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Plain White T's
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Chicago, United States (1997 – present)
Plain White T’s are a pop-punk band formed in 1997 in Villa Park, Illinois. They are best known for “Hey There Delilah”, an acoustic song performed solely by singer Tom Higgenson originally released in 2005 and later hit #1 in the US in 2007.
For over a decade, Plain White T’s have been playing to packed audiences craving for that perfect pop-punk punch. Their journey, which began in a small suburban basement playing covers, has taken the band to Warped Tour three times, and landed them opening slots for bands like Jimmy Eat World and AFI. Plain White T’s are road warriors in the truest sense and with their first major label album, Every Second Counts, the band is ready to rock in a big way.
PWT’s story started back in high school, when frontman Tom Higgenson first stepped into Chicago’s famed rock club the Metro and saw his future on the stage. With the local music scene exploding nationally courtesy of bands like Smashing Pumpkins and Veruca Salt, he decided the time was ripe for his own dreams to be realized. Armed with paper, pen, and guitar, Tom went to task, experimenting with lyrics and melodies on a four-track in his parents’ Villa Park, Illinois home. Once he’d reached a level of comfort with his songwriting, he worked up the courage to hand off a tape to Christian Lane, singer of 90’s buzz band Loud Lucy, and to his surprise, Christian actually listened to it.
For over a decade, Plain White T’s have been playing to packed audiences craving for that perfect pop-punk punch. Their journey, which began in a small suburban basement playing covers, has taken the band to Warped Tour three times, and landed them opening slots for bands like Jimmy Eat World and AFI. Plain White T’s are road warriors in the truest sense and with their first major label album, Every Second Counts, the band is ready to rock in a big way.
PWT’s story started back in high school, when frontman Tom Higgenson first stepped into Chicago’s famed rock club the Metro and saw his future on the stage. With the local music scene exploding nationally courtesy of bands like Smashing Pumpkins and Veruca Salt, he decided the time was ripe for his own dreams to be realized. Armed with paper, pen, and guitar, Tom went to task, experimenting with lyrics and melodies on a four-track in his parents’ Villa Park, Illinois home. Once he’d reached a level of comfort with his songwriting, he worked up the courage to hand off a tape to Christian Lane, singer of 90’s buzz band Loud Lucy, and to his surprise, Christian actually listened to it.
Videos
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Hate (I Really Don't Like You)
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Hey There Delilah
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Natural Disaster
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Plain White T's - You and Me
Top Albums
Top Tracks
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Hey There Delilah
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Hate (I Really Don't Like You)
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Our Time Now
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Let Me Take You There
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So Damn Clever
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You And Me
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Come Back To Me
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Write You A Song
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Making A Memory
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Friends Don't Let Friends Dial Drunk
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Tearin' Us Apart
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Gimme A Chance
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Figure it Out
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Shoutbox
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xrockerachulax wrote:
I still like them and cant get enough of Hey There Delilah
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y0uk0u wrote:
Odd that this band is tagged as emo, and yet radio preppy(disney) enjoys playing them and 3 Doors Down.
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nickbr00tality wrote:
what sms4001 said. Big Bad World is horrible.
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BlackSessions wrote:
realy dont like you??!!!
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lucas_fob wrote:
big bad world, is jut amazing and perfect. I have the mania to judge a CD listening only once, but this time I listened a lot, and I am sure this is a great CD, very well and worked very well, the band only grew = D
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Summerspeak wrote:
one hit wonders.
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x-basti-x wrote:
hm new album sound a lil bit like girlie-pop/rock ôo sad sad =/
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the-catalyst wrote:
fail
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Atastytreat wrote:
this band makes me cry vomit
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Sms4001 wrote:
boo new album :( we need more of "stop"
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keeto wrote:
Big Bad World: They've got 2/3rds of it right..
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blith-hears-all wrote:
they became mainstream :/ I loved there acoustic songs, now they creating girle punk just like Jonas Brothers.
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Babalugat wrote:
what a garbage cd
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Only_Love_ wrote:
классная песенка ))))))))))))))))))
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Juni44ever wrote:
teanipocket, It's called Big Bad World :)
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teanipocket wrote:
Where's the new album???
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whitecollarboy_ wrote:
Not liking the new album... amazingly basic melodies and sort of childish lyrics... meh.
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Juni44ever wrote:
Plain White T's changed a lot in its latest album, and 1 2 3 4 seems like their only song whose like the other albums. Anyway, PWT's is always PWT's :)
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R_i_k_a_y wrote:
1 2 3 4 is more like hey there delilah bt still very very perfect.....new album ia great
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mynameisalvaro wrote:
the new album is so strange...
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