A Cursive Memory is an American

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 rock

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 band

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, from Rancho Palos Verdes, California

Rancho Palos Verdes, California

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Sincerely Me (2003-2005)

A Cursive Memory is a Pop Rock band from Rancho Palos Verdes, California. The band originally formed as Sincerely Me in 2003 after members Colin Baylen and Shaun Profeta had met at a birthday party. Mark Borst-Smith and Brian Bolen completed the foursome. This original lineup featured Baylen on rhythm guitar and vocals; Bolen on lead guitar and vocals, Borst-Smith on keyboards, bass guitar, and vocals; and Profeta behind the drums. They started off playing covers of some of their favorite bands, such as blink-182

Blink-182

Blink-182 is an American rock band consisting of vocalist and bass guitarist Mark Hoppus, vocalist and guitarist Tom DeLonge, and drummer Travis Barker. They have sold over 27 million albums worldwide since forming in Poway, California in 1992...

 and Jimmy Eat World

Jimmy Eat World

Jimmy Eat World is an American alternative rock band from Mesa, Arizona, that formed in 1993. The band is composed of lead vocalist and guitarist Jim Adkins, guitarist and backing vocalist Tom Linton, bassist Rick Burch and drummer Zach Lind....

, but eventually grew to write their own original songs and adopted the name A Cursive Memory.

First EPs (2005-2007)

Over the course of the next few years, ACM(A cursive Memory) had built up a small local fan base and self-released their self-titled EP. which was recorded in Bolen's home studio and featured the original version of The Piano Song. In 2005 the band self-released another EP; this time calling it Lights, Camera, Action EP. Lights, Camera, Action showcased a much more refined sound with Profeta contributing a significant amount of vocals this time around; as well as a new version of The Piano Song. Although ACM wasn't able to tour outside of their local scene, mostly because all of the members were still in high school, they were able to catch the attention of Bunim/Murray Productions (The Real World/Road Rules). The song Club Revolution Remix was featured on an episode of The Real World.

"Changes", Bandarazzi and Band vs Wild (2008-2009)

The band spent 2006 and 2007 writing and recording tons of new material; much of which would eventually become their debut album, Changes. It was at this time that the song Changes was written and played for the first time at the reunion show for Shaun's brother's old band A Cutthroat Kiss. The band was also featured on an episode of The Simple Life where they played a clip of Changes. In the course of time, the band saw Profeta move to lead guitar and Bolen to drums. In the spring of 2007, the band was featured on the season finale of The Simple Life where they played Perfect Company. At the same time, they joined Hellogoodbye for several of their west coast tour dates and soon after, Bolen had left the band to pursue his side project Fibonacci. Upon graduation, the band had finally gotten their major break and signed with Santa Monica based Vagrant Records (The Get Up Kids, Dashboard Confessional). They put out the RESPECK! EP which featured four songs from the soon-to-be released debut album and Baylen's remix of Perfect Company. Good friend Mishka Bier (Transit Studio) filled in Bolen's spot for several shows before another good friend, Dillan Wheeler, took over the drumming duties; moving Profeta back to lead guitar. The band toured relentlessly across the United States that summer, and their debut album, Changes

Changes (A Cursive Memory album)

Changes is an album by A Cursive Memory. It was released February 19, 2008 by Vagrant Records. The singles from the album were "Everything" and "Perfect Company"...

, was released on Vagrant

Vagrant Records

Vagrant Records is an indie rock label based in Los Angeles, California and is home to such artists as The Hold Steady, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes, Active Child, PJ Harvey, Reptar, School of Seven Bells, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Thrice, James Vincent McMorrow, Placebo, and many...

 on February 19, 2008. Changes features remasters of three older songs: Figure Out, Changes, and The Piano Song.

To help promote the single Everything, the band developed the project "Bandarazzi"-- half band, half paparazzi. After an entire summer of filming, they debuted with a music video

Music video

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 for their song "Everything" on the social networking website MySpace

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. The video was shot while following paparazzi

Paparazzi

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 around Los Angeles and featured cameo appearance

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s from celebrities, including Britney Spears

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, Masi Oka

Masi Oka

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, Paris Hilton

Paris Hilton

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, Lindsay Lohan

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, Hayden Panettiere

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, Tobey Maguire

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, Jenna Fischer

Jenna Fischer

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, Perez Hilton

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, Hilary Duff

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, , Dr. Dre

Dr. Dre

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, Rick Ross

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, Alfonso Ribeiro

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, Criss Angel

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, Kim Kardashian

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, Sean "Diddy" Combs, Madonna

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, David Spade

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, Aly & AJ

Aly & AJ

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, Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen

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, Jerry Springer

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, David Archuleta

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 and will.i.am

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. The video created an Internet

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 buzz

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 and set the record for Most Watched Rock Video In One Week on MySpace, after having been viewed more than 500,000 times. The video has since appeared on Fox News, TMZ.com

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, E! Online, The N and in the top 10 of MTV's

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 Total Request Live

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countdown.

In support of the album's second single, Perfect Company, the band traveled to the Alaskan frontier to shoot their music video for it featuring many different Alaskan animals. The Band v. Wild project is similar to the Bandarazzi project with the animals in Band v. Wild taking over the position of the Bandarazzi celebrities. The band even sold Band v. Wild shirts to help promote.

The band has played alongside bands including Saves the Day

Saves the Day

Saves the Day is an American rock band from Princeton, New Jersey, formed in 1994. The band consists of lead vocalist and guitarist Chris Conley, guitarist Arun Bali, bassist Rodrigo Palma, and drummer Claudio Rivera....

, Hellogoodbye

Hellogoodbye

Hellogoodbye is a power pop band that was formed in Huntington Beach, California in 2001 by singer Forrest Kline. They were signed to Drive-Thru Records and released their first full-length album Zombies! Aliens! Vampires! Dinosaurs! in 2006, in addition to their previously released EP Hellogoodbye...

, Senses Fail

Senses Fail

Senses Fail is an American post-hardcore band from Ridgewood, New Jersey. Formed in 2002, the line up initially consisted of vocalist Buddy Nielsen, drummer Dan Trapp, guitarists Dave Miller and Garrett Zablocki and being completed by bassist Mike Glita. The band quickly issued their debut EP, From...

, and Jimmy Eat World

Jimmy Eat World

Jimmy Eat World is an American alternative rock band from Mesa, Arizona, that formed in 1993. The band is composed of lead vocalist and guitarist Jim Adkins, guitarist and backing vocalist Tom Linton, bassist Rick Burch and drummer Zach Lind....

. They did a co-headlining tour with The Medic Droid

The Medic Droid

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 across the United States

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 in support of their debut album, Changes, including an appearance at The Bamboozle Left festival. A Cursive Memory appeared on a leg of the Warped Tour 2008

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The band played the Bamboozle roadshow opening for Saves the Day

Saves the Day

Saves the Day is an American rock band from Princeton, New Jersey, formed in 1994. The band consists of lead vocalist and guitarist Chris Conley, guitarist Arun Bali, bassist Rodrigo Palma, and drummer Claudio Rivera....

, Armor for Sleep

Armor for Sleep

Armor for Sleep was an American rock band from New Jersey, formed in 2001 and disbanded in 2009. The final lineup consisted of lead vocalist, guitarist and songwriter Ben Jorgensen, lead guitarist PJ DeCicco, bassist Anthony DiIonno and drummer Nash Breen....

, Set Your Goals

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, Lydia

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, and Metro Station

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On most recent tours, they have played covers of Rihanna

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's Disturbia

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, Hilary Duff

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's Come Clean, and The Postal Service's Such Great Heights. They have also played a new song, Summer Soul.

"Let Love In" (2010-present)

Along 2010, ACM released a few new songs on their Myspace profile. In September 2010, they released their new album "Let Love In

Let Love In (A Cursive Memory album)

Let Love In is the second LP album by A Cursive Memory. It was self-released on September 7, 2010. The first single from the album is "Wondering", for the music video, the band made a special acoustic performance in the country.- Track listing :...

" including all those songs and preceded by the single "Wondering".

EPs

• A Cursive Memory (2005) self released
• Light Camera Action (2006) self released
• Respeck! EP (2007) Vagrant
  Vagrant Records
  Vagrant Records is an indie rock label based in Los Angeles, California and is home to such artists as The Hold Steady, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes, Active Child, PJ Harvey, Reptar, School of Seven Bells, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Thrice, James Vincent McMorrow, Placebo, and many...
  
  

LPs

• Changes
  Changes (A Cursive Memory album)
  Changes is an album by A Cursive Memory. It was released February 19, 2008 by Vagrant Records. The singles from the album were "Everything" and "Perfect Company"...
  
  (2008), Vagrant
  Vagrant Records
  Vagrant Records is an indie rock label based in Los Angeles, California and is home to such artists as The Hold Steady, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes, Active Child, PJ Harvey, Reptar, School of Seven Bells, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Thrice, James Vincent McMorrow, Placebo, and many...
  
  
• Let Love In
  Let Love In (A Cursive Memory album)
  Let Love In is the second LP album by A Cursive Memory. It was self-released on September 7, 2010. The first single from the album is "Wondering", for the music video, the band made a special acoustic performance in the country.- Track listing :...
  
  (2010), Vagrant
  Vagrant Records
  Vagrant Records is an indie rock label based in Los Angeles, California and is home to such artists as The Hold Steady, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes, Active Child, PJ Harvey, Reptar, School of Seven Bells, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Thrice, James Vincent McMorrow, Placebo, and many...