Latterman

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Latterman
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Live at Fest Five, October 2006
Background information
Origin Huntington Station, New York, United States
Genres Punk rock, pop punk
Years active1999–2007; 2011-2012; 2016; 2018
LabelsTraffic Violation, Deep Elm, Dead Broke Rekerds, Yo-Yo Records, Ruckus Records [1]
Members Phil Douglas
Mattie Canino
Mike "MR" Campbell
Pat Schramm
Past members Brian Crozier
Bryce Hackford
Dan Sposato
Website Official Site

Latterman is an American semi-active four-piece punk rock band from Huntington, New York, United States. A melodic punk rock band with vocals shared by Phil Douglas and Mattie Jo Canino, their songs often contain political and/or socially conscious lyrics. The band is considered highly influential in the pop-punk genre with their album No Matter Where We Go... being considered a staple of the genre.

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Phil Douglas and Mattie Jo Canino respectively would go on to form the equally acclaimed Iron Chic and RVIVR. Canino, Douglas and Schramm would go on to form Tender Defender in 2015, considered by many to be an extension of Latterman. [2] [3]

History

The band was formed in 1999 by Matt Canino, Phil Douglas, Dan Sposato and Pat Schramm following the dissolution of Canino's, Douglas' and Sposato's previous band, Five Days Late. In 1999 the band issued their first demo and self released their debut None Of These Songs Are About Girls in 2000. After Sposato's exit and a few replacements, the band finally found a steady guitarist in Mike "MR" Campbell and released their cult classic Turn Up The Punk, We'll Be Singing on Traffic Violation Records. [4]

In 2005 the band struck a deal with Deep Elm Records and released the landmark and highly influential No Matter Where We Go... as well as a re-release of the out-of-print Turn Up The Punk, We'll Be Singing. [5]

On October 18, 2007, music website Punknews.org reported that the band has officially broken up. Canino issued a statement via Punknews where she stated that "I Felt like a broken record going on tour and talking about sexism in punk rock every night and then some fucking bro-dudes coming up to me and saying some fucked up shit. I even got to a point where I stopped calling them out on it, and that just felt wrong. I was tired. Basically, it just stopped making sense for everyone in the band to keep on doing the band." [6] [7]

Since 2011, the band has played live sporadically since their break up with having performed a small handful of shows in 2011, 2012, 2016 and 2018. 2016 saw the release of the self-titled debut from Tender Defender, a band formed by 3/4ths of the band (Canino, Douglas and Schramm). [8] [3]

The band's singers - Phil Douglas and Mattie Jo Canino currently play in Iron Chic and RVIVR respectively. [9] [10]

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