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A rock & roll band with an enduring fondness for pure pop and a wicked, sly sense of humor, TAB the Band defy easy categorization. They may love the Beatles and Cheap Trick as much as T-Rex and the Rolling Stones, but TAB aren't classic rockers; they're a vibrant, contemporary band that blends the vigor of punk, the might of arena rock and the melodicism of power-pop, earning the admiration of Isaac Brock of Modest Mouse and J Mascis of Dinosaur Jr, alt-rock stalwarts who requested TAB The Band as their opening act. TAB The Band's full range can be heard on Zoo Noises (released Jan. 26, 2010), a freewheeling, all-encompassing carnival ride, fueled by such intoxicating singles as the percussive "She Said No (I Love You)" and the breakneck hooks of "Bought and Sold."
TAB The Band may be the best example of how great things can come from no expectations. Brothers Adrian and Tony Perry, sons of Aerosmith's Joe Perry, began the group almost as a lark. "I grew up in LA," explains Adrian, "and whenever I came to visit Tony, we'd always record stuff for fun." Adrian had a few serious bands while he was in high school and college, continuing to occasionally play with Tony. "Around Christmas break in 2006 we said, let's mess around and make some songs," remembers Adrian. "Tony invited his friend Ben Tileston to have real drum tracks. We ended up writing nine songs in a week -- it was very organic. Before we knew it, we had a show booked."
"We started almost like a punk band," explains Adrian. "We focused on writing short, hard rock songs. It was like sticking it to the weird twee indie rock we've been inundated with!" That punk attitude can be heard on the group's pair of 2007 EPs, The Xmass EP and The 34% Louder EP, and their first two full-length albums, Pulling Out Just Enough to Win and Long Weekend, both released in 2008. All four of these records were written, engineered, recorded and produced by TAB The Band themselves with no outside input. "A lot of folks thought our earlier stuff sounded purposefully under-produced," says Adrian, but this raw, nervy energy earned the group a lot of attention. Early on, TAB opened for Dinosaur Jr. and in 2008, they supported Stone Temple Pilots and Black Rebel Motorcycle Club. TAB's music has been featured on the Howard Stern Show and HBO's Entourage. The band has played major festivals on two continents -- South By Southwest and CMJ in the US, and the Hyde Park Calling Festival in London -- and has racked up positive notices from publications as diverse as Rolling Stone, New Yorker and NPR, plus the tastemaker indie-rock blog Popmatters.
TAB added another member in Lou Jannetty, an old friend of the Perrys' who showed up on several of the homemade tapes the brothers made in their youth. Now a quartet, TAB spent 2009 concentrating on Zoo Noises. "We've taken more of a pop direction," says Adrian, "there's more harmonies, more production. We decided whatever ideas we come up with we're gonna put them in." TAB The Band are still a rock & roll band at heart but belong to this moment, pulling together elements of the past and present in exciting ways. "Rather than segregating influences, we put them all together. If people listen to the whole album, they'll get a sense that we can do a lot."
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