The Muckrakers (band)

The Muckrakers (band)

The Muckrakers are a rock band from Louisville, Kentucky that formed in 1997.

Early days

The band started as a duo, with current lead singer/songwriter Rob Carpenter and singer/guitarist John Ruby. The two met at Western Kentucky University (both were history majors). Shortly after meeting the two began playing all over Bowling Green, Kentucky, from dorm rooms to coffee houses. Eventually though, the two began playing at a Bowling Green restaurant, Happy Inn, and began drawing substantial crowdscite news
title = Spotlight Band: The Muckrakers
url = http://www.fulleffectmagazine.com/?q=node/128
publisher = Full Effect Magazine
date = 2006-03-7
accessdate = 2007-04-05 ] .

Formation

Then the two got Brian Meurer, bassist, and together they recorded their first album, "Forgot To Breathe" (1998). Dave Kidd, drummer, joined the next year and the band began putting their music on MP3.com, which led to increased popularity and salescite news
title = Spotlight Band: The Muckrakers
url = http://www.fulleffectmagazine.com/?q=node/128
publisher = Full Effect Magazine
date = 2006-03-7
accessdate = 2007-04-05 ] . This in turn allowed them to put out their second release in 2001, titled "Losing Sleep".

Recent developments

The Muckrakers continued playing and in 2004 were signed to Toucan Cove Entertainment/Label X. So with their label, the help of producer Todd Smith, and their newly added electric guitarist, Micah Gerdis, the Muckrakers released their latest effort, and first nationally released record, "Front of the Parade."

Members

*Rob Carpenter - Lead Vocals/Guitar
*John Ruby - Vocals/Guitar
*Brian Meurer - Bass Guitar
*Dave Kidd - Drummer
*Micah Gerdis - Electric Guitar

Discography

Albums

*Forgot to Breath (1998)
*Losing Sleep (2001)
*Live @ Paste (2006)
*Live @ XM (2006)
*Front of the Parade (2006)

ingles

* Through My Door

Videos

* [http://click.rollingstone.com/?href=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.rollingstone.com%2FprerollHurl%3FclipId%3D8702732%26id%3D8702731&ismedia=true&pageid=rs.Artistcage&pageregion=triple5 Through My Door]

References

External links

* [http://www.themuckrakers.com/ Official Website]
* [http://www.myspace.com/muckrakers MySpace Page]
* [http://www.fulleffectmagazine.com/?q=node/128 Full Effect: Spotlight on the Muckrakers]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdMDPwPkfgg Live Footage @ W.K.U. Performance]


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