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Sundholm. Tooth & Nail refused to let the Deadlines change their name. In February 2002, Tooth & Nail dropped The Deadlines after failing to find a new home for the band. The Deadlines continued to tour for several more months but announced in July 2002 that they were disbanding.
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Attrick to help him flesh out the new tunes. Playing through the new material with Attrick led to the maturation of the new songs from a '60s garage rock to more glam '70s sound. Not wanting to discontinue a still relatively new band, Sundholm and Abbott recruited several new members namely, Joshua Griffith (also known as Shorty Valentine) who had played in
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Waisanen. Not long after, Sam joined the band as Sammy Lugosi; and they were in a makeshift basement studio recording their first album for the fledgling label. After the release, the band began playing more and more shows attracting the attention of fellow Astorian, Brent Salo, who
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California, but they disbanded by mid-September 2002 and announced on their website, "The Bang! is
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