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Yellowcard with their original frontman & founder Benjamin Harper released their debut album, Midget Tossing, on April 1, 1997, via DIY Records. This album, along with their next two efforts, Where We Stand and Ryan Key's debut One for the Kids , failed to garner any chart success on the Billboard music charts. Also, no singles were ever ...
Yellowcard was formed in 1997 in Jacksonville, Florida, after its members met at Douglas Anderson School of the Arts.The band got its name from a phrase its members used in high school: whenever somebody did something stupid at a party, such as spilling beer on the carpet, they cited soccer laws and gave the offender a "yellow card" for committing a "party foul".
Yellowcard began in Florida and moved to California at the onset of the aughts, signing to Capitol in 2002. "Ocean Avenue" was one of many songs the band wrote for their major-label debut, but primary lyricist Key had difficulty completing its chorus. It was nearly left off the album until Key wrote the song's anthemic refrain.
Yellowcard toured throughout 2003 and 2004 for Ocean Avenue. In June 2004, "Only One" was released as a single; [64] the CD version included an AOL Session version of "View from Heaven" and a live version of "Miles Apart". [65] The music video for "Only One" was directed by Phil Harder and was filmed prior to the European tour. [35]
Lights and Sounds is the fifth studio album by American rock band Yellowcard, released on January 24, 2006, in the United States through Capitol Records. Lights and Sounds is Yellowcard's first concept album, which was inspired to reflect what the band was feeling at the time of production and how they have matured in the process.
So, Yellowcard dug deeply into its discography to choose songs "where we really leaned into that '90s alternative side of ourselves, and our very earliest inspirations for making music.
Paper Walls is the sixth studio album by American rock band Yellowcard, released on July 17, 2007.This is also the first Yellowcard album with Ryan Mendez, their last with Peter Mosely, and their last studio album to be released through Capitol Records.
"Lights and Sounds" is a song by American pop punk band Yellowcard. The song was written collaboratively by all the band members for their fifth album, Lights and Sounds (2006). The track is built around a guitar riff, which is then followed with a repetitive drumming beat, then it is followed by a roaring guitar sound.