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The Cab is an American rock band from Las Vegas, Nevada, signed to Fueled by Ramen subsidiary Decaydance Records. Their first album, Whisper War, was released on April 29, 2008. They have been called "The Band You Need To Know 2008" by Alternative Press.

Biography

Band members Alex DeLeon and Cash Colligan first began playing music together at Liberty high school and recorded demos as a duo which they put up on their MySpace page.^[1] Also, Ian Crawford went to school in Auburn, WA and started out playing his guitar in the talent shows and getting them put on youtube. DeLeon asked drummer Alex Johnson, who was playing in a local hardcore band, to join The Cab. In late 2005, it became a full band with guitarist Paul Garcia, guitar/pianist Alex Marshall, and drummer Alex Johnson, playing its first show at Rock n' Java in Las Vegas. The band signed to local label Olympus Records in January 2006^[2] but releasing no material. They gave a demo to Spencer Smith of Panic at the Disco at a Cobra Starship/Boys Like Girls/Cartel show, who helped them sign to Decaydance Records in May 2007.^[3] Shortly after this, the band's members graduated from high school.^[4] During this time they decided to replace Garcia with Ian Crawford, who moved from Washington to join the band. ^[5]

Blender named them #75 on their Top 100 Hot Report in September 2007, before they had actually released any official material.^[6] The group has toured with Panic at the Disco, We the Kings, Metro Station, Cobra Starship, There For Tomorrow, Charlotte Sometimes, Forever the Sickest Kids Dashboard Confessional, Plain White Tees, The Hush Sound, and others. In February 2008, their touring van turned over in Wisconsin, but none of the members was seriously injured, and they only missed one tour date.^[7] In March 2008, the band played SXSW.^[8]

Their Matt Squire-produced first album, Whisper War, was released on April 7, 2008, featuring Brendon Urie of Panic At The Disco and Patrick Stump of Fall Out Boy on the first single from the CD "One Of THOSE Nights", which was co-written by Stump.^[9][10][11] The video for "One Of THOSE Nights" features members of Panic at the Disco and Pete Wentz and Patrick Stump of Fall Out Boy. By February 15, 2008, the featured song from the album, "I'll Run", had over 300,000 hits on the band's MySpace page.^[12] On October 30, their third single, "Bounce", was revealed in a new music video on the Fueled by Ramen page on Youtube.

On May 7, 2008, Whisper War entered the charts at #108 for its first week of sales^[13] and was named the #1 Top Heatseeker by Billboard^[14]

The Cab began the Dance Across the Country Tour with The Hush Sound, Steel Train and The Morning Light on July 7 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The "Why So Serious? Tour" began in September with support from This Providence, Hey Monday and A Rocket to the Moon. In October, they also joined Panic At The Disco, Dashboard Confessional, and the Plain White T's on the Rock Band Live tour.

Their songs "Bounce" and "One of THOSE Nights" (Featuring Brendon Urie from Panic at the Disco & Patrick Stump from Fall Out Boy)are featured as downloadable tracks in Rock Band 2.

Current lineup

• Alex DeLeon - vocals
• Cash Colligan - bass
• Alex Johnson - drums
• Alex Marshall - piano/vocals/guitar
• Ian Crawford - guitar/vocals

Former members

• Paul Garcia - guitar
• Andy Pugh - guitar
• Jacob Velasquez - guitar
• Kent Johnston - bass

Discography

Albums

• Whisper War (2008)

EPs

• Glitz and Glamour (2007)
• Drunk Love (2006)

References

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External links

• Template:Myspace
• Friends or Enemies
• http://thecabrock.com Official Sitede:The Cab

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