Artist description Late Start has honed its sound from widely varied beginnings. Jt's main influences are straight-up punk -- NOFX, Strung Out, Pennywise, and Slick Shoes. Jerrod has listened to and playedeverything from metal and jazz to bebop and bluegrass. And in its early days, Late Start enjoyed?? .... tolerated??..... the influence of hardcore. Since then, the band has eliminated the not-so-good stuff from the better stuff and arrived at a sound that is distinctly their own -- extremely listenable punk music that gets stuck in your head for days on end.

Music Style Pop-punk, emo

Musical Influences Digger, face to face, the cars

Artist History Late Start began in February of 1998 in the dorm room of then art student, Jerrod Blavos, and recent college dropout Jt Woodruff. Jt had been writing some songs and enlisted the help of Jerrod, whose musical talents were known far and wide, to record the songs as demos. Jerrod agreed and not only recorded the songs but played drums on the tracks. What started out as kind of playing around quickly took a turn for the semi- serious. Matt Auxier, another friend from their hometown of St. Marys, WV, had just started playing guitar, and started playing with Jt and Jerrod, asking only that they play a cover of "Paradise City" by Guns N.' Roses. Soon Aaron Simonton joined up, playing bass, and suddenly they had themselves a band.

Group Members Jt, vox, guitarJerrod, Guitar, voxJason, bass, voxMike, drums

Instruments las drumbas, la guitarra, e la guitarra la bassa

Albums Late Start s/t (june 1998), on thier own (dec 1998 far from home (june 1999), love songs through power chords (oct. 1999))

Press Reviews "I don't know who decided that punk music has to be angry. All that shouting just sounds ridiculous. I mean, what's the point if you can't understand what they're saying?" The words of Jt Woodruff sum up his philosophy of punk... and the basic emphasis of his band, Late Start. Under the primary guidance of vocalist/guitarist Jt Woodruff and guitarist Jerrod Blavos Late Start has, from its inception, set out to break the barriers of genre. Catchy, poppy riffs are punctuated by Jt's honest lyrics that run the gamut of personal issues... from falling in love to breaking up to not understanding why people just don't understand. There's no reason why music can't make you dance and make you think at the same time, and this music does exactly that.

Location Troy, Ohio - USA

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