The Eames Era
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| Background information | ||
| Origin | Baton Rouge, Louisiana | |
| Genre(s) | Indie pop | |
| Years active | 2002 - present | |
| Label(s) | C Student Records | |
| Website | Official Website, MySpace Page | |
| Members | ||
| Ashlin Phillips (Vocals) Greg Gauthreaux (Drums) Brain Waits (Bass) Grant Widmer (Guitar) Ted Joyner (Guitar) |
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The Eames Era is a Baton Rouge, Louisiana based indie pop quintet founded by New Orleans guitarists Grant Widmer and Ted Joyner. The band started its way in 2002, Grant and Ted's junior year at Louisiana State University, when the two former high school friends enlisted drummer Greg Gauthreaux and bass player Brain Waits to form "The Double Zeros". Singer Ashlin Phillips auditioned for the band in December 2002, after work has begun writing and practicing for the band's first gig.
By 2003 the now complete lineup became "The Eames Era" and had begun recording a 3-track demo in Grant's garage. Later that year the band signed on to the C Student Records label to release their first single "Could Be Anything" April 2004. After winning an award at the university's annual independent film festival they embarked on their first tour along the east coast. Upon returning the band released "The Second EP" on the C Student label.
The album's lead track "Could Be Anything" was featured on the Abercrombie & Fitch website and two television shows (Grey's Anatomy and Falcon Beach) and had received major airplay on college radio stations nationwide. In October 2005, shortly after graduating from Louisiana State University, the band released their full-length debut "Double Dutch". The week of the album's release, the band's tour bus got in an accident with a military truck on the way home from a photo shoot, thus cancelling a tour booked for November that year. The military truck was only in the area for Hurricane Katrina aid, making the whole event even more painful for the Louisiana based band, who were surely affected from the hurricane.
Recently, the band announced the recording of their second full-length album tentatively named "Heroes and Sheroes" on their MySpace page . According to later blog posts the band have finished the recordings and the album is now in the mastering stage. They have also started performing and touring since september, with shows booked in Florida, Texas and Louisiana.
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[edit] Trivia
- The band had an encounter with Electric Six at a Holiday Inn in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. According to a blog post by the band, they videotaped themselves talking to Electric Six as Darth Vader (with a voice changing toy helmet) at the inn and later stuck a note on their door saying "DANGER! DANGER! HIGH VOLTAGE! FIRE IN THE TACO BELL!" a reference to one of their songs. Apparently Electric Six were not impressed by the band's antics.
- The band provided the soundtrack for the film Man Of The Hour.
