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Maypop

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Full Length Debut Album - 12 Songs - Running time: 57:06
Album recorded and mixed by Mike Bolenbach at Full Well Recording Studio
Mastered by Roger Seibel at SAE Mastering

Maypop - BUS STOP (Live 4-11-08 @ The Sets)
Produced by Luke Munoz and Michael Gee
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Maypop formed in late 2003, when guitarist Christian met bassist Thomas at a Chili's Restaurant for a surprise birthday party in Phoenix, Arizona. They got together and started writing music in hopes of coming up with something they both wanted to hear. They were at a stand still because they did not have anyone to drum. Then one day, Thomas met an ASU student named Josh who was a keyboard player, and was working on some beats he had been programming of his own. So the three of them started putting the finishing touches on the songs. Not long after completing the songs, the band lined up their first show. On the day of the show it was announced that the show was cancelled because of the possibility of rain because it was an outdoor venue. So instead of counting the day as an entire loss, the entire show and crowd was diverted to Thomas's backyard, which is where Maypop's official "first show" was held. Then one day Josh and Thomas went to see a band called The Iris out of Phoenix, and also in the crowd that night was a drummer named Andy who had been looking for a band for quite some time. After a few emails and a few phone calls, Thomas and Christian went over to Andy's house to see what Andy had to offer. Slowly Andy transitioned into the band. Until Andy had came around, the only time keeping was done by Josh's electronic beats. So instead of replacing the electronic beats with Andy's beats, they tried something not many bands have since the 80's, by incorporating acoustic drums with electronic beats. The end result is a tasteful, fun type of music that is easy to bounce your head to that all four members have worked very hard on, and are very proud of!!! Now that Maypop's line up is all filled up, they are working to get out and play shows around the greater Phoenix area to spread the word of Maypop and establish a fan base.
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Member Since: 12/22/2004
Band Website: purevolume.com/maypop
Band Members:
Josh Munoz - Keys / Synths / Programming

Christian Payan - Guitars / Backing voc

Thomas Scala - Vocals / Bass

Andy Dohm - Drums / Spicy Flavor
Influences: Travis, The Cure, The Police, Smashing Pumpkins, Radiohead, REM, Bjork, Depeche Mode, Cold Play, Joy Division, Mike Patton, Nirvana, Rush, Arcade Fire, The Julianna Theory, Massive Attack, Sunny Day Real Estate, Jeremy Enigk, Death Cab For Cutie, U2, Talking Heads, Skinny Puppy, Deadsy, DJ Shadow, Air, The Album Leaf, The Doors, and Megaman of course!
Sounds Like: Rocktronic Indieca
Record Label: Looking
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Thanks! (update - 04/14/05)

Thanks everyone who came out to our first show last Saturday. It went really well. We had a lot of fun, and we hope you did as well. We are hoping to play a lot more shows soon. We are working on i...
Posted by Maypop on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST