Keepsake (band)

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Keepsake
Origin Coral Springs, Florida, U.S.
Genres Emo, screamo
Years active1997–2003
Labels Eulogy Recordings
Fearless Records
Past membersPaul Geller
Shane Halpern
Colby Hooper
Jesse Kriz
Dan Mazin
Trevor Short
Rob Yapkowitz
Justin Manlove

Keepsake was an American emo/screamo band formed in 1997 by Paul Geller, Mark Silva and Duane Hosein in Coral Springs, Florida. [1] Hosein joined the band An Acre Lost (which changed name to Poison the Well in 1998) and ultimately had to quit Keepsake. He was replaced by Shane Halpern, former vocalist of An Acre Lost. After releasing three albums and EP on the independent label, Eulogy Recordings and Fearless Records, Geller left the band for personal reasons. He also produced three records for RED Music-distributed Undecided Records artists Shindig, Hearts Over Rome and Cru Jones. Geller moved into digital music and worked as EVP of Information Products at Grooveshark. [2]

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Jesse Kriz was later a part of Actions Speak Louder and Until the End. They also appeared on Punk Goes Pop with the song "The Way You Love Me".

Members

Final lineup

Former members and touring musicians

Discography

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References

  1. "Keepsake | Biography & History | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 2016-09-01.
  2. "Video: Grooveshark EVP Paul Geller on Company's Success, Challenges and 'Data Lining Backbone'". billboard.com. Retrieved 2016-09-01.

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