Jason Booker: Drums
Jeff Harper: Guitar, Vocals
Mike Daab: Vocals, Bass
Jared Grabb: Vocals, Guitar

Base of operations: Peoria, IL

MP3s at www.soundclick.com/cherrylane

Biography:
Aggression and logic.  For more than a year, Cherry Lane was a rock and roll force to be reckoned with.  Formed from the ashes of the rock groups known as 21 Union Square and Girl Named Megan, Cherry Lane pushed the art of forceful music.  Their words rallied for strength in difficulty.  This Peoria, IL four-piece drew from backgrounds in power pop, indie-rock, and emo while at the same time forging ahead into punk and hardcore territory.  Before breaking up, the band managed to play an impressive list of shows, tour the Midwest, and release a 7-song CDep.

This was Jared Grabb’s (formerly the singer/primary-songwriter for No Idea Records’ Scouts Honor and the 2nd guitarist of Victory Records’ The Forecast) debut.

Similar artists: Hot Water Music, Lifetime, Kid Dynamite, Cursive, Planes Mistaken For Stars

Discography:
"30" Thinker Thought Records 2001

Track Listing:
1. Coins in Fountains
2. Of Giving Up
3. Toe to Toe
4. Mike's Big Day
5. Converse
6. Retiring Early
7. Tommy 24

Press:
"...A band like Cherry Lane makes the scene.... These guys are incredibly tight musicians with loads of talent. In fact, this band is amazing, an incredibly pleasant blend of hardcore and melody.... In short, this CD kicks ass and you need it...." - Delusions of Adequacy

"...Cherry Lane writes abrasive yet endearing punk songs with the pop structure of the Get Up Kids and enough math rock starts and stops that would make Cursive take notes..." - Jennifer Perkins of Naughty Secretary Club

"Melodic rock and hardcore usually stare warily at each other from the stoops of different venues, but in Cherry Lane, they have made a curious truce. The guitars are big, blasting anthem-like chords designed to reach inside the chest. This is combined with vocals that are barked instead of wailed, and held in place by mathematical rhythmic excursions.... The band deserves props for twisting a familiar genre to their own vision and they are remarkably successful at it. Too pretty for emo, too hard for arena rock, Cherry Lane make an interesting crossroads for two disparate styles." - Ron Davies of Splendidezine.com

"...Cherry Lane really impressed me here. Really well-developed song writing, with intricate quiet parts jumping into heavy-yet polished-loud parts at just the right places. While Hot Water Music-esque at times, Cherry Lane does a good job keeping their sound relatively distinct and difficult to really place them lock-step with any one band.... Cherry Lane are a band that I would definitely expect good things from in the future." - Spencer Rangitsch of MAXIMUMROCKNROLL