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Chapel Hill, NC indie rock band

Cities

Formed2004
OriginChapel Hill
CountryUnited States
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Biography

There are at least 7 bands named Cities: 1. an American-style powermetal band 2. an indie rock band, 3. A Massachusetts metal/grindcore band 4. a Canadian Hardcore Rock band, , 5. an indie/alternative piano influenced rock band fromNew Jersey, 6. an instrumental rock band from Swansea, Wales.

1. Cities was an American-style powermetal band from New York. They released one album, "Annihilation Absolute" in 1986, and then broke up. Ron Angell (vocals), Steve Mironovich (guitars), Mayne (bass), A.J. Pero (drums).

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2. Cities is an indie rock band from the Chapel Hill scene. They formed in 2005 and the current lineup is Josh Nowlan [vocal/guitar], Robbie Mackey [guitar], Jeremy Paschall [bass] and Joey Ingram [drums]. They released their self-titled debut album in Spring 2006 on Yep Roc records.

3. Cities is a metal/grindcore band from Billerica MA. They played their first show in August of 2004, and had a non-stop rollercoaster ride until their untimely break-up in August of 2005.

In that short time they released a 5 song demo, played shows all over New England, New York, and New Jersey, and changed the scene in Billerica as we know it.

There are live versions of many of the songs floating on the internet, hopefully which will be released on a discography someday.

Lineup:

Bradley D. - vocals

Peter A. - guitar

Ian D. - guitar

Steven L. - drums

4. Cities is a rock/hardcore band from Bracebridge, ON, Canada. They played their first show in April 4th of 2007 at a high school coffee house only playing covers of their favorite and most inspiring bands.

Cities released an unfinished recording taken off of an mp3 player called, "Drunk is an Understatement". And fans are waiting a properly recorded EP later this year. They are surely beginning a non-stop roller coaster ride for the rest of their existence as a band.

Lineup:

Brandon V. - vocals

Matt R. - guitar

Graham P. - guitar

Jordan D. - drums

You can listen to them here:

www.myspace.com/cities

www.purevolume.com/citiesca

5. Cities is an alternative rock band with ambient verses and energetic choruses throughout their songs, also utilizing pianos and synthesizers. They are currently recording a 5 song demo.

Lineup:

Eric - Vocals

Chris - Guitar

Kevin - Guitar

Billy - Keyboards

Conway - Bass

Max - Drums

www.myspace.com/citiesnj

CITIES

BIO

JEREMY PASCHALL (plays bass)

JOSH NOWLAN

(sings and plays guitar)

ROBBIE MACKEY (plays guitar)

JOEY INGRAM (plays drums)

Frigid and icy, the winter of 2004 gave birth to a band by the name of CITIES. Conceived in a marvelously heated practice

room in Chapel Hill, NC’s GO! Studios - brought up in grimy NC rock clubs like the Cat’s Cradle, Local 506 and Kings

Barcade - the group formed after UNC student, and classically trained musician, Josh Nowlan met a few like-minded music fans

named Robbie Mackey and Jeremy Pashcall.

After arguing over their favorite bands and discussing their appreciation for musical-restraint and macabre indie rock, a just-forfun

project had begun. Drummer Joey Ingram, whom Josh had known since high school, was stationed in nearby Greensboro,

NC, and after his percussion services were enlisted a mere month later, the band’s official lineup was set.

As they began writing, the confluence of Nowlan’s classical training, Mackey’s originality, and Paschall and Ingram’s punk and

hardcore pedigree produced a crisp, bombastic form of indie rock. A steadfast appreciation for the music of their youth found

itself coupled with a conscious decision to turn their sound away from the feverish and aggressive aesthetic they’d grown up on.

Deeply impassioned, without coming off as ham fisted and oafish, the music was epic, yet controlled, insistent, yet decidedly

serene.

Sharing the stage with such acts as Engine Down, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, I Love You But I’ve Chosen Darkness,

Thunderbirds are Now!, We are Scientists and Unwed Sailor, Cities quickly fine-tuned their brilliant live show and - on the

strength of a meager demo, recorded in two days with the consummate Nick Petersen (Dillinger Escape Plan, Bellafea) -

garnered the attention of powerhouse indie label, Yep Roc Records. After debuting their somber rock to wider audiences at the

CMJ music festival in NYC, Cities entered the swank home-studio of Brian Paulson (Beck, Slint, Superchunk) to record their selftitled

debut Yep Roc full-length in the fall 2005.

The self-titled debut is completed, and will street this April 18th, 2006. The release will come on the heels of the band’s ’06

SXSW appearances (Yep Roc showcase, Fader Magazine party, and the Yep Roc/HARP Magazine/KEXP day party), so be

sure to catch them in Austin if you’re in town.

Look for Cities in 2006, on the road in support of their debut release.

6. Cities in a Welsh post-rock and instrumental electronic band from Swansea, Wales. They have released on EP titled Manning Alaska in 2015.

7. Cities was a post-hardcore band from Palm Coast/Gainesville, Florida, United States.

The band did some demo songs in 2008 and 2009 that had a atmospheric ambient yet hard hitting post-hardcore sound. They had a feature from Brennan Taulbee from Oceana on one of their songs.

Members:

Brian Heffner - Vocals

Jack Cosgrove - Guitar

Jake Valiente - Guitar

Chris Lamb - Bass

Brent Guistwite - Drums

myspace.com/citiesfl

Biography text from Last.fm, available under CC BY-SA.