Forever the Sickest Kids

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Forever the Sickest Kids
Caleb Turman (Left), Jonathan Cook (Center Left) Austin Bello (Center Right) and Marc Stewart (Right) performing at Warped Tour in July 2007.
Background information
Origin	Dallas, Texas, United States
Genre(s)	Alternative rock, electronica, power pop
Years active	2006–present
Label(s)	Universal Motown Records Group
Website	Official Website
Members
Austin Bello Kyle Burns Jonathan Cook Kent Garrison Marc Stewart Caleb Turman

Forever the Sickest Kids is a power pop band from Dallas, Texas signed to Universal Motown Records Group. They played on Warped Tour 2007 from July 18 to August 10. Their first EP, Television Off, Party On, was released in early 2007. Their debut album, Underdog Alma Mater, was released on April 29th, 2008^[1].

[edit] History

Although Forever the Sickest Kids have only been around for a short period of time, their roots date back to the members’ childhoods. Marc Stewart (guitar) and Kyle Burns (drums) are stepbrothers^[2]. Stewart met Kent Garrison (keyboard) in high school. Then, when Garrison went to college, he met up with Jonathan Cook (vocals) and Bello (bass guitar). For a while, Turman and Bello played together and called themselves Been Bradley, while everyone else from Forever the Sickest Kids played with The Flipside. But in late 2006, both of those groups reached a creative standstill, and Forever the Sickest Kids was born.

While browsing the music website PureVolume, lead singer Jonathan Cook accidentally spent $350 that the band didn't have to receive a front page placement of a song that they also didn't have. For this reason, they went into the studio and wrote "Hey Brittany", then recorded it with their producer Geoff Rockwell in a matter of days.

Since it was first posted, "Hey Brittany" has garnered many Internet plays and triggered a bidding war among eight major labels. On April 24th, 2007, Universal Motown emerged victorious, and released the band’s Television off, Party On EP.

They supported All Time Low and The Rocket Summer on the 2008 Alternative Press Tour from March 14th to May 2nd.

The band is currently on their first headlining tour with Metro Station, The Cab, Danger Radio, and The Maine, and will also be on the 2008 Warped Tour lineup. They are set to appear on Late Night with Conan O'Brien on June 12, 2008.

[edit] Band members

• Jonathan Cook – vocals
• Caleb Turman – guitar, vocals
• Austin Bello – bass guitar, vocals
• Kyle Burns – drums
• Marc Stewart – guitar
• Kent Garrison – keyboard

[edit] Discography

[edit] Compilations

• Punk Goes Crunk (2008): Contributed "Men in Black", originally by Will Smith

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Forever the Sickest Kids at MySpace
• Forever the Sickest Kids at PureVolume
• Forever the Sickest Kids at Buzznet
• Interview @ SHOUT! Music Webzine