Something Corporate News

Early emo-rock band Something Corporate a ' who haven't been heard from in years a ' announced late last week they'll reunite for a special one-off show as part of the 2010 Bamboozle Left festival in California.

Alt-rockers Something Corporate, one of the biggest band to come out of Orange County in past decade, has confirmed they will reunite following a five-year hiatus to headline Bamboozle California 2010 .

Andrew McMahon lived the rock & roll dream. His high school band, Something Corporate, landed a major record deal with Geffen and sold out venues as they headlined a world tour.

As an eager young intern at The Dispatch, I once agreed to review a concert by Something Corporate, one of the most egregious offenders in American pop music.

"Do the words 'protagonist' and 'hero' mean the same thing? I'm not even going to try defining what a hero is but even by the broadest possible definition, many protagonists in literature are definitely not heroes." Editorial Excerpt: "Considering that I breathe, eat, and sleep RPGs, something lately has been moving me away from the grind into ...

Something Corporate's debut album, Leaving Through the Window, is what a bad fusion of Elton John and Blink 182 would sound like.

Though Hillary Clinton, Bill Clinton and Sarah Palin have all spoken at Rec Hall in the past two years, no music performances have taken place at the venue that once hosted artists like Busta Rhymes and the Red Hot Chili Peppers.

Our featured Tuned In band this week is Jack's Mannequin. They are an Alternative Rock band signed to Warner Brothers Reprise Records.

Formerly known as the frontman for Something Corporate, a West Coast punk-pop quintet that garnered a modest following during the early 2000s, Andrew McMahon is also the piano-playing songwriter behind Jack's Mannequin.

Formed by Andrew McMahon as a side project to his then group, 'Something Corporate', Jack's Mannequin are already two albums in, having released 'The Glass Passenger' about a year ago; the follow-up to their acclaimed 2005 debut, 'Everything in Transit'. During a recent tour stop through Vancouver, Joe Leary spent 24 Seconds with Andrew McMahon.

Rochester drummer hit the beat on NBC's 'Last Call with Carson Daily" Leah Stacy Not many Rochesterians can say they've been featured on NBC's Last Call with Carson Daly .

They seem to be supporters of not only the Limos but the whole San Jose music scene, and what they're doing over there right now is very interesting.

Andrew McMahon, the former Something Corporate lead singer who since 2005 has been heading his side project, Jack's Mannequin, now is taking yet another career twist, heading out to do a brief tour of solo shows at small clubs.

You Can Come Home Again Heard Mentality : The best of the music, arts and culture blog for the week of July 27-Aug. 2 Last week was Homecoming Week for OC/LB bands, and what it lacked in wacky dress-up days or pep rallies, it made up for in concerts by Jack's Mannequin, Crystal Antlers and No Doubt .

You Can Come Home Again Heard Mentality : The best of the music, arts and culture blog for the week of July 27-Aug. 2 Last week was Homecoming Week for OC/LB bands, and what it lacked in wacky dress-up days or pep rallies, it made up for in concerts by Jack's Mannequin, Crystal Antlers and No Doubt .

On Friday, pop rockers The Fray came to the Santa Barbara Bowl for their first time, accompanied by Kansas City's Vedera and the nostalgic - for those who grew up with Something Corporate, at least - Jack's Mannequin, hailing from Los Angeles.

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The Jonas Brothers played at the Tacoma Dome on Sunday, June 28. The sign posted at the concession stand read: "Due to the nature of tonight's event, we will not be serving alcohol." Fuck.

Few band names-save maybe Throbbing Gristle or Something Corporate -more accurately evoke the music of their namesakes than Casiotone for the Painfully Alone .