Artist description Punk-Pop that speaks the universal language of love. San Diego punk rock like no other.

Music Style San Diego punk rock.

Musical Influences the ataris, face to face, no use for a name, green day, blink 182, mxpx, screeching weasel, good riddance, no motiv, bad religion, arthur

Similar Artists the ataris, face to face, blink 182, green day, arthur, no motiv, mxpx, homegrown, weston, a new found glory, lagwagon, nofx, sum 41, fenix tx, offspring, useless id, millencolin, vandals, nufan

Artist History Larger Than Life has been a band since 1999. Aaron and Devin met Anthony, then they all met Jon ... then they found Brandon ... then Aaron left the band ... then Roland from Easily Amused joined the band ... then Brandon left the band and Chuck from Easily Amused joined.

Group Members Jon Lowe - vocals, Devin Schlichting - guitar/back up vocals, Anthony Mendeola - drums, Roland Ware - guitar/back up vocals, and Chuck D - bass.

Instruments bass, drums, guitars

Albums 1.The Easy Way Out - 1999 (available on mp3.com) 2. If Tomorrow Never Came - 2001 (self-released EP) 3. Along The Lines Of Breaking Down - 2002 (EP on Galactic Pop Records)

Press Reviews Unfolding new power for pop punk style by sustaining a surpassing melody ground on their themes, Larger Than Life also portray the best-of punk rock harshness, endured by pushy guitar strains and resourceful lyrics. Consisting of Jon Lowe (vocals), Devin Schlichting (guitar), Roland Ware (guitar), Chuck D (bass), and drummer Anthony Mendeola, the San Diego crew began its operations when Schlichting and Mendeola first met. After releasing their debut record, the EP The Easy Way Out, in 1999, the band started to have a considerable following, specially due to their exciting live shows. In 2001 Larger Than Life delivered their second disc, the EP If Tomorrow Never Came. ~ All Music Guide _______________________________________________________________________ *Larger Than Life: If Tomorrow Never Came* by April Zoe Monera: Goes well with: Saves the Day, New Found Glory, and Sum 41: Take two slices of blink-182 toast, spread some New Found Glory jelly and some MxPx peanut butter, and you have the ultimate pop-punk sandwich -- simple, sweet, sometimes crunchy, and definitely easy to swallow. If that's your kind of diet, then you need to get yourself Larger Than Life's new seven-track EP, If Tomorrow Never Came. This five-man crew is at the perfect age for puppy love and heartache. You can almost feel the pain in Jonathan Lowe's whiny yet sweet voice and can easily imagine him squinting his eyes in agony while singing, "You left me last summer/I wonder is there something I forgot to say/Now I'm left here to suffer/Do you feel the same way?" on the record's opening track, "Last Summer." The title track is just one bite of a fairly uniform sandwich, followed by more songs about girls, all drowned in crunchy guitars and poppy drumbeats. "Cloak and Dagger," at under a minute the shortest song on the CD, is the one interesting diversion. It's sort of like a shot of vodka -- edgy, angry and straight to the point -- to wash down this otherwise super-sweet meal. _______________________________________________________________________ *Larger Than Life - If Tomorrow Never Came* Reviewed by: Jason Tate: As I read the description of these guys, "3-chord, power-pop punk" .. I knew that they immediately would fall in to the catagory I hold so close to my heart. When I stuck this album in the stereo for the first time .. I had no idea really what to expect. It was pretty much a self-released 7 song EP -- so I was afraid the production would suck, and the album would sound like it was recorded in a bathroom. Fuck, I sound like I am doggin on the band before I ever even heard the thing! It's just that I have heard to many BAD poppunk bands lately. Okay, Okay ... THIS IS NOT ONE OF THEM. Not close, not even for a second would this band be classified with any synonym for the word bad. These guys fucking kick ass!! The album starts out with "last summer," easly a song that could be picked up on the radio and make these kids the next big thing. I am serious. With tight poppunk chords, and a talented vocalist .. these kids sure can rock. I was first shocked at the killer production, then I was floored as the vocals started and I realized I was in for a real treat with this album. You ever had the feeling that you are finding something new? something that soon, everyone is going to be talking about? This could very well be this band. Track 2 rips through another song, before we get to my personal favorite "Note to Self: City Park 2 PM." Catchy lyrics, perfect melodies, this song really showcases what this band is capable of. I would highly recommend poppunk fans checking this song out .. falling in love with it, and then buying this album .. and falling in love with that as well. Track 4 starts with what sounds like an MXPX riff.. before blasting into a hard, powerfull, yelling song. The song is only 53 seconds so it is tolerable. Then the album finishes up with 3 more quality tunes. This is ONLY the beginning. Look for this band to get picked up by a larger label .. and to release a full length in the near future. Hell, if I had the money .. I would sign these guys on the spot, produce their full length, and then sit back and watch as this band blows up across the nation. It is bound to happen. New Found Glory, The Starting Line, Blink182, and MxPx fans will find themselves eating up everything this band puts out. Hell .. I am just pissed there are only 7 tracks on it. Larger Than Life ... stupid Backstreet Boys song ... kick ass punk band, 'nuff said. _______________________________________________________________________ *San Diego Reader ~ Blurt (January 31, 2002)* "We would go and unplug the Coke machine in front of the store and plug in our amps and start playing," says Jonathan Lowe about the "guerilla shows" his band Larger Than Life used to do in 1999. "On weekends we would talk to kids just walking down the street and ask them if they'd want to see a live band. We'd tell them to meet us at the Sav-On on Fletcher Parkway [in El Cajon]... We'd get through about three songs before we'd have to quit." Lowe says, "We started doing that to build a fan base. You hear people complaining all the time about how the scene wasn't as good as the glory days when SOMA was around...but you can't sit around and complain. You have to come up with new things." One of those new things was playing at "a little concrete spot at the top of the stairs at [SDSU's] Cox Arena," explains Lowe. "It has electrical outlets. We played there three different times after blink-182, Bad Religion, and Pennywise shows. Each time we played a whole set before the cops showed up. They were nice to us, considering they could have taken our equipment and fined us because we were using city power. One cop said he liked our music, but we had to unplug and leave." Larger Than Life now does all its guerilla shows unplugged. Lowe said his band has thrown eight different after-concert shows at 'Canes and the Epicentre. "We've never had a problem with the police since we went acoustic," says guitarist Roland Ware. 'Canes talent buyer Pamela Johnson said her club doesn't mind the music as long as the police approve. "You would think that after seeing a long concert, [fans] would want to go home," said Lowe. "But the kids stick around and listen." I asked Ware if he knew about Elvis Costello's own guerilla showcase, in front of a record company convention in 1978. That's how he got signed to Columbia Records. "He is one of my greatest influences. I just bought his greatest hits CD last night.... I had no idea that was how he got signed. I was born in '83."

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Location San Diego, California - USA

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