Patent Pending (band)

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Patent Pending
Origin Mount Sinai, New York, USA
Genre(s) Pop punk
Post hardcore
Years active 2001–present
Label(s) We Put Out Records
Website patentpendingsmells.com
Members
Michael Ragosta
Joe Ragosta
Marc Kantor
Anthony Mingoia
Jason Beiner
Former members
Drew Buffardi
Pat Cauchi
Josh Bolt
Steve Chirichella

Patent Pending is a pop punk band from Mt. Sinai, New York. The band has been together since 2001 and has played hundreds of shows all across the United States.[citation needed] They have played with many bands, including Taking Back Sunday[1], Motion City Soundtrack, Catch 22, MC Lars, Cobra Starship[2], Suburban Legends, Gym Class Heroes, and Family Force 5.[citation needed]

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[edit] Biography

[edit] Beginnings

Patent Pending started out as a Ska punk band in 2000 with Joe Ragosta, Steve Chirichella, and Josh Bolt. In 2001, Chirichella and Bolt left, and were replaced by Michael Ragosta, Anthony Mingoia, and Drew Buffardi. The band started out playing in people's backyards, church basements, and any place that people would let them play. The band added sax player, Pat Cauchi, in 2002. Before being signed, the band shifted their focus to pop punk when Cauchi quit the band in order to pursue his studies.[citation needed]

[edit] Local success

Patent Pending started to gain a local following known as the P-UNIT (a play on G-Unit). After attracting local attention, the band played hundreds of shows across the country,[citation needed] sold thousands of CDs and DVDs,[citation needed] and gained a large following on MySpace.[citation needed] They have played a good number of shows at the Sherman theater in Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania and have a large fan base around the PA-Jersey music scene.

[edit] Getting signed

In 2005, We Put Out Records signed Patent Pending. Later that year, the band recorded Save Each Other, the Whales Are Doing Fine at Big Blue Meanie Studios in Hoboken, New Jersey, with Joseph A. Pedulla producing. The album was released in 2006.

[edit] Marc Across America

On April 16, 2007, guitarist Marc Kantor began riding his bicycle from Levittown, New York to San Diego, California. His mission was to help raise money and awareness for The American Heart Association. A portion of the proceeds were also donated to the Rhiannon Chloe Foundation, a foundation started to help children in need with leukemia. He successfully completed this on June 7, 2007.[3]

[edit] Personnel

[edit] Current members

[edit] Former members

  • Steve Chirichella - Drums (2000-2001)
  • Josh Bolt - Guitar (2000-2001)
  • Drew Buffardi - Bass guitar (2001-2006)
  • Pat Cauchi - Saxophone (2002-2004)
  • Matt "Rosie" Rosenberg - Saxophone (2004)
  • Robert Ragosta - Guitar (A regular fill-in rather than an official band member.)

[edit] Discography

[edit] EPs

  • Meet the Fat Kids (winter, 2001)
  1. "Sushi James"
  2. "Saturday Morning"
  • Air Drew (winter, 2002)
  1. "Blind Stare"
  2. "Sweet Tooth"
  3. "Drop the Chalupa"
  4. "Luv Struck Mess"
  5. "Fat Chance"
  • Drive By (summer, 2002)
  1. "Cheer Up Emo Kid"
  2. "Donkey"
  3. "Sushi James"
  4. "Red Martians"
  5. "Fatty Magee's Saxophone Adventures"

[edit] Albums

  • The Pirate House (spring, 2001)
  1. "Congratulations"
  2. "Ever After"
  3. "Sushi James"
  4. "Prom Song"
  5. "Saturday Morning"
  6. "Ahoyyy"
  7. "Take Me Home"
  8. "Lolly Pop Ring"
  9. "Monster Ballad"
  10. "Bolero"
  • Don't Quit Your Day Job (2004)
  1. "Los Angeles"
  2. "Decemberween"
  3. "Bad News Bear"
  4. "Tipperary"
  5. "Dying In Mt. Sinai"
  6. "The Most Important Song Ever Written"
  7. "Yellow Snow"
  8. "Snake Eyes"
  9. "Cheer Up Emo Kid"
  10. "Parting Gifts"
  11. "The Hoe Down"
  12. "Levittown Is For Lovers"
  13. "Red Martians Redux"
  14. "Decemberween" (acoustic)
  • ...Is Your Biological Father (2004)
  1. "The June Spirit"
  2. "Los Angeles"
  3. "Decemberween"
  4. "Tipperary"
  5. "Sixty-Seven Dollars and No Sense"
  6. "Bad News Bear"
  7. "Yellow Snow"
  8. "Cheer Up Emo Kid"
  9. "Dying In Mt. Sinai"
  10. "It's All on Me"
  11. "One Less Heart to Break"
  12. "Levittown Is for Lovers"

(also includes the music video for "The June Spirit")

[edit] Compilations

  • Girls Like It Short (Runaway Studios, 2001) ("Saved by the Bell (A.C. Slater)")
  • Undiscovered Punk 2: Long Island Scene (2002) ("Cheer Up Emo Kid" and "Fat Chance")

[edit] DVDs

  • Drop and Give Me 20 (2003)
  • Bring It On (2005)

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:fjfyxq9sld0e~T1
  2. ^ http://www.artisannews.com/ans101/templates/default.aspx?a=2538&z=111
  3. ^ http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=2974823&blogId=232227683

[edit] External links

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