Paloalto was a rock band formed in Los Angeles, California

Los Angeles, California

Los Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...

. Their band is not named after the city Palo Alto

Palo Alto, California

Palo Alto is a California charter city located in the northwest corner of Santa Clara County, in the San Francisco Bay Area of California, United States. The city shares its borders with East Palo Alto, Mountain View, Los Altos, Los Altos Hills, Stanford, Portola Valley, and Menlo Park. It is...

, but rather the lead singer James Grundler's preschool. Their debut album was released on Rick Rubin

Rick Rubin

Frederick Jay "Rick" Rubin is an American record producer and the co-president of Columbia Records. Along with Russell Simmons, Rubin was the co-founder of Def Jam Records and also established American Recordings...

's American Recordings label and was produced by Rubin. Their second album, Heroes and Villains, reached #14 on the Billboard Heatseekers chart in 2003, on the strength of the song "Breathe In", which had been featured on The O.C.

The O.C.

The O.C. is an American teen drama television series that originally aired on the Fox television network in the United States from August 5, 2003, to February 21, 2007, running a total of four seasons...

. The song "Try" was the theme song on the 2003 Warner Brothers show "Tarzan".

James and Tommy are now in the band Golden State

Golden State (band)

Golden State is an indie rock band from Los Angeles, CA. Band members include James Grundler , Marc Boggio , Fern Sanchez , and Alex Parnell . Vocalist James Grundler is known for his rock band called Paloalto...

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Members

• James Grundler – vocals, guitar
  Guitar
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• Andy Blunda – keyboards
  Keyboard instrument
  A keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
  
  
• Florian Reinert – drum
  Drum
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• Tommy Black – bass
  Bass guitar
  The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
  
  

Albums

• Paloalto
  Paloalto (album)
  Paloalto is the debut album by alternative rock band Paloalto. It was released by American Recordings in 2000. Scott Weiland of Stone Temple Pilots covered "Some Things Must Go This Way" for his 2008 album "Happy" in Galoshes.-Track listing:...
  
  (CD) – American Recordings – 2000
• Heroes and Villains
  Heroes and Villains (album)
  Heroes and Villains is the second album by alternative rock band Paloalto. The album was released by American Recordings in 2003.The song "Breathe In" was featured on the Fox Television show The O.C. and the feature film for the comic book hero Hellboy...
  
  (CD) – American Recordings – 2003

Singles

• "Sonny" (CD) – American Recordings – 2000
• "Fade Out/In
  Fade Out/In
  "Fade In/Out" is a single by alternative rock band Paloalto. It was released in 2003 through Mercury Records.-Track listing:# "Fade Out/In"# "Throwing Stones"# "Pick Yourself Off The Beach"...
  
  " (CD) – American Recordings – 2002
• "Breathe In" (CD) – American Recordings – 2003

In popular culture

• Paloalto's single "Breathe In" was used in the movie "Hellboy
  Hellboy
  Hellboy is a comic book superhero created by writer-artist Mike Mignola. The character first appeared in San Diego Comic-Con Comics #2 , and has since appeared in various eponymous miniseries, one-shots and intercompany crossovers...
  
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• The song "Last Way Out of Here" was used in the movie "The Perfect Score
  The Perfect Score
  The Perfect Score is a teen heist film released in 2004 and directed by Brian Robbins. It stars Erika Christensen, Chris Evans, Bryan Greenberg, Scarlett Johansson, Darius Miles, and Leonardo Nam....
  
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• The song "Fade Out/In" was used in the movie "Daredevil
  Daredevil (film)
  Daredevil is a 2003 American superhero film written and directed by Mark Steven Johnson. Based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name, the film stars Ben Affleck as Matt Murdock, a blind lawyer who fights for justice in the courtroom and out of the courtroom as the masked vigilante Daredevil...
  
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• The song "Going Going Gone" was used in the movie "Shallow Hal
  Shallow Hal
  Shallow Hal is a 2001 romantic comedy film starring Gwyneth Paltrow, Jack Black, and Jason Alexander. It was directed by the Farrelly Brothers and filmed in and around Charlotte, North Carolina as well as Sterling and Princeton, Massachusetts at Wachusett Mountain.- Plot :Hal Larson is a...
  
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