Genres Rock Website thelightsout.com | Years active 2005 – present Genre Rock music | |
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Members Rishava Green
Jesse James
Matt King
Adam Ritchie Origin Boston, Massachusetts, United States (2005) Albums Edgar Allen Mexico, Older and Louder, Primetime Record labels DistroKid, Psychords, Candy Pants Records, 555375 Records DK, Cabrio Records, The Lights Out Similar Gene Dante and The Futur, The Motion Sick, Kam, Yvel & Tristan, Chriss Ronson Profiles | ||
The Lights Out is a rock band that formed in 2005, in Boston, Massachusetts.
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Biography
The Lights Out started when Rishava Green and Matt King met in the Model Café in Allston, Massachusetts, where they formed a band before ever playing a note together. Green had recently written and recorded eleven tracks that were later named Douglas Sessions ’05 with the purpose of attracting the right band members. In October 2006, Jesse James joined on drums. Adam Ritchie joined on guitar in June 2007. Both James and Ritchie attend Syracuse University the same time, never meeting before joining the band. In October the band released a self-titled EP, The Lights Out (EP). Late-2007 saw the band blitzing Boston with a string of shows supporting the record.
The band released their follow-up five-song EP ¡Heist! in June 2008.
By September 2009 the band had taken the songs from their previous EPs and put them together with a new batch of compositions to create their first LP, Color Machine. That year, the band was a semifinalist in the WBCN Rock & Roll Rumble and headlined a showcase at CMJ Music Marathon. In May they played Gillette Stadium to open the The Patriots season.
In 2010 the band's song "Gottagetouttahere," from Color Machine, was featured in an Absolut Vodka ad along with Vh1’s Tough Love Couples. The music video for the song was produced by Boston Music Award Video Of The Year director, Mike Gill and released in October. That fall the band released their third EP, Rock Pony. The album’s cover caused a stir. For Halloween, the band dressed and performed as Madonna.
The band released their second LP Primetime on 1/1/11. The album is a theme record about what it is like to be in a band. To promote the second full length the band held a mock auction for their tour van, Tim.
Their third LP, On Fire, was released on 6/1/2012 and "Today Was The Day" was selected as MP3 of the Week by The Boston Phoenix. Songs from On Fire were featured on MTV and the band supported the album with an appearance at South By Southwest.
T.R.I.P. is the band’s fourth LP. The album is about parallel realities, and is synchronized with a wearable light show invented by the band. It is the first studio album ever released on a can of craft beer. The band is supporting the album by opening for Andrew W.K. and the Dreamtheater, King's X and Dixie Dregs' side project The Jelly Jam.
Members
LPs
Studio sessions
EPs
Songs
Only On the OutsidePrimetime · 2011
GottagetouttahereColor Machine · 2007
EnilysePrimetime · 2011