Matchbook Romance

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Matchbook Romance
Origin U.S. flag Poughkeepsie, New York, United States
Genre(s) Rock, Pop Punk, Alternative rock
Years active 1997–2007
Label(s) Epitaph
Website MatchbookRomance.com
Members
Andrew Jordan
Ryan DePaolo
Ryan Kienle
Aaron Stern

Matchbook Romance was an alternative/punk band from Poughkeepsie, New York, that was signed to Epitaph Records. They released two full length albums and one EP.

Lead singer/rhythm guitarist Andrew Jordan and bassist Ryan Kienle previously played in Poughkeepsie punk-rock band Fizzlewink. Later, as The Getaway, they were signed to Epitaph Records after the label's owner, Brett Gurewitz, heard the song "Ex Marks The Spot" via Punknews.org. Due to legal reasons (there is a Canadian band with the name The Getaway), they changed their name to Matchbook Romance. The name Matchbook Romance comes from the thirties and forties, where at bars, patrons would write their address on matchbooks and hand it to his/her suitor.

Epitaph released the group's debut EP, West for Wishing, in early 2003, and their first LP, Stories and Alibis, in September 2003. To date, They have sold over 375,000 albums in the U.S. alone.[citation needed] They also appeared on a 4 song split with Motion City Soundtrack in which an acoustic version of "Playing for Keeps" and "In Transit for You" appeared. In fall 2003, Matchbook Romance headlined a US tour and appeared on the cover of Alternative Press magazine.

In 2006 on their second album, Voices, the band decided to change their sound and get away from what they had originally been producing. Their song "Monsters" appeared in Madden NFL 07 and Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock.

On March 12, 2007, after a 10 year career, they announced via a MySpace bulletin that they were going on an indefinite hiatus. Lead singer/rhythm guitarist Andrew Jordan, bassist Ryan Kienle, and singer Amanda Rogers are now working on a new project with new music to be released in late 2007. Drummer Aaron Stern is now in the band God or Julie and filled in for Mark O'Connell of Taking Back Sunday for the Projekt Revolution tour during summer 2007.

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