The 88

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The 88
Origin Los Angeles, California
Genre(s) Rock/Pop
Years active 4
Label(s) Island Records
Website www.the88.net
Members
Adam Merrin
Keith Slettedahl
Anthony Zimmitti

The 88 is a three-piece rock/pop band based in Los Angeles, California. They have made two albums, and are best known for their frequent appearances in popular culture and on television.

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[edit] Discography

[edit] Studio Albums

  • Kind of Light (June, 2003) EMK/Mootron Records
  • Over and Over (September, 2005) EMK/Mootron Records
  • The 88 has announced that their new album (title unknown) will be released on August 26th, 2008.

[edit] Appearances in Media

[edit] Television

  • The May 1, 2006, episode of the television sitcom How I Met Your Mother featured engaged couple Marshall and Lily trying to sneak into a high school prom to see if The 88, whom Marshall had tentatively booked for the wedding and who were playing the prom, could play the couple's song, "Good Feeling," the final track from the Violent Femmes' self titled album. Additionally, "Hide Another Mistake" is used for two clip compilation featurettes on the Season 1 DVD Boxset of How I Met Your Mother.
  • The songs "How Good It Can Be" and "Hard To Be You" from the album Kind of Light and the song "Hide Another Mistake" from Over and Over have been featured on The O.C. "How Good It Can Be" is featured on the official soundtrack, Music from the OC: Mix 1.
  • The song "How Good Can It Be" was also featured on the show One Tree Hill season 1
  • "Hide Another Mistake" was also featured on an episode of the 2nd season of Grey's Anatomy.
  • Featured on an Episode of Numb3rs season 3

[edit] Films

[edit] Other

  • The song "Coming Home" is featured in a Sears commercial.
  • "Coming Home" was featured in an early 2006 (3.22.06) Target commercial.
  • The band also featured in issue #25 of DC comics series 'Manhunter'

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