{"id":2141,"date":"2015-06-04T16:27:04","date_gmt":"2015-06-04T21:27:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beintheloopchicago.com\/?p=2141"},"modified":"2015-06-10T14:50:00","modified_gmt":"2015-06-10T19:50:00","slug":"chicago-artist-plain-white-ts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/beintheloopchicago.com\/?p=2141","title":{"rendered":"Chicago Artist : Plain White T’s"},"content":{"rendered":"

Plain White T’s<\/b>\u00a0(read as “plain white tees”) is an American\u00a0pop punk<\/a>\u00a0band from\u00a0Lombard, Illinois<\/a>, formed in 1997 by\u00a0high school<\/a>\u00a0friends Tom Higgenson, Dave Tirio, Ken Fletcher and Steve Mast. The group had a mostlyunderground<\/a>\u00a0following in\u00a0Chicago<\/a>\u00a0basements,\u00a0clubs<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0bars<\/a>\u00a0in its early years.[5]<\/a><\/sup>[6]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n

The band is best known in the USA for the\u00a0number-one<\/a>\u00a0hit song “Hey There Delilah<\/a>“, which achieved\u00a0platinum status<\/a>\u00a0in 2007 and earned two\u00a0Grammy<\/a>\u00a0nominations,[7]<\/a><\/sup>\u00a0as well as “1234<\/a>” and “Rhythm of Love<\/a>“, which were certified platinum in 2009 and 2011.<\/p>\n

The Plain White T’s was formed in Lombard in fall 1997. The group began as a trio, with Higgenson as singer and guitarist, Fletcher on bass guitar and Tirio on drums.[8]<\/a><\/sup>\u00a0They played mostly local punk shows in Chicago’s suburbs, eventually having gigs at the Metro in Chicago’s Wrigleyville neighborhood. As the band began to establish itself in the local scene, a fourth member was recruited, Steve Mast, who joined playing lead guitar and sang backing vocals.[9]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n

Higgenson broke several vertebrae in a car crash in 1999[10]<\/a><\/sup>\u00a0while driving the band’s van. He was in a back brace for three months and had to learn to walk again. Higgenson changed his song-writing process, choosing songs that were more meaningful to him, and the band began taking its music career more seriously.[11]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n

In 2000, the band recorded its first album, titled\u00a0Come On Over<\/i>. In 2002, the band self-financed the recording of\u00a0Stop<\/i>, a full-length album that attracted the attention of Fearless Records. While the band toured in support for the album, both Fletcher and Mast left and were replaced by Tim Lopez and Mike Retondo. Shortly after, Tirio decided to switch from drumming to rhythm guitar, and a new drummer named De’Mar Hamiltion was added to the line-up.<\/p>\n

The 2005 release,\u00a0All That We Needed’,’ was the first studio album from the reformed line-up.[12]<\/a><\/sup>\u00a0“Hey There Delilah<\/a>” was first released on their third album,<\/i>\u00a0All That We Needed<\/a>, in 2005. They recorded<\/i>\u00a0Every Second Counts\u00a0that year, on which “Hey There Delilah” was added in order to allow it a chance on mainstream radio. The band signed with\u00a0Hollywood Records<\/a>, which released<\/i>\u00a0Every Second Counts\u00a0on September 12, 2006. That same year, “Hey There Delilah” reached #1 on the<\/i>\u00a0Billboard\u00a0Hot 100 chart for two weeks.[13]<\/a><\/sup>\u00a0The song was written for the track star\u00a0Delilah DiCrescenzo<\/a>, whom Higgenson had met in 2002. The song received two Grammy nominations, and<\/i>\u00a0Every Second Counts\u00a0was certified gold.[14]<\/a><\/sup>\u00a0In early 2006, the band teamed up with\u00a0Motion City Soundtrack<\/a>\u00a0for a winter\/spring tour.[15]<\/a><\/sup><\/i><\/p>\n

In 2008, they released the album\u00a0Big Bad World<\/a><\/i>. The album had two hit singles: “1, 2, 3, 4<\/a>” and “Natural Disaster<\/a>“. Both were on the\u00a0American Top 40<\/a>\u00a0at numbers 1 and 2 for three consecutive weeks.[16]<\/a><\/sup>\u00a0By late 2008, the band had joined the\u00a0Rock Band Live<\/i>\u00a0tour with\u00a0Panic! at the Disco<\/a>,\u00a0Dashboard Confessional<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0The Cab<\/a>.[17]<\/a><\/sup>\u00a0Later that year, the band played at the\u00a0Give It a Name<\/a>\u00a0festival in the UK.[18]<\/a><\/sup>\u00a0In 2007, they performed the single “Our Time Now” on an episode of the Nickelodeon television series,\u00a0iCarly<\/a><\/i>. “Our Time Now” was also the theme song of the ABC Family dramedy series,\u00a0Greek<\/a><\/i>.[19]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n

The band’s “Rhythm of Love<\/a>” single was the first to be released from their 2010 album,\u00a0The Wonders of the Younger<\/a><\/i>. The song reached number five on the Hot AC chart, and was in the top ten in 2010 as well.[16]<\/a><\/sup>\u00a0In 2012, the band also covered\u00a0The Ramones<\/a>‘ “Pet Sematary<\/a>” for the\u00a0song soundtrack<\/a>\u00a0of the 2012 Disney filmFrankenweenie<\/a><\/i>.[20]<\/a><\/sup>\u00a0Should’ve Gone to Bed<\/a><\/i>, a four-song EP, was released on April 9, 2013.<\/p>\n

The band left Hollywood Records after creative conflicts with the label during the production of the\u00a0American Nights<\/a><\/i>\u00a0album.[21]<\/a><\/sup>\u00a0American Nights<\/i>\u00a0was released byMegaforce Records<\/a>\u00a0on March 31, 2015. In 2013, Higgenson and Tirio formed a side project called\u00a0That Lying Bitch<\/a>\u00a0to return to their punk rock roots.<\/p>\n

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