Tally Hall (band)

Infobox musical artist |
Name = Tally Hall


Img_capt = Tally Hall at Lollapalooza 2008
Background = group_or_band
Alias =
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Genre = Indie
Rock
Years_active = 2002-present
Label = Quack!Media, Atlantic Records
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URL = [http://www.tallyhall.com tallyhall.com]
Current_members = Joe Hawley
Zubin Sedghi
Rob Cantor
Ross Federman
Andrew Horowitz
Past_members = Steve Gallagher

Tally Hall is an American rock band formed in December 2002 based in Ann Arbor, Michigan, now under the Atlantic Records recording label. Prior to Atlantic, Tally Hall was signed to indie label Quack! Media who helped finance and nationally distribute their studio debut album, "Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum". They are known for their upbeat melodies and whimsical lyrics, particularly for their songs "Banana Man", which has been featured on "", and "Good Day", which has been featured on "The O.C."

History

Often recognized by their trademark ties, Rob (yellow-vocals/guitar), Zubin (blue-vocals/bass), Ross (grey-percussion), Joe (red-vocals/guitar), and Andrew (green-vocals/keys) make up Tally Hall which began in 2002 when Andrew met Rob through friends. Andrew, the only member not originally from Michigan, began writing songs when he was eight years old and eventually headed to the University of Michigan to study composition. There he met Rob, who attended high school with Zubin and joined Joe's film production group. When Tally Hall's original drummer left the band, they recruited Ross, who went to high school with Joe.

Tally Hall was the name of an indoor shopping plaza on Orchard Lake Road in Farmington Hills, Michigan. "Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum", the arcade whose name shares the title of their debut album, is all that remains.

The band toured promoting their album, with shows mostly featuring tracks from the album. However, their live concerts often feature a couple cover songs such as "Free Bird", "Why Don't We Do It in the Road?", "Blinded by the Light", "Who Loves The Sun", "Praise You", and "To Be with You", but they're probably best known for their cover of Biz Markie's "Just a Friend", which was recently "retired". That song can be found on The Pingry EP as a live version, and a studio version was given to several fans who purchased their album at concerts as a free download.

The band has received an amount of national media attention, performing their song "Good Day" on "The Late Late Show" with Craig Ferguson on August 2, 2006 as well as appearing in MTV's segment "You Hear It First" in September 2006Article about Tally Hall, including video clip of band's segment that was featured on MTV [http://www.mtv.com/news/yhif/tally_hall/] ] . On August 3rd 2008, Tally Hall was a performer on the BMI stage at Lollapalooza.

Tally Hall was invited back by "The Late Late Show" with Craig Ferguson on September 16th to help promote the launch of Tally Hall's Internet Show. They performed "Welcome to Tally Hall" in newly donned black vests over top of their traditional colored ties, white shirts, and black pants. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2YAYZiBvvw Performance of "Welcome To Tally Hall" on The Late, Late Show (9/16/08)] ]

The band worked on several projects after the completion of "Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum", including covering the song "Smile Like You Mean It" by The Killers for the sixth "The O.C." soundtrack: "". More recently, Tally Hall wrote and performed the songs in Playhouse Disney's short series "Happy Monster Band". The band re-released "Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum" on April 1st, 2008 with their new record label, "Atlantic Records" after some re-recording and re-mixing was done.

Tally Hall's "The Whole World and You" can be heard in a commercial for Crayola's 3D Sidewalk ChalkCrayola commercial featuring Tally Hall's "The Whole World and You" [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCajbOKxHEY] ] .

The band is managed by The Hornblow Group, who also manages They Might Be Giants, OK Go, and Oppenheimer.

Videos

In addition to music, the band also creates numerous short movies. These movies include both music videos and humorous skits. The best known of these videos is the music video for "Banana Man" which resulted in significant publicity among online users visiting the website Albino Blacksheep. Along with "The Bidding" which is another popular title by the group.

Corresponding with their single "Good Day", released on February 26, 2008, the band released a music video for Good Day on YouTube.

In August 2008, the band performed a three-song live video set for LiveDaily Sessions, including the songs "Good Day," "Be Born" and "Greener" [http://www.livedaily.com/sessions/29.html Video performance of "Good Day," "Be Born" and "Greener" by Tally Hall at LiveDaily Sessions] ] , which premiered on August 28th, 2008.

Tally Hall's Internet Show

Taking on an even larger role within the band's video portfolio is the ten part variety-show series Tally Hall's Internet Show (T.H.I.S.), which debuted on September 15, 2008. Each episode will be approximately ten minutes long. The content includes skits, music, music videos, and band-related shorts.

With the release of Tally Hall's Internet Show in September 2008, it became clear that many music videos would be released within the Internet Show. "Good Day" was the first music video to be seen in episode one. "Two Wuv" and "Ruler of Everything" are expected to have music videos appear in later episodes.

Band members

Current members

*Rob Cantor (Yellow tie) - Guitar and vocals
*Ross Federman (Grey tie) - Drums (2004-present)
*Joe Hawley (Red tie) - Guitar and vocals
*Andrew Horowitz (Green tie) - Keyboards and vocals
*Zubin Sedghi (Blue tie) - Bass and vocals

Past member

*Steve Gallagher (Grey tie) - Drums (2002-2004)

Discography

Studio Albums

*"Complete Demos" (2004) (Independent)
*"Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum" (2005) (Quack!Media)
*"Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum" (2008) (Atlantic Records)

Singles

*"Good Day - Single" (2008) (Atlantic Records)

E.P.'s

*"Partyboobytrap" (2003) (Independent)
*"Welcome To Tally Hall" (2004) (Independent)
*"The Pingry EP" (2005) (Independent)

Compilations/Soundtracks

*"" (2006)
*"" (2008)

References

External links

* [http://www.tallyhall.com/ Tally Hall Official Website]
* [http://www.myspace.com/tallyhall Tally Hall Official myspace]
* [http://www.hiddeninthesand.com/ Hiddeninthesand.com - A comprehensive and informative fansite for Tally Hall]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCajbOKxHEY Crayola 3D Sidewalk Chalk commercial, featuring Tally Hall's "The Whole World and You" ]
* [http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/video/bananaman Banana Man music video, as featured on Albino Blacksheep ]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNgyFJOzbs4 Good Day music video, as featured on YouTube ]
* [http://freshzive.com/index.php?p=get_content&id=316 Tally Hall feature at freshZIVE Entertainment ]