Meg & Dia
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| Meg and Dia | ||
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| Background information | ||
| Origin | Draper, Utah | |
| Genre(s) | Indie pop | |
| Years active | 2004–present | |
| Label(s) | Doghouse | |
| Members | ||
| Dia Frampton Meg Frampton Nicholas Price |
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[edit] Biography
Meg & Dia self-released their debut album, Our Home Is Gone, in 2005, which featured a mostly acoustic style of music, and toured extensively in support of it, sharing stages with such national acts as Limbeck, The Format, Melee, An Angle, Koufax, and Steel Train.
In the fall of 2005 they signed to Doghouse Records, and in January 2006 recorded a second album, Something Real, with producer Stacy Jones of American Hi-Fi. As a teaser for the album, Meg & Dia released an EP titled What is It? A Fender Bender., on both iTunes and the Tower Records website in July of 2006. What is It? A Fender Bender. featured Monster and Indiana, and would also be part of their upcoming album. That album was soon-after released on August 08, 2006. Something Real is made up both new works and some re-written versions of previous songs.
As of February 19, 2007, it is confirmed that Meg & Dia have signed a deal with Warner Brothers records.
Meg & Dia played alongside Anberlin, Jonezetta, and Bayside on a national tour in early 2007.
The newly released TMNT (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) film features their song Roses on its soundtrack.
The band has gained in popularity after self-promotion via MySpace.com; they were selected as the official MySpace band on the 2006 Warped Tour. They were also included in the '100 Bands You Need To Know In 2006' in the April 2006 edition of Alternative Press magazine.
[edit] Members
[edit] Meg Frampton
Meg Frampton (born April 3, 1985) attended Dixie High School in St. George, Utah and the University of Utah in Salt Lake City. She enjoys reading 18th century British literature. She lists Atlas Shrugged, East of Eden, Forever Amber, Frannie and Zooey, The Great Gatsby, Indiana, Lolita, Nine Stories, Pride and Prejudice and works by Ernest Hemingway as some of her favorites.
[edit] Dia Frampton
Dia (born October 2, 1987) attended Shadow Ridge High School in Las Vegas, Nevada, she graduated in 2005 then moved to Salt Lake City with her sister to further their music career. She cites as influences Rufus Wainwright, Steel Train, Joni Mitchell, The Mars Volta, Rocky Votolato, Ben Folds, Coldplay, Death Cab for Cutie, The Cranberries, and Cursive. [1]
[edit] Nick Price
Nick Price (born May 27, 1984) was raised in Salt Lake City, Utah and began playing drums at the age of 14. He was also in the University of Utah's Drumline.
[edit] Current Band Members
- Meg Frampton - Guitar/ back up vocals
- Dia Frampton - Lead vocals
- Nicholas Price - Drums
- Carlo Gimenez - Guitar
- Jonathan Snyder - Bass
[edit] Former Band Member(s)
- Ryan Groskreutz - Bass
- Kenji Chan - Lead Guitar
- Aaron McMurray - Bass
[edit] The Yellow Butterfly Project
In July of 2005, Ian Shane Tyler decided that he should hang out with Dia Frampton one last time just before she left town. Ian invited Dia over to his house and recorded a song named "Yellow Butterfly". After recording their song, Dia and Ian decided on a name for their new project, and dubbed the project "The Yellow Butterfly Project" or otherwise known as Dia & Ian. So far, this sideproject has produced only one song (Yellow Butterfly). [2]
[edit] Discography
[edit] Albums
| Album Cover | Album Information |
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Our Home Is Gone
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Something Real
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[edit] EPs
- What is It? A Fender Bender (2006)
- 1. Monster
- 2. Indiana
- 3. What Are You Into?
- 4. Santa Barbara
- 5. Roses Acoustic (iTunes Only)
- Warped Tour Sessions (2006)
- 1. Indiana (Live acoustic)
- 2. Roses (Live acoustic)
- 3. Cardigan Weather (Live acoustic)
[edit] Music Videos
- Monster (2006)
- Roses (2007)
[edit] Acoustic Performances
- Setting Up Sunday at KWCR-FM October 16th 2006
[edit] Personnel
- Management:
- Mike Kaminsky
- Jon Cheese
- Shannon (Tour Manager)
- Booking:
- Dave Shapiro
- Press:
[edit] References
- ^ Interview with Dia Frampton. musicGeek.org (2005-06-11). Retrieved on November 28, 2006.
- ^ Dia & Ian webpage. MySpace.com (2005-07-25). Retrieved on March 4, 2007.
- Burton, Jared. "Small town rock hits big town airwaves, arenas", Dixie Sun.
