The Crash Motive was a rock

Rock music

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 band on the record label Wind-Up Records

Wind-Up Records

Wind-up Entertainment, Inc. is a record label based in New York City. It was formed in 1997 by Alan Meltzer, former owner of CD One Stop, following his 1996 purchase of Grass Records. Wind-up is currently the largest independently-owned record label in the world...

. The band consisted of five members who met at the University of Delaware

University of Delaware

The university is organized into seven colleges:* College of Agriculture and Natural Resources* College of Arts and Sciences* Alfred Lerner College of Business and Economics* College of Earth, Ocean and Environment* College of Education and Human Development...

. The band was formerly known as Omnisoul.

Biography

Omnisoul started with singer/songwriter Derek Fuhrmann, who found keyboardist Jamie Orlando, bassist Josh Berger, and drummer Tyler Ingersoll to join him. They named themselves Omnisoul, and were soon joined by guitarist Shawn Manigly.

Fuhrmann and Orlando took music management courses to try to direct their band in the correct direction. During their first real gig

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, they won a Battle of the Bands

Battle of the Bands

Battle of Bands is a contest in which two or more bands compete for the title of "best band". The winner is determined by a panel of judges, the general response of the audience, or a combination. The winning band usually receives a prize in addition to bragging rights. Traditionally, battles of...

 at the University of Delaware. In addition, Omnisoul caught the eye of WSTW

WSTW

WSTW is a Pop Contemporary Hit Radio formatted radio station that broadcasts in the Wilmington, Delaware metropolitan area which is just south of Philadelphia. Although the station and transmitter are located in Wilmington, the signal is strong enough to provide city-grade coverage of most of...

, Delaware's Top 40 radio station, with their song "Waiting (Save Your Life)". The song spent 29 consecutive nights as the #1 most-requested song. To this day, the band still holds the station record. This led to the song's inclusion on the TV show Joan of Arcadia

Joan of Arcadia

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(CBS) and on the Fantastic Four

Fantastic Four (film)

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Soundtrack, as well as placement in the movie.

The band's song "Not Giving Up" was featured in EA Sports' Madden 2007 video game. The song originally gained recognition while being played in sports stadiums around the country.

The band worked with producer Gregg Wattenberg

Gregg Wattenberg

Gregg Wattenberg is a Grammy Award nominated songwriter, music producer, and musician residing in New York City, New York.Wattenberg co-produced Train's hit single "Hey, Soul Sister". He also co-wrote and co-produced Train's #1 Hit Single "If It's Love"...

 (Five for Fighting

Five for Fighting

Five for Fighting is the stage name of American singer-songwriter John Ondrasik. He is best known for his piano-based rock, such as the Top 40 songs "Superman " , "100 Years" , and "The Riddle" .-Early years:...

) and engineer Greg Gordon (Jet

Jet (band)

Jet are an Australian rock band formed in 2001 while attending St Bede's College Mentone in Melbourne, . The band consists of lead guitarist Cameron Muncey, bassist Mark Wilson, and brothers Nic and Chris Cester on vocals/rhythm guitar and drums respectively...

, Oasis

Oasis (band)

Oasis were an English rock band formed in Manchester in 1991. Originally known as The Rain, the group was formed by Liam Gallagher , Paul "Bonehead" Arthurs , Paul "Guigsy" McGuigan and Tony McCarroll , who were soon joined by Liam's older brother Noel Gallagher...

) for their album, which was released in October of 2007. http://www.thecrashmotive.com

On Monday, July 16, 2007 at 10:41 they released a bulletin on MySpace

MySpace

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 stating that they are changing their band name to The Crash Motive.

This read:

Hi everyone, we would like to fill you in on some very exciting news.
Starting now, our band will be known as “The Crash Motive”. We’re incredibly excited about our new name and our new album. We can’t wait for you to hear the recordings.

We will have our new single “No Tomorrow, Just Tonight” on our new myspace page on Wednesday (www.myspace.com/thecrashmotive). Most of all we want to thank you for all of your continued support, it means the world to us.

Thank you,

Derek, Shawn, Jamie, Tyler, & Josh

P.S. - if you're already our friend, you will not have to worry about friend requesting us again. All of our current friends will change over to the new page!

In November 2008 they announced that the band would come to an end due to the departure of frontman Fuhrman. Their last gig took place on December 27, 2008, in Deer Park Tavern

Deer Park Tavern

Deer Park Tavern is a historic hotel located at Newark in New Castle County, Delaware. It was built in 1851 on the land where the remains of the burned down St. Patrick's Inn had resided since 1747. It is a -story "U"-plan building with nine bays at the south front facade. The building is...

 in their hometown Newark, Delaware.

The other band members said to start a new band, consisting of Jamie Orlando, Josh Berger, Shawn Manigly and Josh Dannin.

Discography

• "Happy Outside" - released 2004
• "When You Go" - released May 2006; Wind-Up Records
  Wind-Up Records
  Wind-up Entertainment, Inc. is a record label based in New York City. It was formed in 1997 by Alan Meltzer, former owner of CD One Stop, following his 1996 purchase of Grass Records. Wind-up is currently the largest independently-owned record label in the world...
  
  
• Consequence - released October 9, 2007; Wind-Up Records
  Wind-Up Records
  Wind-up Entertainment, Inc. is a record label based in New York City. It was formed in 1997 by Alan Meltzer, former owner of CD One Stop, following his 1996 purchase of Grass Records. Wind-up is currently the largest independently-owned record label in the world...
  
  
• "Just Cause It Never Happened Don't Mean It Won't" - released August 26, 2008

Also On...

• "Waiting (Save Your Life)" - From the Fantastic 4 Soundtrack
• "When You Go (Single)"
• "Not Giving Up" - Featured on the Madden NFL 07
  Madden NFL 07
  Madden NFL 07 is the 2007 edition of the popular Madden NFL series. It is the first in the video game series to be released for the PlayStation 3 and Wii consoles. Former Seattle Seahawks running back Shaun Alexander is on the cover.-Features:...
  
  Soundtrack

Lineup

Derek Fuhrmann - Vocals

Shawn Manigly - Guitar

Josh Berger - Bass

Jamie Orlando - Keyboard

Josh Dannin - Drums

External links

• Band's Electronic Power Press Kit
• Official Website