Powerspace
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| Powerspace | |
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| Origin | Chicago, USA |
| Genre(s) | Alternative Power Pop Pop Punk |
| Label(s) | Fueled by Ramen |
| Website | powerspacetheband.com |
| Members | |
| Alec Cyganowski Tom Schleiter Kevin Kane Max Perenchio |
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Powerspace is a five-piece power pop band from Chicago, Illinois. They are signed to Fueled by Ramen. The band released their debut album, The Kicks of Passion produced by Marc McClusky, on July 31, 2007.
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History
The band first began performing while students at Miami University. Chicago natives and high school friends Tom Schleiter and Daniel McMahon, who both attended St. Viator High School in Arlington Heights, Illinois, began playing together at the university, and soon formed a trio with fellow Miami student and Green, Ohio drummer Kevin Kane. After a search for a vocalist, another Miami student and friend of Schleiter and McMahon's, Alec Cyganowski, joined the group.[1] The band began touring and developed a reputation for energetic live shows,[1][2] sparking a large amount of interest from record labels.[1] The band then moved back to Chicago and signed to Fueled By Ramen Records, who released their first full-length, The Kicks of Passion, on July 31, 2007. A spot playing at SXSW[3] and nationwide touring ensued in the US in 2007, opening for Hawthorne Heights, Amber Pacific, Monty Are I, Melee, From First to Last, and The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus.[2][4] Most recently, the band's single "Powerspace Snap Bracelet" was featured in SPIN,[5] who also reviewed their album,[6] and the band was profiled in Aquarian magazine.[7] The band has toured with The Classic Crime, Envy on the Coast, Kaddisfly, Madina Lake, Mayday Parade, Brighten, and We The Kings in support of the album. Recently, they added an additional guitarist named Max Perenchio, He was filling in while Tom was attending college. Max was invited to stay, and now is part of the band.
Starting on April 16, 2008 and ending on the morning of April 17, several of the guys took part in an all night chat on the forum, absolutepunk.net. Along with fans that stayed all night, they broke the previous record, held by The Audition, for most posts in a news thread, with over 5100 replies over about 8 hours.
On May 20, 2008, Dan made the decision to leave Powerspace. It has been reported on the [1] forums, that AFI's former founding member and bassist, Vic Chalker, will be taking over bass for Powerspace.
They are about to go on a summer tour starting June 15, 2008, with Cute Is What We Aim For, Ace Enders, and Danger Radio.
Members
- Current members
- Alec Cyganowski - Singer
- Tom Schleiter - Guitar
- Kevin Kane - Drums
- Max Perenchio - Guitar
- Former members
- Daniel McMahon - Bass
Discography
Albums
Singles
References
- ^ a b c Biography, Allmusic.com.
- ^ a b Alyssa Vale, Concert Review. Buzz Weekly, June 21, 2007. Accessed June 27, 2007.
- ^ SXSW. Accessed July 1, 2007
- ^ William Dale, Powerspace ready to 'Kick Out' the Jams. Static Multimedia. Accessed June 26, 2007.
- ^ "Songs You Need To Download Now!". SPIN, July 2007, p. 26.
- ^ Review of The Kicks of Passion. SPIN, August 2007, p. 106.
- ^ Powerspace reveal the VIP Secret. Aquarian, July 18, 2007.
