The Tony Danza Tapdance Extravaganza

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Name = The Tony Danza Tapdance Extravaganza


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Origin = Murfreesbor, Tennessee
Genre = Mathcore
Years_active = 2004–present
Label = Black Market Activities
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Current_members = Mike Butler
Mason Crooks
Jessie Freeland
Layne Meylain
Brad Thompson
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The Tony Danza Tapdance Extravaganza is an American mathcore band, based out of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.

History

The Tony Danza Tapdance Extravaganza are named after actor Tony Danza; the humorous moniker is occasionally misinterpreted, as older concertgoers have attended shows in hopes of seeing Danza himself. [ [http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1569661/20070913/the_tony_danza_tapdance_extravaganza.jhtml Tony Danza Tapdance Extravaganza & More!] . MTV, September 14, 2007.] The group signed with Corrosive Recording in 2005 after self-releasing their debut album. [ [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:dnfexqyrld0e~T1 The Tony Danza Tapdance Extravaganza] at Allmusic] [ [http://www.decoymusic.com/index.php?content=reviews&reviewid=3446&oldreview=0 Review of "The Tony Danza Tapdance Extravaganza"] , Decoy Music] Their most recent release, "Danza II: Electric Boogaloo", was issued in 2007 on Black Market Activities. [ [http://www.seaoftranquility.org/reviews.php?op=showcontent&id=5918 Review of "Danza II"] , Sea of Tranquility.] [ [http://www.lambgoat.com/albums/view.aspx?id=2532 Review of "Danza II"] . Lambgoat, November 17, 2007.] [ [http://www.scenepointblank.com/reviews/1717 Review of "Danza II"] . Scene Point Blank, December 19, 2007.] [ [http://www.metal-observer.com/articles.php?lid=1&sid=1&id=13482 Review of "Danza II"] . The Metal Observer.] The album's name is a play off of the 1980s film "". [ [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:w9ftxzlhldte Review of "Danza II"] , Allmusic] The album features short, humorous skits interspersed with the songs making fun of their surroundings growing up. [ [http://heavymetal.about.com/od/cdreviews/fr/tonydanza2.htm Review of "Danza II"] , About.com.] The group has toured with Cattle Decapitation, Arsonists Get All the Girls, Veil of Maya, Full Blown Chaos, Despised Icon, The Acacia Strain, Beneath the Massacre, Unearth, See You Next Tuesday, The Red Chord, Shai Hulud, Psyopus, Lye By Mistake, A Life Once Lost, and Emmure, among others. In March 2008, the band crashed their tour van after playing a show in Lewisville, Texas. [ [http://www.antimusic.com/news/08/march/18Tony_Danza_Tapdance_Extravaganza_Crash.shtml Tony Danza Tapdance Extravaganza Crash] . AntiMusic, March 18, 2008.]

Band member Brad Thomson also plays in Midgets with Machetes, a group signed to Uprising Records. [ [http://www.prweb.com/releases/2007/03/prweb513286.htm Tony Danza Tapdance Extravaganza Guitarist Forms Midgets With Machetes] . Prweb, March 23, 2007.]

Band Members

*Layne Meylain - guitar
*Josh Travis - guitar
*Mike Butler - bass
*Jessie Freeland - vocals
*Brandon Bateman - drums

Discography

*2005: "The Tony Danza Tapdance Extravaganza" (Corrosive Recordings, 2005)
*2007: "Danza II: Electric Boogaloo" (Black Market Activities, 2007)

References

External Links

* [http://www.myspace.com/tonydanzatapdanceextravaganza TTDTE at Myspace]
* [http://www.blackmarketactivities.com/label/bands/tonydanza/ TTDTE at Black Market Activities]