17 November 2009
* Martin Johnson – vocals, rhythm guitar
* Paul DiGiovanni – lead guitar
* Bryan Donahue – bass
* John Keefe – drums
Boys Like Girls is a four-piece rock band from Boston, Massachusetts. The group completed nationwide tours with Cute Is What We Aim For, Hit the Lights and Butch Walker and topped the Top Unsigned Artist chart on PureVolume, within a few months from forming in late 2005. In August 2006 they released their Matt Squire-produced debut album, Boys Like Girls via Columbia Records/Red Ink. On March 17, 2007, it was announced that the band was voted 2006 Artist of the Year by the readers of Spin.
The band Boys Like Girls was formed in the final months of 2005, when singer/guitarist Martin Johnson — formerly of short-lived Massachusetts act The Drive — wrote a handful of songs he wanted to record. He recruited bassist Bryan Donahue and drummer John Keefe, both of whom had been in bands of different setups with the frontman, most notably in the pop punk band Lancaster. Keefe brought along lead guitarist Paul DiGiovanni, whom he had recorded a brief demo with, to complete the line-up. Oddly enough, the two learned that they were distant cousins several months later. The quartet soon opened a PureVolume account to showcase their music, and uploaded a rough demo of "The Great Escape" and an acoustic rendition of "Thunder". By the end of the year, the group had landed the #1 spot on the website's Top Unsigned Artists chart.
The buzz around the band was overheard by both booking agent Matt Galle and record producer Matt Squire, who contacted the band about a future collaboration. With their support, Boys Like Girls embarked on their first nationwide tour with A Thorn for Every Heart, Hit the Lights and Keating in late February of 2006. Following the month-long venture, the group immediately entered the recording studio with Squire to record their debut album for Columbia Records/Red Ink. During their time in the studio Squire introduced the band to another of his alumni, Cute Is What We Aim For, who offered Boys Like Girls an opening slot on their upcoming headlining tour. Once the album was recorded, Boys Like Girls played back-to-back tours, including the Cute Is What We Aim For tour in June, as well as a two week stint with Butch Walker in late July. In between tours the band filmed their first music video for their album's lead single, "Hero/Heroine", directed by Mark Serao and Chris Vaglio of Grey Sky Films.
On August 22, 2006, the eponymous Boys Like Girls hit record store shelves. As of April 2007, the album has sold over 200,000 copies within the United States. While, as the title might suggest, songs about boys liking girls clearly prevail on the album, Johnson threw in the occasional escape from the pre-, mid-, or post-relationship formula, and touched upon themes such as his mother's battle with cancer, leaving home and precocious adolescents. Concerning the latter, he discussed the motivation behind the song "Dance Hall Drug":
"So many kids are growing up too fast. 13 year olds are giving each other hand jobs in the back of the bus, 14 year olds are already drinking and partying, and kids spend more time worried about growing up and being cool than they do actually growing up and being a kid."
In the light of the album's release, Boys Like Girls completed their first headlining tour, supported by Permanent Me and Scenes from a Movie in August and September, before heading out on an East coast tour, opening for Lostprophets and Eighteen Visions throughout October 2006. The remainder of the year was spent playing first on a five-band bill with Spitalfield, Punchline, Over It, and Valencia, as well as on the Tournado Tour, where they shared the stage with The All-American Rejects, Motion City Soundtrack, and The Format.
The year 2007 started out with a short headlining run with Self Against City, after which the group joined Cobra Starship supporting a two-month Cartel tour beginning in February. In between releasing their album's second single, "The Great Escape" (reaching #24 on the Pop 100), performing on Jimmy Kimmel Live on February 22, 2007, and eventually charting the Billboard 200 for the first time in April 2007, Boys Like Girls played their first international concerts during the Canada leg of a North America tour with hellogoodbye and the UK festival Give It A Name 2007. In mid-2007, the band played the annual Vans Warped Tour for the first time. On July 31, 2007 the band reached the #1 spot on the MTV show Total Request Live. They also announced that they will be playing five shows in Japan come September and that they will then do a U.S. headlining tour with All Time Low, theAUDITION and We the Kings.
Stylistically, the self-proclaimed emo band lists its musical influences as a variety of contemporary emo and pop punk bands, such as Jimmy Eat World, The Academy Is... and Dashboard Confessional. While these tendencies are clearly audible in guitarwork and drumming, punk rock influences are far less obvious as far as vocal patterns and lyricism are concerned. Given Johnson's characteristic tenor vocal melodies — which are, thanks to sporadically placed falsettos, at times reminiscent of Tyson Ritter's (of The All-American Rejects fame) — the band's all-around sound is geared to late '90s alternative radio rock, along the lines of Vertical Horizon and Eve 6.
In comparison with the majority of their peers, Boys Like Girls has a more radio-friendly pop rock sound. Hence, Boys Like Girls has been labeled "an album full of hit singles"[11] or "the soundtrack to summer", emphasising the up-and-coming quartet's potential to write mainstream compatible tunes. Other reviewers considered "a watered-down copy of Jimmy Eat World" a more adequate description. In general, judgements ranged from predictable mediocrity to promising newcomer debut, though not necessarily in terms of longevity.
While the on-line community precipitately crowned Boys Like Girls "2006's Fall Out Boy" (in reference to the pop punk band's commercial success with 2005's From Under the Cork Tree), album sales were less convincing. Despite promotional front page features (such as Spin's "Artist of the Day" or the highly influential Absolutepunk.net's "Featured Band" and "Absolute Exclusive: Album Leak"), Boys Like Girls scanned a mere 1,472 units within its first week of sales, thus failing to chart the Billboard 200. However, continuous touring and promoting helped gaining the record a #179 entry into the chart in April 2007, peaking at #55 in August 2007.
History
Formation (2005–06)
Self-titled album (2006–09)
Love Drunk (2009–Present)
Musical style and critical reception
Label: ♥BOYS LIKE GIRLS♥
13 November 2009
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Label: nyebelin
9 November 2009
Label: love life
7 November 2009
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VZ terselamatkan kembali ..
4. gue rintis mamen .. hahah
Label: kehidupan, pengalaman
1 November 2009
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Label: pengalaman
27 Oktober 2009
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tuk menduakanmu
oh kasih maafkanlah...
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tuk menduakanmu
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tuk menduakanmu
Label: lagu
23 Oktober 2009
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TEMAN BEGITU HANGAT ..
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DULU KITA SAHABAT ..
BERTEMAN BAGAI ULAT ..
BERHARAP JADI KUPU" ..
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MUNGKIN KAU BERTINDAK KEJAUHAN ..
NAMUN APA KARNA ITU SAYANG ?
22 Oktober 2009
Label: lirik gue
21 Oktober 2009
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kalo ada kata" LO berarti it x?@?! juga ..
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sekarang jadi cuek , sombong , bahkan ..
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pokoknya dia sohib yg paling mamen buat gue ..
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T.T
(buat x?@?!)
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tuh ada lagi ..
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kalo x?@?! ..
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bermaksut apa" ..
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INGET GG WAKTU KLS 8 TUH KITA MAIN BARENG ..
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LO SUKA CURHAT KE GUE ..
KITA GOKIL"AN BARENG" ..
SEKARANG KLS 9 KITA BEDA KLS ..
LO UDH GG KENAL YA SAMA GUE ?
LO UDH LUPA YA SAMA GUE ?
GUE PENGEN LOE KAYA DULU LAGI ..
TAPI BUKAN LOE DOANG ..
GUE PENGEN KITA KAYA DULU LAGI ..
SAHABAT YG SLALU ADA
-.- , T.T , :'(
Label: kehidupan
16 Oktober 2009
hey .. hey .. hey ..
udah lama yg gue gg ngepost blog ..
hahah jadi kangen (loh kok ??)
hahahahahaha ....
sori yeee semua yg suka baca blog gue , gue baru nulis lagi ..
ya abis mau gimana lagi .. gue sibuk bgt boy ..
hahahhaahha ..
eh gue mau cerita yaaaa ..
gini ceritanya ..
suatu hari gue lg on fb .. nah terus gue nemu fb seseorang ..
namanya ***** ****** *******
(hahah gue sensor ajh ya)
atau ya kita sebut sajalah Mr.X ..
gue liat pp'a dia tuh lucu bgt ..
karena gue tertarik akhirnya gue nge'add dia ..
pas besoknya tuh gue di konfirm sama dia ..
ya karna gue penasaran gue liat foto"a dia ..
ANJRIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIT !!!!
ternyata GILEEE BOY ! FOTONYA TUH LUCU" BGT !!
padahal dia co .. wuhhahahahaha :D
senyumnya itu loh men .. kaga nahan !! manis bgt :)
akhirnya gue sering bgt tuh ngeview fb dia ..
(saking sukanya gue sama dia ..
padahal gue baru liat fotonya doang ..)
nah lalu ..
gue ngeliat album dia ..
trus gue kaget ..
di album dia tuh ada IPANG (MOCHAMMAD IRFAN KURNIA) ..
adk kls gue ..
kebetulan gue juga kenal sama deket sama IPANG ..
nah setelah gue liat .. banyak bgt foto" dia sama ipang ..
akhirnya gue berfikir dan ..
SEMUANYA TERJAWAB !!!
ternyata Mr.X itu adalah temennya ipang ..
IH WAW DUNIA SEMPIT BGT YA ??
akhirnya gue nekat nanya tentang Mr.X ke ipang ..
(saking tergila"a kali ya gue sama Mr.X)
hahahah
nah ipang kasih tau semua tentang Mr.X ke gue ..
ternyata si Mr.X tuh adalah seorang bassis sama gitaris
sebuah band metal sama power pop (IH WAW .. )
dia satu profesi sama gue ..
ya tapi kalo gue cuma gitaris doang ..
huwaaaaaa !! gue seneng bgt deh tuh pokoknya ..
trus setiap gue on ipang juga on gue nanya mulu tentang Mr.X ke ipang ..
(ampe ipang bosen kali yaak ?)
hahahahah
nah akhirnya gue gg nanya lagi tuh ke ipang tentang dia ..
soalnya gue juga udh tau banyak ..
(hahah thx yeee pang)
trus suatu hari gue tuh liat di fb'a Mr.X ..
ada ce .. ya kita sebut saja DM ..
nah karna gue curiga bgt sama wall'a DM ke Mr.X
gue add ajh DM .. pas dia udh konfirm
gue liat wall to wall'a mereka berdua ..
GILAAAAAAAAAAAA !!!!!!!!!
ternyata tuh ce CAPER bgt sama Mr.X
dari wall'a ajh GATEL BGT TUH CE ..
minta di smsin lah sama Mr.X ..
terus dia pengen nonton Mr.X latihan football
tapi pake acara SOK" MANJA lagi !!
IH JIJIK BGT gue !!!
(hahha gile belum pernah ketemu ..
baru gue suka ngeliay fotonya udh cemburu ajeh gue )
tapi yang untung'a si Mr.X tuh gg nanggepin bgt ..
hahahaha AMIIIIN :)
ya begitulah kisah gue suka sama orang cuma liat dr fb'a doang ..
hahahah .. gue pengen bgt kenal sama dia ..
tapi ya kayanya gg mungkn ..
padahal tuh gue sering on bareng sama dia ..
gue pengen ksh chat .. tp takut ..
lagi pula kan gue ce ..
masa minta kenalan duluan sama co ..
kan gg bgt ..
dan ya akhirnya gue sabar aj deh ..
kalo jodoh kan juga ke mana ..
hahaha iya kan ?
dan ya udah ya semuanya gue cerita sampe sini ajh ..
ntar ya tunggu season 2 tentang si Mr.X .. hahahaha
DOAIN GUE YAAA :)
hahhahah
Label: love life