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Much the Same
Much The Same was a punk rock band from the suburbs of Chicago, Illinois, United States. Their style is based on the fast, melodic skate punk of the mid-to-late 1990s made popular by bands such as NOFX, Lagwagon, and No Use for a Name.
The band began in 1999 under the name Don't Look Down and changed to Much The Same in 2001 after a legal dispute with the now-defunct New Jersey band Don't Look Down. They released Quitters Never Win on A-F Records in 2003 and Survive in 2006.
The band announced their break-up on April 23, 2007 following their first European tour.
They reunited for a final farewell performance on March 26, 2011 at Reggies Rock Club in Chicago. The sold-out show featured both fan favorite songs and a few the band rarely, if ever, played live.
The band announced on March 30, 2015, that they had reunited. They released their third and final album, Everything is Fine, in July 2019. On July 8, 2024, the band released a statement that they had disbanded for good.
Lead singer and guitarist Chris "Gunner" McGrath, bassist Andy Simon, and drummer, Mike "Mook" Snoreck, began playing together in 1999. Shortly after, Adam Mufich took over bass duties as the band went on to play their first appearance on the Vans Warped Tour in Chicago in 2000. Simon briefly rejoined the band on guitar for later rejoined as a second guitarist in time to record the Caught Off Guard EP. Simon and Mufich left together and were replaced by Frank Tsoukalas on bass and Matt Haraburda on guitar. Dan O'Gorman replaced Haraburda six months later to finally create the first stable lineup in 2001 around the same time that the name changed to Much The Same, which acknowledged their similarity to many other popular punk bands of the time.
In December 2001, the new lineup recorded a 3-song demo which got the band signed to Anti-Flag's label A-F Records, where they released their first full-length album, Quitters Never Win in 2003, which was recorded by 88 Fingers Louie and Rise Against guitarist Dan Precision at Bombshelter Studio in Des Plaines, IL. Reception was largely positive and the band's reputation grew as they played with bands like Bad Religion, Thrice, and Rise Against.
Much The Same again played the Chicago dates of Warped Tour in 2002 and 2003, when they won the Ernie Ball Battle of the Bands, earning them an Ernie Ball sponsorship and twelve dates on the 2004 Warped Tour.
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Much the Same
Much The Same was a punk rock band from the suburbs of Chicago, Illinois, United States. Their style is based on the fast, melodic skate punk of the mid-to-late 1990s made popular by bands such as NOFX, Lagwagon, and No Use for a Name.
The band began in 1999 under the name Don't Look Down and changed to Much The Same in 2001 after a legal dispute with the now-defunct New Jersey band Don't Look Down. They released Quitters Never Win on A-F Records in 2003 and Survive in 2006.
The band announced their break-up on April 23, 2007 following their first European tour.
They reunited for a final farewell performance on March 26, 2011 at Reggies Rock Club in Chicago. The sold-out show featured both fan favorite songs and a few the band rarely, if ever, played live.
The band announced on March 30, 2015, that they had reunited. They released their third and final album, Everything is Fine, in July 2019. On July 8, 2024, the band released a statement that they had disbanded for good.
Lead singer and guitarist Chris "Gunner" McGrath, bassist Andy Simon, and drummer, Mike "Mook" Snoreck, began playing together in 1999. Shortly after, Adam Mufich took over bass duties as the band went on to play their first appearance on the Vans Warped Tour in Chicago in 2000. Simon briefly rejoined the band on guitar for later rejoined as a second guitarist in time to record the Caught Off Guard EP. Simon and Mufich left together and were replaced by Frank Tsoukalas on bass and Matt Haraburda on guitar. Dan O'Gorman replaced Haraburda six months later to finally create the first stable lineup in 2001 around the same time that the name changed to Much The Same, which acknowledged their similarity to many other popular punk bands of the time.
In December 2001, the new lineup recorded a 3-song demo which got the band signed to Anti-Flag's label A-F Records, where they released their first full-length album, Quitters Never Win in 2003, which was recorded by 88 Fingers Louie and Rise Against guitarist Dan Precision at Bombshelter Studio in Des Plaines, IL. Reception was largely positive and the band's reputation grew as they played with bands like Bad Religion, Thrice, and Rise Against.
Much The Same again played the Chicago dates of Warped Tour in 2002 and 2003, when they won the Ernie Ball Battle of the Bands, earning them an Ernie Ball sponsorship and twelve dates on the 2004 Warped Tour.