The Juliana Theory

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The Juliana Theory was an alternative rock, indie and post-hardcore quintet from Greensburg and Latrobe, Pennsylvania.

[edit] History

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The Juliana Theory formed in 1997 by Joshua Fiedler and Neil Hebrank (formerly of the band Noisome) along with Chad Monticue (former singer for Pensive), Jermiah Momper, and Brett Detar (who was also split his time as a guitarist for Zao and Pensive at the time). Joshua Kosker, originally of Dawson High, replaced Momper after the band's first record "Understand This is a Dream" was released. The band then recorded their second full-length album Emotion is Dead and the EP Music From Another Room. Drummer Neil Hebrank was replaced by Josh "Chip" Walters before the recording of Love, the band's third-full length album.

The band then parted ways with Epic Records and signed a deal with Rykodisc. In a MySpace blog written by Detar, he explains that after a change in management and direction of the label, "...at the last second we wormed our way out of the deal and headed into the studio with our own funds and with the help of Josh Karchmer, our manager." The band subsequently began their own label affiliated with Abacus Recordings called Paper Fist (in reference to The Juliana Theory song, "To the Tune of 5000 Screaming Children").

On February 9, 2006, The Juliana Theory announced it had broken up as a band, citing problems with their record label, among other reasons.

[edit] Band members

• Brett Detar - vocals, guitars, keyboards, programming
• Chad Alan (Chad Monticue) - bass, backing vocals
• Joshua Fiedler - guitars, backing vocals
• Joshua Kosker - guitars, backing vocals
• Josh "Chip" Walters - drums

[edit] Former Members

• Neil Hebrank - drums 1997-2000
• Jeremiah Momper - guitar 1997-1999

[edit] Albums and EPs

The Juliana Theory/Dawson High Split (1998) - Arise Records	Understand This Is a Dream (1999)- Tooth and Nail Records	The Juliana Theory/Onelinedrawing/The Grey AM 3 Way Split (2000) - Onedaysavior Records	Emotion is Dead (2000) - Tooth and Nail Records
Music from Another Room (2001) - Tooth and Nail Records	Love (2003) - Epic Records	Live 10.13.2001 (2003) - Tooth and Nail Records	Deadbeat Sweetheartbeat (2005) - Paper Fist/Abacus Recordings
A Small Noise (2006) - Tooth and Nail Records

[edit] Trivia

• Contrary to popular belief, there is no significance to the name The Juliana Theory.
• The Juliana Theory endorsed ESP Guitars; their guitarists play on Bogner combo amps.
• Brett Detar is a big fan of Mario Lemieux, the Pittsburgh Penguins, and Johnny Cash.
• Despite the fact that Brett Detar was formerly in the Christian metalcore band Zao, the band had never claimed to be a Christian rock band due to the fact that not all of the members were Christians.
• The Juliana Theory's 2003 album, Love, was produced by Jerry Harrison of Talking Heads.
• Brett Detar is a playable character in the popular flash game series, Emogame.
• Neil Hebrank is currently drumming for the rock band, Confident Years. [1]
• Joshua Fiedler is working on a solo project called VESTA. [2]
• Chad Alan was the only member never to have missed a performance.
• The last ever performance of We're Top Of The World was an impromptu 12-second intro played at Nottingham Rock City on January 12 2006 by drummer Chip and guitarist Josh Fiedler.
• The song, "We're at the top of the World" was featured in Disney Channel Original Movie, Motocrossed.
• The song, "We're at the Top of the World (To the Simple Two)" was also featured in an episode of the TV series Smallville during Season 1. The 5th episode entitled "Cool."
• The song, "We're at the Top of the World" was featured in the movie American Pie Presents: The Naked Mile (during the ending credits)
• The song, "We're at the Top of the World" was featured on the television series Life As We Know It in episode 6.
• Brett Detar did a side project with Chris Evenson of Sense Field called Belasana and released a song called "Bittersweet Eve" on the compilation Maybe This Christmas Tree.

[edit] External links

• The Juliana Theory
• The Juliana Theory at MySpace
• The Juliana Theory Streaming Audio
• Official The Juliana Theory Streetteam
• The Juliana Theory UK Based Website
• The Juliana Theory at Abacus Recordings
• Juliana Theory guitar tabs
• The final TJT interview, with Brett Detar