Mayday Parade

Mayday Parade
Mayday Parade at the 2008 Buzz Bake Sale
Background information
Origin	Tallahassee, Florida, USA
Genres	Alternative rock, emo, pop punk
Years active	2005—present
Labels	Fearless (2006–present) ILG (2011–2012) Atlantic (2009–2011)
Associated acts	Go Radio Kid Named Chicago Defining Moment Stages & Stereos Pierce the Veil All Time Low You Me At Six
Website	maydayparade.com
Members	Derek Sanders Jeremy "Cabbage" Lenzo Alex Garcia Jake Bundrick Brooks Betts
Past members	Jason Lancaster

Mayday Parade is an American rock band from Tallahassee, Florida. Their debut EP Tales Told by Dead Friends was released in 2006, and sold over 50,000 copies without any label support.^[1] On July 10, 2007, Mayday Parade released their debut album A Lesson in Romantics. After signing to Fearless Records in 2006, the band also signed onto a major label with Atlantic Records in 2009.^[2] Their second studio album, Anywhere But Here was released on October 6, 2009^[3] and their third album, entitled Mayday Parade, was released on October 4, 2011. Mayday Parade's fourth album, titled Monsters in the Closet, was released on October 8, 2013.

History

Tales Told by Dead Friends (2005–2009)

Still arguing over which name to pick (undecided between Bodacious Unicorn and Metallica), the band went into the studio to record their first EP Tales Told by Dead Friends with producer Lee Dyess. During the week they spent recording in the studio, they decided on the name Mayday Parade. The band went on their first U.S. tour with Brandtson and Mêlée, then on another tour with Plain White T's shortly after the release of the EP.

A Lesson in Romantics and Lancaster's departure (2007)

In January 2007, the band started to record their debut studio album, A Lesson in Romantics. In April, shortly after the album was completed Jason Lancaster left the band for personal reasons.

The album was released on July 11, 2007. Mayday Parade supported their album on the 2007 Vans Warped Tour. The band made their first UK appearance in April 2008 performing at the Give it a Name festival in Sheffield and London. The band played the 2008 Vans Warped Tour and toured with All Time Low, The Maine, and Every Avenue in Fall 2008 on the Compromising of Integrity, Morality, and Principles in Exchange for Money tour.

Anywhere But Here (2009–2010)

The band began writing their new record in December 2008, the first writing process as a band without lyricist Lancaster. The band finished recording in June 2009. The title track, "Anywhere But Here", was posted on their MySpace on July 28, along with a blog explaining that the first single of the new album will be called "The Silence", and would be released on August 11, 2009. On August 4, "The Silence" was released on Mayday Parade's MySpace and through iTunes. On September 9, Mayday Parade released another song from the album called "Kids in Love" to their MySpace page. The new album, entitled Anywhere But Here, was released on October 6, 2009.

Mayday Parade co-headlined both the 2009 Fall Ball tour with The Academy Is..., with supporting acts such as You Me at Six, The Secret Handshake, and Set Your Goals and the 2010 Take Action Tour along with We the Kings, A Rocket to the Moon, and There for Tomorrow. The band also played the 2010 Vans Warped Tour. The band covered the song "We Are the Champions" by Queen for the compilation album Punk Goes Classic Rock, released on April 27, 2010. They also recorded a cover of "In My Head" by Jason Derülo for the next release in the franchise, Punk Goes Pop 3, which was released on November 2, 2010. They also sing a cover of Somebody That I Used to Know on Punk Goes Pop 5..

Valdosta (2011)

In 2011, the band released an EP, entitled Valdosta (named after Valdosta, GA) that contained six tracks, including 2 brand new tracks titled "Amber Lynn" and "Terrible Things". The EP contained acoustic versions of "Kids in Love" and "Bruised and Scarred" from their second full-length studio album Anywhere But Here, "Your Song" from their debut EP Tales Told by Dead Friends and "Jamie All Over" from their debut full-length studio album A Lesson in Romantics. Valdosta was released through Atlantic and Fearless Records on March 8, 2009.

On March 10, Songkick recognized Mayday Parade as the hardest working band of 2010, with 194 bookings and 74,000 miles logged in the entire year, with Willie Nelson and Lady Gaga ranking No. 7 and No. 8 in comparison.^[4] Mayday Parade played all the dates on the Australian 2009 Soundwave Festival.^[5] The band also played Slam Dunk Festival (both North and South) in Leeds and Hatfield (UK) on 28 and 29 May 2009, coinciding with their UK tour with A Rocket to the Moon and We Are the In Crowd.

Mayday Parade (2011–2012)

Written by the band in a beach house in Panacea, Florida, the self-titled album was produced by Zack Odom and Kenneth Mount, who also produced A Lesson in Romantics.^[6] Kenneth Mount tweeted a picture of the album's tentative track list on April 13, 2011.^[7] Lead singer Derek Sanders also stated that "Oh Well, Oh Well" would likely be the first track.^[8] Four days later, Jake Bundrick, the drummer of Mayday Parade, tweeted to confirm that their third full-length album had been completed.

On July 6, 2011, Mayday Parade announced that they would be releasing their new self-titled album on October 4, 2011. They also released the track listing, revealing that the album had 12 songs.^[9] On July 27, Mayday Parade premiered the track "Oh Well, Oh Well" for the first time online at Alternative Press.^[10] On September 4, it was posted on Mayday Parade's Facebook page that they would be releasing a song from the new album, called "When You See My Friends" via iTunes on September 9. This was posted followed by a series of pictures of the band captioned with lyrics from the song.

On October 4, 2011 Mayday Parade released their new self-titled album, which quickly reached No. 5 on the iTunes albums list. Also on October 5, 2011 Mayday Parade released their new music video for "Oh Well, Oh Well" Directed by Thunder Down Country. The animated video won the IndieStar TV award for Best Music Video of 2011.

On May 1, 2012, the debut album "A Lesson In Romantics" was released on vinyl. There was a set of 1500 "First Edition" album sets that featured the vinyl in red rather than the traditional black.--

On July 22, 2012 on a video post via Alternative Press lead singer Derek Sanders said the band would start writing a new album in December or January.

Together with Californian Rock musician Vic Fuentes they charted with a cover of Gotye's "Somebody That I Used To Know", which is on the fifth album of the "Punk Goes Pop..." series in the US-Rockcharts.

Monsters In The Closet (2013-present)

On January 10, 2013 the Band announced they would be heading back into the studio to release their fourth studio album, Monsters In The Closet, via Fearless records. It will be available in Autumn 2013. Mayday Parade has recorded 15 tracks with the intention of putting 12 on the album; the remaining 3 may be used as b-sides.^[11]

On June 26, 2013, Jake Bundrick tweeted that the band had finished recording the album.^[12]

On July 29, 2013, Mayday Parade announced they will be headlining the Glamour Kills Tour 2013 and that their upcoming fourth album is entitled Monsters In The Closet and will be released October 8, 2013.

On August 21, 2013, the tracklist from the album was posted.

On August 27, 2013, the band released their first single "Ghosts" from "Monsters In The Closet."

On September 17, 2013, the band released their second single "Girls."

On October 2, 2013, the band released a preview of their upcoming album "Monsters In The Closet."

On October 8, 2013, the CD "Monsters In The Closet" was released.

They will be on Warped Tour in the Summer of 2014

Band members

Current members

• Brooks Betts – rhythm guitar (2005–present)
• Jake Bundrick – drums, percussion, co-lead vocals (2005–present)
• Alex Garcia – lead guitar (2005–present)
• Jeremy Lenzo – bass guitar, vocals (2005–present)
• Derek Sanders – lead vocals, keyboards, acoustic guitar (2005–present)

Former members

• Jason Lancaster – co-lead vocals, guitar (2005–2007)

Album appearances (2006–2013)

Member	Album						Instrument
	Tales Told by Dead Friends EP	A Lesson in Romantics	Anywhere But Here	Valdosta	Mayday Parade	Monsters In the Closet
Derek Sanders	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Lead vocals, Piano, Acoustic Guitar
Jake Bundrick	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Drums, Lead vocals*
Jeremy Lenzo	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Bass guitar, Vocals*
Brooks Betts	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Rhythm guitar
Alex Garcia	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Lead guitar
Jason Lancaster	Y	Y					Lead Vocals, Guitar, Piano

* - Played main instrument on all albums; vocals only after departure of Lancaster

Discography

Studio albums

EPs

Compilation appearances

• Punk Goes Pop 3 with "In My Head", originally by Jason Derülo
• Punk Goes Classic Rock with "We Are the Champions", originally by Queen
• Punk Goes Pop 2 with "When I Grow Up", originally by Pussycat Dolls
• Punk Goes Acoustic 2 with "Three Cheers for Five Years" (Acoustic)
• Warped Tour 2007 Tour Compilation with "Black Cat"
• Warped Tour 2008 Tour Compilation with "Jamie All Over"
• Warped Tour 2010 Tour Compilation with "If You Can't Live Without Me, Why Aren't You Dead Yet?"
• LBM Music Compilation Vol. 3 (Fall Edition) with "Jamie All Over"^[18]
• Take Action! Vol. 7 with "When I Get Home, You're So Dead"
• Take Action! Vol. 9 with "The Silence" (Hurley Studio acoustic)
• Punk Goes Pop 5 with "Somebody I Used to Know" feat Vic Fuentes (Pierce the Veil) Originally by Gotye Featuring Kimbra(Fearless, 2012)^[19]

^[20]

• Take Action! Vol. 11 with "Oh Well, Oh well (Acoustic)"

Videography

• "Black Cat" (live, 2007)
• "When I Get Home, You're So Dead" (2007)
• "Jamie All Over" (2008)
• Miserable at Best (2008)
• The Silence (2009)
• Kids in Love (2010)
• "Oh Well, Oh Well" (2011)
• When You See My Friends (live, 2011)
• Stay (2012)
• Girls (lyric video, 2013)
• 12 Through 15 (lyric video, 2013)
• Ghosts (2013)

References

External links

• http://www.maydayparade.com/