Politicks

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Politicks
Origin Washington, DC, United States
Genres Rock, Soul, Alternative
Years active2001–current
LabelsBrokn Records
Website http://politicksband.com
MembersMatthew Green
Brian Chafin
Mike Trella
Brendan McCourt
Bobby McCullough
Past membersWilliam Waikart
Tom McEvoy
Brad Moore

Politicks is an American five-piece eclectic rock band formed in 2001 at Radford University where three of its current members went to school. [1] Politicks has performed on the east coast from New York to Florida and shared the stage with several Grammy Award winning artists. [2] [3]

Last summer Politicks performed with soul and hip hop artists including Al Green, Lauryn Hill, The Roots, and India.Arie. [2] In the fall they joined the Heineken Red Star Soul tour, performing with major artists in soul and R&B including Raphael Saadiq, Floetry, Raheem DeVaughn, Chrisette Michele, Claudette Ortiz, and Ryan Toby (City High). [3] Politicks brought in 2007 with the Sugar Hill Gang, Pat McGee band and DC101 at the Downtown Countdown NYE event in Washington DC. [1]

While working on their professional debut album, Two Coffees, One Juice, the band wrote and recorded the theme song for a major motion picture, entitled "The Perfect Game." [4]

Politicks features Matthew Green on vocals, Brian Chafin and Mike Trella on guitars, Brad Moore on bass, and Brendan McCourt on drums. All five members contribute to the songwriting process. [1]

Notable venues outside Washington in which Politicks has performed include Nokia Theatre on Broadway in NYC, Theatre of Living Arts (TLA) in Philadelphia, PA, Rusty Rudder in Dewey Beach, DE, [5] and Meyer Amphitheatre in West Palm Beach, FL. [2]

The band has been known to contribute to benefit concerts including one for victims of Hurricane Katrina [6] and another benefiting Washington DC's Whitman-Walker Clinic. [7]

Politicks has two tracks on OnTap's 2006 CD compilation, "On The Verge – Local Music Worth a Listen: Vol. 1". [8]

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