Action Action

"Action & Action" is the second single from The Get Up Kids' album Something to Write Home About. The single was released in Europe and North America on March 24, 2000, and November 24 elsewhere. It is the first Get Up Kids single released on CD. A music video for the song was released in December 1999.

Action Action was an American indie rock band, formerly signed to Victory Records.

History

Action Action was formed in 2004¹ by members of The Reunion Show, Count The Stars and Diffuser. The band signed with Victory Records and released their first album, Don't Cut Your Fabric to This Year's Fashion (2004), and released their second album An Army of Shapes Between Wars in 2006. In the same year, Action Action toured with Maxeen, Morningwood, The Sounds, Jonezetta, We Are The Fury, The Cult and Something for Rockets on various legs of their US tours. The song "Paper Cliché" was featured in the video game, MVP 06: NCAA Baseball. Their song "Dream Within A Dream" was featured in a 2009 Gillette commercial. The song was included on their self-released 2010¹ album The Ones Who Get It Are The Ones Who Need Not To Know.

Line-up

Former members Mark Thomas Kluepfel – vocals, guitar, synth, songwriter Adam Manning – guitar Clarke Foley – bass Dan Leo – drums, percussion Kris Baldwin – guitar

Discography

Albums

Don't Cut Your Fabric to This Year's Fashion (Victory Records, 2004) An Army of Shapes Between Wars (Victory Records, 2006) The Ones Who Get It Are the Ones Who Need Not to Know (self-released, 2010)

External links

Official website Official MySpace profile Last.fm profile Victory Records website [ Review of "Don't Cut Your Fabric to This Year's Fashion,"] by AllMusicGuide.com [ Review of "An Army of Shapes Between Wars',"] by AllMusicGuide.com Burning Stars Interview with Adam Manning & Clarke Foley Burning Stars Interview with Mark Thomas Kluepfel

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