The Forward

Shaped in Hollywood, where picture matters, the people in the Forwards wear the anticipated weathered jeans, neckties, and angular hairstyles; they may be marketed as noisy indie rockers or post-punk trailblazers; and in most cases they sound nearly the same as the Killers, Coldplay, as well as the Wallflowers. Vocalist/guitarist Leonard Jackson and bassist Ian Schaeffer originally shaped Golf club Makeout while operating together at Acoustic guitar Middle. After a rethink and a name modification, they recruited second guitarist Greg Smith and drummer Tom DuPree III before pairing up with maker Ethan Allen (the 88, MUCH BETTER THAN Ezra, Keeping track of Crows), who fleshed out the band’s audio in the studio room while recording ONLY Teeth. Television placements on MTV and a slot machine at 2007’s South by Southwest adopted before the recording was arranged for discharge in Sept of 2008.