History

National Product began playing local gigs while attending Kalaheo High School

Kalaheo High School

Kalaheo High School is a public high school in Kailua CDP, City and County of Honolulu, Hawaii, United States on the island of Oahu.The school building opened as an intermediate school in 1966, but was repurposed as a high school in 1973. The school mascot is the Mustang, and the school colors are...

, and moved to California

California

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 in 2000. Soon afterwards, most of the members moved back home, leaving only lead singer Danny Casler in California; Casler convinced the group to move back to California where they reformed with same line up and made an addition with lead guitarist Jeffrey Feuerhaken. 2003. In 2005, they contributed a cover

Cover version

In popular music, a cover version or cover song, or simply cover, is a new performance or recording of a contemporary or previously recorded, commercially released song or popular song...

 of the song "Disarm

Disarm

"Disarm" is a song by American alternative rock band The Smashing Pumpkins. It was the third single from their second album, Siamese Dream. "Disarm" was written by Billy Corgan and is one of the band’s most highly regarded songs...

" to the Smashing Pumpkins tribute album, Shot Full of Diamonds. They played the Warped Tour

Warped Tour

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 in 2005 as well as 2006. In 2007, the group signed with R&M Artist Records, run by Mark Mazzetti (formerly of A&M Records

A&M Records

A&M Records is an American record label owned by Universal Music Group that operates under the mantle of its Interscope-Geffen-A&M division.-Beginnings:...

) and Randy Delano an entrepreneur/mogul, signing NP as their "flagship group", and toured Canada

Canada

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 with Saosin

Saosin

Saosin is an American rock band originally hailing from Newport Beach, California. The band was formed in 2003 and recorded its first EP, Translating the Name, that same year with original singer Anthony Green. Green left Saosin following the band's decision to sign with a commercial label,...

, Poison the Well

Poison the Well (band)

Poison the Well was an experimental hardcore band from Miami/Ft. Lauderdale, Florida who were last signed to Ferret Music. Guitarist Ryan Primack and drummer Chris Hornbrook were the only remaining members of the band who were involved since their inception, although vocalist Jeffrey Moreira was...

, Panic Division, and Flight 409, where they survived a fiery van crash. Their album Luna was released on August 7, 2007, produced by James Paul Wisner (Underoath

Underoath

Underoath is an American Christian metalcore band from Tampa, Florida. Founded by Dallas Taylor and Luke Morton on November 30, 1997 in Ocala, Florida, subsequently its additional members were from Tampa, Florida...

, Dashboard Confessional

Dashboard Confessional

Dashboard Confessional is an American rock band from Boca Raton, Florida, led by singer-songwriter Chris Carrabba. The name of the band is derived from the song "The Sharp Hint of New Tears" from the debut album The Swiss Army Romance....

, Paramore

Paramore

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) The lead single from the album, "Love Me", received strong airplay on radio stations in Hawaii. They have also produced a music video for their song "By All Means"http://watchthemusic.blogspot.com/2008/08/national-product-by-all-means.html.

Departure of Dan Niles

"We the members of NP regret to inform you that Dan Niles "The Danimal" (keyboards/acoustic guitar/rad dude) has decided to part ways with the band. We are all very saddened by his departure, but he has built a great name for himself as a graphics designer and has chosen to continue down that path in his life. We all wish him the best of luck in his career and we'll all miss him greatly. Below you will find comments from each one of us on his departure. As always if you have any questions please don't hesitate to ask, but if you are just looking for dirt don't bother, there is none. National Product will continue full steam ahead and we've decided to remain a 5 piece for the time being. If you are a dedicated musician and think you have something to add to this project, please let us know and if we ever decide to explore having another member we may hit you up. Thank you all for your continued support"

National Product is currently on hiatus. Casler is currently performing guest vocals for punk rock band Pennywise

Pennywise (band)

Pennywise is a Californian punk rock band from Hermosa Beach, California, formed in 1988. The name is derived from the monster, It, from the Stephen King novel of the same title....

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Discography

• Going Nowhere Fast (Junk Music Studios & Aloha Sound, 1999)
• National Product (Lameass Recordz, 2000)
• Radio Songs? (4-way split with Over It
  Over It (band)
  Over It is a rock band from Orange County, California. Originally from Alexandria, Virginia, the band formed in 1998 to play pop punk, and has since developed a more mainstream rock sound with punk roots. They were most recently signed to Virgin Records, but are currently unsigned.The band,...
  
  , Midpoint, and Five Days Off; Triple Threat Records, 2004)
• Luna (R&M Artist Records, August 7, 2007)

External links

• Official website for Luna
• National Product at MySpace
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• National Product's Record Label: R&M Artist Records
• National Product at YouTube
  YouTube
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• Review of Luna at Absolutepunk.net
  AbsolutePunk.net
  AbsolutePunk is a website, online community, and alternative music news source founded by Jason Tate . The website mainly focuses on artists who are relatively unknown to mainstream audiences, but it has been known to feature artists who have eventually achieved crossover success, including Fall...
  
  
• News on National Product at drivenfaroff.com
• National Product on revolt-media.com
• Luna reviewed by freshZIVE