Ultimate Fakebook
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| Ultimate Fakebook | |
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 Ultimate Fakebook performing at Chain Reaction in 2003
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| Background information | |
| Origin | Manhattan, Kansas |
| Genre(s) | Indie rock power pop Alternative rock |
| Years active | 1994–2003 |
| Label(s) | Noisome Records Epic Records Initial Records |
| Associated acts | Carrier The Dead Girls (formerly Dead Girls Ruin Everything) |
| Members | |
| Bill McShane Nick Colby Eric Melin J.D. Warnock |
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Ultimate Fakebook was a 3-piece power pop band from Manhattan, KS. They released three full-length albums -- Electric Kissing Parties (1997 - Noisome Records), This Will Be Laughing Week (1999 - Noisome Records), and Open up and Say Awesome (2002 -Initial Records). Shortly after releasing their EP Before We Spark (2003 - Initial Records), they broke up.
Colby has been a part of indie supergroup Carrier, and both Colby and Melin are currently members of The Dead Girls (formerly known as Dead Girls Ruin Everything). Waldmann, who played drums with the group on and off until 1998 and performs on several songs for Electric Kissing Parties, now drums for a heavy metal/thrash band in Baltimore, MD. Bill McShane now works for Craig Murray Productions in Burbank, CA.[citation needed]
In 2007 Melin and Warnock both appeared on VH1's World Series of Pop Culture on the team, "Westerberg High." They advanced to the quarterfinals before being eliminated by "Three Men & A Little Lazy." Together, they now run a popular movie review and film pop culture website, scene-stealers.com.
On Thursday, Feb. 5, Ultimate Fakebook played a reunion show at the Uptown Theater in Kansas City, a benefit for the JayDoc free clinic, where licensed volunteer physicians supervise University of Kansas School of Medicine students who provide care to the area’s under-served populations. The clinic operates on a volunteer basis,with supplies and medicines purchased through grants and donations.
[edit] Members
- Bill McShane - (vocals, Guitar)
- Nick Colby - (Bass Guitar)
- Eric Melin - (drums)
[edit] Discography
| Year | Title | Record Label |
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| 1997 | Electric Kissing Parties | Noisome Records |
| 1999 | This Will Be Laughing Week | Noisome Records |
| 2002 | Open Up and Say "Awesome" | Initial Records |
| 2003 | Before We Spark | Initial Records |
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