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-by Kevin Bronson of The Los Angeles Times. (7/10/08)
Before setting out to make their mark on the post-punk landscape, Leonard Jackson and Ian Schaeffer – pals from their day jobs at Guitar Center – left their marks on plenty of bottles of beer. “We were drinking buddies first, and we’d sit around and philosophize about how things should be,” Jackson says. “Once we’d created our utopian band model, we realized there was no other solution but to do it.”
Now, singer-guitarist Jackson and bassist Schaeffer, along with guitarist Greg Smith and drummer Tom DuPree III, have moved forward as the Forward. Their debut album, “Nothing But Teeth” (due Sept. 9), showcases the quartet’s quick-hitting guitars, agitated rhythms and the wry, literate songs Jackson conceived during long hours of hawking merchandise that helped other artists realize their dreams.
“I’ve tried to write songs that you can have an emotional connection to,” Jackson says, “songs that tell stories but have subtext.”
If this material aims a little higher than the initial album on which Jackson and Schaeffer collaborated (released two years ago under the unfortunate moniker Club Makeout), chalk it up to experience – and some help from producer Ethan Allen (the 88) and mixer Mark Needham (the Killers).
“Ethan really helped us focus on getting a great performance all the way through,” Jackson says. “His ideas made a big difference in the end.”
- The Los Angeles Times
Discography
"Nothing But Teeth" - currently charting on CMJ. as of 7/3/08 the forward is getting spun on these stations-
WKPX Ft. Lauderdale FL
WPSC Wayne NJ
WUMM Machias ME
Riddle Radio / KFLI Prescott AZ
WLCA Godfrey IL
WBWC Berea OH
WPCD Champaign IL
KCSU Fort Collins CO
KWCR Ogden VT
WVUR Valaparaiso IN
WONC Naperville IL
WMHB Waterville ME
WNSU Fort Lauderdale FL
KSJS San Jose CA
KSLU-2 Hammond LA
WDBK Blackwood NJ
WHSN Bangor ME
WDWN Auburn NY
WIXQ Millersville PA
WOUB-AM Athens OH
WRKC Wilkes-Barre PA
KSCL Shreveport LA
KWLC Decorah IA
NVWR Reno NV
CHMR St John’s NL
WECI Richmond IN
WMPG Portland ME
WWUH West Hartford CT
KDUR Durango CO
CJAM Dearborn MI
KAMP Tucson AZ
KTSW San Marcos TX
WERU-2 East Orland ME
CFMU Hamilton ON
WCRD Muncie IN
WEAX Angola IN
WUML Lowell MA
WPTS Pittsburgh PA
WRBC Lewiston ME
WRHU Hempstead NY
WRUW Cleveland OH
WUSB Stony Brook NY
WWHR Bowling Green KY
WWPV Colchester VT
WXLV Schnecksville PA
WARG Summit IL
WRPI Troy NY
WKWZ Syosset NY
WGBK Glenview IL
WUPX Marquette MI
KSYM San Antonio TX
CRAM Toronto ON
WBKE North Manchester IN
CILU Thunder Bay ON
KRSC Claremore OK
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BUZZ BANDS: THE FORWARD'S NEW DIRECTION
-by Kevin Bronson of The Los Angeles Times. (7/10/08)
Before setting out to make their mark on the post-punk landscape, Leonard Jackson and Ian Schaeffer – pals from their day jobs at Guitar Center – left their marks on plenty of bottles of beer. “We were drinking buddies first, and we’d sit around and philosophize about how things should be,” Jackson says. “Once we’d created our utopian band model, we realized there was no other solution but to do it.”
Now, singer-guitarist Jackson and bassist Schaeffer, along with guitarist Greg Smith and drummer Tom DuPree III, have moved forward as the Forward. Their debut album, “Nothing But Teeth” (due Sept. 9), showcases the quartet’s quick-hitting guitars, agitated rhythms and the wry, literate songs Jackson conceived during long hours of hawking merchandise that helped other artists realize their dreams.
“I’ve tried to write songs that you can have an emotional connection to,” Jackson says, “songs that tell stories but have subtext.”
If this material aims a little higher than the initial album on which Jackson and Schaeffer collaborated (released two years ago under the unfortunate moniker Club Makeout), chalk it up to experience – and some help from producer Ethan Allen (the 88) and mixer Mark Needham (the Killers).
“Ethan really helped us focus on getting a great performance all the way through,” Jackson says. “His ideas made a big difference in the end.”
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