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Plain White T's
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Background information
Origin	Villa Park, Illinois, USA
Genre(s)	Pop punk Powerpop[1] Pop rock
Years active	1997–present
Label(s)	Atlantic (2000-2001) Fearless (2002-2005) Hollywood (2006-present)
Website	Official website / UK website
Members
Tom Higgenson Dave Tirio Mike Retondo De'Mar Hamilton Tim Lopez
Former members
Steve Mast Ken Fletcher

Plain White T's is a Grammy Award-nominated alternative rock band from Chicago, Illinois, that has released four full-length albums: Come on Over (2001), Stop (2002 Fearless Records), All That We Needed (2005 Fearless Records) and Every Second Counts (2006 Hollywood Records).

Contents 1 Biography 1.1 Formation (1997-2001) 1.2 Stop (2001-2004) 1.3 All That We Needed (2004-2006) 1.4 Every Second Counts (2006-2007) 2 Discography 2.1 Albums 2.2 EPs 2.3 Compilation appearances 2.4 Singles 3 Television 4 References 5 External links

Plain White T's lead vocalist Tom Higgenson originally set out to be a drummer in high school and was a member of various bands. However, when Plain White T's first came together in the late 90's Higgenson took over songwriting and singing duties for the band. Bassist Ken Fletcher and drummer Dave Tirio came on board and the band began performing around the Chicago area.

In the summer of 1999 Tom Higgenson was in a car crash, which left him with a lacerated kidney and punctured lung. The band had only just started to get noticed by record labels at this point, but this made no difference as far as Atlantic was concerned, as the band got signed to this indie label in 2000. They recorded an album and released it, its name was Come on Over. They supported tours around the US, aiming only to gain their fan base.

At the end of 2001, Fearless signed them and they released Stop in 2002. They were starting to play more headlining dates, nearer their hometown, this added to their already growing fan base.

Throughout this period of time in 2002-2003, the band stuggled with members and roles in the band. Before this happened, the original line up was Tom Higgenson (Vocals, occasionally guitar), Dave Tirio (Drums), Steve Mast (guitar and vocals), and Ken Fletcher (bass). After the switchover, the line up had changed to Tom Higgenson (vocals), Dave Tirio (guitar), Mike Retondo (bass and vocals), De'Mar Hamilton (drums), and Tim Lopez (guitar, vocals).

The band, despite the many line-up changes, went into the studio for their third LP summer 2004. They released All That We Needed January 25, 2005 on Fearless.

The band spent time on the road with 2005 Take Action tour, alongside Sugarcult, Head Automatica, and more. They finished out the year touring with Spitalfield, joining up with Motion City Soundtrack.

Throughout 2005, they released their debut single, "All That We Needed", followed by "Take Me Away". Neither managed to chart on billboard, or any other chart, worldwide.

On May 9, 2006, "Hey There Delilah", the to-be #1 was released. In addition to the single, an EP was released to promote the single. It was called Hey There Delilah EP, it had a compilation of B-sides from previous years on, it also had a live recording of the song. The Band toured, promoting the single, but nothing came of it. Neither of the three singles off All That We Needed managed to chart.

Shortly after beginning pre-production, Hollywood signed them and released their fourth LP, Every Second Counts on September 12 2006. Their first single, "Hate (I Really Don't Like You)" was the first ever single by the Plain White T's to chart on Billboard.

Hollywood re-released "Hey There Delilah" on Every Second Counts in early summer 2007. The band members were bracing themselves for a commercial explosion everywhere. The band toured promoting the single further. On July 28, 2007, "Hey There Delilah" became the new #1 in US for two weeks running. Soon after the chart explosion in the US, they went international.

The T's released Delilah on August 27th 2007 in the UK and soon shot up the charts. They also released their first album in the UK, Every Second Counts, a new re-packed edition with an extra two songs, Hey There Delilah and Take Me Away.

They made #1 in US, Canada and Germany, followed soon after with a top 5 in Austria, Ireland, Belgium, UK and Australia, followed by hitting the top 10 in Sweden, World singles, Dutch singles, New Zealand and Swiss singles.

Shortly after their commercial break-through, the band released a third single off Every Second Counts, "Our Time Now" on November 6, 2007. The band appeared in the third episode of the first season of ABC Family's GRΣΣK performing the songs "Our Time Now" and "Hey There Delilah". They also appeared on the 11th episode of the first season of Nickelodeon's iCarly, performing "Our Time Now". They are currently on 'The Young Wild Things' tour, along with Fall Out Boy, Cute Is What We Aim For and Gym Class Heroes.

On December 10th the Plain White T's will release Hate in the UK, their January tour of the UK will promote the single.

• Rip Off the Hits
• Come on Over (2000)
• Stop (2002)
• All That We Needed (2005)
• Every Second Counts (2006) US #10, UK #3
• Untitled (Fall 2008) - stated in an interview with Chum FM on 14 December 2007

• Hey There Delilah EP (2006)

• "Bruises", from Oil: Chicago Punk Refined
• "Song 2" (Blur cover), on the album Punk Goes '90s
• "Season of a Lifetime", on the album Taste of Christmas
• "It's So Easy", on the album Sound of Superman
• "Better Luck Next Time", on the album Dead Bands Party: A Tribute to Oingo Boingo
• "Recluse", on the album Apples and Oranges by Stacy Clark

Year	Song	U.S. Hot 100	U.S. Pop 100	U.S. Modern Rock	Hot Digital Songs	UK	GER	NZ	CAN	AUS	Album
2005	"All That We Needed"	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	All That We Needed
	"Take Me Away"	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2006	"Hey There Delilah"	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	"Hate (I Really Don't Like You)"	68	61	25	48	89	-	-	-	-	Every Second Counts
2007	"Hey There Delilah" (Re-release)	1	1	3	1	2	1	9	1	3
	"Our Time Now"	-	-	29	-	-	-	-	-	-

• Greek
• iCarly

• Plain White T's Official website
• Plain White T's at All Music Guide
• Plain White T's at Last.fm
• Plain White T's Official Fan Site
• Plain White T's Board
• MySpace Profile
• Plain White T's On RecCenter
• Trash the Stage interview with De'Mar
• Interview with Plain White T's
• Interview with Plain White T's by Jamie Pham on TheSoCalScene
• Soundcrank Podcast Hosted by Plain White T's
• Live performance on Fox TV Chicago
• Hey There Delilah Review
• Plain White T's Bandstand
• Plain White T's Interview on Music Towers
• I Really Don't Like You Review

Plain White T's
Members
Present: Tom Higgenson | Dave Tirio | Mike Retondo | De' Mar Hamilton | Tim Lopez
Previous: Steve Mast | Ken Fletcher
Discography
Studio Albums: Come On Over | Stop | All That We Needed | Every Second Counts
EP's: Hey There Delilah EP
Singles: "All That We Needed" | "Take Me Away" | "Hey There Delilah" | "Hate (I Really Don't Like You)" | "Hey There Delilah" (Re-release) | "Our Time Now"
Record Label
Hollywood
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