Snowden (band)

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Snowden

Background information
Origin	Atlanta, Georgia
Genre(s)	Indie Rock
Years active	2003–present
Label(s)	Jade Tree Records
Website	Official website
Members
Jordan Jeffares Chandler Rentz Corinne Lee David Payne
Former members
Brandon Ivey Anthony Davis Aimee Rydarowski

Snowden is an indie band based out of Atlanta. They are signed to Jade Tree Records. They get their name from Howard Snowden, a fictional character from the novel Catch-22 by Joseph Heller.

1 History
2 Discography
3 Albums
4 EPs
5 External links
6 References

[edit] History

Snowden started out in Jordan Jeffares' bedroom, where he recorded demos. These demos impressed Jeffares' brother Preston, who then introduced other musicians to Jeffares, thus beginning Snowden. Snowden self released The Snowden EP, which was received with immense local success. They landed spots opening for groups such as Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, and Arcade Fire. In 2006, Jade Tree signed the band and released their debut album "Anti-Anti." The album gained immediate attention, as evidenced by its making the "most blogged" band on the internet according to elbo.ws and getting airplay by Steve Lamacq (BBC). In 2007, the band released videos for "Like Bullets" and "Anti-Anti" and made radio appearances around the country. They recorded special features for Comcast, AOL/Spin, and had a concert at Manhattan's Bowery Ballroom (recorded Nov 2006) released on DVD by Baeble Music. In addition they embarked upon a full US tour of medium size venues opening for Kings of Leon, and were invited to open several European dates as well. Snowden accepted and as a consequence pushed back plans for beginning the recording of their second album.^[1]