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Streetlight Manifesto
Streetlight Manifesto is an American ska punk band from East Brunswick Township, New Jersey. The band has achieved wide acclaim in alternative circles, and combines elements of third wave ska with a vast array of influences that distinguish Streetlight from its contemporaries.

They released their first album, Everything Goes Numb, which was distributed by Victory Records, on August 26, 2003. The band headlined their first concert at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey on December 9, 2003. Several of Streetlight Manifesto's members were well known in the New Jersey third wave ska community for their roles in past ska punk bands from that area, primarily Kalnoky's Catch 22 and fellow New Jersey band One Cool Guy. As of 2007, the lineup consists of Mike Brown on alto and baritone sax, Jim Conti on alto and tenor sax, songwriter Tomas Kalnoky on guitar and lead vocals, bassist Peter McCullaugh, trombonist Mike Soprano, trumpet player Matt Stewart, and Chris Thatcher on drums.

Kalnoky, Ansley, and Egan first gained fame as one half of fellow New Jersey band Catch 22. Kalnoky became particularly notable as he was responsible for writing their entire debut album Keasbey Nights, which is regarded as one of the top albums of the third wave of ska. After Keasbey, all three left at separate times and for their own reasons. When Catch 22 recorded their second album, Alone in a Crowd, it was with a considerably different line-up; without Kalnoky, the band had a different sound.

In 2001, Kalnoky gathered a large number of musicians including Ansley and Egan, several members of One Cool Guy, his brother Achilles, and several of Achilles' orchestra friends to perform on the Bandits of the Acoustic Revolution EP, A Call to Arms. Included on the five track, independently released CD is "Here's to Life", a song which Streetlight Manifesto reworked and included on Everything Goes Numb, and a new version of Catch 22's "Dear Sergio", which includes a new verse and a minor renaming to "Dear Sergio:". Both Streetlight and the Bandits are members of The RISC Group, a collaboration of artists to self produce and retain rights to their music.

After the demo was recorded Stuart Karmatz left and was replaced by Paul Lowndes and Jim Conti took the place of Pete Sibilia. This line-up then recorded Everything Goes Numb, but changed again before the band could perform any live shows. Paul Lowndes left so Chris Thatcher joined the band as his replacement, and has been with Streetlight ever since. On the album, Jamie Egan played both trumpet and trombone, but as he would not be able to do this live Mike Soprano joined on trombone. Streetlight's first recording consisted of a four-track demo EP, featuring the songs "Everything Went Numb", "Point/Counterpoint", "The Saddest Song" and "We Are the Few", all of which were re-recorded for their debut album. The line-up that recorded the demo consisted almost entirely of musicians from the project Bandits of the Acoustic Revolution. It was this recording that got the band signed to Victory Records, the same label as Catch 22.

Many Catch 22 fans, disappointed with Catch's post-Kalnoky recordings, not viewing them as up to the same standard as Keasbey, awaited Streetlight's debut with anticipation, hoping for a return to standard of Keasbey. Upon its release in 2003, it received various positive reviews and numerous comparisons to Keasbey.[2] It even received some good reviews from people who otherwise thoroughly disliked ska.[3] Their first few shows at Rutgers and The Stone Pony not only sold out, but had fans coming from as far away as Minnesota and Canada.[1] They also played several other shows before the year ended, and in 2004 embarked upon the TNT (They'll Never Tour) Tour. Streetlight's largely positive welcome when they appeared on the music scene despite little to no promotion or advertising has been attributed to the legacies of the bands from which it evolved (notably Catch 22 and One Cool Guy)

Band Members
T.J. Miller
Jordan Whelan
Mike Church
Steve Hetland
Ben Schauland
Adrian "Bone" Green

Old Members
Zach Roth
Jason Wood
Evan Wiley
A.J. Barrette
Cameron MacIntosh
Steve Schallert
Jordan Gilliam

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