Magic bullets (band)
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| Magic Bullets | |
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| Background information | |
| Origin | San Francisco, California, USA  |
| Genre(s) | Pop |
| Years active | 2004 - present |
| Associated acts | The Cosmos, Dominant Legs, Golden Soldiers |
| Members | |
| Philip Benson (vocals 2004-present) Corey Cunningham (guitar, 2004-present) Colin Dobrin (drums, 2004-present) Ryan "Gran" Lynch (guitar, 2004-present) Matthew Kallman (keyboards, 2004-present) Nathan Sweatt (bass guitar, 2004-present) |
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| Former members | |
| Noah Brodsky (drums, 2005) | |
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[edit] Overview
Magic Bullets are a United States pop band from San Francisco, California.
[edit] History
Magic Bullets formed in San Francisco, California in 2004 with musicians primarily hailing from the Bay area who had spent most of their musically formative years playing with or alongside one another in various punk rock outfits. Vocalist Philip Benson and guitarist and primary songwriter Cunningham first met in 2000 and later played together in The Cosmos[1] (a musical project of Cunningham's which released a split 7" on England's Becalmed Records[2] with soon-to-be Words On Music artist Lorna in 2001).
After a few years Cunningham and Benson called upon friends Colin Dobrin (drums), Matthew Kallman (keys) and Nathan Sweatt (bass guitar) to form a new band to play music inspired by their favorite artists — drawing from the likes of Orange Juice, The Sound, and The Feelies, to name a few. Magic Bullets was born.
After developing an agreeable repertoire, and with the welcome addition of long time friend and musical collaborator and guitarist Ryan Lynch (also a former member of The Cosmos), Magic Bullets set out to play scores of shows in the winter of 2004/2005. Magic Bullets played dozens of shows including those with The Walkmen, Perry Farrell, Voxtrot, and Cold War Kids. In 2008 the band performed with comedy group Human Giant at the Noise Pop Festival[3].
In October 2005 the sextet had their first recording session of material to be included on their debut at Atomic Garden in East Palo Alto, California[4]. In June 2006 Magic Bullets continued recorded six more songs at House of Faith in Oakland with Bart Thurber, with a few more songs recorded by Les Parley at The Emergency Room. Parley mixed the album in Summer 2006.
[edit] Discography
[edit] Albums
- a CHILD but in life yet a DOCTOR in love (2007, Words On Music) (recorded 2005-2006) "Yesterday's Seen Better Days" video
- Young Man's Fancy (TBA)
[edit] External links
[edit] Notes
[edit] References
- The San Francisco Chronicle (January 17th, 2008)
- www.becalmedrecords.com (2008).
- Noise Pop Festival (February 28th 2008)
- www.words-on-music.com (2007).
