Twothirtyeight

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Twothirtyeight is an indie rock band from Pensacola, Florida. They disbanded in April of 2003.

In 1995 Twothirtyeight released the first of three independently released EP's. After signing with the now-defunct Takehold Records in 1999, twothirtyeight released the full length album Missing You Dearly. The album was dedicated to the former bass guitarist Kevin Glass, who died in a tragic car accident in 1997. Weeks before Kevin Glass was killed, he taught Owen Grabo the bass parts of most of the songs in the twothirtyeight catalogue. With the line-up featuring Chris Staples, Kevin Woerner, Owen Grabo, and DJ Stone, twothirtyeight released their debut album, "Missing You Dearly" on Takehold Records. A few years later after Owen Grabo left the band, they recorded the "Matter Has A Breaking Point" EP as a 3-piece, with Chris Staples on bass and lead vocals. Next, bassist Jake Brown, who formerly fronted his own band, driven, entered the fold, and they wrote/recorded Regulate the Chemicals. DJ Stone, who had played drums for the group since the beginning, decided that this was the time he would leave the band and pursue his own dreams of raising a family, but only after he laid down the drum tracks for Regulate the Chemicals. This was released on Takehold Records during a summer of extensive touring. In January of 2001, Jake Brown left the band. The band switched record labels in 2000 and signed with Tooth & Nail Records; it was on this label that they re-released their sophomore album, Regulate the Chemicals, as well as their final album, You Should Be Living. The re-release of "Regulate the Chemicals" featured the addition of two songs not found on the previous release, "The Sticks Are Woven in the Spokes" and "Les Wirth." Chris Carrabba, notable as the former lead vocalist of Further Seems Forever and principal artist of Dashboard Confessional, contributed backing vocals to two of the songs from the album "Regulate the Chemicals", "Moving Too Far" and "The Songs Will Write the Words." Additionally, each of twothirtyeight's final albums were produced by James Wisner, who has also worked with Further Seems Forever and Dashboard Confessional.

In April 2003, twothirtyeight decided to call it quits after eight years of music making. The band members dispersed on a good note and went on to pursue individual dreams. Notably, lead vocalist Chris Staples is currently the head of the indie rock band Discover America. It was rumored in 2004 that former members Jake Brown and DJ Stone were going to form a new group, but nothing ever surfaced.