Something Corporate

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Something Corporate
Image:Something Corporate.jpg
Years active 1998–present
Genre(s) Rock, pop punk
Label(s) Drive-Thru Records
Geffen Records
Members Andrew McMahon
Josh Partington
Clutch
Brian Ireland

Something Corporate is a rock band hailing from Orange County, California. While they categorize their own music as piano rock, the industry has filed them somewhere between the pop punk genres. They are currently signed to Drive-Thru Records and Geffen Records.

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History

In September of 1998, vocalist/pianist Andrew McMahon, bassist Kevin "Clutch" Page, and drummer Brian Ireland, former members of the band Left Here, merged with lead guitarist Josh Partington and rhythm guitarist Reuben Hernandez to form Something Corporate. The band's name is an ironic testament of its members' disdain for packaged, industry-driven, and thus "corporate" music. The band independently released a demo CD titled Ready... Break in September of 2000. On March 27 2001, Something Corporate announced an official change to the band's lineup with Hernandez being permanently replaced by his temporary fill-in William Tell.

The quintet soon signed with Drive-Thru Records, who released the band's official debut effort on October 2 2001, which was promoted by nationwide tours, in-store performances at Tower Records stores and an appearance on The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn on February 25 2002. The critically acclaimed Audioboxer (featuring the hit single "iF yoU C Jordan" and its music video starring American Pie's Chris Owen) and a clause in Drive-Thru Records' distribution deal led to a signing with their distributor MCA, which later merged with Geffen Records. On May 21 2002, Something Corporate's major label debut album, Leaving through the Window, was released, containing the singles "I Woke Up in a Car" and "Punk Rock Princess". The album hit #1 on the Billboard Heatseekers chart, #1 on the Billboard Alternative New Artist chart and #101 on the Billboard 200 albums chart, while "Punk Rock Princess" hit #33 on the UK singles chart. To bridge the gap between Leaving through the Window and their follow-up album, Something Corporate released a half hour home DVD titled A Year in the Life on November 5 2002, as well as a B-sides compilation EP only available in Japan titled Songs for Silent Movies on May 21 2003.

On October 21 2003, Something Corporate's sophomore effort, North, was released and debuted at #24 on the Billboard 200 with 42,000 copies sold. They launched the album with an appearance on ABC's Jimmy Kimmel Live, performing the songs "iF yoU C Jordan" and "Space", which remained the only single from the album. On February 4 2004, Something Corporate confirmed that William Tell had left the band to pursue a solo career. Bobby "Raw" Anderson, formerly of River City High, replaced him as the band's touring guitarist. On May 20 2004, Something Coroprate filmed their concert at the Ventura Theater in Ventura, California. The footage was released on their second home DVD, Live at the Ventura Theater.

In summer 2004, the band were growing exhausted from spending years on the road, and decided to take a break. During the hiatus, Partington formed the band Firescape and recorded the five song EP Rearden's Conscience in 2005. McMahon, on the other hand, released the solo album Everything in Transit under the name Jack's Mannequin on August 23 2005. The day he finished recording, he was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

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DVDs

Non-album tracks

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