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Cartel - Honestly
"Honestly" is a 2006 pop rock single by Cartel. The song was first featured on MTV Discover and Download thoroughout Summer 2006. It is on the album Chroma. The song was featured in the movie and on the soundtrack for John Tucker Must Die. Grab the hottest Cartel merch around click here.
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Cartel Bio
Early years, Chroma (2005)The five band members of Cartel grew up in Rockdale County, Georgia, and Cartel was formed in college while they were attending Georgia State University. Eventually the band got signed to The Militia Group an independent record company in Long Beach, California, releasing their EP The Ransom. It was around this time that personal differences between Andy Lee and the rest of the band came to a head, and he was replaced as guitarist by band friend Nic Hudson. With their new lineup, the band released their first full length album, Chroma, in 2005.
The band grew in popularity putting them on Alternative Press’s 2005 list for “Bands You Need to Know”. They were also named Yahoo! Music’s winner in the March 2006 ”Who’s Next” competition. In April 2006 Cartel signed with Epic Records, then in late 2006 till early 2007 they began touring as support for New Found Glory with The Early November and Hit The Lights. After some local shows, they kicked off a headlining tour featuring bands Cobra Starship, Boys Like Girls, Quietdrive, New Atlantic and Permanent ME. On June 8, 2006, Ryan Roberts, the band's bass player, decided to leave the band, though the band said it was an "amicable" breakup. An old friend of the band, Jeff Lett, joined as a replacement for Roberts.
The band continued, re-releasing their debut album Chroma under Epic Records, which is packaged with a live EP, Live Dudes. Their song, Say Anything (Else) was also put in Madden 07. Their Single "Honestly" was featured in the film John Tucker Must Die.
Cartel (2007)
The second, self-titled album, was recorded and produced all in an MTV experiment called Band in a Bubble and was sponsored by Dr. Pepper. The band had to complete a full length album all inside a building shaped as a bubble in twenty days, all while being watched by their fans 24/7 using twenty-three web cams; Dr. Pepper selected twenty-three cameras to coincide with its promotion of twenty-three flavors in its soft drink. The Band in a Bubble experiment was also a four part mini-series on MTV. They entered the bubble on May 24, 2007 and left twenty days later on June 12, 2007. Upon “breaking out” of the bubble the band had to put on a live concert featuring many of their new songs. The same day they “broke out” the single “Lose It” ft: Juliet Simms was released on iTunes and Napster.
Cycles (2008-2009)
Cartel announced that they would be working on a new album during the summer of 2008 with Wind-up Records rather than Epic Records. The band also mentioned “I think we've written or entertained the idea of about 30 songs at this point”, and of those thirty songs "The Perfect Mistake" is confirmed to be on the album. Will Pugh said in an interview the third album would be coming out in the spring or summer of 2009. In May 2009, the band stated that they were in the writing and recording stage, and that fans could expect an album in early fall. On July 8, the band announced that the album would be called Cycles. The album's first single is "Let's Go", which was released digitally on July 28, 2009.
On August 25, 2009 the band announced the track listing for the album; Cycles, which was released on October 20, 2009 through Wind-Up Records. On September 6, "The Perfect Mistake" was released for digital download. The album's pre-order on iTunes also included a special, bonus song other wise unavailable titled "In No Hurry.". Their single "The Perfect Mistake" was featured in the pilot episode of The CW series Hellcats.
The band will also be supporting All Time Low, Boys Like Girls, Third Eye Blind, and LMFAO for part of The Bamboozle Roadshow 2010. Along with numerous other supporting acts, including 3OH!3, Good Charlotte, Forever The Sickest Kids, and Simple Plan.
New material (2011)
At a recent show, Will Pugh stated that Cartel plans to put out a new EP, tentatively slated for an early 2011 release.
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