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Template:Short description Script error: No such module "For". Template:Refimprove The Sights are an American rock and roll band from Detroit, Michigan, formed in 1998. The band has toured in the United States, Canada, and the UK.[1][2]
Members
- Current
- Eddie Baranek: Vocals, Guitar
- Jarrod Champion: Keyboard, Vocals
- Skip Denomme: Drums
- Roderick Jones: Saxophone
- Liz Mackinder: Vocals
- Chrissy Morgan: Vocals
- Kyle Schanta: Bass Guitar, Vocals
- Former
- Nate Cavalieri (2002-2003): Organ, Vocals
- Bobby Emmett (2004-2007): Organ, Piano Bass, Vocals
- Keith Fox (2005-2007): Drums
- Matt Hatch (2003-2004): Bass Guitar
- Dave Knepp (1998-1999): Drums
- Dave Lawson (2009-2011): Bass Guitar, Vocals
- Mark Leahey (1998-2002): Bass Guitar
- David Shettler (2000-2003): Drums, Vocals
- Gordon Smith (2009-2011): Keyboard, Vocals
- Eugene Strobe (1999-2001): Drums
- Dean Tartaglia (2011-2012): Saxophone, Backing Vocals
- Mike Trombley (1998, 2003–2005): Drums
Achievements
- In 2012, The Sights toured the United States and Europe with Tenacious D.[3][4]
- In 2014, the band's published tour diary, "Taken Alive: The Sights' Rock and Roll Tour Diary," was recognized as one of twenty 2014 Michigan Notable Books by The Library of Michigan.[5] The book includes entries and photographs written and taken for The Detroit Metro Times.
In popular culture
- "Left Over Right" was featured in Someone Marry Barry in 2014.
- "Not as Pretty" was featured in The Newsroom in 2013.
- "Just Got Robbed" was featured in National Lampoon in 2009.
- "Just Got Robbed" was featured in Reaper in 2009.
- "Just Got Robbed" was featured in America's Funniest Home Videos in 2008.
- "Circus" was featured in The Shield in 2008.
- "Good Way to Die" was featured in Fast, Inc. in 2006.
- "Waiting on a Friend" was featured in Just Friends in 2005.
- "Circus" was featured in Wedding Crashers in 2005.
- "Sick and Tired" was featured in The Last Chancers in 2002.
Discography
- Studio albums
- Are You Green? (1999, Spectator Records; reissued on Fall of Rome Records)
- Got What We Want (2002, Fall of Rome Records)
- The Sights (2005, New Line Records)
- Most of What Follows Is True (2010, Alive Records)
- Left Over Right (2012, Hiros Rise Music)
- EPs
- Silver/Gold 12" EP (2009, Lower Peninsula Records)
- Compilations
- Twelve In The Bar (2011, Fountain Records)
References
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- ↑ Sights On-Seen Template:Webarchive. Detroit Metro Times, 3/10/99. Accessed July 6, 2007.
- ↑ Artists to Watch Template:Webarchive. Filter Magazine. Accessed July 6, 2007.
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