Basic Information

Label: Greyday Records, Greyday Records
Management: Deep South Entertainment
Members: Curtis Armstead, John Booker, Rachel Hirsh, James Hepler, Joe Mazzitelli

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I Was Totally Destroying It
Durham, NC        Rock / Powerpop

Bio

Fate has served I WAS TOTALLY DESTROYING IT well. The members of the 5-piece power-pop band from Chapel Hill, NC found each other searching for a new creative outlet as all their previous bands were imploding at precisely the same moment. Determined to try something different, these veterans of North Carolina indie rock acts like Sorry About Dresden and Strunken White embraced their love of 70's icons such as Tom Petty and Elvis Costello, 80's new wave artists such as The Cure and Kate Bush...

Songs

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Control
I Was Totally Destroying It
Control
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Regulators
I Was Totally Destroying It
Regulators
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Come Out, Come Out
I Was Totally Destroying It
Come Out, Come Out
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Done Waiting
I Was Totally Destroying It
Done Waiting
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In A Big Country
I Was Totally Destroying It
In A Big Country
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Cup Of Tea
I Was Totally Destroying It
Cup Of Tea

Comments

PROMIZE™
PROMIZE™: Awesome music my friend!Good luck on Reverb!!!!!  Dec 11
Pace Ride
Pace Ride: Great stuff!!!Keep up the excellent work!!  Oct 28
splintered reality
splintered reality: respect and honor from the SR crew! -rick (SR)  Jun 28
Loud Water
Loud Water: Great Tracks..  Jun 27
Jenovah heights
Jenovah heights: Nice sound guys!!!  Jun 11
splintered reality
splintered reality: such a great mix of pop influence and soulful vocals... -Rick (SR)  Apr 29
Rod John Vedros
Rod John Vedros: Sorry i missed u guys last night...hope you had a great show!! thanks for letting us play the show at Siberia, really had a good time really like your songs Rod John Vedros- bass/3rd Echo  Mar 28
Lj Mulls
Lj Mulls: your tunes are insane! So much character, I'm definitely digging your sound. I feel an ear worm coming on, I have a feeling 'in a big country' might be stuck in my head for awhile. Keep it going, your new fan, ~Joe  Dec 31
Risus21 -  Featuring Tyler Reese on Guitar
Risus21 - Featuring Tyler Rees...: Really great music! Especially love the vocal harmonies.  Dec 05
Hermes
Hermes: very nice music in here  Nov 16

Press

Chart Position

Rock charts
for Durham, NC.

Artist Stats

Fans: 7,357
Song Plays: 16,852
Visits: 16,729
Video Plays: 625
Widget Hits: 189,787

Status

Status: And while we're at it: Body Clown (by Joaquin Dorfman & Ben Flanagan & friends) via #soundcloud http://t.co/6yiyqQS

Blog

PRAISE FOR DONE WAITING EP, FROM BOOTLEG MAGAZINE
Jun 12, 2009 at 06:46 PM
Praise for "Done Waiting", from Brian Tucker of Wilmington, NC's Bootleg Magazine: Growing tends to be a painful experience but not so with Chapel Hill’s I Was Totally Destroying It on their follow up album. IWTDI continue playing high energy power pop on Done Waiting, a seven song EP that seems less like leftover tracks from their self-t...

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