The Last Goodnight

The Last Goodnight
Origin	Enfield, Connecticut, USA
Genres	Alternative rock, pop rock
Years active	1995 – 2006 (as Renata) 2006 – 2008 (as The Last Goodnight)
Labels	EMI/Virgin
Website	thelastgoodnight.net
Members
Leif Christensen (Bass guitar, vocals) Kurtis John Henneberry (Vocals, piano) Mike Nadeau (Guitar) Ely Rise (Keyboards) Anton Yurack (Guitar, vocals) Max Hattem (Sitar) Larone "Skeeter" McMillan (Drums, percussion)
Past members
John Oleary (1995 – 2006)

The Last Goodnight (previously known as Renata) was an alternative rock/pop band from Enfield, Connecticut, USA. Their major label debut, Poison Kiss, was released on 28 August 2007. The first single from the album, Pictures of You, became a pop radio hit in the summer of 2007.

History

Renata

The members of Renata had all attended Enfield High School in Enfield, Connecticut.

They had recorded and self-published two albums before Jeff Blue spotted them in 2004 playing a show at the Whisky a Go Go, in Los Angeles, California. Blue, a vice-president of A&R from Warner Brothers, had a reputation for signing major acts such as Macy Gray and Linkin Park. A meeting between him and the band initiated a two year period of song writing, traveling back and forth between Connecticut and Blue's Hollywood office. In late 2006 the band was signed to Virgin Records and subsequently changed name to The Last Goodnight.

The Last Goodnight

In July 2007, the band started a nine week tour around 36 locations in the US in order to promote the release of their new album, Poison Kiss. Touring with them were Rocco DeLuca and the Burden. In the fall the band joined Elliott Yamin and fellow opening act Josh Hoge on Yamin's tour of 31 cities, mostly in the US but with two in Canada. This tour began on 5 October 2007 in Chicago and ended on 26 November in Washington DC.

The song Pictures of You was released from the 2007 album and has been featured in several situations:

• the promo clip for season two of the American television series Brothers & Sisters
• the romantic comedy Ghosts of Girlfriends Past
• SportsCenter's Images of 2007 video
• as a free download on Apple's iTunes Music Store

Two further tracks from the album became singles - Stay Beautiful and This Is The Sound, whilst In Your Arms was added to Australian radio playlists.^{[citation needed]} The band turned its focus to making a new record^{[citation needed]} but after a short tour in 2008 and no additional success charting in the US, they were dropped by Virgin.^{[citation needed]}

The members turned mostly to careers outside the music industry,^{[citation needed]} although in 2011 Kurtis John (Henneberry) began performing new songs in a solo capacity.^{[citation needed]}

Discography

Albums

Poison Kiss

• Release Date: August 28, 2007

1. "Poison Kiss"
2. "Back Where We Belong"
3. "Pictures of You"
4. "Stay Beautiful"
5. "This Is the Sound"
6. "One Trust"
7. "Return to Me"
8. "Good Love"
9. "If I Talk to God"
10. "Push Me Away"
11. "In Your Arms"
12. "Incomplete"

The Other Side of Earth

• Released: September 23, 2004

1. "The Flood"
2. "Elevator to the Other Side of Earth"
3. "Gone"
4. "Wherever I Want You"
5. "The Heights"
6. "Lights of London"
7. "The Wind"
8. "Your Song Plays on Tonight"
9. "Amaze Me"
10. "Brother"
11. "These Are the Days"
12. "Best Is Yet to Come"

• Released: May 16, 2003

1. "I Remember You"
2. "Suitcase"
3. "Dream Fast, Dream Now"
4. "Wait"

She Walked with Kings

• Released: November 11, 2002

1. "Sitting on a Mountain"
2. "Passing Cars"
3. "Late Last Night"
4. "Blue and White"
5. "Marine (The Touch)"
6. "60"
7. "Avalon"
8. "February"
9. "Alicia"
10. "Dreaming of a Melting Sun"

Singles

Year	Title	Chart positions												Album
		AUS	AT	CAN	GER	ITA	POL	SG	SWE	SWI	UK	U.S.	EUR
2007	"Pictures of You"	3	24	32	25	7	15	1	15	76	55	70	81	Poison Kiss
2008	"Stay Beautiful"	42	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	"In Your Arms"	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

Awards

2003

• "Best Male Vocalist" - Hartford Advocate Reader's Poll
• "Best Pop Rock Band" - Hartford Advocate Reader's Poll

2002

• "Best Male Vocalist" - Hartford Advocate Reader's Poll
• "Best Pop Rock Band" - Hartford Advocate Reader's Poll

2001

• "Best Original Rock Band" - Hartford Advocate Reader's Poll

External links

• The Last Goodnight on Myspace