Seattle emo-prog act Gatsbys American Dream are reuniting for the first time in over a decade. The band originally existed from 2001 to 2006 before reuniting very briefly in the early 2010s. But now they’re back…again!
The band caused a massive stir on social media when they updated their profile picture and banner with a whole new band photo. People couldn’t believe that GAD were finally returning. They then began teasing big news coming Wednesday, with that being their first show since 2012. The show will take place Friday, April 28, at the Teragram Ballroom in Los Angeles. Tickets go on sale this Friday at 10 am PST/1 pm EST at teragramballroom.com.
Gatsbys Amreican Dream formed in 2001 in Seattle, Wash., creating four albums in total, two with Rocketstar Recordings and the last with Fearless Records (As It Is, Movements, Scotty Sire). Throughout their career, GAD have toured and performed with bands like Action Action, Portugal. The Man and Copeland, and played the Vans Warped Tour twice, in 2005 on the Smartpunk.com Stage with Armor For Sleep, Darkest Hour and Scary Kids Scaring Kids, and 2011 for one day only on the Nintendo 3DS Stage with Family Force 5, I Set My Friends On Fire and Relient K.
The band reunited back in 2010 with a secret performance during a show with Forgive Durden. They dropped two new tracks with Equal Vision Records (Anberlin, Hot Water Music, Shallow Pools) called “Modern Man” and “Born Dead” (later retitled as “Untitled” following the 2011 Yunnan earthquake) and that was it. Soon, the troupe vanished come early 2013 after frontman Nic Newsham tweeted that their reunion album was unfinished and would probably remain that way. Various members would go on to make several other projects, such as Kay Kay And His Weathered Underground, Places And Numbers, The Money Pit, Wild Orchid Children, and Marrakesh.
Welcome back, Gatsbys. We’ve missed you.
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