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Discography
Black & White LP - released July 2007
Too Much Too Soon, Too Little Too Late, released March 2009
Songs can be found at
http://www.myspace.com/aperfectparadigm
or
http://www.ourstage.com/perfectparadigm
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Bio
A Perfect Paradigm's music has derived from a combination of varying genres of music. Their catchy, memorable choruses stem from the early 2000s pop punk bands such as Sugarcult, Sum 41 or The Starting Line. Ryan, Luke, and Sean often trade off the lead vocal lines similar to the classic style of Tom DeLonge and Mark Hoppus of Blink-182 or Adam Lazzara and Fred Mascherino of Taking Back Sunday. With the addition of a distorted synthesizer, A Perfect Paradigm may resemble the sound of Anberlin with their fast-paced, minor tonality songs.
A Perfect Paradigm has evolved to their current sound over the past 6 years. The band originally consisted of Ryan, Wilson, and Gomez (who are all still current members), but had Tyler Schlittler playing on drums under the artist name of "Leash & Scoop." The band released their only EP titled "Version of Myself" in the summer of 2004. Leash & Scoop became successful by playing many small regional gigs in the northern Illinois area. They would play a mixture of their punk style originals and pop/punk covers.
Shortly after Schlittler left the band, Kimberly was brought into the band with open arms. Impressed with his technique and more so with his speed on the drums, the original three renamed the band "Kissing Kimberly." They would go on to place first in the Rockford Youth Charity Jam in 2005 and again in 2006. They also won the Battle of the Rock Bands which was run by the Rockford Park District in 2005. Despite their immediate success, Kissing Kimberly only released one full length album, "On the Way To Where We're Going," in the spring of 2005.
In the summer of 2006, the band split up temporarily because Ryan, Gomez, and Wilson all moved away to pursue their education. Ryan and Gomez continued to write music and when the band finally reunited, they decided to record a new album. With the addition of Larson on lead guitar, the band found a new sound with a bit more edge. The band was renamed to its current name, "A Perfect Paradigm," and they have released two full length albums. "Black & White" was released in the summer of 2007, and "Too Much Too Soon, Too Little Too Late" was released in the spring of 2009.
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