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Titanmoon

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Titanmoon
OriginDallas and Fort Worth, Texas, USA
GenresIndie rock
LabelsDizzy Culture Music
MembersTyler Casey
Zack Felton
Austin Alvis
Forrest Perry
Past membersNathan Schneidewent
Trey Ware
WebsiteOfficial site

Titanmoon is a Dallas and Fort Worth-based indie rock band.

The group founded their own label, Dizzy Culture Music, Inc., in 2008, and released a full-length album, Film Black the same year.[1] They performed two of their singles off this album, "Just a Shame," and "Morocco" on Good Morning, Texas, on March 11, 2008.[citation needed] They re-appeared on the program with two more songs, "Stay Close," also off of Film Black, and "Face the Clouds," a preview of their new album, on September 3, 2009.[1][2] "Morocco" was featured on a pop music compilation album released by Nylo Hotels.[3] In 2009 Titanmoon toured the world, stopping in Pakistan, United Arab Emirates, and Japan. These shows were dedicated to Daniel Pearl World Music Days. They video-blogged about some of this tour on their YouTube page.

After reading the book Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson, lead singer Tyler Casey heard a Pakistani member of his church discuss a recent humanitarian trip to Karachi, Pakistan. Casey and his band members decided to go to Pakistan themselves, not only to perform but to encourage wealthy Pakistanis to help less-fortunate fellow Pakistanis.[4] The group is now making plans to help found an orphanage and school in the Karachi area.[5] Their tour and charitable mission was featured in the Summer 2010 issue of Dallas' La Mode Magazine.[6]

While in Japan, the group acted as ambassadors of their hometown of Fort Worth to Fort Worth's sister city, Nagaoka, Niigata. They brought back with them a gift for Mayor Mike Moncrief from the Vice Mayor of Nagaoka.[2][5]

In 2013, the band released the album Bang Bang, along with a film documenting the recording process entitled Churches, Salons and Bars. The group subsequently toured Europe.[7] In 2015, they released the album Masquerade.[8]

Members

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Current lineup

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  • Tyler Casey (lead vocals, guitar)
  • Zack Felton (bass)
  • Austin Alvis (lead guitar, vocals)
  • Forrest Perry (drums)

Former members

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  • Nathan Schneidewent, founding member (lead guitar and vocals)
  • Trey Ware (drums)

Discography

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  • Postcard Republic EP (Independently Released, 2002)
  • Film Black LP (Dizzy Culture Music, 2008)
  • WE ALL SEE STARS LP (Dizzy Culture Music, 2010)
  • Bang Bang LP (2013)
  • Masquerade LP (2015)

Filmography

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  • Churches, Salons and Bars (2013)

Notes

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  1. ^ a b "Archive - Titan Moon". Archived from the original on 2011-06-05. Retrieved 2010-01-18.
  2. ^ a b "Reindeer Games". 2008-12-17.
  3. ^ "Spring Vol. 1". Archived from the original on 2012-06-19.
  4. ^ Unknown[permanent dead link]
  5. ^ a b "Titanmoon returns from its overseas adventures". Archived from the original on 2011-06-06.
  6. ^ "La Mode Dallas". www.lamodedallas.com. Archived from the original on 2011-07-13.
  7. ^ "Killer or Filler?". Fort Worth Weekly. 15 May 2013. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
  8. ^ Jones, Preston (December 30, 2015). "Lone Star Sounds: New music from Titanmoon". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
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