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Rising from the ashes of the Texan band At
The Drive-In, the Alternative-Rock four-piece outfit Sparta was formed
in El Paso, Texas USA, in 2001 by singer+guitarist Jim Ward, guitarist
Paul Hinojos and drummer Tony Hajjar; a few months later they were joined
by bass player Matt Miller.
The quartet released in the spring of 2002 a 4-track EP entitled "Austere"
and played several shows with New Jersey alt-Rock act Thursday;
later in the year Sparta were signed to Dreamworks who released in August
their debut full-length disc, "Wiretap Scars"; the record reached
the #71 on The Billboard Top 200 chart and the first single "Cut
Your Ribbon" was aired on modern-Rock radio stations; a second single,
"Air", ranked in the top 40 of The Mainstream Rock Tracks chart.
A change in record label saw the group moving to Geffen Records, for whom
they recorded a new album, "Porcelain", which was issued in
the summer of 2004, it rose to #60 in U.S. Top 200 chart trailed by the
single "Breaking The Broken".
Sparta are back with their latest release, "Threes", the band's
first album for Hollywood Records and also the first to feature guitarist
Keeley Davis, who fills the void left by Paul Hinojos; Hinojos exited
the group in May 2005 to join his former At
The Drive-In bandmates in The Mars Volta.
The first single off the CD is "Taking Back Control".
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