Driver Friendly

Driver Friendly is an American rock band with horns from Austin, Texas. In October 2012, the band announced that they had been signed to Hopeless Records.^[1][2] Driver Friendly has toured with such bands as Motion City Soundtrack, Cartel, Relient K, Hellogoodbye, Night Riots, Hit The Lights, TEAM*, as well as Warped Tour.^[3][4]

History

Driver Friendly formed in 2002 while the members attended The Woodlands High School (North Houston).^[5] The members met each other while in marching band. In 2004 the band relocated to Austin, Texas where they self released two albums (Chase the White Whale and Bury A Dream).^[6] In 2012 the band released a music video for the song Messidona which paid tribute to the band's favorite Tom Hanks films.^[7] The music video generated enough buzz to capture a tweet from Tom. The act of having their music video tweeted by Tom Hanks was said to be "The greatest honor in the history of everything."^[8]

Band members

• Tyler Welsh – vocals, keyboards, and lyrics
• Andy Lane – guitars and vocals
• Jeremi Mattern – drums
• Juan Lopez – trumpet and backing vocals
• Chris Walker – bass, guitar, keyboards, and backing vocals

Albums

• 2006 - Not Home Yet EP (Self Released)
• 2008 - Chase the White Whale (Self Released)
• 2012 - Bury A Dream (Self Released / Hopeless Records Re-release)^[9][10]
• 2013 - Peaks + Valleys EP (Hopeless Records)^[11]
• 2014 - Unimagined Bridges (Hopeless Records)

Music videos

• 2008 - "Two Words, Mr. President: Plausible Deniability"
• 2008 - "Temple of Doom"
• 2012 - "Messidona"
• 2012 - "Ghosts"
• 2013 – "Lost Boys" (Live)
• 2013 – "Run"
• 2013 – "Run" (Live)
• 2014 – "Stand So Tall" (feat. Dan Campbell)
• 2014 - "Everything Gold"

References

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External links

• Official Driver Friendly website
• Interview with Driver Friendly at the MTVu Woodie Awards at SXSW 2013