and pushing their sound to places it had not been before. In June 2003 the group headed into the studio with Oran Thornton (Flick, Bleach, Holland) to begin work on their first full-length album, entitled "Point. Line. Form."
In May 2004, Pro Am released "Point. Line. Form." to rave reviews across the Midwest. Since then, the band has seen interest from various labels including Capitol, Elektra, Columbia, DreamWorks, Sparrow, and Idol Records. The band has also performed with such acts as Rooney, Kill Hannah, Fall Out Boy, Allister, Hot Action Cop, Two Thirty-Eight, Flick, The Golden Republic, Don't Look Down, The Elms, Lovedrug, Firescape, Elevator Division, and Elkland.

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Member Since: 12/2/2004
Band Website: theprofessionalamericans.com
Band Members: Jason - vocals, guitar //
James - bass, vocals //
Corbin - drums, vocals //
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Sounds Like: The Professional Americans
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Pro Am Catalog Now Available on iTunes!

The Pro Am Catalog is now available at the iTunes Music Store.Click on the links to listen to tracks on iTunes, and while you're there you might as well just pick up an album! ...
Posted by The Professional Americans on Wed, 08 Nov 2006 10:47:00 PST

New Pro Am Releases

The Professional Americans EP Available Now!!This final release from The Professional Americans is a four-song showcase of the bands pop sensibility delivered with some clever production from producer...
Posted by The Professional Americans on Tue, 20 Jun 2006 10:11:00 PST

End of an Era

After four years of practicing, traveling, performing, writing, recording, laughing, crying, and relocating; we have called it quits. We sincerely apologize to all our great friends/fans back in Sprin...
Posted by The Professional Americans on Tue, 20 Jun 2006 09:58:00 PST

purevolume = pure bliss

Listen up. All our friends here in MySpaceLand need to go directly to www.purevolume.com immediately, and click on "sign up." Our friends there have worked their tails off to create an amazi...
Posted by The Professional Americans on Fri, 16 Dec 2005 09:23:00 PST

Circumstances

People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don't believe in circumstances. The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they wan...
Posted by The Professional Americans on Mon, 12 Dec 2005 11:01:00 PST

So I unfortunately went to Dallas....

Last Tuesday I was in Dallas with our other roomate Chris. He was visiting some friends and I was just tagging along to have some fun. I didn't know it would be such a painful evening. So he says "...
Posted by The Professional Americans on Tue, 29 Nov 2005 08:19:00 PST

Walk the Line

On Saturday, I went with Chris to go see "Walk the Line" It was great movie. Just watching Cash's determination and near self-destruction was very interesting and inspiring. He was a man who lived ...
Posted by The Professional Americans on Mon, 21 Nov 2005 10:34:00 PST

Chuck Norris

My girlfriend sent this to me, and I think it's pretty funny.1. Chuck Norris' tears cure cancer. Too bad he has never cried. 2. A man once asked Chuck Norris if his real name is "Charles". Chuck Norr...
Posted by The Professional Americans on Tue, 15 Nov 2005 09:20:00 PST

Pogs

Okay. So who remembers Pogs?For some reason I started thinking about them the other day, and realized what a gimmick they were. They were little round pieces of cardboard that people would pay for to...
Posted by The Professional Americans on Mon, 14 Nov 2005 10:17:00 PST

Mute Math at Emo's

The other night I had the pleasure to see an old friend of mine, Darren King, play with his band Mute Math at Emo's in Austin. It was an incredible show that has inspired me over the past few days. ...
Posted by The Professional Americans on Sat, 12 Nov 2005 04:42:00 PST