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2008 WILL SEE THE RELEASE OF THEIR SOPHOMORE RELEASE �A LIFETIME OF BASIC CABLE�- A DEFINITE STEP UP IN MUSICIANSHIP AND MORE DEFINITVE EXPLORATION OF SKA/REGGAE HOOKS, EARTH SHAKING LYRICS, AND SWEET MELODIES THAT CAN BE ENJOYED BY ANYONE WHO IS LUCKY ENOUGH TO CATCH AN EARFUL OF THIS MOVEMENT�- High Times Magazine 2008
- HIGH TIMES MAGAZINE
“YOU’RE DROWNING IN YOUR WEEKDAY WAR. SKALICIOUS TO MY EARS. WHAT I TAKE FROM THE LYRICS IS-HEY, BE COOL, DON’T STRESS OUT, FIND SOMETHING THAT YOU LIKE TO DO, OR YOU’LL DROWN IN THE STRESS OF MONOTONY. SIMPLE ENOUGH, PLUS, I MAY HAVE IT ALL WRONG, WHO KNOWS? AS I BOUNCE MYSELF AROUND THE ROOM, I SIMPLY DON’T CARE BECAUSE THE STRESS OF THIS DAY IS LEAVING MY BODY THANKS TO THE SKALICIOUSNESS OF THIS CUT OWED TO THE DANCABILITY AND THE TIME CHANGES THAT KEEP THIS TUNE MUSICALLY EXCITING. SHOUT OUT TO “FALLING IN”. Rich-eartaste.com
- EARTASTE.COM
"ONCE YOU’VE HEARD A FIGHTING CHANCE SONG, YOU’LL WANT TO HEAR ANOTHER, ONCE YOU’VE SEEN A FIGHTING CHANCE SHOW, YOU’LL NEED TO SEE ANOTHER. NO ONE CAN DENY THE GUT WRENCHING HONESTY OF THEIR LYRICS ". Sam-Las Cruces Sun News (Carlsbad, New Mexico) - THE SUN TIMES-LAS CRUCES,NM
Discography
Full length release(12 songs) - "Somewhere Between Relief and Regret"
Tentative 2008 Full length release- "A Lifetime of Basic Cable"
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About Fighting Chance
FORMED IN 2003 BY LONGTIME FRIENDS ERIN G. AND RYAN EAST, THE TWO STARTED PLAYING ORIGINAL ACOUSTIC SONGS IN LOCAL COFFEE SHOPS, AND SOON MOVED ON TO A U.S. TOUR WITH NOTHING BUT A COUPLE HUNDRED COPIES OF A BURNED DEMO TO FUEL THEIR JOURNEY. THEIR DEBUT SOMEWHERE BETWEEN RELIEF AND REGRET (AVAIL ON CDBABY.COM, MYSPACE.COM/FIGHTINGCHANCE, AND THROUGH SUPER D ONE STOP) WAS RELEASED IN 2006 TO RAVE REVIEWS AND HAS HELPED FIGHTING CHANCE FORM THEIR SIGNATURE ROCK/REGGAE/SKA SOUND. THIS RELEASE WAS FOLLOWED BY EXTENSIVE TOURING THROUGHOUT THE U.S. IN 2006 AND 2007, INCLUDING DATES AND TOURS WITH THE EXPENDABLES, H.R. (BAD BRAINS), THE AGGROLITES, SLIGHTLY STOOPID, LIT, LIVE, BUCKCHERRY,GREGORY ISAACS, BLUES TRAVELER, CHEAP TRICK, GOVT. MULE, AGENT ORANGE, ..
HERES WHAT THE STRANGERS HAVE TO SAY:
SURE TO START A FIRE UNDER A CROWDS COLLECTIVE ASS G. Starkey New Times Magazine
"ONCE YOUVE HEARD A FIGHTING CHANCE SONG, YOULL WANT TO HEAR ANOTHER, ONCE YOUVE SEEN A FIGHTING CHANCE SHOW, YOULL NEED TO SEE ANOTHER. NO ONE CAN DENY THE GUT WRENCHING HONESTY OF THEIR LYRICS ". Sam-Las Cruces Sun News (Carlsbad, New Mexico)
YOURE DROWNING IN YOUR WEEKDAY WAR. SKALICIOUS TO MY EARS. WHAT I TAKE FROM THE LYRICS IS-HEY, BE COOL, DONT STRESS OUT, FIND SOMETHING THAT YOU LIKE TO DO, OR YOULL DROWN IN THE STRESS OF MONOTONY. SIMPLE ENOUGH, PLUS, I MAY HAVE IT ALL WRONG, WHO KNOWS? AS I BOUNCE MYSELF AROUND THE ROOM, I SIMPLY DONT CARE BECAUSE THE STRESS OF THIS DAY IS LEAVING MY BODY THANKS TO THE SKALICIOUSNESS OF THIS CUT OWED TO THE DANCABILITY AND THE TIME CHANGES THAT KEEP THIS TUNE MUSICALLY EXCITING. SHOUT OUT TO FALLING IN. Rich-eartaste.com
MAY 2008 WILL SEE THE RELEASE OF THEIR SOPHOMORE RELEASE A LIFETIME OF BASIC CABLE- A DEFINITE STEP UP IN MUSICIANSHIP AND MORE DEFINITVE EXPLORATION OF SKA/REGGAE HOOKS, EARTH SHAKING LYRICS, AND SWEET MELODIES THAT CAN BE ENJOYED BY ANYONE WHO IS LUCKY ENOUGH TO CATCH AN EARFUL OF THIS MOVEMENT- High Times Magazine 2008
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