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Ideal Lovers

About Me

first we were a band, then we were no band, then we were.
-started as a rocknroll duo with dave on drums and zac on guitar/songsinging
-summer 2004 recording session in geneseo ny, joe grass joined the family
-summer 2005 recording session in geneseo ny, josh toal and mike evin joined up
-computer blew up, lost everything from second session
-said "fuck it" and have gone to tape ever since
-sept 2005 recorded the bulk of our first record with dave smith at breakglass
-june 2006 backed up our friend mike o'brien for his first record. now he's in the band too!
-sept 2006 released our first record on vinyl at casa del popolo
umm...after that details are mixed up. josh got married and moved away. mike evin moved away. they are still in the band though, whenever possible. became a backing band around town - orillia opry, david macleod...recently backed up our band member mike evin on his new solo record. joe's new solo record too... we have our studio which is named after our old band, pj mansion. new ep with everyone's songs is being recorded next week (april 24-27) and it'll be ready in june.
update: new ep "shake schmake!" available this friday the 13th at our suoni per il popolo show opening for vic chesnutt.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 04/04/2006
Band Members: Zachary James DeCamp | David Louis Gaston Payant | Joseph Baron Grass | Joshua Franklin Toal | Mike Evin | Mike O'Brien
Influences: number one influence for sure:

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Type of Label: Major

My Blog

GAMIQ nomination?

yo y'allso we are on some sort of "long-list" for the GAMIQ awards.  Along with everyone we know.  Both our record and the Mike O'Brien cd are on the list under the "Best Folk/Country Album"...
Posted by on Thu, 07 Jun 2007 09:37:00 GMT

03/29/2007 - about about the songs

well well well.  seems as though someone in the band has hijacked our space and now you can hear songs from our record.  it was released on vinyl in september, but has only recently been nam...
Posted by on Thu, 29 Mar 2007 14:11:00 GMT

12/27/2006 - about the songs

hello myspacersso we broke down and hacked into the mainframe. a pair of songs recorded for inclusion on our first record, but ultimately axed, are here for you to....hear.if you've got our record (w...
Posted by on Wed, 27 Dec 2006 23:31:00 GMT