Jonezetta

Jonezetta
Origin	Clinton, Mississippi, United States
Genres	Indie rock, Alternative rock
Years active	2002—2009
Labels	Tooth & Nail Records (2005-2010)
Members	Robert Chisolm Kyle Howe Ty Garvey Alex Warren Tyler Kemp
Past members	Timothy Jordan II Mick Parsons Tony Abercrombie

Jonezetta was an indie band from Clinton, Mississippi, which has released an EP and two full-length albums since their formation in 2002.

Jonezetta formed when its four members were still in high school. Growing up in a small town, the members did not expect to pursue a career in the music business. Despite their faith, their fan base continued to grow in the local music scene. Keeping the band together as a hobby while the four members focused on their college educations, Jonezetta played occasional gigs on the Southern college circuit, and were considering packing in the group in the fall of 2004.

However, at a gig in Monroe, LA, with the Christian Post-hardcore rock act As Cities Burn, Jonezetta met that band's manager, Ryan Rado; impressed with the young band's set, he encouraged the band to step up and devote themselves more fully to their music. A demo recorded during the bandmembers' 2005 spring break incited a small-scale bidding war, with the band eventually choosing to sign with the Washington-based indie label Tooth & Nail Records with a distribution deal through EMI. They were offered the biggest deal ever given to a new artist to sign with Tooth and Nail. In 2005 Jonezetta released a four song EP, which was also available to download via AbsolutePunk

In the summer of 2005, former The All-American Rejects and The Elation keyboardist Timothy Jordan II joined the band as their official fifth member; tragically, Jordan committed suicide in December 2005, just as the band was beginning to record their debut album with producer Steve Wilson (The Juliana Theory, Class of '98 etc.). That debut album, Popularity, was released in October 2006, preceded by the group's first single, "Get Ready (Hot Machete)."

The band's debut album was released with Tooth and Nail Records and distributed by EMI. It features their debut single "Get Ready (Hot Machete)", and 10 other songs. Tooth and Nail Records says the following about the album: "Jonezetta's Tooth & Nail debut is full of mood and atmosphere, with hooks that slice through the fog the way song titles like Get Ready (Hot Machete) would suggest." A complete track list can be found at the Tooth and Nail website. [1]

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