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5-piece from Kent www.StoryBooksBand.com .

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The story of The Books began in 2000, when Nick Zammuto and Paul de Jong met through a friend in New York City. Sharing similar interests but different backgrounds in acoustic music and found sound, Zammuto and de Jong took their sonic experiments to the studio. Eventually, with some urging by Tom Steinle of Tomlab Records, they created what would become their debut record, 'Thought for Food', in 2002. Within a year, the Books relocated to Hot Springs, NC, and recorded and released 'The Lemon of Pink'. With a lot of favorable word of mouth and critical buzz from the...

Forming in the Bowels of Brooklyn from such bands as Yum Yum Tree, Books Lie forced a guttural middle finger down the throat of an increasingly fashion-conscious and vapid scene. They didn't have jet black hair, tight pants or the physiques of herion addicts and thier music embodied the virtues of "pre-Williamsburg renaissance" Brooklyn; endearingly blunt with no bullshit. Jeremy - Vocals Adam - Drums, Vocals Myles - Bass, Vocals Dawn - Guitar .

Raised on punk rock and related products, Todd Drootin got turned on to electronic music and hip-hop in the nineties. With Matt Dennebaum, he forms the duo Subverse, whose sole, self-released cassette Nobody Likes You (1998), although a fairly obscure item in itself, got them some well deserved kudos. Unfortunately, the band had to split shortly afterwards as their members moved to opposite coasts: Matt went to New York City, and Todd made a home out of Los Angeles. Fueled by this experience, Todd went solo under the name Books on Tape, a project in which he would craft his...