PO box
| PO box | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| origin | Nancy , France |
| Genre (s) | Ska punk |
| founding | 2001 |
| Current occupation | |
| Seb | |
| Jay | |
Bass , backing vocals |
Ju |
| Baz | |
Trumpet , backing vocals |
Yul |
| Yo | |
PO Box is a ska-punk band from Nancy , France, founded in 2001 .
history
The six-member band released their first demo CD called Fartcore in the year they were founded and in 2002 their first split CD with Madskat from Belgium called We Are All in the Gutter but Some of Us Are Looking at the Stars ... and sold on the Label PioProd, but without distribution, 2000 copies each. In 2002 the band won a competition in their hometown Nancy , which paved the way for them to sign a contract with Winged Skull Records, a Luxembourg label .
After many, very successful performances, among others, the Dour Festival in Belgium , the Wasted Festival in England and the Tabuns Festival in Latvia the band in 2004 released their first EP called Rock My Reality on Winged Skull Records, which Power Pop Records in the UK was published .
In 2007 ... And the Lipstick Traces , the band's first album, was released by four record companies, by Long Beach Records Europe for international distribution, by Übersee Records for distribution in Germany , by Guerilla Asso for distribution in France and Unattractive Records in Japan .
In 2009 PO Box released their second album called In Between the Lines again on Long Beach Records Europe and Guerilla Asso, but this time In Ya Face Records took over the Japanese distribution. Features with Chris Cresswell ( The Flatliners ) and Vic Ruggiero ( The Slackers ) are featured on the 15-track album . The band toured all over the world from Canada to Japan through Europe and Russia .
In 2011 PO Box celebrated its 10th anniversary and the 500th concert and recorded a new EP which was released along with a two-hour tour documentary recorded during the 2009 European tour. The EP / DVD is called Detour (s) and was recorded and mixed by Steve Rizun at Drive Studios in Toronto . It was released in autumn 2011 by the usual labels and by Bad Mood Records for distribution in Switzerland .
In 2014 the album F # rth # r was released .
Since the band was founded, the same can look back on numerous sampler contributions and over 500 concerts, at which PO Box shared the stage with bands such as Streetlight Manifesto , Big D and the Kids Table , The Slackers or The Skatalites .
Discography
Albums
- 2002: We Are All in the Gutter but Some of Us Are Looking at the Stars ... (split album with Madskat; PioProd, Cowpie)
- 2004: From New York to Luxembourg (Live album with The Slackers, Toxkäpp! And Kunn and the Magic Muffins; Winged Skull Records, Hellcat Records)
- 2007: ... And the Lipstick Traces (Long Beach Records Europe, Übersee Records, Guerilla Asso, Unattractive Records)
- 2009: In Between the Lines (Long Beach Records Europe, Guerilla Asso, In Ya Face Records)
- 2014: F # rth # r (Long Beach Records, Guerilla Asso, Broken Silence )
EPs
- 2001: Fartcore (Demo EP; PioProd)
- 2004: Rock My Reality (EP; Winged Skull Records, Power Pop Records)
- 2011: Detour (s) (EP + DVD; Long Beach Records Europe, Guerilla Asso, Bad Mood Records)
Contributions to compilations
- Sampler RockOne (Buzzer Press)
- On se bouge citoyens! (Schizophrenia Records)
- Split the Pit (co-prod vacarm.net et punkfiction.org)
- In Defense of Rock 2 (Winged Skull Records)
- Plug and Play (Let's Play Records)
- Funtime (Funtime Records)
- Nails Down a BlackBoard (Cooperate Records)
- Going Everywhere Fast (Craze Records)
- Stick to the Core (Stick to the Core Records)
- dMAC Family Vol.1 (dMAC Records)
- What If You Were the Victim (Kop Prod)
- Skank to the Top (Ska-LP Records)
- Pio Sampler # 1 (Pio Prod)
- Pio Sampler # 2 (Pio Prod)
- Pio Sampler # 3 (Pio Prod)
- Pio Sampler # 4 (Pio Prod)
- Askadémie (Askadémie Prod)
- Keep on Playing (Kop Prod)
- Smorgasboard Vol. 1 (Longbeach Records Europe)