Talk:The Uninvited (band)

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This was jammed in the middle of Uninvited (song) and should likely be merged with this article.

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The Uninvited is also a rock band from California. Their most prominent song is called "What God Said." The main singers are JT and Steve Taylor. Their website is located at http://www.uninvited.com/. The band has since broken up to move on to other projects but here is a bio:

John Taylor - Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Mandolin, Vocals
Steve Taylor - Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Banjo, Vocals
Ladd Story - Bass, Vocals Eddie Ecker - Drums, Vocals In 1996

The Uninvited hit the national music scene with a fury. Armed with their independent CD "Artificial Hip" and a brand new Ford Econoline van, the foursome set out to tour and never come back. Which is exactly what happened. The Uninvited left their hometown of Los Angeles and eventually "settled" in San Francisco ("settling" in this case meaning "where they washed their shorts in between tours"). In the next two years, the band played almost 500 shows, thrilling audiences with their unique mix of power-pop guitars, soaring harmonies, sardonic lyrics and energetic stage presence.

All this activity caught the attention of Atlantic Records, which released the band's self-titled major label debut in 1998. The album yielded two alternative radio hits, "What God Said" and "Too High For The Supermarket," while other songs became featured on TV shows like Party of Five, Beverly Hills 90210, and MTV's Road Rules and The Real World. The Uninvited kept up the touring pace, opening for acts like Fuel, Candlebox, Third Eye Blind, and Blues Traveler.

In 1999, The Uninvited parted ways with Atlantic and sought greater opportunities on the Internet. In October of that year, the band released "It's All Good" on their own label, Half-Baked Records. Shortly afterward, original bassist Bill Cory was replaced by Frederick "Ladd" Story, formerly of Los Angeles prog-rock kings Urban Circus. Still booked by Monterey Peninsula Artists, the band kept up its relentless touring schedule, averaging 50,000 miles a year on the road. Sales of The Uninvited's indie albums shot up past 40,000 copies, with their Mp3 CD "13 Ways To Feel The Love" spending 9 weeks on top of the Mp3.com Sales Chart.

With influences ranging from The Foo Fighters to The Kingston Trio, The Uninvited have always been difficult to pigeonhole, which is exactly how their fans like it. "The shows have always been a party," says guitarist/singer Steve Taylor, "and the best parties are the ones where it gets out of hand you wake up wondering what happened."

In December 2001, the band completed its 6th full-length album, "Malltopia," which was produced, engineered and mixed by the Taylor Brothers in their new studio. A bit of a departure for the band, "Malltopia" is a concept album of sorts with a storyline that centers on suburban kids at the mall. "By the end of the album, the central character has grown up and is looking back at that time in his life," says guitarist/songwriter John Taylor. "And he wonders what became of all those issues that seemed so life-consuming at the time: popularity, school, his parents…were they ever really resolved, or just replaced by other problems?"

"Malltopia," as well as The Uninvited's other independent albums, are all available on their website at www.uninvited.com.

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Gabe 22:48, 2 October 2006 (UTC)

"Robinson accidentally imploded in an Ego-Vortex"

Did the band write this blurb, or was it ripped word-for-word from the references? My money's on the latter, but I'm pretty sure this isn't the correct way to note a drummer's departure.

I really, really, don't want to rewrite this myself. I absolutely will if it comes to it, but yeah, consider this an open letter from a lazy editor.

This thing needs work. RazingRazor (talk) 04:45, 28 July 2015 (UTC)

Ego-Vortex removed as incomprehensible. -- Jo3sampl (talk) 20:39, 13 August 2015 (UTC)