I saw it in a thesaurus and said "OK." Previously the band had been called Rogues Gallery.

We played live mostly in Boston, Providence, New York City, Long Island, and New Jersey. Dan's new band, The Dan Sheehan Conspiracy, is now playing live dates. Please check out their schedule at dansheehan.net.

It makes Britney Spears more popular at the expense of rock bands, because Britney's fanbase consists of teenagers with expendable incomes who will buy an album just for the artists' photo, whereas rock fans are cheapos who would rather download. Hence, mp3s are adversely affecting rock music, since record companies can't make as much money off rock bands as they can off Britney.

sure, if it didn't involve artistic compromise.

BANTER came out of the late-nineties Boston club scene on a mission to "keep rock real," spending their early career bringing their their rock infusions to such hub Boston clubs as the Middle East, TT the Bear's, the Linwood and other venues that the band has since outlasted. Their early sound, captured on the Side One e.p., showcased the band's energetic performances and their skill at creating songs propelled by catchy hooks and well-timed dynamic surges, fusing rock with musical traditions ranging from folk to punk. The EP got the band the good press (most notably in Boston fanzine The Noise as well as Metronome magazine) and the radio coverage they needed to establish themselves as a band to keep an eye on in the Boston scene, and prompted them to return to the studio to record the single "Springtime in February." "Springtime," a song written about singer Dan Sheehan's old neighborhood in Cambridge, MA, received "song of the month" honors from The Noise which dubbed it "the unoffical theme song of Central Square, de facto capital of the Boston music scene" and landed the band their first television airing of their music on The Mike Adams Sports Hour. Soon BANTER would be expanding their live presence, gigging in Providence and New York City, where the clubs CBGB's and Brownie's gave them a second home.

In 2002, after various EPs, singles and compilation cuts, BANTER finally released their long-awaited full-length debut album, Urban Pastures. Before its release, however, the album was already an internet hit with "The Fort," a song about a childhood stomping grounds, charting at #4 on Vitaminic.fr's "Rock Inde" (indie rock) chart, and "Where Have You Gone?" the historical tale of a kidnapped Native American boy becoming one of the few rock songs to ever make mp3.com's Native American top 50. The album showcased a variety of new influences in BANTER's rock infusions, from Boston-style power pop to Arabian drones. Shortly after its release, the band relocated full-time to New York where founder Dan Sheehan remains, now at the helm of his new project, The Dan Sheehan Conspiracy.

As Metronome put it, "BANTER is a breath of fresh air in an age of formula-dominated rock."

Led Zeppelin, Beatles, the Who, Screaming Trees, Meat Puppets, Kinks, Smashing Pumpkins, Eyes Adrift, Pearl Jam

Thailand?

we use good old electric guitars, bass, and drums.

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