Oh No Not Stereo
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Formation/001
Oh No Not Stereo was formed by Skyler Nielsen and Mykul Lee in Hollywood, California in June 2003. The two met at a music store in Hollywood within months of moving to LA. Immediately they collaborated musically and began writing together, developing their concept of a live-duo that delivers a full 'conventional' sound. (The band's name relates to Nielsen's inability to hear out of his right ear, suffered from a serious ATV accident in 1993.) In December 2004, the duo recorded with producer Marc Jordan (Velvet RevolverVelvet Revolver
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) and independently released their first full length record "001" on May 10, 2005.
Trio/002
Oh No Not Stereo toured relentlessly as a duo for eighteen months before meeting Joshley Hogan in Oklahoma City in February 2005. He soon relocated to Los Angeles to join the band playing bass. In October 2005, the three piece re-hired Marc Jordan to record a self-titled EP, which they would release independently in January 2006. Nielsen and Lee continued to tour with Hogan until he left the band in June of that same year. The duo soon then-after signed a record deal with Takeover RecordsTakeover Records (California)
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in November 2006. They re-packaged, re-mastered and re-released their EP with the label on Feb 20th 2007, this time referring to the EP as "002". The sixth track on the re-release is different than the sixth track self-titled EP; the band decided to replace "Monster" with "Every Link In The Chain", which was engineered by Ken Harter at Wedge Studios in Long Beach. The band filed for breach of contract with Takeover Records shortly afterward due to financial struggles with the label.
Warren Miller Films and MTV Networks regularly license Oh No Not Stereo's music for use in shows such as Bam's Unholy Union
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Quartet/003 & 004
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that spring and summer. Nielsen and Lee inhabited a house in Scottsdale, Arizona where they wrote over 50 songs together between May and July 2007. They then returned to the studio in October 2007 to self-produce their latest works, "003" and "004", with assisted production from Max Coane (Jack's Mannequin
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), and Jim Wirt (Incubus
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). After the two-month recording process, Scott Trieglaff was added on bass and Brandon Henderson was added on second guitar for their 'SxSW Tour 2008'. With this line-up, Oh No Not Stereo completed over 25,000 miles of touring across the U.S. between March and June 2008. The band also a completed a co-headlining UK tour with Bayside
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and Hit The Lights in December 2008 with touring members Jussi Karvinen and Airin Older (Sugarcult
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). In January 2009 ONNS supported The All-American Rejects in the UK with Jussi Karvinen on guitar and touring bass player Everett Connors. The band was a featured showcasing artist at the South By Southwest Music Festival in Austin, Texas in March 2009, with Marc Wysocki on bass guitar.
After the digital release of their latest record (003) on January 13 (2009) Oh No Not Stereo designed a Limited Edition Bonus EP (released as 004) to be included in the Deluxe Edition of the album for fan club members and online pre-orders. The physical release of the 15-track record was on March 10, stocking the shelves of select Hot Topic and Best Buy stores nationwide. As an effort to reward fans and friends on the mailing list, and shine a light on the dynamic capability of the band, ONNS offered a free download every Monday in October (2009) of exclusive live-acoustic tracks and video footage of "Say Anything", "All You", "This Friday Night", and "Let's Get It Started".
As a result of their successful independently-driven marketing campaign, ONNS spent seven consecutive weeks on the CMJ Top 200 radio charts.
Songwriters
- Mykul Lee - drums, percussion, guitar, piano, b3
- Skyler Nielsen - vocals, guitar, piano, drums, bass, organs
Touring Members
- Josh Hogan - bass (2005–2006)
- Mike Rosenthal - bass (2007)
- Pat O'Donnell - guitar (2007)
- Brandon Henderson - guitar (2008)
- Scott Trieglaff - bass (2008)
- Airin Older - bass (2008–2009)
- Jussi Karvinen - guitar (present)
- Everett Connors - bass (2009)
- Marc Wysocki - bass (2009)
- Ryan Williams - bass (present)
Discography
- 001 [LP] (Self-Released, 2005)
- The Oh No Not Stereo EP (Self-Released, 2006)
- 002 [EP] (Takeover RecordsTakeover Records (California)Takeover Records is a punk music record label based in Long Beach, California, U.S.A.The company was founded by former Yellowcard guitarist Ben Harper and his friend Greg McDonald in 1997.-Current:*Bracket*HeyMike!*Near Miss*River City High...
, 2007) - 003 [LP] (Self-Released/Digital Release date 01/13/2009 and Physical Release date 3/10/2009)
- 004 [(UNRELEASED) BONUS EP] (Self-Released, 2009)