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Band members Alex DeLeon and Cash Colligan first began playing together in ], and recorded demos as a duo which they put up on their ] page.<ref name=amg> at ]</ref> Alex Deleon would ask Alex Johnson who was currently in a hardcore band to join The Cab and he would accept. It was now a full band with guitarist Paul Garcia, guitar/pianist Alex Marshall, and drummer Alex Johnson, they played their first show at Rock n' Java in Las Vegas, and signed to local label Olympus Records in January 2006;<ref>. '']'', March 14, 2006.</ref> however, they released no material on Olympus. They gave a demo to ] of ] at a ] show, who helped them sign to ] in May 2007.<ref>. '']'', May 16, 2007.</ref> Shortly after this, the band's members graduated from high school.<ref>. <ref>During this time they decided to replace Garcia With Ian Crawford, who moved from Washington to join the band. ''Dig Magazine'', December 13, 2007.'']'' named them #75 on their Top 100 Hot Report in September 2007, before they had actually released any official material.<ref>. '']'', September 2007.</ref> The group toured nationally in 2007 and 2008 with ], ], ], ], ], ], and others. In February 2008, their touring van flipped over in ], but none of the bandmembers were seriously injured, and they only missed one tour date.<ref>. ''Quinnipac Chronicle'', March 5, 2008.</ref> In March 2008 the band played ].<ref>. '']'', March 13, 2008.</ref> Their ]-produced debut album, ''Whisper War'', was released on April 29, 2008 which featured ] of ] and ] of ] on the first single off the cd "One Of Those Nights", which was written by Stump. <ref>. ]</ref><ref>. ], April 30, 2008.</ref><ref>. The Album Project, April 30, 2008.</ref> As of February 15, 2008, the featured song from the album, "I'll Run", had over 300,000 hits on the band's MySpace page.<ref>. '']'', February 15, 2008.</ref> |
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Band members Alex DeLeon and Cash Colligan first began playing together in ], and recorded demos as a duo which they put up on their ] page.<ref name=amg> at ]</ref> Alex Deleon would ask Alex Johnson who was currently in a hardcore band to join The Cab and he would accept. It was now a full band with guitarist Paul Garcia, guitar/pianist Alex Marshall, and drummer Alex Johnson, they played their first show at Rock n' Java in Las Vegas, and signed to local label Olympus Records in January 2006;<ref>. '']'', March 14, 2006.</ref> however, they released no material on Olympus. They gave a demo to ] of ] at a ] show, who helped them sign to ] in May 2007.<ref>. '']'', May 16, 2007.</ref> Shortly after this, the band's members graduated from high school.<ref>. </ref>During this time they decided to replace Garcia With Ian Crawford, who moved from Washington to join the band. <ref>''Dig Magazine'', December 13, 2007.</ref> '']'' named them #75 on their Top 100 Hot Report in September 2007, before they had actually released any official material.<ref>. '']'', September 2007.</ref> The group toured nationally in 2007 and 2008 with ], ], ], ], ], ], and others. In February 2008, their touring van flipped over in ], but none of the bandmembers were seriously injured, and they only missed one tour date.<ref>. ''Quinnipac Chronicle'', March 5, 2008.</ref> In March 2008 the band played ].<ref>. '']'', March 13, 2008.</ref> Their ]-produced debut album, ''Whisper War'', was released on April 29, 2008 which featured ] of ] and ] of ] on the first single off the cd "One Of Those Nights", which was written by Stump. <ref>. ]</ref><ref>. ], April 30, 2008.</ref><ref>. The Album Project, April 30, 2008.</ref> As of February 15, 2008, the featured song from the album, "I'll Run", had over 300,000 hits on the band's MySpace page.<ref>. '']'', February 15, 2008.</ref> |
