Years active 2006–2014 | Labels Hopeless Records | |
Past members AJ Perdomo (Original Member)
Cody Payne (Original Member)
Matt Kennedy
Ben Cato
Bryan Czap(Original Member)
Tyler Minsberg (Original Member) Origin Ellicott City, Maryland, United States (2006) Members AJ Perdomo, Cody Payne, Tyler Minsberg, Bryan Czap Genres Alternative rock, Emo, Pop punk Albums Reach for the Sun, War Paint, Golden Record, If You Could Only Keep Me, Live In Balti Profiles | ||
The Dangerous Summer was a rock band from Ellicott City, Maryland.
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History
The band formed in the summer of 2006 to write their first EP, There Is No Such Thing as Science, which drew the attention of Hopeless Records and other labels in 2007. They signed with Hopeless Records within 8 months (in April 2007) of starting the band during their senior year of high school. They then re-released their debut EP under a new name, If You Could Only Keep Me Alive, with new songs included.
Over the years the band has sold over 60,000 records and over 300,000 singles.
In April 2009 the band played The Bamboozle.
The band's debut studio album, Reach for the Sun, was released on May 5, 2009, and reached #42 on the Billboard Heatseekers chart.
The band's name is taken from the book of the same name. The band has stated influences from Third Eye Blind, Bright Eyes, U2, Phil Collins, Explosions in the Sky, Jimmy Eat World, and Andrew McMahon.
Their song "The Permanent Rain" was used in a trailer for the 2009 movie Love Happens, starring Jennifer Aniston and Aaron Eckhart.
An acoustic version of Reach for the Sun was digitally released on March 15, 2011.
The band's second full-length album, War Paint, was released July 19, 2011. It reached 149 on the Billboard 200 on August 6, 2011 in its only week on the chart.
They played on the Warped Tour 2011 on the Nintendo 3DS stage.
The band finished their third full-length album on February 26. They also began filming a documentary about themselves and are unsure of its release date. The new album, Golden Record, was released on August 6, 2013. The first single, "Catholic Girls", was released on iTunes with an accompanying music video on June 4, 2013.
In September 2013 AJ Perdomo left the band, citing Cody Payne as the driving force behind the decision.
In February of 2017 Cody Payne was sentenced to a year in prison after being charged with a Felony burglary conviction. The remaining members have said that this could be the event that leads to a fourth full length, there has been much silence on the bands social media pages up until this point.
Final Line-Up
Previous Members
Touring Members
Studio albums
EPs
Live
Tours
Since 2006 The Dangerous Summer have toured over 800 shows in America, Canada, Australia, UK and Europe. The Band has played festivals like Download Festival (UK), Soundwave Festival (Australia), Slam Dunk Festival (UK), Bamboozle (USA) they have played the Vans Warped Tour multiple years and supported acts like All Time Low, Dance Gavin Dance, Straylight Run, Deaf Havana.
The band did their first headline tour in Summer of 2010 called the "Reach For The Sun Tour" with supporting acts, Go Radio, The Morning Of, Places and Numbers, and sold out dates in New York City, Toronto, Philadelphia and Vienna, VA. Since then the band has done multiple headline tours and one-offs in America, Canada and Europe.
Three headlining US tours took place during the War Paint cycle: February–March with Weatherbox, July–August with From Indian Lakes and New Empire and a holiday tour with Young London and Young Statues.
Songs
The Permanent RainReach for the Sun · 2009
Where I Want to BeReach for the Sun · 2009
No One’s Gonna Need You MoreWar Paint · 2011