We the Kings is an American pop-punk band from Bradenton, Florida. They are currently signed to record label S-Curve Records. They have released one self-titled full-length album in 2007 which  . .   Expand    Wikipedia

We the Kings is an American pop-punk band from Bradenton, Florida. They are currently signed to record label S-Curve Records. They have released one self-titled full-length album in 2007 which peaked at #151 on the Billboard 200. Since then they have completed a variety of tours. The band also sports their own miniature series of webisodes, called The King's Carriage, detailing life on their tour bus. Their second full-length album will be released in late 2009. The band members first met at Martha B. King Middle School in Bradenton, Florida; their name refers to this institution. Later, while in his sophomore year at Manatee High School, Travis Clark started a band called Broken Image. At this time, Hunter Thomsen, Drew Thomsen, and Danny Duncan were all playing in other bands, but Travis "cherry picked" (as he calls it) to form their band. However due to another couple of bands already calling themselves Broken Image, the name was changed to DeSoto, then, after a lawsuit ensued, to We the Kings. The group began touring seriously while Travis, Danny and Hunter were in college, and they dropped out of college to do so, while Drew graduated early from high school. They completed a couple of tours with Boys Like Girls, Fall Out Boy and Self Against City while still unsigned, and landed on the PureVolume Top 10 list after hiring a manager. After continuing success via Internet sites such as MySpace, the group signed to S-Curve Records, who issued their debut self-titled album on October 2, 2007. The album peaked at #3 on Billboard's Top Heatseekers chart and #151 on the Billboard 200. The band has toured with bands such as Cobra Starship, Valencia, Just Surrender, Metro Station, Boys Like Girls, Thriving Ivory, All Time Low, Never Shout Never, The Audition, Cute Is What We Aim For, Danger Radio, Madina Lake, Mayday Parade, and Powerspace. On February 4, their song "Check Yes Juliet" was featured as the free single of the week on iTunes. On April 8, their song "Check Yes Juliet" was featured in an episode of MTV's The Hills. When it came to making a music video for their song "This Is Our Town", they set up a contest allowing fans from the Florida area to submit videos of their town set to the song. They were up for several VMAs in 2008, including Best Pop Video, Best Rock Video, Best New Artist, and Video of the Year. New VMA-themed King's Carriage videos were released seemingly to celebrate this fact. However, they did not secure the nomination in any of these categories.

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