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Action Action

Group Members:

Adam Manning, Mark Thomas "MTK" Kluepfel, Dan Leo, Clarke Foley

Similar Artists:

The Bravery, The Faint, VHS or Beta, Straylight Run, Hot Hot Heat, The Killers, Nightmare of You, We Are the Fury, Men, Women & Children

Influenced By:

The Cure, Depeche Mode, The Police, Elvis Costello, Echo & the Bunnymen, David Bowie, Blur, The Who, Joy Division, Bauhaus, Love and Rockets, The Bolshoi

Formal Connection With:

The Reunion Show, Diffuser, Count the Stars, Step Lively
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  • Formed: 2004, Long Island, NY
  • Genres: Rock
  • Representative Albums: "Don't Cut Your Fabric to This Year's Fashion", "An Army of Shapes Between Wars

Biography

Clarke Foley (vocals/bass), Adam Manning (guitar), Dan Leo (drums), and Mark Thomas Kluepfel (vocals/keyboards) create the sharp, moody dance-punk stylings of Action Action. The bandmembers came together in 2004 after their previous groups -- the Reunion Show, Count the Stars, and Diffuser -- disbanded. Action Action's debut album, Don't Cut Your Fabric to This Year's Fashion, was released on Victory in fall 2004. Spending most of their time on the road, Action Action followed up with An Army of Shapes Between Wars in January 2006; the band then jumped back on tour with the Sounds and Morningwood throughout March and April. ~ MacKenzie Wilson, All Music Guide
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Action Action
Origin Long Island, New York, United States
Genres Indie rock
Post-punk
Electronica
Years active 2004–present
Labels Independent
Website Official website
Members
Adam Manning
Dan Leo
Mark Thomas Kluepfel

Action Action is an American indie rock band, formerly signed to Victory Records.

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History

Action Action formed in 2004 from the ashes of The Reunion Show, Count The Stars and Diffuser. They combine a New Wave aesthetic with a swirling guitar-driven sound reminiscent of The Bolshoi, Bauhaus, and other proto-goth bands prominent in the late 1970s and early '80s.

The band signed with Victory Records and released their first album, Don't Cut Your Fabric to This Year's Fashion and released their second album An Army of Shapes Between Wars in 2006. In the same year, Action Action toured with Maxeen, Morningwood, The Sounds, Jonezetta, We Are The Fury, The Cult and Something for Rockets on various legs of their US tours.

The song Paper Cliché is featured in the game MVP 06: NCAA Baseball.

Currently, Action Action isn't signed with any label, but are working on new material to be released in 2009.

The song Dream Within A Dream is featured in a 2009 Gillette commercial.

Line-up

  • Mark Thomas Kluepfel (vocals, synth, guitar, songwriter)
  • Adam Manning (guitar)
  • Dan Leo (drums, percussion)
Former members
  • Clarke Foley (bass)

Discography

Albums

External links


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