Jepetto
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Jepetto was a popular band from 1994 to 2004 from Annapolis, Maryland
. The band was managed by Adam Wheatley of Funkstarr Entertainment. They got their "Big Break" when they won the HFStival
Big Break contest in 1999. Disbanded in 2004, Jepetto had a reunion show in March 2006. The band is featured in Good Charlotte's song "Overcome".
Big Break Contest in 1999 and played the main stage at the prestigious HFStival
. The bands unique blend of high energy hip hop, punk, funk, and D.C. Go Go
has reaped them a huge following and invitations to the Warped Tour
twice and the HFStival four years in a row. Hardcore independents, Jepetto are friends, as well musicians.
The release of their second album, inkbox, on Fowl Records, gave Jepetto a chance to express their singular style of rhythm and rhyme. Songs such as "Destroyer" and "Caleco" demonstrate their versatility in harmonies and beats while "Dynamite Team" (featuring kindred spirits Grand Buffet
from Pittsburgh
) gives a clear representation of their lyrical skills. Jepetto had already opened for such artists as Cypress Hill
, Good Charlotte
, Jimmie's Chicken Shack
, Fenix TX, and many others at Warped and HFStival.
After going their separate ways, the band's core members, Chris Cosgrove, David Richardson, and Chris Hartman formed Victory Party with Casey Hean, Ben Frock, and Carl Jenson.
Inkbox CD / LP (Fowl Records, 2002)
Maryland
Maryland is a U.S. state located in the Mid Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware to its east...
. The band was managed by Adam Wheatley of Funkstarr Entertainment. They got their "Big Break" when they won the HFStival
HFStival
The HFStival is an annual Washington, D.C. / Baltimore, Maryland rock festival. Held every summer from 1990 through 2006 by radio station WHFS, and annually since 2010 in commemoration of the now-defunct station's legacy, the HFStival was at its peak the largest yearly music festival on the East...
Big Break contest in 1999. Disbanded in 2004, Jepetto had a reunion show in March 2006. The band is featured in Good Charlotte's song "Overcome".
Biography
Hailing from Annapolis, Maryland, Jepetto exploded onto the D.C./Baltimore scene when they won the WHFSWHFS
WHFS was the call sign for three different FM stations in the Washington, D.C./Baltimore, Maryland markets on various frequencies for nearly 50 years. The first and longest run was a progressive rock station and was usually, and affectionately, referred to as 'HFS...
Big Break Contest in 1999 and played the main stage at the prestigious HFStival
HFStival
The HFStival is an annual Washington, D.C. / Baltimore, Maryland rock festival. Held every summer from 1990 through 2006 by radio station WHFS, and annually since 2010 in commemoration of the now-defunct station's legacy, the HFStival was at its peak the largest yearly music festival on the East...
. The bands unique blend of high energy hip hop, punk, funk, and D.C. Go Go
Go go
Go-go is a subgenre associated with funk that originated in the Washington, D.C., area during the mid- 1960s to late-1970s. It remains primarily popular in the area as a uniquely regional music style...
has reaped them a huge following and invitations to the Warped Tour
Warped Tour
The Warped Tour is a touring music and extreme sports festival. The tour is held in venues such as parking lots or fields upon which the stages and other structures are erected. The BMX/skateboarding shoe manufacturer Vans, among others, has sponsored the tour every year since 1995, and it is...
twice and the HFStival four years in a row. Hardcore independents, Jepetto are friends, as well musicians.
The release of their second album, inkbox, on Fowl Records, gave Jepetto a chance to express their singular style of rhythm and rhyme. Songs such as "Destroyer" and "Caleco" demonstrate their versatility in harmonies and beats while "Dynamite Team" (featuring kindred spirits Grand Buffet
Grand Buffet
Grand Buffet is a hip-hop funk duo from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, made up of Jackson O'Connell-Barlow and Jarrod Weeks . Their music is a unique brand of humorous, often satirical rap...
from Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh is the second-largest city in the US Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Allegheny County. Regionally, it anchors the largest urban area of Appalachia and the Ohio River Valley, and nationally, it is the 22nd-largest urban area in the United States...
) gives a clear representation of their lyrical skills. Jepetto had already opened for such artists as Cypress Hill
Cypress Hill
Cypress Hill is an American hip hop group from South Gate, California. Cypress Hill was the first Latino hip-hop group to have platinum and multi-platinum albums, selling over 18 million albums worldwide...
, Good Charlotte
Good Charlotte
Good Charlotte is an American rock band from Waldorf, Maryland that formed in 1996. Since 1998, the band's constant members have been lead vocalist Joel Madden, lead guitarist and back-up vocalist Benji Madden, bass guitarist Paul Thomas and rhythm guitarist and keyboardist Billy Martin...
, Jimmie's Chicken Shack
Jimmie's Chicken Shack
Jimmie's Chicken Shack is an American alternative rock band from Annapolis, Maryland. They emerged through MTV as one of the first Post-Grunge bands of the era...
, Fenix TX, and many others at Warped and HFStival.
After going their separate ways, the band's core members, Chris Cosgrove, David Richardson, and Chris Hartman formed Victory Party with Casey Hean, Ben Frock, and Carl Jenson.
Lineup
- Chris "Kahz" Cosgrove — vocals
- Dan Marcellus — drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
- Dave Richardson — vocals, percussionPercussion instrumentA percussion instrument is any object which produces a sound when hit with an implement or when it is shaken, rubbed, scraped, or otherwise acted upon in a way that sets the object into vibration...
- Chris "FC" Hartman — bassBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
- Jesse Hosch — guitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
- Larry Byrne — keyboardsKeyboard instrumentA keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
Albums
12:33 CD / LP (Fowl Records, 1999)- Drip — Human — Groove Juice — Smack Doo Doo — Urge — Generation X — Cheeba — Jesse's Song — Underground — Timbuk — Deciding Where the World Begins — It's About Time
Inkbox CD / LP (Fowl Records, 2002)
- Faders — Better Off — Destroyer — Caleco — Dynamite Team — One Way — Eleven — Faceless — Complications — Old-balls