Freezepop (band)

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The members of Freezepop, left to right: Sean, Liz, the Duke
Origin	Massachusetts
Country	USA
Years active	1999 - present
Genres	Synthpop Indie New Wave
Labels	Elefant Archenemy
Members	Liz Enthusiasm The Duke of Pannekoeken the Other Sean T. Drinkwater
Website(s)	www.freezepop.com

Freezepop is an indie synthpop/New Wave band composed of Liz Enthusiasm, the Duke of Pannekoeken (originally the Duke of Candied Apples, both pseudonyms of Kasson Crooker), and the Other Sean T. Drinkwater (who claims to be a clone of the "original" Sean T. Drinkwater). They formed in Boston, Massachusetts in 1999.

They have gained a number of fans through their work in video games, and several of their songs can be found on titles such as FreQuency, Amplitude, Karaoke Revolution, Guitar Hero, Guitar Hero 2, Downhill Domination, and Neon FM: Dance Radio, along with one of the North American entries in the Dance Dance Revolution series. Many of these games were developed by Harmonix, a developer for which Kasson Crooker is the Audio Director.

Originally, their music was entirely composed on a small portable MIDI sequencer, a Yamaha QY-70, which has often been mistaken for a Game Boy. On more recent albums, they have expanded their toolkit due to a lack of variety in the sounds the QY-70 provided, but it still remains an important part of the composing process.

In addition to Freezepop, Kasson, who had previously been in fellow Boston band Splashdown, still records as a solo artist under the moniker Symbion Project. Sean is also a member of the bands Lifestyle and Karacter, and worked with the band Polystar on their debut album.

1 Full-Length Albums
2 EPs and Remix Albums
3 Trivia
4 External links

[edit] Full-Length Albums

Freezepop Forever (2001)

Harebrained Scheme
Plastic Stars
Science Genius Girl
Get Ready 2 Rokk
Tenisu no Boifurendo
T DJ
Tracey Gold
Robotron 2000
Vacation
Tender Lies
Summer Boy
Freezepop Forever

Fancy Ultra•Fresh (2004)

Stakeout
Bike Thief
I am Not Your Gameboy
Parlez-vous Freezepop?
Chess King
Outer Space
That Boy is All About Fun!
Duct Tape My Heart
Manipulate (Mastermind mix)
Emotions & Photons
Tonight
Boys on Film
Jem and the Holograms Theme

[edit] EPs and Remix Albums

Fashion Impression Function EP (2001)

Manipulate
Lazy
Shark Attack
Starlight
Tenisu no Boifurendo (Kodomo remix)
Manipulate (Machinate mix)
Robotron 2000
Plastic Stars (Commodore Vic's Sleeping Dogs mix)
Science Genius Girl (Robotkid's Lameboy mix)
Bonus Track (cover of Raymond Scott's "Sprite - Melonball Bounce")

Hi-Five My Remix (2003)

Super-sprøde
Super-sprøde (Future Bible Heroes remix)
Tracey Gold (Fairlight Children remix)
Super-sprøde (Kodomo remix)
Super-sprøde (Bunnyhug remix)
Bike Thief (Tubeway remix)
Super-sprøde (Veronica Black Morpheus remix)
Super-sprøde (Pure remix)
Lazy (Bass Kittens remix)
Stakeout (Donnerschlag remix)
Super-sprøde (Super-death remix)
Freezepop Forever (Ionian remix)

Maxi Ultra•Fresh (2005)

Boys on Film
Tonight
Chess King
Smoke Machine
Outer Space/Plastic Stars (Live on WMBR)
Starlight (Karacter Re•Vision mix)
Parlez-vous Freezepop? (Inter:sect mix)
Stakeout (Kodomo mix)
Duct Tape my Heart (Forever mix)
Outer Space (Boothnavy's V***ger mix)

Rokk (2006)

Less Talk More Rokk
Get Ready 2 Rokk (For Those About 2 Rokk Mix)

[edit] Trivia

"Sprøde" literally means "crispy" in Danish.
"Pannekoeken" means "Pancakes" in Dutch.
Their song "Get Ready 2 Rokk" is featured in the game Guitar Hero.
Their song "Less Talk More Rokk" is featured in the game Guitar Hero 2.
Their song "Science Genius Girl" is featured in the game FreQuency.
Their song "Super-sprøde" is featured in the game Amplitude.
They also have a song called "Seven Boom Medley" that has never been released on any of their albums, although it could once be found on their MySpace page.[1] It did see release on the compilation "Popaganda Volume 1 - The Speed of Sound" from Souvenir Records, it also also a hidden track on the enhanced version on FancyUltraFresh.
Their song "Here Comes a Special Boy" is about an Achewood character named Philippe. The track refers to his special sneakers that his mom sent him, and to a strip in which he is standing on a drum machine manual.
Two Freezepop songs have entirely non-English lyrics: "Tenisu no Boifurendo" ("Tennis Boyfriend", in Japanese) and "Parlez-vous Freezepop?" ("Do you speak Freezepop?", in French)