Automatic Black is a rock

Rock music

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 band from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania

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The band formed in 2001 when vocalist Jeff Darr returned from Europe and met Tom Chambers and Steve Kitabjian through mutual friends. In 2003, Automatic Black opened for Kiss

KISS (band)

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 and Aerosmith

Aerosmith

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 on the second leg of their Rocksimus Maximus Tour

Rocksimus Maximus Tour

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Their debut album, De-Evolution, intended to be released in 2004 under Arista Records

Arista Records

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, was never formally released due to financial difficulties; however, their song "Crash and Burn" was featured in the EA

Electronic Arts

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 game Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2004

Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2004

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. The group released their self-titled

Eponym

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 EP in 2008 on independent label Nashville NOiR, and again in 2009 on independent Nashville record label Per Capita Records.

External links

• Automatic Black at Last.fm
  Last.fm
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• Automatic Black at Purevolume
  PureVolume
  PureVolume was the first independently run website of its type, allowing for the upload and stream of music files. It was created in 2003 by Jennifer Welch , in conjunction with the Unborn Media team; Brett Woitunski, Nate Hudson, and Mitchell Pavao; all from the University of...