Lustra is an American pop punk

Pop punk

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 band originally from Boston

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 and later from Los Angeles

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Bandmembers Chris Baird, Nick Cloutman, Jon Baird, and Jason Adams first played together in 1996 under the name Seventeen, releasing two full-lengths and an EP under this name. Bruce Fulford joined the group shortly before the release of their 1999 EP. Legal challenges from Seventeen

Seventeen (magazine)

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magazine eventually led the band to change names in 2001; Jon Baird also left the group that same year.

Their first full-length as Lustra was issued in 2003, and soon after the group landed the song "Scotty Doesn't Know

Scotty Doesn't Know

"Scotty Doesn't Know" is a song that was written exclusively for the movie EuroTrip. It was written and performed by the American pop punk band Lustra. It was eventually released in their 2006 Left for Dead album where it was heavily downloaded on iTunes. It peaked at #53 on the U.S...

" on the soundtrack to the 2004 film EuroTrip

EuroTrip

EuroTrip is a 2004 teen comedy film directed by Jeff Schaffer and written by Alec Berg, David Mandel and Schaffer. The main plot follows Scotty "Scott" Thomas from Hudson, Ohio who travels across Europe to search for his German pen pal Mieke , whom he initially mistakes for a man named Mike...

. The band also appears briefly in the film, with Matt Damon

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 acting as their lead vocalist. The film was not a box office success but sold well on DVD

DVD

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, raising the band's profile long after its theatrical run. "Scotty Doesn't Know" was included on Lustra's 2006 full-length, Left for Dead, and became a hit single that year almost entirely as a result of download sales, eventually peaking at #75 on the Billboard Hot 100

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, #39 on the Digital Songs chart, and #53 on the Pop 100

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 in the United States.

The group accused Miley Cyrus

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of copying "Scotty Doesn't Know" in her 2008 single "Rockstar".

Members

• Chris Baird - vocals, drums (1996–1999), bass (1999-)
• Nick Cloutman - vocals, bass (1996–1999), guitar (1999-)
• Jon Baird - guitar (1996–2001)
• Jason Adams - guitar (1996–2004)
• Bruce Fulford - drums (1999–2004)
• Travis Lee - guitar (2004-)
• Phil Matthews - drums (2004-)
• Chris Cunningham - drums (2006)

Discography

As Seventeen

• Breakfast at Tammy's (1998)
• Ransom Your Handsome EP (1999)
• Bikini Pie Fight (2000)

As Lustra

• Lustra (2003)
• Left for Dead (2006)
• What You Need & What You Get (2008)
• "...Comes in Threes" (EP) (2009)