Voted Most Random
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Voted Most Random is an American pop punk
band formed in 2010 from Hamden, Connecticut
. Although currently unsigned, the band is making a name for themselves on the East Coast in states like Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Delaware and New Hampshire. In April 2010 they played a benefit concert for The Clearwater Initiative with pop punk quartet We The Kings
at Toad's Place
in New Haven, Connecticut
raising over $11,000 for the cause. The group released their E.P. debut album in 2010, which debuted at their sold out CD release show at The Space
in Hamden, CT. The band then went on to earn spots on both the 2010 Warped Tour
and The Bamboozle
Festival in 2011. On February 23, 2011 Voted Most Random was featured in the New Haven Register's "make a playlist" series. In the summer of 2011, the band's popular hit "Hot Mess" was featured in the pop punk
compilation CD "The Scene-you just need to know where to look," released by Pacific Ridge Records.
Voted Most Random has made appearances on the radio shows of both WQAQ and Ransack Radio and has since been highlighted in online reviews and newspapers like The New York Times, The New Haven Register, Noisetrend.com, hercampus.com, and stamfordplus.com. They have received an assortment of both criticism and praise on the popular site urbandictionary.com. After a series of summer "mini-tours" Voted Most Random is looking to record their first full-length album in Winter 2011.
after coming in first at the East Coast Indie 2010 Battle of the Bands. The band shared this stage with female rock sensation Juliet Simms and her band Automatic Loveletter
.
In Winter of 2010, the band earned spots in the lineup of both the "A Very Glamour Kills Holiday Fest" and the "Glamour Kills Tour." Both events took place at The Chance Theater in Poughkeepsie, NY and featured nationally touring acts like Hit The Lights, We Are The In Crowd
, The Ready Set
, and Every Avenue
.
On April 30th, 2011 Voted Most Random played on the Aquarian Stage at The Bamboozle
Festival at the new Meadowlands Sports Complex
in East Rutherford, New Jersey
. The festival was headlined by A Day To Remember
and Lil Wayne
.
Later in 2011, Voted Most Random was featured in the lineup of the So Last Summer Festival in Cambridge, Massachusetts
at The Middle East venue along with Fearless Records' Sparks the Rescue
and Hopeless Records' new addition: Divided by Friday.
Produced by Rob Freeman (The Pilot Studio)
01. Hot Mess
02. A Beautiful You
03. Party Naked
04. Here I Go
05. Everything You Want and More
06. Tik Tok (Kesha
cover)
07. Your Ex, My Ex
(Pacific Ridge Records)
1. Young Hollywood - Lust At First Sight 03:16
2. Avian Sunrise - Unspoken 03:41
3. Time Will Tell - Spine 04:03
4. The Call Out - Over It 02:36
5. Voted Most Random - Party Naked 02:55
6. Move Out West - Sink With You 04:42
7. Floral Terrace - Late Nights, Bright Lights 03:41
8. The Night Life - Getter! 03:05
9. Asteria - Hold On 03:20
10. The Lion Faced Boy - 1993 03:41
11. The Catastrophe - Emotional Debris 02:34
12. Still Rings True - All We Need 04:12
13. The Republic of Wolves - Greek Fire 05:43
14. My Arcadia - September 02:53
15. The Body Rampant - Sativa 03:45
16. The Ethnographers - Lovers and Lines 04:23
17. The Orphan, The Poet - To Those Called Icarus 04:15
18. The World Concave - Loom 04:22
19. Jesse Ponnock - Am I Wrong 03:46
20. Joe Wilson - Severed 04:08
21. Washington Square Park - Material Hell 02:00
Pop punk
Pop punk is a fusion music genre that combines elements of punk rock with pop music, to varying degrees. Allmusic describes the genre as a strand of alternative rock, which typically merges pop melodies with speedy punk tempos, chord changes and loud guitars...
band formed in 2010 from Hamden, Connecticut
Hamden, Connecticut
Hamden is a town in New Haven County, Connecticut, United States. The town's nickname is "The Land of the Sleeping Giant." Hamden is home to Quinnipiac University. The population was 58,180 according to the Census Bureau's 2005 estimates...
. Although currently unsigned, the band is making a name for themselves on the East Coast in states like Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Delaware and New Hampshire. In April 2010 they played a benefit concert for The Clearwater Initiative with pop punk quartet We The Kings
We the Kings
We the Kings is an American powerpop band formed in 2005 from Bradenton, Florida, currently signed to record label S-Curve Records. The group released their self-titled full-length debut album in 2007, which peaked at No. 151 on the Billboard 200. Their second full-length album, Smile Kid, was...
at Toad's Place
Toad's Place
Toad's Place is a concert venue and nightclub in New Haven, Connecticut, with two other short lived locations in Waterbury, CT and Richmond, VA.-History:...
in New Haven, Connecticut
New Haven, Connecticut
New Haven is the second-largest city in Connecticut and the sixth-largest in New England. According to the 2010 Census, New Haven's population increased by 5.0% between 2000 and 2010, a rate higher than that of the State of Connecticut, and higher than that of the state's five largest cities, and...
raising over $11,000 for the cause. The group released their E.P. debut album in 2010, which debuted at their sold out CD release show at The Space
The Space
The Space is an all-ages multicultural music and arts venue in Hamden, Connecticut, a suburb of New Haven. It mostly features local and regional music, mostly of the folk and rock genres, but also hosts poetry nights, open-mics and other types of performances. It is staffed completely by volunteers...
in Hamden, CT. The band then went on to earn spots on both the 2010 Warped Tour
Warped Tour
The Warped Tour is a touring music and extreme sports festival. The tour is held in venues such as parking lots or fields upon which the stages and other structures are erected. The BMX/skateboarding shoe manufacturer Vans, among others, has sponsored the tour every year since 1995, and it is...
and The Bamboozle
The Bamboozle
The Bamboozle is an annual rain-or-shine, three-day music festival held in New Jersey. Every year, new bands compete for spots during the two days. The event evolved out of the Skate and Surf Festival.- The Characters:...
Festival in 2011. On February 23, 2011 Voted Most Random was featured in the New Haven Register's "make a playlist" series. In the summer of 2011, the band's popular hit "Hot Mess" was featured in the pop punk
Pop punk
Pop punk is a fusion music genre that combines elements of punk rock with pop music, to varying degrees. Allmusic describes the genre as a strand of alternative rock, which typically merges pop melodies with speedy punk tempos, chord changes and loud guitars...
compilation CD "The Scene-you just need to know where to look," released by Pacific Ridge Records.
Voted Most Random has made appearances on the radio shows of both WQAQ and Ransack Radio and has since been highlighted in online reviews and newspapers like The New York Times, The New Haven Register, Noisetrend.com, hercampus.com, and stamfordplus.com. They have received an assortment of both criticism and praise on the popular site urbandictionary.com. After a series of summer "mini-tours" Voted Most Random is looking to record their first full-length album in Winter 2011.
Tours
Voted Most Random played their 5th show ever on the Kevin Says Stage at Warped Tour 2010Warped Tour 2010
Warped Tour 2010 is the 16th installment of the annual Summer Warped Tour festival. Vans Shoes was again the tour's primary sponsor. The first bands were announced on December 18. The 43-date tour kicks off on June 25, 2010 in Carson, California and ends August 15, 2010 in Hillsboro, Oregon.On...
after coming in first at the East Coast Indie 2010 Battle of the Bands. The band shared this stage with female rock sensation Juliet Simms and her band Automatic Loveletter
Automatic Loveletter
Automatic Loveletter is a rock band, with acoustic and emo influences, based in the United States of America. The band formed in Tampa, Florida, in 2007, led by vocalist and guitarist Juliet Simms, her older brother and lead guitarist Tommy Simms, drummer Ryan Metcalf, and bassist Clint Fowler.-...
.
In Winter of 2010, the band earned spots in the lineup of both the "A Very Glamour Kills Holiday Fest" and the "Glamour Kills Tour." Both events took place at The Chance Theater in Poughkeepsie, NY and featured nationally touring acts like Hit The Lights, We Are The In Crowd
We Are the In Crowd
We Are the In Crowd is an American pop punk band from Poughkeepsie, New York, formed in 2009. The band consists of Taylor Jardine , Jordan Eckes , Mike Ferri , Rob Chianelli , and Cameron Hurley...
, The Ready Set
The Ready Set
The Ready Set was formed on November 17, 2007. Jordan Witzigreuter is the vocalist and sole member of the act. Witzigreuter generally writes and records on his own, using a backup band when on tour...
, and Every Avenue
Every Avenue
-History:Every Avenue formed in Marysville, Michigan in 2003. Early on, they changed lead singers, and the former lead singer James Beesley later became the group's tour manager, and is currently working with former drummer Mike Govaere. They self-released two EPs in 2004 and 2006 before signing to...
.
On April 30th, 2011 Voted Most Random played on the Aquarian Stage at The Bamboozle
The Bamboozle
The Bamboozle is an annual rain-or-shine, three-day music festival held in New Jersey. Every year, new bands compete for spots during the two days. The event evolved out of the Skate and Surf Festival.- The Characters:...
Festival at the new Meadowlands Sports Complex
Meadowlands Sports Complex
The MetLife Sports Complex is a sports and entertainment facility located in East Rutherford, Bergen County, New Jersey, United States, owned and operated by the New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority...
in East Rutherford, New Jersey
East Rutherford, New Jersey
East Rutherford is a borough in Bergen County, New Jersey. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough population was 8,913. It is an inner-ring suburb of New York City, located west of Midtown Manhattan....
. The festival was headlined by A Day To Remember
A Day to Remember
A Day to Remember is an American rock band from Ocala, Florida. Founded in 2003 by guitarist Tom Denny and drummer Bobby Scruggs, the band has released four studio albums, nine singles and eight music videos...
and Lil Wayne
Lil Wayne
Dwayne Michael Carter, Jr. , better known by his stage name Lil Wayne, is an American rapper. At the age of nine, Lil Wayne joined Cash Money Records as the youngest member of the label, and half of the duo, The B.G.'z, with B.G.. In 1997, Lil Wayne joined the group Hot Boys, which also included...
.
Later in 2011, Voted Most Random was featured in the lineup of the So Last Summer Festival in Cambridge, Massachusetts
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Cambridge is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States, in the Greater Boston area. It was named in honor of the University of Cambridge in England, an important center of the Puritan theology embraced by the town's founders. Cambridge is home to two of the world's most prominent...
at The Middle East venue along with Fearless Records' Sparks the Rescue
Sparks The Rescue
Sparks the Rescue is a five-member American rock band from Maine. They formed when members of three high school bands Pozer, Short of April and Two Girls Later converged. Their debut EP Stumbling Skyward was released independently in 2005 with McAllister and O'Connell sharing main vocal duties. The...
and Hopeless Records' new addition: Divided by Friday.
Members
- Ian Reibeisen – Lead Vocals
- Scott Gunter – Lead GuitarLead guitarLead guitar is a guitar part which plays melody lines, instrumental fill passages, guitar solos, and occasionally, some riffs within a song structure...
- Chris Weiss – Rhythm GuitarRhythm guitarRhythm guitar is a technique and rôle that performs a combination of two functions: to provide all or part of the rhythmic pulse in conjunction with singers or other instruments; and to provide all or part of the harmony, ie. the chords, where a chord is a group of notes played together...
- Joe Mauti - Bass GuitarBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
- Sal Salemme - Drums
Discography
- Everything You Want And More (2010)
Produced by Rob Freeman (The Pilot Studio)
01. Hot Mess
02. A Beautiful You
03. Party Naked
04. Here I Go
05. Everything You Want and More
06. Tik Tok (Kesha
Kesha
Kesha village is a small village nestled in the mountains of Yongshun County, northwestern Hunan province, China, located at latitude 29 05' 50", longitude 109 57' 9". The name is pronounced in Standard Chinese. The official language is Manderin Chinese....
cover)
07. Your Ex, My Ex
Compilation Albums
- The Scene - You just Have to Know where to Look (2011)
(Pacific Ridge Records)
1. Young Hollywood - Lust At First Sight 03:16
2. Avian Sunrise - Unspoken 03:41
3. Time Will Tell - Spine 04:03
4. The Call Out - Over It 02:36
5. Voted Most Random - Party Naked 02:55
6. Move Out West - Sink With You 04:42
7. Floral Terrace - Late Nights, Bright Lights 03:41
8. The Night Life - Getter! 03:05
9. Asteria - Hold On 03:20
10. The Lion Faced Boy - 1993 03:41
11. The Catastrophe - Emotional Debris 02:34
12. Still Rings True - All We Need 04:12
13. The Republic of Wolves - Greek Fire 05:43
14. My Arcadia - September 02:53
15. The Body Rampant - Sativa 03:45
16. The Ethnographers - Lovers and Lines 04:23
17. The Orphan, The Poet - To Those Called Icarus 04:15
18. The World Concave - Loom 04:22
19. Jesse Ponnock - Am I Wrong 03:46
20. Joe Wilson - Severed 04:08
21. Washington Square Park - Material Hell 02:00
Awards
| Year | Award | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | East Coast Indie Battle of the Bands | |
| 2010 | A Very Glamour Kills Holiday BOTB-The Adam Lopez Presents | |
| 2011 | The Bamboozle Break Contest |