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Founded by friends Cameron Leah and Eric Jones who met whilst at Westfield High School the pair shared a mutual interest in music and began posting demos under the moniker The Downtown Fiction on their MySpace page. With Leah taking vocal and guitar responsibilities and Jones on drums, the band needing a bassist invited David Pavluk who also performs backing vocals on a number of songs.
Following generous support on MySpace the band toured around the U.S. for the most part of a year and landed a record deal with independent New York, U.S. label Photo Finish Record. The Downtown Fiction released a self-titled EP in March 2009, which featured the particularly popular songs “Is Anybody Out There?” and “Living Proof”. A follow-up EP entitled “Best I Never Had” was released a year after in March 2010 and saw the band being part of the Bamboozle Road Show and Warped Tour the same year.
A compilation EP was then released combining all the previous songs on the earlier The Downtown Fiction EPs under the name “The Double” and in early 2011 began The Glamour Kills Tour headlined by The Ready Set and featured bands like Allstar Weekend and Marianas Trench.
Awaiting the debut album The Downtown Fiction released the video for the first song “I Just Wanna Run” and later the track “Thanks For Nothing”. “Let’s Be Animals” the band’s first full-length album was released in April 2011 and marked their first nationwide headlining tour. The Downtown Fiction has since released the EP “Pineapple” in late 2011, after signing with Fearless Records and a sophomore studio album “Losers & Kings” in 2014.
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Taking their name from one of their favourite films “Pulp Fiction”, we have The Downtown Fiction a pop-punk band from Virginia. Making a name for themselves in 2008 on the social network site MySpace saw their fan base increase as they posted demos online. Releasing their self-titled EP and “Best I Never Had” through Photo Finish Records gave them the opportunity to tour with bands such as: We Are The In Crowd, We The Kings and The Summer Set. Soon a buzz surrounded them and in 2010 they joined Bamboozle Road Show followed by Warped Tour, culminating in Alternative Press Magazine acknowledging them as one of the ‘100 Bands You Need To Know’. In 2013 they signed to Fearless Records releasing their second album “Losers and Kings”.
From the moment they step on stage, The Downtown Fiction mean business and are here to get the party started. The infectiously explosive energy that the band possess seeps into the crowd as they wave their arms in the air jumping as high as humanly possible. The Downtown Fiction feed off the upbeat energy that the audience are expressing, as they run across the stage. Synchronised clapping is mandatory clap and enticed through the sweet harmonies with songs like “Is Anybody Out There” and “I Just Wanna Run” which have the crowd singing as loud as they can. Frontman Cameron Leahy wastes no time in jumping into the crowd accompanied by shrill screams as he passes the mic around the audience. Taking the opportunity to strip down the show, Leahy emerges onto the stage with an acoustic solo performance of “Where Dreams Go Die” stunning the audience who are mesmerised by the overwhelming raw emotions permeating through the room. If you like Yellowcard, Taking Back Sunday and energetic fun pop-punk shows, you’ll love The Downtown Fiction.
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