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About Me

The banners were a musical duo that mixed a variety of influences: rock (old school and modern, punk through classic) pop and electronic into their own style of music. Andrew plays guitar, keyboards and sings most lead vocals. Jason plays keyboards and toggles on an antique moog prodigy, does keyboard and drum programming, sings backup and lead on a few tunes. Both write, produce and mix. They also did their own cover art and photography. Andrew designing and Jason clicking on the camera. The banners began in late 2005 and parted ways in early 2007. They recorded more than fifteen songs together during this time. Andrew has also worked on the musical projects Two Stars for Stella and Sidelines and Streetsigns. The banners own all rights to their own music and their name. If you're interested in the banners music you may inquire on this page. Although the banners are no longer together their music lives on here on the internet. If you're on Hi5.com add the banners at:http://thebanners.hi5.com This page and the banners other webpages will continue to be checked modified and updated. the banners music will be rotated here. Check back and keep in touch. We'd love to hear your comments!

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 5/24/2006
Band Website: myspace.com/thebanners1
Band Members: Andrew: Guitar, Keyboards, Vox Jason: Keyboards, Moog, Drum & Sequencer Programming, Vox
Influences: Influences are: The White Stripes, Oasis, Franz Ferdinand, Paul Weller, The Smiths, Morrissey, The Hives, Moby, U2, New Order, Joy Division, Nirvana, Blink 182, Green Day, 3rd Eye Blind, The Police, Depeche Mode, David Bowie, The Style Council, The Jam, The Who, Cibo Matto, Underworld, Bob Dylan, The Beatles and the banners!alternative + lo fi + indie + modern + punk + new wave + electronic + rock = ** ELECTRIC ROCK ** !!!
Sounds Like: Very eclectic and experiment with all kinds of styles. So, there've been lots of comparisons. We've frequently heard that we're similar to The Killers. We've always thought that we were more like New Order meets The White Stripes.
Record Label: Independent
Type of Label: None

My Blog

download.com

I took down our page on download.com and deleted our profile there. I'm trying to delete every banners page but this one. The last I checked on download.com we had a little over 3600 plays. Our most p...
Posted by the banners on Sat, 20 Oct 2007 04:54:00 PST

the breakup of the banners

Some of you have been wondering why our last shows have been cancelled. Taking a look at our page now will probably answer most of that. The banners broke up a few weeks ago when Andrew un...
Posted by the banners on Fri, 13 Apr 2007 09:11:00 PST

April Shows Cancelled

Well, during the last few weeks I've been racking myself trying to save the April shows at Nutty's and Dischordia Records from being cancelled. But, I couldn't do it. It's a situation that's really be...
Posted by the banners on Sat, 07 Apr 2007 04:29:00 PST

World Imports Shows Cancelled

our gigs the 24th 25th and 26th at world imports have been cancelled. sorry to any who looked forward to seeing us. I've never backed out of a gig in my life this is a situation beyond my control.&nbs...
Posted by the banners on Mon, 19 Mar 2007 05:37:00 PST

Posted In the Morning!

the banners just posted their song "In the Morning"! We recorded this song almost a year ago. But, lots of people still haven't heard it and I don't think that we've ever had a full version of it...
Posted by the banners on Thu, 01 Mar 2007 04:54:00 PST

15 Drums rerecorded and reposted!

15 Drums! One of our most popular songs has been rerecorded with higher quality equipment! This is our brit rock/pop inspired tune that's lyrically set in swinging london!We made several mixes of this...
Posted by the banners on Sun, 21 Jan 2007 02:33:00 PST

Friday's World Imports Gig

Thanks to those who showed up for our gig last night at World Imports in Sioux Falls! We'll keep you posted for future gigs. Happy Holidays!...
Posted by the banners on Sat, 23 Dec 2006 03:13:00 PST

thanx 4 coming!

Thanks to everyone who came to the banners' first gig at World Imports last night. Had a great time! We'll be playing again on December 22nd we're also trying to get some all ages shows together there...
Posted by the banners on Sun, 10 Dec 2006 01:03:00 PST

Show Tonight @ World Imports

the banners are playing their first LIVE show in Sioux Falls tonight! They will be playing a midnight show at World Imports in Downtown Sioux Falls 10th and Philips. We certainly hope that all our loc...
Posted by the banners on Sat, 09 Dec 2006 07:41:00 PST

New Song Posted

the banners have posted a new song! it's called "bright new shoe". it's our latest so check it out! this song is fully downloadable and it exclusive to myspace at this time. &n...
Posted by the banners on Fri, 13 Oct 2006 02:53:00 PST