| Go Radio | |
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| Background information | |
| Origin | Tallahassee, Florida, USA |
| Genres | Pop Punk, Alternative rock, pop rock, emo, indie rock |
| Years active | 2007—present |
| Labels | Fearless (2010-present) |
| Associated acts | Mayday Parade Select Start Don't Die Cindy Carawae Stages & Stereos |
| Website | facebook.com/goradio myspace.com/goradio wearegoradio.com |
| Members | |
| Jason Lancaster Alex Reed Matt 'Burns' Poulos Steven Kopacz |
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| Past members | |
| Tony Planas Patrick Hosey |
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Go Radio is a rock band from Tallahassee, Florida, formed by former Mayday Parade vocalist, guitarist and lyricist Jason Lancaster in April 2007.[1]
The band has toured with The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, A Day to Remember, as well as Mayday Parade. They played the entire Vans Warped Tour in 2011.[2]
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Go Radio formed in April 2007 after Jason Lancaster left Mayday Parade. Together with Matt 'Burns' Poulos, as well as Steven Kopacz and Patrick Hosey of the Florida band Don't Die Cindy, Lancaster started Go Radio. The name "Go Radio" was originally going to be the name of a Mayday Parade side project of Lancaster's. Hosey left the band in late 2007, and was replaced by Tony Planas.
In 2008 Go Radio released their debut EP Welcome To Life. Planas would leave the band in late 2008, and was replaced by Alex Reed, formerly of the Michigan band "Carawae". Reed contacted the band through Myspace[3] and originally joined only as a touring guitarist, but was later promoted to a full time member.
On September 8, 2009 the band released their first studio update. They revealed that they were in the process of recording a new EP with producers Zack Odom and Kenneth Mount, both of whom produced Mayday Parade's A Lesson in Romantics.[4] On October 5, 2009, Go Radio released two of the songs from the EP on their Myspace. The band then signed to Fearless Records[5] on January 21, 2010 and went on to release Do Overs and Second Chances as their Fearless Records debut on April 20, 2010.
In the July 2010 Issue of Alternative Press Jason Lancaster revealed that he had begun writing for Go Radio's debut LP for Fearless Records. On August 31, 2010 in Brooklyn, NY the band headed into the studio with Tim O’Heir (The All-American Rejects, Hot Rod Circuit, The Starting Line, Say Anything).[6][7] They finished recording on September 29, 2010.[8] The resulting album, Lucky Street was released on March 1, 2011. The album was very well received by critics, and debuted #77 on the US Billboard 200 and debuted within the top 20 of the US Billboard Rock, Independent, and Alternative Albums charts. On June 6, 2011, a music video for the single "Any Other Heart" premiered on Vevo.
In the summer of 2011 they played the entire Vans Warped Tour on the Nintendo 3DS Stage. Their next tour will be the first one that takes them overseas as they head to Australia to take part in the Soundwave Counter-Revolution mini-festival from September 24, 2011 until October 3, 2011.
Go Radio recently announced the release of a deluxe edition of Lucky Street on October 24[9], 2011. It contains 9 tracks not seen on the original version of the album.
| Year | Album | Chart Positions | |||
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| 200 | Rock | IND | ALT | ||
| 2011 | Lucky Street [10]
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77 | 18 | 10 | 13 |
| Year | Album | Chart Positions | |||
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| 200 | HEAT | IND | Alternative New Artist | ||
| 2008 | Welcome to Life
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| 2010 | Do Overs and Second Chances [11]
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179 | 8 | 36 | 4 |
| Year | Song | Released | Details |
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| 2009 | Why I'm Home | February 2, 2009 | iTunes Single |
| Stay Gone | May 29, 2009 | Stuff Scene Kids Like Free Download [1] |
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