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Bad City was a five-piece rock band from Chicago, Illinois. They were signed to Atlantic Records. The band released their debut album ''Welcome to the Wasteland'', produced by Grammy Award nominated producer Johnny K, on August 24, 2010.〔Atlantic Records, (Atlantic Records Signs Bad City ). Atlantic Records via Earthtimes.org. Accessed June 25, 2010.〕 ==History== While technically formed in early 2010, the evolution of the group began in 2008 when Chicago-based band Powerspace, including members Kevin Kane and Tom Schleiter, recruited Chicago natives Max Perenchio and Jake Serek as touring musicians. Just before the breakup of Powerspace, Perenchio and Schleiter began writing songs together for a new project. Temecula, California vocalist Josh Caddy soon finalized the lineup which became Bad City. The band takes its name from its experiences writing and recording the album in an unfavorable neighborhood in the west side of Chicago.〔AbsolutePunk.net, (Powerspace Members Form Bad City ). AbsolutePunk. Accessed June 25, 2010.〕 Explained in an interview, "We were chased by gangs, constantly harassed by the dead-looking street people, even the kids out there are nasty. Don’t get me wrong, I love the city, but it is a bad city." 〔FeedTheBeat.com, (Bad City Gets Thumbs Up from Paul Stanley and Billy Corgan ). FeedTheBeat. Accessed November 23, 2010. 〕 After completion of their debut album, the band gained the attention of Billy Corgan. Describing the band as a "super fresh take on the Rock", he invited the band onto the Smashing Pumpkins 2010 Summer tour.〔SmashingPumpkins.com, (A Note from Billy ). Billy Corgan. Accessed June 25, 2010.〕 In August 2010, KISS frontman Paul Stanley noticed the band's song "Call Paul Stanley" and further endorsed the band, calling their album "an absolute knockout and the best album I've heard in ages. A killer, cohesive album of great rock and bombastic production that has been sorely missing. Every track is a winner and Bad City raises the bar out of most band's reach. It's really that good".〔PaulStanley.com (Paul Stanley News ) Paul Stanley. Accessed August 30th, 2010.〕 After a midwest tour with Hinder, the band continued supporting "Welcome to the Wasteland" on another tour with The Smashing Pumpkins, followed by Canadian and West Coast shows with Slash.〔Setlist.fm (Bad City Tour Statistics: Slash 2010 World Tour ).〕 Bad City performed the theme song, "Fight as One", for the Marvel Entertainment animated television series, ''The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes''. In June 2011, vocalist Josh Caddy left the band. He was replaced on tour by former Powerspace vocalist, Alec Cyganowski.〔Alternative Press (Bad City Replace Vocalist ). Alternative Press. Accessed June 27th, 2011.〕 In December 2011, Bad City played a farewell show in Chicago. Currently, guitar player Tom Schleiter is living in L.A., successfully producing, writing, and mixing music at his studio: STUDIO AMERICA under the pseudonym 'Tommy English'. Drummer Kevin Kane is completing his degree at the University of Akron. Max Perenchio, and Jake Serek play in a band called The Gold Web. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bad City」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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