See 33 more photos
Boys Like Girls
On Tour6,589,161 plays (181,788 listeners)
pop punk, emo, alternative, rock, indie… see all
Boston, United States (2005 – present)
Boys Like Girls is a four-piece pop-punk band from Boston, Massachusetts. The group completed nationwide tours with Cute Is What We Aim For, Hit the Lights, and Butch Walker, and topped the Top Unsigned Artist chart on PureVolume within a few months from forming in late 2005. In August 2006, they released their Matt Squire-produced debut album Boys Like Girls via Columbia Records/Red Ink. On March 17, 2007, it was announced that the band was voted 2006 Artist of the Year by the readers of Spin.
History
The band Boys Like Girls was formed in the final months of 2005, when singer/guitarist Martin Johnson — formerly of short-lived Massachusetts act The Drive — wrote a handful of songs he was looking to record. He recruited bassist Bryan Donahue and drummer John Keefe, both of whom had been in bands of different setups with the frontman, most notably in the pop punk band Lancaster. Keefe brought along lead guitarist Paul DiGiovanni, who he had collaborated recently on a brief demo recording with, to complete the line-up — oddly enough, the two learned that they were distant cousins several months later.[1][2] The quartet soon opened a PureVolume account to showcase their music, and uploaded a roughly recorded demo of “The Great Escape” and an acoustic rendition of “Thunder” to their profile. By the end of the year, the group had landed the #1 spot on the website’s Top Unsigned Artists chart.[3]
History
The band Boys Like Girls was formed in the final months of 2005, when singer/guitarist Martin Johnson — formerly of short-lived Massachusetts act The Drive — wrote a handful of songs he was looking to record. He recruited bassist Bryan Donahue and drummer John Keefe, both of whom had been in bands of different setups with the frontman, most notably in the pop punk band Lancaster. Keefe brought along lead guitarist Paul DiGiovanni, who he had collaborated recently on a brief demo recording with, to complete the line-up — oddly enough, the two learned that they were distant cousins several months later.[1][2] The quartet soon opened a PureVolume account to showcase their music, and uploaded a roughly recorded demo of “The Great Escape” and an acoustic rendition of “Thunder” to their profile. By the end of the year, the group had landed the #1 spot on the website’s Top Unsigned Artists chart.[3]
Including All Time Low, Cute Is What We Aim For, Mayday Parade, The All-American Rejects, Cartel and more…
Videos
-
Play
Boys Like Girls - Thunder (Radio Mix)
-
Play
Boys Like Girls Buy You A Drank
-
Play
Boys Like Girls - Thunder- live in Anaheim
-
Play
Boys Like Girls - The Great Escape Live
Top Albums
Shoutbox
-
XxPippersxX wrote:
thunder, so sad! ( my ex sung it to me..) *sniff*
-
yay9999 wrote:
wow....love the thunder song!!
-
chris1291 wrote:
fuck off "heyitsmaggie"!!! - they are fucking awesome although they're mainstream! punkt aus!
-
heyitsmaggie wrote:
mainstream motherfuckers. major fail
-
Bloodyromance_ wrote:
BLG BLG BLG BLG..... <3
-
Ersian wrote:
Join! Glamour Kills !
-
rocker_chic2013 wrote:
love em<3333
-
he-war wrote:
'indie' tag. wtf are you emos on?
-
Xx_kat6_xX wrote:
OMG i love this song!
-
xxbedheadxx5 wrote:
their music make me so happy [:
-
julie_rocks wrote:
love their songs.
-
CountWasilij wrote:
Rather like Boys like Boys, yeh?
-
Juliinha wrote:
Thunder is their best song. (L
-
punkrockersz wrote:
Thunder is their best song,
-
jessiJACKASS wrote:
lmao i just realized the first version of "heels over head" on the scrobbler says "HELLS over head"... fun fun...
-
scharlottka wrote:
Really love them. <3 Pieprzeni idioci, myślicie, że jesteście fajni bluzgając na BLG?! Jesteście szmaciarzami. xD !!! Pieprzyć wszystkich anty - fanów! xD >.<
-
PengusNiugnep wrote:
If you don't like the band, then just go to a different band page, people. @_@
-
dioguinm03 wrote:
blg in brazil *.*
-
Imperanon1354 wrote:
more like Fags Like This Band, AMIRITE?!
-
igorsperandio wrote:
BLG in Brazil!
Events
- Oct 4 Verizon Wireless & Hofstra Concerts presents J.C. Adams Playhouse, New York, United States
- Oct 8 Cute Is What We Aim For Greensboro Coliseum, Greensboro, NC, United States
-
Oct
11
Boys Like Girls
Gravity Night Club, Pittsburgh, United States
Add shout
| 2 attendees
News
Read Between The Lines DVD Trailer Now Online!
6 Oct 2008 | from www.boyslikegirls.com/news
The trailer for Boys Like Girls forthcoming DVD, Read Between The Lines, is now online for your viewing pleasure on the band's YouTube channel! Don't forget…
-
New DVD! Read Between The Lines - November 4th!
29 Sep 2008 | from www.boyslikegirls.com/news -
Hear a special message from Martin!
25 Sep 2008 | from www.boyslikegirls.com/news
Listeners
-
murmelaadi
Listening now
to The Great Escape -
BefreeLikeaBird
Listening now
to The Great Escape -
xneverxgivexupx
Top Listener
-
VerlorenerHeld
Top Listener
-
bbecksbby
Top Listener
Recent Activity
- itsaliyah and williamsmills added Boys Like Girls to their libraries. yesterday morning
- mplindsey wrote about Boys Like Girls in Seen live.. yesterday morning
- saystupidstuff, linkinfan99, xdrowningimagex and 15 other people added Boys Like Girls to their libraries. yesterday morning
- HateLikeSummer tagged Boys Like Girls with ‘seen live’. Thursday evening
- Theamael, stoopThisSong, Fireballtiff and 17 other people added Boys Like Girls to their libraries. Thursday evening
- Dolya tagged Boys Like Girls with ‘emo-punk’. Thursday morning
- msbrightside_fm, juliusryan, rufio26 and 35 other people added Boys Like Girls to their libraries. Thursday morning
- Folly_ tagged Boys Like Girls with ‘pop punk’. August 2008
- vitasoy518 added Boys Like Girls to vitasoy518’s library. August 2008
- Tamachu tagged Boys Like Girls with ‘seen live’. August 2008
Related Journals
-
albums i own
by lionslions |
10 Oct 2008 | Add comment
-
Seen live.
by mplindsey |
10 Oct 2008 | 1 comment
-
Every band I have had the pleasure/misfortune of watching live
by gazztwhite |
8 Oct 2008 | 2 comments
Groups (66)
-
BLG Unit
333 members
-
All Time Low.
705 members
-
Cute Is What We Aim For
590 members
-
i'd die without music
4,489 members
-
hxc- screamo- emo
1,011 members
More Information
- Links
- Labels
