Bracket (band)

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Bracket
Origin California, United States
Genre(s) Pop punk, punk rock
Years active 1992–present
Label(s) Caroline
Fat Wreck Chords
Takeover
Members
Marti Gregori
Angelo Celli
Zack Charlos
Ray Castro
Former members
Larry Tinney

Bracket is a pop punk band from Forestville, California, formed in 1992.

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[edit] History

At El Molino High School, Larry, self admittedly the world's biggest AC/DC fan, heard of a freshman kid in school, named Marty, who also claimed to be the biggest AC/DC fan of all time. Upon investigation, he found that they had quite a bit in common and began teaching each other guitar chords. Zack knew Marty from their freshman year in high school, and heard that he and some other guys were trying to form a band, but needed a singer. Zack couldn't sing a note, but he stayed around until they needed a bass player.

In the meantime, a drummer was needed. Marty knew Ray from kindergarten and reunited with him in high school. Under the name of High Output, they all started jamming on cover songs by Tom Petty, Creedence Clearwater Revival and the Rolling Stones, just to name a few. They played weddings, bar mitzvahs, and every kegger in high school. After too many broken guitars and noses, they'd had enough of the party brawls and decided that they wanted to play some of the local night clubs. They didn't realize it, but the days of the high paying gigs were over. After falling all over each other out of sheer stage fright, they started getting the hang of playing on a real stage.

Marty's mom relocated to Los Angeles and Marty went with her. He invited Zack to move with him and he stayed down there for all of two months, during which time he met porn icon, Ron Jeremy, and totaled actor Richard Grieco's brand new Corvette. He decided that if the air pollution and fast living didn't kill him, being homesick would. Marty stayed behind for another year, still trading guitar chords with Larry via answering machine. The chords turned into parts of songs and finally Marty moved back to Northern California.

They started practicing on four songs which became the self-financed, Giant Midget E.P. Playing tons of shows in the San Francisco Bay Area landed them a record deal with Caroline Records. Without ever having previous knowledge of record labels or their affiliations the band didn't realize what kind of impact this could have on their reputation. Bracket wanted to develop a fanbase that would include fans of vinyl recordings so after a request to record 7"s was turned down by Caroline, they approached Fat Wreck Chords. A strong friendship grew and when Caroline released most of their staff and bands, Bracket called an emergency meeting with Fat Mike and was officially a full fledged FWC band the next day. After touring all of the U.S., Canada, and Europe several times, they finally toured Japan in 1997.

Bio from Brackets official site

In 2005, Fat Wreck Chords stated they disliked the demos for Bracket's pending new album, forcing Bracket to take their music career further with a new record company, which became Takeover Records.

According to a recent post titled "2007/2008" on the band's MySpace page, the band has written an album's worth of material that they wish to record soon. However, they don't know when that will happen (or what record label it will be released on) due to Ray living in Colorado, while the rest of the band is located in California. In the mean time, Marty, Zack and Angelo have started a new band called The Good Life Crisis which they claim will not replace Bracket, but rather act as an outlet for different types of music between Bracket albums.

[edit] Band members

[edit] Current members

  • Marti Gregori - lead & rhythm guitars, lead vocals (1992–present)
  • Angelo Celli - rhythm guitar, backing vocals (1999–present)
  • Zack Charlos - bass, backing vocals (1992–present)
  • Ray Castro - drums (1992–present)

[edit] Former members

  • Larry Tinney - rhythm guitar, backing vocals (1992–1999)

[edit] Discography

[edit] Albums

[edit] EPs and singles

  • 5:35 (1994) Hi-Rise Recordings
  • Stinky Fingers (1994) Fat Wreck Chords
  • BS (1994) Fat Wreck Chords
  • Trailer Park (Bracket Isn't It?) (1995) Hi-Rise Recordings
  • For Those About to Mock (1995) Fat Wreck Chords
  • 4 Rare Vibes (1996) Caroline Records
  • F is for Fat (1996) Fat Wreck Chords
  • Appetite for Food (1997) High Output Recordings
  • Age & Experience (1999) Too Hep Records [Split release with Humble Beginnings]

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