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Allister

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Allister
From L to R: Mike Leverence, Kyle Lewis, Scott Murphy, Tim Rogner
From L to R: Mike Leverence, Kyle Lewis, Scott Murphy, Tim Rogner
Background information
Also known asPhineas Gage (1994–1997)
Pheanus Peenus (1997–1999)
OriginChicago, Illinois, U.S.
GenresPop-punk · skate punk (early)
Years active
  • 1994–2007
  • 2010–present
LabelsDrive-Thru, Universal J
Spinoffs
Members
Past members
  • John "Johnny" Hamada
  • Eric "Skippy" Mueller
  • David Rossi
  • Chris Rogner

Allister is an American pop-punk band from Chicago, Illinois. The four-piece formed in 1994 as Phineas Gage when the original band members were still in high school. In 1998, Allister became one of the first bands to sign to Drive-Thru Records. They went on hiatus in 2007, then reunited in 2010, and have been touring and recording again since. They have released six studio albums: Dead Ends and Girlfriends (1999), Last Stop Suburbia (2002), Before the Blackout (2005), Countdown to Nowhere (2010), Life Behind Machines (2012), and 20 Years and Counting (2019). The band also made a cameo appearance in the 2004 film Sleepover.

History

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Commercial success (2002–2007)

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With the aid of producer Chris Fudurich, the band recorded their second full-length album Last Stop Suburbia in 2002, showcasing a certain degree of growth in the songwriting of Rogner and Murphy. The album featured several fan-favorites, such as "Radio Player", "Overrated", and "Somewhere on Fullerton" (an ode to the legendary Chicago punk venue, Fireside Bowl), though the band had to part ways with both Rossi and Chris Rogner, who would concentrate on his own band August Premier. The following year, the band added Kyle Lewis (guitar) – formerly of Showoff, Now She's Gone, and The Fold – and Mike Leverence (drums), formerly of PARR5. Last Stop Suburbia reached No. 9 on the Billboard Heatseekers chart.[1]

Breakup and side projects (2007–2010)

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Soon after, Murphy and Lewis went on to start the band The Get Go with friends and former members of bands Home Grown and Mest.[2] The Get Go released 2 records and toured the UK and Japan, but due to conflicting schedules has since ceased activity.

In 2008, Scott Murphy signed as a solo artist to the label Universal Music in Japan, recording his debut solo album, Guilty Pleasures II, as a continuation of the band's past work. The album contains a number of Japanese and English songs. On the album's release date, "Scott Murphy" was the number 1 searched word on Google in Japan. Murphy released another follow-up EP, Guilty Pleasures 3, on 3 December 2008. Guilty Pleasures 3 was certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ) for shipment of 100,000 copies on 10 September 2009[3] and Guilty Pleasures II was also certified Gold by RIAJ on 10 December 2009.[4]

In 2010, Murphy began working on a project with alternative rock band Weezer's frontman Rivers Cuomo entitled Scott & Rivers. The pair met in Los Angeles in 2010, and soon began writing and recording an album of original songs sung in Japanese. They share lead vocal duties and play guitar in the group. They played their first show at the Countdown Japan Festival in Chiba on 31 December 2012, as the first non-Japanese act to perform at the 10-year-old festival.[5] They released a full-length album, Scott & Rivers, in 2013.[6]

Reunion and recent events (2010–present)

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Allister announced their intention to reunite in the spring of 2010, and the band broke their hiatus at the Bamboozle Festival in Chicago on 2010 May 15 at the Charter One Pavilion.[7]

On 19 December 2018, Tim Rogner announced that the band would release a new record to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the release of You Can't Do that on Vinyl. The record, called 20 Years and Counting, is a "20 song compilation that features songs from previous records as well as four brand new tracks."[8] Since Allister did not own the recording licenses for songs on its first three records, but owned the rights to the songs themselves, the band re-recorded and "re-imagined" some of them. A video for the re-recording of "Somewhere on Fullerton" was released on YouTube[9] the same day as Rogner's announcement. The new record was officially released through Universal Japan on 30 January 2019, available digitally via iTunes and Google Play.[10]

Band members

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Discography

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Studio albums
Extended plays
  • 5 Song Demo Tape (1997)
  • You Can't Do that on Vinyl (1998)
  • Guilty Pleasures (2006)
  • Second City Showdown (Split EP with Good 4 Nothing) (2010)
  • You Still Can't Do That on Vinyl (2011, Little Heart Records)

Non-album tracks

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  • "My Little Needle" – released on A Tribute to Alkaline Trio (2012)
  • "We Close Our Eyes" – released on the original soundtrack to Sleepover (2004)
  • "Shima Uta" – released on the Japanese version of Before the Blackout (2005)
  • "Walking the Plank" – released on Hair: Chicago Punk Cuts (2006)

Trivia

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  • On the booklet from Allisters album, "Last Stop Suburbia" the band includes a Thank You section, one of the people thanked is Brian Peterson, a person affiliated with The Fireside Bowl on Fullerton avenue in Logan Square, Chicago.

Music videos

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Name Year
Somewhere on Fullerton 2002
A Lotta Nerve 2005
Free 2010
Run Away 2010
5 Years 2012
Stay With Me 2019

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Billboard, Allmusic
  2. ^ Moran, Chris (18 March 2007). "Former members of Allister, Mest, Showoff, and Home Grown form the Get Go". Punknews.org. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
  3. ^ ゴールド等認定作品一覧 2009年8月 (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. Archived from the original on 14 September 2009. Retrieved 24 September 2009.
  4. ^ ゴールド等認定作品一覧 2009年11月 (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. Retrieved 12 December 2009.
  5. ^ "COUNTDOWN JAPAN 12/13". Countdownjapan.jp. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
  6. ^ [1][dead link]
  7. ^ "Bamboozle Chicago's Page - the Bamboozle Music Festivals". Archived from the original on 8 February 2010. Retrieved 14 April 2010. Bamboozle Chicago's Page
  8. ^ "Allister – 20 Years & Counting…". Timrogner.wordpress.com. 19 December 2018. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
  9. ^ "ALLiSTER「Somewhere on Fullerton」". YouTube. Archived from the original on 12 December 2021. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
  10. ^ "Allister: Best of... 20 Years and Counting - Music on Google Play". Play.google.com. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
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