Drowning Pool Street Team Spotlight : Jul 2008

For Texas modern rockers Drowning Pool, Full Circle, their third album, and first for Eleven Seven Music/ADA, represents a chance to continue to build on their success, with a new lead singer in old friend Ryan McCombs, a new label and new management, but the same fiery commitment to their music and one another. We visited with manager Dave Assenberg about the progress of the new DP street team since transitioning it to Fancorps several months ago.

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My American Heart Street Team Spotlight : Jun 2008

Age doesn't necessarily denote musical prowess, but for My American Heart, a band who wrote their debut when most of the members were merely 16, making great music has only been augmented by three years of touring, practice and acquired knowledge. The San Diego fivesome's dynamic, innovative second record reverberates with a sense of newfound wisdom and the sort of skill that comes only from that hard-earned experience, a reminder of how shockingly young the makers of the record actually are. Fancorps met with Warcon Records label rep Kyle Roeger to catch up on how the My American Heart street team is doing heading into a busy summer.

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Michael Angelo Batio Street Team Spotlight : May 2008

Michael Angelo Batio was named one of the 50 fastest guitarists of all time by Guitar World Magazine, one of the 20 greatest Shredders of all time by Total Guitar Magazine in the U.K. and named one of the 20 greatest Chicago Guitarists of all time by the famous music magazine, the Illinois Entertainer. All in the same month! So you can imagine that he has a pretty active fan base and street team which is a full time job to manage. We sat down with Drew Christoffel, who currently maintains the team, to see how things are going on the Official MAB Street Team

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Scarlet Kings Street Team Spotlight : Apr 2008

Scarlet Kings is a Nashville based country/rock band. Their blend of country, rock, pop and bluegrass seems to defy classification, yet, at the same time, is uniquely identifiable. Tasteful musicianship presents intelligent songwriting with a tight pop sensibility that is immediate and universal. The members of Scarlet Kings have an undeniable chemistry that makes their performances slick and polished with depth and soul.

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Five Finger Death Punch Street Team Spotlight : Jan 2008

Five Finger Death Punch drags Heavy Metal, kicking and screaming, into a new era. Incorporating all we know and love about the old-school - the guitar solos, attention to songwriting detail, heavy vocals - with new-school melodic vocals and down-tuned guitars, the band bridges the gap in grand style and at full speed ahead! Fancorps sat down with Neha Modi, New Media Manager for The Firm, the band's management and record label, to see how the FFDP army is holding up as the band heads in to a big year of touring in support of their latest album "The Way Of The Fist".

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International Fight League Street Team Spotlight : Dec 2007

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Flyleaf Street Team Spotlight : Nov 2007

A&M/Octone's Flyleaf has made quite an impression over the past year with a relentless touring schedule and several hit singles on rock radio stations across the world. After just a few months their street team on Fancorps has grown to over one thousand members and helped push the band and their profile to an even higher level. On the heels of releasing a special edition CD/DVD combo of their self titled album and an international tour in 2008, we caught up with label rep Doug Yorke to check in on the status of the team, the new album, and an exciting new contest.

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Sherwood Street Team Spotlight : Oct 2007

Myspace Records break out artist Sherwood has taken their show on the road in recent months with a non-stop touring schedule which shows no sign of slowing down anytime soon. The California based band joined up with Fancorps a few months back to help take their newly formed street team to the next level. We sat down with Myspace Records Director of Marketing, Danny Ornelas, who manages the Sherwood team, to see how things have been going since the launch.

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Bang Camaro Street Team Spotlight : Sep 2007

Boston’s Bang Camaro is a five-piece band with twenty lead singers whose music and shows are becoming legendary. The internet buzz has spread the news of the band worldwide with a national tour. Their Myspace is approaching 500,000 plays and 30,000 MySpace friends (and counting). With the release of their debut album and signing to The Agency Group, one of the industry’s leading booking agencies, the band is on the road touring nationally. We sat down with their fearless street team leader, Jillian, to check up on how the team and band have been doing in recent months.

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Fair to Midland Street Team Spotlight : Jun 2007

Founded in the quiet farm town of Sulphur Springs, Texas, "Where people still say 'please' and 'thank you,'" as its chamber of commerce notes, Universal Republic artists Fair to Midland have become one of the most idiosyncratic musical forces in the Lone Star State. Fancorps.com sat down with their manager, Frank Hill, to see how things are going with their newly formed street team, a new album on the horizon, and a summer full of high profile tours.

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Upside Street Team Spotlight : May 2007

Hailing from Denton, Texas, Upside has just released a brand new full length album on Tribunal Records entitled 'Jim Beam and The American Dream'. Fancorps sat down with their long time manager and self proclaimed "bail bondsman", John Estus, to discuss their recent partnership with Fancorps to develop their new street team and what's on the horizon from the band. According to John, Fancorps has not only helped organize and motivate the bands' fans, but also the band members themselves to get more involved on the promotion side of things. 

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Upstairs Records Street Team Spotlight : Mar 2007

In 1987 Upstairs Records, Inc opened its doors as a local retail music shop in San Jose, California. Within two years, the store became popular and very profitable. This was an opportunity to expand and become larger. In 1989 Upstairs Records, Inc established itself as an official record label and an artist management company.

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Bowling For Soup Street Team Spotlight : Feb 2007

Bowling For Soup has been around the block more than a few times, releasing 9 full length albums and countless singles since they formed in 1994 in Wichita Falls, Texas. It couldn't have been more fitting for the "BFS Army" to team up with Fancorps near the end of 2006 as the band's new album, 'The Great Burrito Extortion Case' was just starting to take flight.

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Blue October Street Team Spotlight : Jan 2007

With the release of their latest album, 'Foiled', Blue October has been catapulted into the national spotlight behind their first single 'Hate Me'. They enlisted Fancorps to help push the new album and their loyal fan base to a new level this time around. Just a month after launching their Fancorps team they had a force of over one thousand members across the world. Since the April 2006 release 'Foiled' has since gone gold, selling over 500 thousand copies, and the band has gone on to perform on national television twice, on Jay Leno and Jimmy Kimmel, and toured throughout the U.S, Canada, and Europe. Their street team continues to grow thru Fancorps on a daily basis, reaching more fans then anyone ever thought possible.

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