Genre: Rock
The Maine is an American rock band from Tempe, Arizona. Formed in 2007, they released EP Stay Up, Get Down in the same year. On December 11 2007, The Maine made their debut with a five song EP called The Way We Talk produced by Matt Grabe. Their first full-length album, Can't Stop, Won't Stop was released in the summer of 2008, following their next holiday release in December 2008 ...And A Happy New Year. they have released 2 full length albums.On July 13, 2010, The Maine released the single Inside of You from their second full-length album, Black & White, selling 22,634 copies in its first week.
The Maine was started by bassist Garrett Nickelsen and drummer Pat Kirch in 2007. The band's name originates from the song "Coast of Maine" by Ivory. Singer John O'Callaghan joined soon after, along with Ryan Osterman and Alex Ross. Together they released the EP Stay Up, Get Down. Shortly thereafter Ryan and Alex left for unknown reasons, but were replaced with Kennedy Brock and Jared Monaco. The Maine signed to Fearless Records and on December 11, 2007 made their debut with a five song EP called The Way We Talk, produced by Matt Grabe. Their first full-length album, Can't Stop, Won't Stop, was produced by Matt Squire and was released in the summer of 2008, just before the band toured with Good Charlotte and Boys Like Girls. Their next release was a holiday EP in December 2008 titled ...And A Happy New Year, produced by Matt Grabe. The EP included three new original tracks and a cover of the Wham! song "Last Christmas". In 2009, the band signed to Warner Bros. Records. In July 2009, the band performed on the Vans Warped Tour. In December 2009, The Maine released This Is Real Life, their first published book. It consists of written memoirs from the band as well as photography by Dirk Mai.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Maine_%28band%29