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These Days by The Rentals

Artist Biography For The Rentals

There Are Two Bands Charting As The Rentals 1. An American Alternative Rock Band Fronted By Matt Sharp Former Bass Player For Weezer. The Rentals Have Released Four LPs Return Of The Rentals 1995 Seven More Minutes 1999 Lost In Alphaville 2014 Q36 2020 And Four EPs The Last Little Life EP 2007 The Story Of A Thousand Seasons Past 2009 It's Time To Come Home 2009 And The Future 2009 . The 2009 EPs Make Up The Musical End Of The Songs About Time Project Which Also Includes Daily Photos And Weekly Short Films Entitled Resilience 2011 . Band Members On Return Of Included Patrick Wilson Also Of Weezer On Drums Rod Cervera Guitar Tom Grimley Moog Petra Haden Violin Vocals And Cherielynn Westrich Vocals Moog . Petra's Triplet Sister Rachel Haden Appears As An Additional Vocalist. After Sharp Left Weezer Wilson's Studio Replacement On The Drums Was Kevin March And Mike Fletcher Was The Band's Most Frequent Touring Drummer. Maya Rudolph Of Saturday Night Live Fame Also Briefly Toured With The Band As A Keyboardist. They Are Known For Their Quirky Moog-Driven Melodies. The Single "Friends Of P" Off Their First Album Was A Modern Rock Radio Hit Peaking At #7 On Billboard's Modern Rock Chart And #92 On The Billboard Hot 100. After Touring For Seven More Minutes The Band Disbanded. Yet On October 24 2005 The Tenth Anniversary Of The Band's Formation Matt Sharp Announced He Was Bringing Back The Rentals After A Six Year Absence. The New Lineup Includes Founding Member Rachel Haden On Bass/vocals Sara Radle On Vocals/multiple Instruments Ben Pringle From Nerf Herder And Now Yearbook Pictures On Synths/multiple Instruments Lauren Chipman On Viola/synth/vocals And Dan Joeright On Drums. Sharp Stated On His Website That "there Are No Current Plans" For Ex-Rental Cherielynn Westrich "to Be Involved In The Future Of The Rentals." Sharp States The Essential Elements Of The Rentals Will Be There. Our Fascination With Vintage Synthesizers Violas Violins Female Harmonies And All The Rest Will Continue. But I'm Guessing We'll Most Likely Veer Off The Path That Would Lead Us Into The Realm Of Becoming Our Own Tribute Band. 2. A Late '70s Boston Area Punk Band Featuring Jeff Hudson Jane Hudson And Pseudo Carol. As A Trio They Released The Songs "Gertrude Stein" "Low Rent" "New York" "I Got A Crush On You" And "Elephants". In 1980 Jeff & Jane Joined The MANHATTAN PROJECT Followed By The Electro-Punk Act Simply Known As Jeff & Jane Hudson In 1981.

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