Labels Roadrunner | Years active 2004 (2004)–present Genre Hard rock | |
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Past members Anthony ChickNick VillapianoAugustus Moore Members Mark Melicia, Sam Bey, Paul Ritchie, David Rosen, Anthony Chick, Nick Villapiano Similar Voz Veis, Rival Sons, Wolfmother, Radio Moscow, Autograph Profiles | ||
The parlor mob hard times
The Parlor Mob (originally named What About Frank?) is a rock band founded in New Jersey in 2004. The name comes from one of the notorious Hell's Kitchen gangs active at the turn of the 20th century. The band presently consists of singer Mark Melicia, guitarists David James Rosen and Paul Ritchie, and drummer Sam Bey.
Contents
- The parlor mob hard times
- Formation Capitol Records
- And You Were a Crow 2008
- Dogs 2011
- Cry Wolf 2015
- Reviews Reception
- Members
- Discography
- Songs
- References
Some of the band's songs have been featured on television, on shows such as Entourage, Friday Night Lights, Person of Interest, and more, as well as in video games such as NASCAR 09, MLB 09: The Show, MLB 12: The Show and Sleeping Dogs.
Formation & Capitol Records
The original members of the band formed in 2004 as What About Frank? and independently released an album in 2005 entitled The March Of The Elephants. The band won the title of Best Live Band at the Asbury Music Awards twice, attracting the attention of Capitol Records. After recording a 4-song EP for Capitol, the band was dropped in the wake of a corporate merger between Capitol and Virgin Records. The band chose to give away the EP for free, eventually attracting the attention of Roadrunner Records, with whom the band signed a record deal in 2007.
And You Were a Crow (2008)
Producer Jacquire King (Tom Waits, Kings of Leon, The Dwarves, Modest Mouse), who had previously contacted the band while they were recording for Capitol, contacted Roadrunner to express his interest in producing the band's new record. On September 28, 2007, the band began recording at Asheville, NC's Echo Mountain studios. The album, And You Were a Crow, was completed on Halloween of 2007 and released digitally on April 11, 2008. The physical CD was released on May 6, 2008. The band was featured on the iTunes Store's section of best new rock artists in 2008. The lead single, "Can't Keep No Good Boy Down", was featured in the sixth season of the television show Entourage.
As additional promotion for their new record, the Parlor Mob was featured in a performance setting on the NBC television show Knight Rider in October 2008.
Dogs (2011)
On August 15, 2010, the band released a statement via their website in regards to their upcoming album:
On August 22, 2011, the band released "Into the Sun", the lead single from their record Dogs. The full album was released on October 11, 2011. A special edition was also released featuring 3 bonus tracks.
The song "Into the Sun" is featured as the background music to a Pittsburgh Penguins commercial, as well as Monday Night Football.
Dogs was chosen as the title of the album "because it is a personification of everything we all have become and a wide reaching, never-ending analogy for what we currently feel; a unified stamp of our lives in this moment. We have been beaten to the ground, spit on and kicked, and we have bitten back and clawed at those who are against us. We have felt caged. We have been hungry and fought for scraps. We have been pet and praised in one instant, and neglected and abused in the next. We have formed a pack, and we are fiercely loyal to one another."
Cry Wolf (2015)
On June 9, 2014, the band announced via their Facebook page that they would be releasing their 3rd album, "Cry Wolf", this fall along with the immediate release of the first single titled "The Day You Were Born." The announcement effectively ended their hiatus that had been going on since December 2012.
The third album, a five-song extended play, came out February 17, 2015, featuring tracks "The Day You Were Born," "Dead Man," "Doe Eyed Dear," "Racing with a Beating Heart," and the titular "Cry Wolf." Despite containing five songs, the album clocks in just shy of 30 minutes.
Reviews & Reception
Members
Discography
Songs
Can't Keep No Good Boy DownAnd You Were a Crow · 2008
Into the SunDogs · 2011
Everything You're Breathing ForAnd You Were a Crow · 2008