Nick Jonas and the Administration

Nick Jonas & the Administration
Nick Jonas & the Administration official logo
Background information
Origin	Los Angeles, California, United States
Genres	Blue-eyed soul soul blues blues rock
Years active	2009–2011 2016
Labels	Jonas, Hollywood
Associated acts	Jonas Brothers, Diane Birch, Ocean Grove
Website	nickjonasandtheadministration.com
Members	Nick Jonas John Fields Michael Bland Tommy Barbarella Sonny Thompson
Past members	David Ryan Harris

Nick Jonas & the Administration is a band formed in late 2009 as a side project by Nick Jonas of the Jonas Brothers. Performers include singer, pianist, guitarist, drummer and songwriter Nick Jonas, bassist John Fields, drummer Michael Bland, keyboardist Tommy Barbarella, and guitarist David Ryan Harris. Sonny Thompson replaced David Ryan Harris during the 2010 tour. The group was named after Nick Jonas's interest in the presidency.

"I had written five or six songs that were on my heart, things that were just pouring out of me with this new and exciting sound," says Jonas. "They weren't necessarily right for the Jonas Brothers, but I thought they could be perfect for something else.".

The band was announced on the official MySpace page of the Jonas Brothers on October 30, stating it was just a "side project" and that this was not the end of the Jonas Brothers. Nick said that he's modeling the Administration after Bruce Springsteen. "I'm kind of modeling it after Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band," he said. "It's kind of the look we were going for stylistically on the album cover and just the project in general… [Springsteen] pours so much passion and emotion into all of his songs every night and I hope I can capture that too."

The Administration members Michael Bland, Tommy Barbarella and Sonny Thompson formerly played together in Prince's New Power Generation from 1991–1996. All three were original members.

The first single of the album "Who I Am" was officially released on December 3, 2009 followed by the release of the music video. The group made its live debut performing a single of the same name on the Grammy Nominations Concert Live special Dec. 2 on CBS. Jonas cut the album in eight days with producer John Fields, who also played bass. The album has 9 new numbers and a cover of the Jonas Brothers single "Tonight". Nick originally wrote the song World War III for the administration, but instead it was used on the Jonas Brothers album Lines, Vines and Trying Times. He also wrote a song called Oval Office but the songs never appeared on the record because according to Nick the song didn't sound good. "Rose Garden" was the first song written for the album and was partly inspired by a difficult break-up. Previews of the songs Olive & An Arrow,Last Time Around,State of Emergency,Stronger (Back on the Ground) and Vespers Goodbye were released online before the official album release. Their debut album Who I Am was released February 2, 2010 as a Standard Edition (CD) and Limited Edition (CD+DVD) and reached number 3 on the Billboard 200 album chart, selling over 80,000 copies. . Nick promoted the album on February 2 during various mini live chats with Sonny Thompson. Nick performed with Sonny Thompson acoustic versions of the songs "Last Time Around", "Who I Am", "Tonight" during Radio Disney Total Access; he also promoted the album during TV performances. Their single "Who I Am" was featured on Radio Disney Jams, Vol. 12, along with songs by other popular artists. Jams 12 was officially released on March 30, 2010. As of May 2010, the album has sold over 151,000 copies in the U.S.