Motion City Soundtrack
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Motion City Soundtrack performing in Washington, D.C. in 2012
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| Origin | Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States |
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| Years active | 1997–2016 |
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| Website | www |
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Joshua Cain |
Joshua Cain
Justin Pierre
Jesse Johnson
Matthew Taylor
Tony Thaxton
Motion City Soundtrack was an American rock band that formed in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1997. The band's line-up consisted of vocalist and guitarist Justin Pierre, lead guitarist Joshua Cain, keyboardist Jesse Johnson, bassist Matthew Taylor, and drummer Tony Thaxton. Over the course of their nearly twenty-year career, the group toured heavily and released six studio albums, the majority on independent label Epitaph Records. The band's sound, at times described as pop punk or emo, made notable use of the Moog synthesizer.
The group was formed in 1997 by Cain and Pierre, but it was not until 2002 that the group had formed a stable lineup, at which point they began recording music. The band signed to Epitaph in 2003, which released the band's debut album, I Am the Movie. Their breakthrough album, Commit This to Memory, arrived in 2005, and their third record, Even If It Kills Me (2007), also achieved commercial success. The band briefly signed to major label Columbia for their fourth record, My Dinosaur Life (2010), and rejoined Epitaph for Go in 2012, after which Thaxton left the group and was replaced by Claudio Rivera. Their final album Panic Stations was released in 2015. In 2016, the band announced their split and the So Long, Farewell tour, for which Thaxton rejoined the band.
Motion City Soundtrack was formed in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1997 by singer-songwriter Justin Pierre and guitarist Joshua Cain. By 1997, the duo had already played in a number of bands. Prior to founding Motion City Soundtrack, Cain was in a group named the Saddest Girl Story and Pierre was working on local productions. After other members left, Cain recruited Pierre to join the band as a singer. After Cain moved on from Boxcar, they founded Motion City Soundtrack together. The band's name, as well as the name of their debut album, were created by Cain's brother, Brian. Their early days were difficult, as they found it hard to break out of their local Minneapolis scene. When they could get weeks off from their jobs, they would tour. According to Cain, the members of the band soon realized that there "wasn't really anywhere to play [shows] in Minneapolis", and that they would have to "tour all the time" to rise in popularity. The band went through several lineup changes. Through these, Cain and Pierre would often have to take over keyboard duties during shows. The group's first release was a 7" single, "Promenade / Carolina", released in 1999. Their next two releases, both extended plays—Kids for America and Back to the Beat—were released the following year.
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