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Tickle Me Pink
OriginFort Collins, Colorado
GenresAlternative rock, emo[1]
LabelsWind-up Records
MembersSean Kennedy (Lead Vocals, Bass)
Stefan Runstrom (Drums)
Steven Beck (Guitar, Vocals)
Joey Barba (Guitar/Bass)
Past membersJohnny Schou (bass) deceased
Websitewww.ticklemepinkrock.com

Tickle Me Pink was an American rock band from Fort Collins, Colorado signed to Wind-Up Records. The band was composed of Sean Kennedy (lead vocals, bass), Stefan Runstrom (drums), Joey Barba (guitar) and Steven Beck (guitar, vocals). After independently releasing their first two EPs, If Only We Were Twenty One and Up (2005) and Half Seas Over (2006), the band released its debut album, Madeline, on July 1, 2008.[2] The album's release was also marked by the death of bassist Johnny Schou, reportedly due to a heroin overdose.[3] Schou was replaced by Joey Barba, a longtime friend of the band[citation needed].

Tickle Me Pink officially played their last show together as a band on March 5, 2011.[4] The band left a Twitter message to their fans the following day saying, "Farewell all. We love you and will never forget you. -TMP".[5] Former lead singer Sean Kennedy then assembled a new band, Talisker Skye, and Steven Beck and Stefan Runstrom have each played in the Wiredogs.[6]

The band announced two reunion shows in August 2016, one at Fort Collins' annual Bohemian Nights at NewWestFest. [7]

National exposure

The video for the band's first single, "Typical," premiered on MTV2 Unleashed on August 4, 2008. The video is directed by Christopher Sims. The song has become popular in Colorado due to increased airplay on 93.3 KTCL. The band opened for Hawthorne Heights on their Fall headlining tour in 2008. The band members from Hawthorne Heights claim to have asked Tickle Me Pink to join the tour in part due to a sense of shared loss, having lost a band member themselves the previous year.[8]

Their song "The Time Is Wrong" is featured as downloadable content for Rock Band 2, which is also compatible with its predecessor.

Discography

External links

References

  1. ^ https://www.allmusic.com/artist/p966054
  2. ^ Tickle Me Pink Website
  3. ^ Rocky Mountain News - August 11th, 2008
  4. ^ Tickle Me Pink [@TickleMePinkFan] (March 3, 2011). "Our final show. This Saturday. Tickets are almost all gone! This is it guys! http://tktwb.tw/fOU0Oj" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  5. ^ Tickle Me Pink [@TickleMePinkFan] (March 6, 2011). "Farewell all. We love you and will never forget you. -TMP" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  6. ^ Band Website - January 25th, 2016
  7. ^ http://www.bohemiannights.org
  8. ^ AbsolutePunk.net
  9. ^ https://www.billboard.com/artist/tickle-me-pink/chart-history/
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