The Dance Party

The Dance Party
Origin	Washington, D.C., United States
Genres	Rock, new wave, dance-punk, power pop
Years active	2005–present
Labels	HellYa! Records Atlantic Records
Associated acts	Driving East Beauty Pill Brett
Website	The Dance Party's profile at MySpace
Members	Kevin Bayly Mick Coogan Jon Jester Dave "Moose" Kuehl
Past members	Danny Hoag Jeff David Drew Doucette Rishi Chakrabarty Chuck Robarty Taylor Royle

The Dance Party is an American pop rock band from Washington, DC.

The Dance Party formed in 2005 in College Park, Maryland by vocalist Mick Coogan, guitarist Kevin Bayly, drummer Jeff David, and bassist Danny Hoag, and soon released their first EP, The Dance Party EP. After building a reputation in the D.C. area and throughout the Mid-Atlantic for wild partying and huge, over-the-top live performances, The Dance Party self-released their full-length record Friction! Friction! Friction! in July 2007. In late 2007, the band rounded out their live show by adding keyboardist Drew Doucette of Beauty Pill as a full-time member.

In 2008, the band recorded an unreleased full-length record with Andros Rodriguez which was later released as the five-song EP Tigers in a limited pressing containing the song "Sasha Don't Sleep." On November 14, 2011, the band announced that Tigers would be released in its entirety on December 23, 2011.

Music from Tigers has been featured on such television series as The Jersey Shore, The Real World, and Keeping Up with the Kardashians.

After the departure of David and Hoag in early 2009, the band added former Driving East drummer Jon Jester and bassist Rishi Chakrabarty to the line up.

In 2009, the band signed with HellYa! Records/Atlantic Records and moved to Los Angeles, CA to record their major label debut with producers Warren Huart, Luke Walker, and Julian Bunetta. The album was mixed by Tim Palmer at '62 Studios

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