Jake Barnhart~ bass Tony Harper~ drums&vocals Aaron Thedford~ vocals&guitar
Influences
The Who, Guided By Voices, Cheap Trick, Roky Erickson, R.E.M., The Replacements, The Thermals, The Kinks, Robyn Hitchcock, Creedence Clearwater Revival, The Monkees, Robot Monster Weekend, Slobberbone, New Pornographers, Spoon, Ramones, AC/DC, Slade, The Buzzcocks, The Undertones, The Faces, The Banana Splits, 60s pop, 70s power pop, & bubblegum crap.
"How can anyone not love this band?" Josh Venable, 102.1 KDGE
"This album rocks. Actually, it might be an EP, as it's only twenty minutes long. I don't know. It rocks." MUSICUNDERWATER.COM
"...the mission stays the same, fun for the sake of fun." Hunter Hauk, THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS
"Aaron Thedford comes up with hooks that'll have you singing even the most nonsensical lines to yourself for hours afterward." Jesse Hughey, THE DALLAS OBSERVER
"Um, AWA is blah blah blah I don't care boring." WeShotJR.blogspot
"I can picture Tony Harper pounding away on his drum kit, sweat flying off his brow, while Thedford lets the lyrics escape from his sore throat, head bopping back and forth and slashing out neo-Who power chords. The Academy doggedly pursues fun and excess." Mike Bennett, FUFKIN.COM
Hey Aaron! thank you for the monster pack of albums! landed yesterday and I my flatmate and I danced to them for hours-will play loads of them. They are so good! You are welcome to play here anytime you want! xg
I figured if you took your shirts off, I'd have to start stuffing ones and fives down your pants, and I needed that money for crack instead. It was one or the other, and crack won out... sorry.
Thanks for the fun show at Rubber Gloves! Sorry I couldn't get any pics... it was too dark. Aaron, it was nice meeting you. Tony, pics from Lola's are now on my page.
