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| Discography: House of Fools |
| Wikipedia: House of Fools (band) |
| House of Fools | |
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| Origin | Greensboro, North Carolina, USA |
| Genres | Rock, indie rock |
| Years active | 2004–present |
| Labels | Drive-Thru Records |
| Members | |
| Josh King David McLaughlin Joel Kiser Matt Bowers Jordan Powers Phil Bell |
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House of Fools is a rock band from Greensboro, North Carolina. Members include Josh King (vocals/acoustic guitar), David McLaughlin (guitar/backing vocals), Joel Kiser (guitar), Matt Bowers (keyboard), Jordan Powers (ex- Far-Less) (bass) and Phil Bell (drums).[1]
House of Fools formed in 2004, from a demo recording made by King and Bowers. At the time King was the lead singer and keyboardist for The Necessary.
The Necessary was an indie/emo/rock band from Greensboro, with the same members as House of Fools, minus Bowers and with Todd Turner (Ex-drummer of the band Far-Less) playing drums. Influenced by bands like Jimmy Eat World, The Necessary wrote a wide range of songs released in 2004 on the album This Is Us, of Forsaken Records. The Necessary grew to have a large fanbase in Greensboro.
A friend of the band sent demos Bowers and King had recorded under the name House of Fools to Drive-Thru Records. In November 2004, King was contacted by Drive-Thru Records and was flown out to discuss a record deal.
Drive-Thru Records agreed to sign House of Fools to a record deal. The line-up was completed by the rest of The Necessary, while, due to band-internal issues, Todd Turner was replaced by Phil Bell.
After the release of their first album, recorded and produced by R. Walt Vincent in his Los Angeles studio, they were named to Alternative Press's[2] list of "100 Bands You Need To Know".
On December 19th, 2008, the band announced on their Myspace page that 2008 had "been a rough year for House of Fools." After writing and recording about 30 new songs, the band's drummer, Phil Bell, left the band for medical reasons. Bell has had degenerative disc disease for years, and lately the members all realized that although he "has always pulled through, with talk of surgery and the possibility of paralysis, Phil is too young to continue long and strenuous drives in a van on tour and playing drums every night." Therefore, the band searched for a new drummer.
On March 12th, the band made another announcement that their new drummer would be Jack Foster, and that their bassist, Jeff "Salsa" Linn, was on a slow transition out of the band. Recently, the band was able to find a replacement in the ways of Jordan Powers, former guitarist of Far-less and longtime friend of the band. They have also parted ways with former manager Lonny Olinick, setting the release of their album back even further.
The new album is currently on hold, but the band is doing what they can to put it out.[3]
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