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Hailing from Los Angeles, California USA, Silversun Pickups is an Alternative-Rock
band which consists of singer + guitarist Brian Aubert, keyboardist Joe
Lester, bass player Nikki Monninger and drummer Christopher Guanlao, longtime
friends who played together or in mutual friends' bands before they finally
settled on a Silversun Pickups line-up and began playing shows at local
clubs.
Dangerbird Records signed them for an EP in 2005, a 6-song set called
"Pikul", crammed with polished versions of many live favorites.
These songs sealed in the love among Silversun Pickups' L.A. fans and
critics and their subsequent mounting acclaim led the band to undertake
an increasingly heavy touring schedule, which found them playing alongside
Black Rebel Motorcycle
Club and others outfits.
In July 2006 they released their debut full-length CD, "Carnavas",
which deduted at #5 on the U.S. Top Independent Albums chart while later
reached the upper half of The Billboard 200. They also had two singles
on The Hot Modern Rock chart: "Well Thought Out Twinkles" peaked
at #9 and "Lazy Eye" at #5. The final single, "Little Lover's
So Polite", released in early 2008, was minor hit.
Silversun Pickups returned with its sophomore release in April 2009 going
straight into the top 10 of The Billboard 200. One of the singles from
the album, "Panic Switch", has already hit #1 on The Hot Modern
Rock chart.
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