The Copyrights - Discography (2003-2013) [FLAC]
Genre: Pop/Rock
Style: Alternative, Punk-Pop, Punk Revival
Codec: FLAC
Bit Rates: ~ 800 - 1,000 kbps
Bits Per Sample: 16
Sample Rate: 44,100 Hz
2003 We Didn't Come Here to Die
2004 Button Smasher EP
2005 Nowhere Near Chicago EP
2006 Mutiny Pop
2007 Make Sound
2008 Learn The Hard Way
2008 Split with Methadones
2009 Split with The Dopamines
2011 North Sentinal Island
2013 Shit's Fucked
The Copyrights play a stripped-down version of pop-punk in the tradition of fellow Illinois bands like Screeching Weasel and the Methadones, with old-school punk and pop influences ranging from the Ramones and the Undertones to Sound Affects-vintage Jam and the first couple of Cheap Trick albums. Formed in the small southern Illinois city of Carbondale (much closer to St. Louis, MO, than Chicago) in 2002, The Copyrights originally consisted of bassist and primary lead singer Adam Fletcher, guitarists/vocalists Brett Hunter and Ken Clifford, and drummer Luke McNeill. Signed to the Washington, D.C., indie Insubordination Records, The Copyrights released their debut album, We Didn't Come Here to Die (produced by Illinois pop-punk legend Mass Giorgini), in 2003. It was subsequently followed by two EPs, 2004's Button Smasher and 2005's Nowhere Near Chicago (both through It's Alive Records). Replacing the departed Clifford with new guitarist Nick O'Neil, The Copyrights returned with their second album, Mutiny Pop, in May 2006. Not wasting any time, various shows followed before the guys (now with Jeff Funburg on board in place of O'Neil) were back in the studio by the start of 2007 to commence recording their next album; Make Sound surfaced that spring via Red Scare.