The Benjamins

New Jersey’s the Benjamins (never to be baffled with the Milwaukee pop-punk music group agreed upon to Drive-Thru Information in the first 2000s) were shaped in Oct 1999 by vocalist Joe DeGennaro, bassist Ben DeGennaro, keyboardist Roger Hitchuk, and drummer Jeremy Luke. The choice rockers initially emerged together solely being a addresses act experimenting the Jersey Shoreline, with a repertoire that included radio and MTV strikes alongside ’80s favorites like Rick Springfield’s “Jessie’s Female,” a-ha’s “Undertake Me,” and (needless to say) a lot of Bon Jovi, they quickly collected an enthusiastic regional following. After going right through some guitarists, the Benjamins resolved along with Anthony Picone in 2003 to finish their primary lineup, with him up to speed, they eventually started penning their very own music. These music slowly started producing their way in to the group’s nightly pieces, and in-may 2004 the Benjamins self-produced and released their debut record of original materials, Move. (They’d previously released two albums of cover music.) The staff contributed tracks to some compilations and elevated its hometown profile starting for acts just like the Goo Goo Dolls and Third Eyesight Blind on the bands’ NJ tour halts. The Benjamins toured along the East Coastline, playing over 200 displays per year, and in springtime 2006 their effort snagged them a sponsorship cope with Coors Light. After spending more than a season writing and documenting new materials, the music group (right now a quartet minus Hitchuk) released its sophomore work, Chronicles from the Backyard State, in Apr 2007 via Primary Records (written by Koch Entertainment).