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| After a very long hiatus front man Ladd Mitchell and Drummer Miles Logan once again team up in new band Tiger Tank. | After a very long hiatus front man Ladd Mitchell and Drummer Miles Logan once again team up in new band Tiger Tank. | ||
| In an open letter to fans on their Kick Start page Ladd wrote that "Tiger Tank is very reminiscent of Park but has it's own personal edge while staying true to mid-west indie rock scene which I fell in love with while growing up in Springfield, Illinois," that Miles Parkhill will be helping out on drums, and that they are creating demos for an EP consisting of 5 songs that will be released digitally.<ref>http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1627097528/tiger-tank-ep-ex-park-members-start-new-musical-pr</ref> | |||
| In an open letter to fans on their Kick Start page Ladd wrote. | |||
| “Hello all! My name is Ladd Mitchell and this is my newest musical project, Tiger Tank. I used to play guitar and sing in a band called Park. When Park broke up in May of 2007 I began receiving a great deal of fan mail asking whether or not I was going to continue a musical career by starting or participating in a new project. After 4 years of reading such mail I decided it was finally time to heed everyone's advice and begin playing music again. <br /> | |||
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| Tiger Tank is very reminiscent of Park but has it's own personal edge while staying true to mid-west indie rock scene which I fell in love with while growing up in Springfield, Illinois.<br /> | |||
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| I asked Miles Parkhill (former drummer of Park) to help me out with this project on drums. We are currently demoing songs for a 5 song EP that we will be releasing in a digital format. Being full time parents and managing careers does not leave a lot of time for playing shows to fund such a project so we need your help to make this happen.<br /> | |||
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| We have put together a list of rewards that will hopefully entice you to donate to this worth while cause. Every dollar raised would go completely into funding the project and making it as good as we possibly can. | |||
| Any help at all would be much appreciated!<br /> | |||
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| Thanks so much,<br /> | |||
| Ladd Mitchell” <ref>http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1627097528/tiger-tank-ep-ex-park-members-start-new-musical-pr</Ref> <br /> | |||
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| ⚫ | The project was funded in December 2011 and |
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| ⚫ | The project was funded in December 2011 and band's first EP being released in May of 2012. The EP is 5 tracks long. | ||
| ==Discography== | ==Discography== | ||
Revision as of 00:26, 17 June 2012
| Park | |
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| Origin | Springfield, Illinois |
| Genres | Punk rock, Alternative rock, Emo |
| Years active | 1996–2007 |
| Labels | Lobster Records |
| Members | Ladd Mitchell Aaron Bickel Alex Haycraft Miles Logan |
Park was an American rock band, formed in Springfield, Illinois.
Line-up
- Ladd Mitchell: vocals, guitar
- Aaron Bickel: guitar
- Alex Haycraft: Bass
- Miles Logan: drums
Biography
Park is from Springfield, Illinois. They began in 1996 with Justin Valenti, Eric Lipe and Jon Heupel. After three shows as a trio Park played with one of Ladd Mitchell's former bands and Ladd joined Park a week later. Lipe and Heupel left in 2000 to pursue school and were replaced by Miles Logan and Timmy Costello. This current incarnation is the fourth major version of Park. Ladd Mitchell is the only member that has been in all four incarnations of Park.
In October 2001, Lobster Records released the Park album, No Signal. It was produced by Cameron Webb (Lit, Over It, Social Distortion, and later Silverstein).
With the release of No Signal, Park embarked on a yearlong non-stop North American tour, three times around. They then went home to write songs and returned to California for the recording of "It Won't Snow Where You're Going", again produced by Cameron Webb, and released in November 2003. Park went on the road again, touring the US three times in 2004. In 2005, frontman Ladd Mitchell released a solo CD under the name A Times Beach Crush Factor. They released Building a Better. in 2006.
Park recorded a cover version of the Blink-182 song Obvious, which was included in the compilation album A Tribute to Blink 182: Pacific Ridge Records Heroes of Pop-Punk, released by Pacific Ridge Records in 2006.
On February 3, 2007, a blog on the Park myspace revealed that Ladd would be leaving the band due to personal reasons, and the band would be breaking up. In a recent interview with the music blog "Sleeping with Headphones," Mitchell revealed that his intentions for ending the band were to pursue a normal life with his family. Park's DVD, titled Weathering a Summer, premiered at their final hometown show on May 5, 2007, with an official release still pending. The band has also stated that a DVD featuring the final show will be released in the near future.
Tiger Tank
After a very long hiatus front man Ladd Mitchell and Drummer Miles Logan once again team up in new band Tiger Tank.
In an open letter to fans on their Kick Start page Ladd wrote that "Tiger Tank is very reminiscent of Park but has it's own personal edge while staying true to mid-west indie rock scene which I fell in love with while growing up in Springfield, Illinois," that Miles Parkhill will be helping out on drums, and that they are creating demos for an EP consisting of 5 songs that will be released digitally.
The project was funded in December 2011 and band's first EP being released in May of 2012. The EP is 5 tracks long.
Discography
EP Cassette
- Blue Screen (Self Released, 1996) - EP
7 inch Vinyl
- The Sound of Sirens (Park/Civic Split) (Starry Night Records, 1997) Split 7 inch
- Mood Ring (Sam the Cat Records, 1997) - EP
EP
- Random and Scattered (Self Released, 2000) - EP
Full-Length Albums
- Scene 14 (Playing Field Records, 1999) - CD
- No Signal (Lobster Records, 2001) - CD
- It Won't Snow Where You're Going (Lobster Records, 2003) - CD
- Building A Better ______ (Lobster Records, 2006) - CD
- Building A Better ______ (Vega Vinyl, 2008) - LP
DVDs
- Weathering a Summer (Self-released, 2007)
Forming an End (self-released 2009) www.parkmerch.com
Other
- Cover version of Obvious by Blink-182 appeared in A Tribute to Blink 182: Pacific Ridge Records Heroes of Pop-Punk
References
- Sleeping with Headphones
- http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1627097528/tiger-tank-ep-ex-park-members-start-new-musical-pr
External links
- park on purevolume
- park on myspace
- lobster records official site
- Ladd Mitchell discussing his lyric writing process for PlayPro.com
- Interview with mplsscene.com