Their song ' Monsters' appeared in Madden NFL 07, Arena Football: Road to Glory, and Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock. In 2006 on their second album, Voices, the band decided to change their sound and get away from what they had originally been producing. In fall 2003, Matchbook Romance headlined a US tour and appeared on the cover of Alternative Press magazine. In summer 2003, the band appeared on several dates of the 2003 edition of the Vans Warped Tour. They also appeared on a 4 song split with Motion City Soundtrack in which an acoustic version of 'Playing for Keeps' and 'In Transit for You' appeared. The name Matchbook Romance comes from the thirties and forties, where at bars, patrons would write their address on matchbooks and hand it to his/her suitor.Įpitaph released the group's debut EP, West for Wishing, in early 2003, and their first LP, Stories and Alibis, in September 2003. Due to legal reasons (there is a Canadian band with the name The Getaway), they changed their name to Matchbook Romance. Later, as The Getaway, they were signed to Epitaph Records after the label's owner, Brett Gurewitz, heard the song 'Ex Marks The Spot' via. Punknews.Lead singer/rhythm guitarist Andrew Jordan and bassist Ryan Kienle previously played in Poughkeepsie punk-rock band Fizzlewink.Archived from the original on 3 July 2011. 'Ryan DePaolo (ex-Matchbook Romance) unveils Hill Valley'. 'Matchbook Romance drummer resurfaces in God or Julie'. ^ 'Madden NFL 07 Soundtrack - Music News at IGN'.^ 'The Wonder Years, Matchbook Romance, Icon For Hire, more announced for Warped Tour 2015 - News - Alternative Press'.: CS1 maint: archived copy as title ( link) ^ 'Matchbook Romance | Biography & History'.^ Matchbook Romance Declare War on Cheesy Music MTV, January 26, 2006.^ 'Matchbook Romance – Split EP Review'.The Best of Taste of Chaos ( Warcon Records, 2006).A Santa Cause: It's a Punk Rock Christmas ( Immortal Records, 2003).2006 Warped Tour Compilation ( Side One Dummy Records, 2006).2004 Warped Tour Compilation ( Side One Dummy Records, 2004).2003 Warped Tour Compilation ( Side One Dummy Records, 2003).Matchbook Romance/Motion City Soundtrack Split EP ( Epitaph Records, 2004).Take Action! Tour Sampler Album ( Sub City Records, 2005).Nada Recording Studio 2002 Sampler ( Broken English Records), 2002 Featuring an early version of 'If All Else Fails' from Stories and Alibis.West for Wishing ( Epitaph Records, 2003).Stories and Alibis ( Epitaph Records, 2003).Ryan Kienle – bass guitar, backing vocals.Ryan 'Judas' DePaolo – lead guitar, vocals, programming, synthesizer.

Andrew Jordan – lead vocals, rhythm guitar, piano, keyboard.It was announced that Matchbook Romance would be playing select dates on the 2015 Vans Warped Tour. In 2011 he released a new video for the song 'Hush'. In a video posted he stated that he worked on some songs with bass player Ryan Kienle. A six-song self-titled EP was released on October 26, 2010. The band split up in 2012.Īndrew Jordan is now promoting his new project called 'DriftDivision'. A debut album was released on February 22, 2011. (Destroy Rebuild Until God Shows) started by Craig Owens, formerly of Chiodos. Guitarist Ryan 'Judas' DePaolo started his own band called HILLvalley and debuted their first album called 'Salutations' in the summer of 2009, and followed with 'Upside Down' in the summer of 2011.Īfter touring with You, Me, and Everyone We Know from 2008–2010, drummer Aaron Stern joined the supergroup D.R.U.G.S. Matchbook Romance has not yet stated if they are still going to work together or are splitting for good. On March 12, 2007, after a 10-year career, they announced via a MySpace bulletin that they were going on an indefinite hiatus.

Their song 'Monsters' appeared in Madden NFL 07, Arena Football: Road to Glory, and Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock. They also appeared on a 4-song split with Motion City Soundtrack in which an acoustic version of 'Playing for Keeps' and 'In Transit for You' appeared. The group debuted with West for Wishing, an EP released in early 2003, and later they released their first LP, Stories and Alibis, in September 2003.

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