Blackpool Lights

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The Blackpool Lights
Origin	Kansas City, Missouri
Genre(s)	Indie rock
Label(s)	Curb Appeal Records
Associated acts	The Get Up Kids, Butterglory, The Creature Comforts
Members
Jim Suptic Brian Everard Jerad Meadows Chris Clark
Former members
Billy Brimblecom

Blackpool Lights is an indie rock band founded in Kansas City, Missouri, by former Get Up Kids guitarist Jim Suptic, bassist Brian Everard, and drummer Billy Brimblecom.

1 History
2 Discography
3 References
4 External links

[edit] History

The band was originally formed in 2004, soon after Jim Suptic had finished recording the final Get Up Kids album, Guilt Show. There was a good deal of tension within the band, and Jim had written several songs that he felt didn't fit The Get Up Kids.^[1] After the band decided to break up in 2005, Blackpool Lights became his primary focus.

The band released a self-titled, self-published five-song EP in 2005. Suptic soon co-founded Curb Appeal Records in early 2006 with other local entrepreneurs and musicians including Alex Brahl. Alex had produced Something to Write Home About, the album that gave The Get Up Kids much of their success. On June 20, 2006 Blackpool Lights' debut album This Town's Disaster was released, becoming the first release for the label. The band went on to support Social Distortion and Supersuckers on various tours in fall 2006. ^[2]

In September of 2007, the band announced that Chris Clark had been added as lead guitarist and that drummer Billy Brimblecom had decided to leave the band. Both Billy and Brian are former members of the Kansas City band The Creature Comforts. Billy left the band on good terms, though no explanation for his departure has been given. Jerad Meadows filled in on the drums for the bands tour with The Forecast.

In 2007, their song "Ain't Nobody Gonna Stop Us Now" was chosen as the official anthem for the Kansas City Wizards of Major League Soccer. ^[3]