The XYZ Affair is an American

United States

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 indie rock

Indie rock

Indie rock is a genre of alternative rock that originated in the United Kingdom and the United States in the 1980s. Indie rock is extremely diverse, with sub-genres that include lo-fi, post-rock, math rock, indie pop, dream pop, noise rock, space rock, sadcore, riot grrrl and emo, among others...

 band from Brooklyn

Brooklyn

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, New York

New York

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. The band consists of Alex Feder (guitar, vocals), Chris Bonner (bass), and Russ Maschmeyer (guitar, keyboards), who met while attending New York University

New York University

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. Their name comes from the 1797 diplomatic episode known as the XYZ Affair

XYZ Affair

The XYZ Affair was a 1798 diplomatic episode during the administration of John Adams that Americans interpreted as an insult from France. It led to an undeclared naval war called the Quasi-War, which raged at sea from 1798 to 1800...

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During the summer of 2007 the band filmed their first music video for All My Friends featuring former Nickelodeon

Nickelodeon (TV channel)

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 TV personalities Marc Summers

Marc Summers

Marc Summers is an American television personality, comedian, game show host, producer, and a two-time talk show host. He is best known for hosting the Nickelodeon game show Double Dare and currently hosts Unwrapped on The Food Network.- Early career :Summers was born Marc Berkowitz in...

, Danny Cooksey

Danny Cooksey

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, Michael Maronna and Jason Zimbler

Jason Zimbler

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. On July 24, 2007 the band was voted "band of the day" on Spin

Spin (magazine)

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Discography

• Good To Know (But Hard To Tell) (EP) (2003)
• A Few More Published Studies
  A Few More Published Studies
  A Few More Published Studies is the first full length album by the indie rock group The XYZ Affair.The music video for the album's first single, "All My Friends", was shot in Brooklyn, NY in 2007 featuring former Nickelodeon TV stars Marc Summers , Danny Cooksey , Michael Maronna , and Jason...
  
  (2006)
• Trials (Digi EP) (2008)

Members

• Alex Feder – guitar, vocals
• Chris Bonner – bass
• Russ Maschmeyer – guitar, keyboards