Echo Times

Issue date: 2/8/10 Section: A&E

NeverShoutNever, otherwise known as Christofer Drew Ingle, is among the young talent traveling with the AP Tour.

The Alternative Press tour began in 2007 with Circa Survive, Cute Is What We Aim For, As Tall As Lions, and Envy On The Coast. Since then it has played host to bands such as All Time Low, 3OH!3, and San Francisco natives Set Your Goals, to name a few. The tour has always featured bands that Alternative Press Magazine describes as "bands you need to know." This year the lineup consists of artists predicted to achieve a high-level of fame very soon.
This spring, several performers will steal the show at the nation wide AP Tour, set to hit San Francisco on March 31.

NeverShoutNever
Pop

18-year-old Joplin, MO native Christofer Drew Ingle, better known as NeverShoutNever, burst onto the music scene in 2005 when he started uploading songs on popular social media site, MySpace. Fueled mostly by word-of-mouth, Ingle's success lead to thousands of sales of his self-released EP "The Yippee- EP" as well as an appearance on MTV's Total Request Live where he performed his hit single "BigCityDreams." Ingle signed with Warner Bros. Records on May 29, 2009 after a lengthy major label bidding war and finally released his long awaited first full-length album, "What Is Love?" on January 26. He will headline the tour

The Cab
Pop Rock

It is hard to describe a band like The Cab, because their versatile sound makes comparison to any single act out there difficult. The simplest explanation of their sound would be to say, "if ex NYSNC member, JC Chasez decided to start a pop rock band, this is what it would sound like," but even then it still doesn't describe the sound.
What was once five-piece Pop Rock group now holds only three of its original members; Alex "Singer" Deleon (far left), Alex Marshall (left), and Alex Johnson (far right). In just two short years The Cab have taken the alternative music world by storm; AP (Alternative Press) Magazine has been quoted saying "the band you need to know." Alex Deleon and ex-bassist Cash Colligan started the band in 2004 at Liberty High School in Las Vegas, Nevada in their high school chemistry class where Deleon wrote songs, such as The Cab's hit single, "I'll Run". Drummer Alex Johnson and pianist Alex Marshall joined soon after. Paul Garcia, a mutual friend, joined The Cab as a guitarist but was later replaced by Ian Crawford of Auburn, Washington. In 2007 Deleon handed their demo to Spencer Smith of Panic! At The Disco at a Cobra Starship/Boys Like Girls/Cartel show. From there Smith put the demo of Pete Wentz, bassist for Fall Out Boy and head of Decaydance records. By 2008 The Cab was duel signed by Decaydance and Fueled By Ramen Records and released their debut album, "Whisper War". They will be main support for NeverShoutNever along with Hey Monday at the AP Tour this spring.

Hey Monday
Power pop/Pop Punk/Alt Rock

This four-piece power pop/pop punk band will be the first band in AP Tour history to feature a female vocalist. After graduating high school in West Palm Beach, Florida, vocalist Cassadee Pope and guitarist Mike Gentile were on the verge of signing a record label with their band "Blake," but the band fell apart before any deal could be made. Pope and Gentile went on to form the band Hey Monday along with ex drummer Elliot James, guitarist Alex Lipshaw, and bassist Michael "Jersey" Moriarty. The band was duel signed shortly after by Decaydance and Columbia Records. Their debut album "Hold On Tight" was released worldwide on October 7, 2008. Since their album release, Hey Monday has toured with bands such as The Cab, The Academy Is…, Fall Out Boy, The All American Rejects, and All Time Low to name a few. They are also scheduled to play Vans Warped Tour just as soon as the AP Tour finishes.

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