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| origin = [[New York City]], United States
| origin = [[New York City]], United States
| genre = [[Rock and roll]], [[Blues rock]], [[Power pop]], [[pop music]],
| genre = [[Rock and roll]], [[garage rock]], [[blues rock]], [[Paisley Underground]], [[power pop]], [[pop music]]
| years_active = November, 2011–present
| years_active = 2012–present
| label = Red Chuck Records
| label = Red Chuck Records, Closer Records, FOLC
| associated_acts =[[Blondie (band)|Blondie]], [[The Baseball Project]], [[The Fleshtones]], Parallax Project, [[The Plimsouls]]
| associated_acts = [[Blondie (band)|Blondie]], [[The Baseball Project]], [[The Fleshtones]], Parallax Project, [[The Plimsouls]], [[Chequered Past]]
| website = {{URL|http://www.thesplitsquad.com}}
| website = {{URL|http://www.thesplitsquad.com}}
| current_members = [[Clem Burke]], Michael Giblin, Josh Kantor, Eddie Munoz, Keith Streng
| current_members = [[Clem Burke]], Michael Giblin, [[Josh Kantor]], Eddie Munoz, Keith Streng
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'''The Split Squad''' is a Rock and Roll band composed of [[Clem Burke]] (drums), Michael Giblin (bass/vocals), [[Josh Kantor]] (keyboards), Eddie Munoz (guitar/backing vocals), and Keith Streng (guitar/vocals). Some members came to the public's attention in other bands: Burke with [[Blondie (band)|Blondie]], Kantor with [[The Baseball Project]], Munoz with [[The Plimsouls]], and Streng with [[The Fleshtones]]. Since many of the members of the band follow [[baseball]], Annie Laurent Streng, Keith Streng's former wife, proposed the band's name. The term refers to a practice used during [[Major League Baseball]]'s [[Spring training]].<ref name=53rd/>
== Introduction ==
'''The Split Squad''' is a rock band composed of [[Clem Burke]] (drums), Michael Giblin (bass/vocals), Josh Kantor (keyboards), Eddie Munoz (guitar/backing vocals), and Keith Streng (guitar/vocals). Each member came to the public's attention as a member of another band, ''e.g.'', Burke is in [[Blondie (band)|Blondie]], Giblin founded the Parallax Project, Kantor is in [[The Baseball Project]], Munoz is in [[The Plimsouls]], and Streng is in [[The Fleshtones]]. Since many of the members of the band follow [[baseball]], this led Annie Laurent Streng, Keith Streng's former wife, to propose the band's name. The term refers to the practice, during [[Major League Baseball]]'s [[Spring training]], of teams often playing "split-squad games". This occurs when a team splits into two sub-teams, or squads, and each squad plays a game against another team on the same day. In addition to touring on both coasts and Canada, the band's debut album, ''Now Hear This...'' was available for sale at shows in late 2013, and officially released through the usual online vendors in CD format on January 21, 2014. The album was released on vinyl in time for Record Store Day - April 19, 2014.<ref name=sdr/><ref name=nht/><ref name=bww/><ref name=bv/><ref name=aq/><ref name=53rd/><ref name=rcn/><ref name=pr/>


== Formation ==
== Formation ==


The formation of The Split Squad can be attributed to the friendship Parallax Project bandleader Giblin had with Munoz of The Plimsouls, and Giblin's inclination to work collaboratively with other musicians.<ref name=53rd/><ref name=5gal/> Giblin and Munoz had worked together off and on through the 1990s, and rekindled their friendship in the mid-2000s during a [[South by Southwest|SXSW]] Festival. This led to Giblin organizing an East Coast tour for The Plimsouls in 2006.<ref name=parallaxproject/> A few years later, Giblin organized several shows where Parallax Project shared the bill with Magic Christian<ref name=magicchristian/> and The Fleshtones. This brought Giblin into close contact with Burke and Streng. Over the course of that tour, Streng and Giblin started talking about forming a new band. Munoz enthusiastically endorsed the formation, and joined as the second guitarist. Burke liked everyone involved and agreed to join. Around the same time, Giblin had become friends with Josh Kantor, keyboardist in [[Jim's Big Ego]], a band
The formation of the group can be attributed to the friendship Parallax Project bandleader Giblin had with Munoz of The Plimsouls, and
he'd arranged to have perform in Harrisburg, PA. Later, Parallax Project shared the bill with [[The Baseball Project]], which Kantor also was in, so when the band was recording the album in David Minehan's Woolly Mammoth studio in Boston, they contacted Kantor, who added keyboards to some of the tracks. Kantor tours with the rest of the band when show dates don't interfere with his job as the [[Fenway Park]] organist for the [[Boston Red Sox]]. The Split Squad made their live debut on March 16 at the 2013 SXSW Festival.<ref name=aq/>
Giblin's inclination to work collaboratively with other musicians. Giblin and Munoz had worked together off and on through the 1990s, and rekindled their friendship in the mid-2000's during a [[South by Southwest|SXSW]] Festival. This led to Giblin organizing an East Coast tour for The Plimsouls in 2006.<ref name=parallaxproject/> A few years later, Giblin organized several shows where Parallax Project shared the bill with Magic Christian<ref name=magicchristian/> and The Fleshtones. This brought Giblin into close contact with Burke and Streng. Over the course of that tour, Streng and Giblin started talking about forming a new band. Munoz enthusiastically endorsed the formation, and joined as the second guitarist. Burke liked everyone involved and agreed to join. Around the same time, Giblin had become friends with Josh Kantor, keyboardist in [[Jim's Big Ego]], a band
he'd arranged to have perform in Harrisburg, PA. Later, Parallax Project shared the bill with [[The Baseball Project]], which Kantor also was in, so when the band was recording the album in David Minehan's Woolly Mammoth studio in Boston, they contacted Kantor, who added keyboards to some of the tracks. Kantor tours with the rest of the band when show dates don't interfere with his job as the [[Fenway Park]] organist for the [[Boston Red Sox]].


A number of notable underground rock personalities have sat in with them at various gigs across the United States, including [[Peter Zaremba (musician)|Peter Zaremba]], [[Chuck Prophet]], [[Steve Wynn (songwriter)|Steve Wynn]], [[Peter Buck]], [[The Dream Syndicate|Jason Victor]], [[Amy Gore]], [[Nikki Corvette]], [[Andy Babiuk]], and Brian Hurd (aka Daddy Long Legs).
Another way to consider how the members came to know one another is to look at the relevant bands they've been in over the years:

Clem Burke->Blondie->Eurythmics->The Romantics->The Plimsouls->Magic Christian->Empty Hearts<br/>
Michael Giblin->The Plimsouls (organized East Coast tour)->Jim's Big Ego (invited them to perform in his hometown)->Magic Christian (tour manager)->The Baseball Project (with Parallax Project)<br />
Josh Kantor->Jim's Big Ego->The Baseball Project<br />
Eddie Munoz->The Plimsouls->Action Dogs->The Fontanelles->The Phantom Chords(with Dave Vanian)->Magic Christian->Parallax Project<br />
Keith Streng->The Fleshtones->Action Dogs->Full Time Men

The band played for the first time with [[The Dream Syndicate]] on November 22, 2013 at the Beachland Ballroom in Cleveland.<ref name=1stshow/> A number of
notable underground rock personalities sat in with them, including [[Chuck Prophet]], [[Peter Buck]], Jason Victor ([[The Dream Syndicate]]), [[Amy Gore]], and [[Nikki Corvette]].


[[File:The Split Squad 4-28-14.jpg|thumb|The Split Squad performing at the Brighton Bar, Long Branch, NJ, on April 28, 2014]]
[[File:The Split Squad 4-28-14.jpg|thumb|The Split Squad performing at the Brighton Bar, Long Branch, NJ, on April 28, 2014]]
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== Tours ==
== Tours ==


The Split Squad has performed at both the 2013 and 2014 [[South By Southwest]] music festivals.<ref name=sxsw/> From Nov. 9 - Nov. 15, 2013 the band launched the "West Of Wherever Tour 2013" with The Fleshtones, touring cities in California, Portland OR, Seattle WA, then finished in Vancouver,BC Canada. From April 24–28, 2014, the band played 4 dates on the East Coast ( in Virginia, New York, Connecticut, and New Jersey), and performed live on the [[Evan "Funk" Davies]] show in the studios of [[WFMU]]<ref name=wfmu/>. Their 13 date "Summer 2014 Tour", from July 3 - August 3, 2014, starting in the Midwest, then touring up the East Coast, the Mid-Atlantic, and Toronto and Hamilton,ON Canada. The early (July 3–6) shows had Florent Barbier on drums, as Burke was on tour with Blondie. [[Linda Pitmon]] also fills in on drums when Burke is unavailable.
The Split Squad has performed at both the 2013 and 2014 [[South By Southwest]] music festivals.<ref name=sxsw/> From Nov. 9 - Nov. 15, 2013 the band launched the "West Of Wherever Tour 2013" with The Fleshtones, touring cities in California, Seattle WA, Vancouver BC Canada, ending with a Big Bang-Up in Portland OR.<ref name=sdr/><ref name=pr/> From early March through late April 2014, the band played venues on the East Coast, with appearances at SXSW sandwiched between.<ref name=bww/> This tour included a live performance on the [[Evan "Funk" Davies]] show in the studios of [[WFMU]].<ref name=wfmu/> Their 13 date "Summer 2014 Tour", from July 3 - August 3, 2014, starting in the Midwest, then touring up the East Coast, the Mid-Atlantic, and Toronto and Hamilton, ON Canada.<ref name=bv/><ref name=aq/><ref name=rcn/> The early (July 3–6) Split Squad shows on this tour had Florent Barbier on drums, as Burke was on tour with Blondie. [[Linda Pitmon]], like Barbier, also fills in on drums when Burke is unavailable. The band had a short tour of the Northeast in the Spring of 2015 and has begun touring again in the Winter of 2016, as discussed below. Reviews of their shows have been uniformly positive.<ref name=nippertown/>


== Future Activities ==
== Activities ==


In August 2014, the group returned to Boston and the Woolly Mammoth Studio to record an original Christmas song, "Another Lonely Christmas”, to be released in Fall 2014 as part of a compilation album, "A Kool Kat Kristmas Vol. 2". Proceeds will benefit the Susan Giblin Foundation for Animal Wellness and Welfare.
In August 2014, the group returned to Boston and the Woolly Mammoth Studio to record an original Christmas song, "Another Lonely Christmas”, that was released in the Fall of 2014 as part of a compilation album, "A Kool Kat Kristmas Volume 2". Proceeds benefited the Susan Giblin Foundation for Animal Wellness and Welfare. On 3 December 2015, the band website announced that their debut record was now being distributed by the French independent label Closer Records.<ref name=closer/> During the 13 February 2016 concert at The Windup Space in Baltimore, MD, bandleader Michael Giblin announced that an [[Extended play|EP]] of new material would be released in 2016. Two songs on the EP will be "Stop Me (If You've Heard This One Before", penned by Giblin, debuted the night before at the Harrisburg Midtown Arts Center, [[Harrisburg, Pennsylvania|Harrisburg, PA]], and the Keith Streng-penned "Showstopper". For the two concert series with the [[The Beat (American band)|Paul Collins Beat]], drummer Florent Barbier filled in for Clem Burke, who was in studio, recording the next [[Blondie (band)|Blondie]] album. A 3 date tour in late March 2016 was with [[The Fleshtones]]. During summer 2019, they toured with [[Southern Culture on the Skids]].


== Discography ==
== Discography ==
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=== Albums ===
=== Albums ===


Now Hear This... (2014) RCO1311 (vinyl) RCO1321 (CD)
*''[[Now Hear This (The Split Squad album)|Now Hear This...]]'' (2014) RCO1311 (vinyl) RCO1321 (CD)<ref name=nht/> Closer Records CL135<ref name=closercat/>
*Another Cinderella (2021) FOLC 168

=== Album compilations ===

*"Teenarama" on ''Starry Eyed ~ The Records Tribute'' Zero Hour Records (released June 9, 2013)<ref name=orange/>
*"Another Lonely Christmas" on ''A Kool Kat Kristmas Volume 2'' PURR2050 Kool Kat Musik (released November 3, 2014)<ref name=kibler/>


== Members ==
== Members ==
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*Keith Streng - Vocals & guitar
*Keith Streng - Vocals & guitar


'''Bench Members'''
'''Bullpen'''


*Florent Barbier - drums
*Florent Barbier - drums
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==References==
==References==
{{Reflist|refs=
{{Reflist|refs=
<ref name=nht>{{cite web
| title = Now Hear This vinyl version now Available!
| date = April 19, 2014
| url = http://www.thesplitsquad.com/index.php?page=blog&category=Music_News&display=160
| website = The Split Squad
| accessdate = October 21, 2014}}
</ref>
<ref name=closercat>{{cite web
| title = Now Hear This available in Europe!
| date = December 3, 2015
| url = http://www.thesplitsquad.com/index.php?page=blog&category=Music_News&display=160
| website = The Split Squad
| accessdate = March 20, 2015}}
</ref>
<ref name=53rd>{{cite news
| first = Scott
| last = Knsrex
| title = Friends Making A Big Righteous Racket, Meet The Split Squad
| date = January 15, 2014
| url = http://50thirdand3rd.com/friends-making-a-big-righteous-racket-meet-the-split-squad/
| publisher = 53rd and 3rd Magazine
| accessdate = October 20, 2014}}
</ref>
<ref name=5gal>{{cite web
| first = Corey Ryan
| last = Coates
| title = 5 Gallon Podcast Episode 185 - Michael Giblin of The Split Squad
| date = December 2, 2013
| url = http://fivegallonpodcast.libsyn.com/webpage/2013/12
| publisher = Five Gallon Podcast
| accessdate = September 22, 2014}}
</ref>
<ref name=parallaxproject>{{cite web
| last = Giblin
| first = Michael
| title = Parallax Project Journal pages
| date = November 8, 2006
| url = http://www.parallaxproject.com/parallaxproject_web/journal.html
| website = The Parallax Project
| accessdate = November 1, 2014}}
</ref>
<ref name=magicchristian>{{cite web
| title = Magic Christian - band formation
| url = http://www.magicchristian.net/band.html
| website = Magic Christian
| accessdate = November 1, 2014}}
</ref>
<ref name=sxsw>{{cite web
| title = The Split Squad / Schedule / sxsw.com
| url = http://schedule.sxsw.com/2013/events/event_MS21500
| publisher = [[South by Southwest]]
| accessdate = October 20, 2014}}
</ref>
<ref name=sdr>{{cite news
<ref name=sdr>{{cite news
| first = Dave
| first = Dave
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| publisher = [[San Diego Reader]]
| publisher = [[San Diego Reader]]
| accessdate = October 20, 2014}}
| accessdate = October 20, 2014}}
</ref>
<ref name=pr>{{cite web
| title = Rock & Roll Supergroup The Split Squad Celebrate the Release of their Debut Album with West Coast Tour
| date = October 20, 2014
| url = https://www.prweb.com/releases/rock_roll_supergroup_the_split_squad_celebrate_the_release_of_their_debut_album_with_west_coast_tour/prweb11261002.htm
| publisher = [[PRWeb]]
| access-date = October 20, 2014}}
</ref>
</ref>
<ref name=bww>{{cite news
<ref name=bww>{{cite news
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| url = http://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwmusic/article/Rock-Supergroup-The-Split-Squad-to-Appear-at-SXSW-2014-20140305#
| url = http://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwmusic/article/Rock-Supergroup-The-Split-Squad-to-Appear-at-SXSW-2014-20140305#
| publisher = Broadway World
| publisher = Broadway World
| accessdate = October 20, 2014}}
</ref>
<ref name=wfmu>{{cite web
| first = Evan
| last = Davies
| title = The Split Squad (1 Albums, 9 Tracks)
| date = April 30, 2014
| url = http://freemusicarchive.org/music/The_Split_Squad/
| publisher = [[Free Music Archive]]
| accessdate = October 20, 2014}}
| accessdate = October 20, 2014}}
</ref>
</ref>
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| url = http://www.theaquarian.com/2014/05/28/the-split-squad-the-bowery-electric/
| url = http://www.theaquarian.com/2014/05/28/the-split-squad-the-bowery-electric/
| publisher = [[The Aquarian Weekly]]
| publisher = [[The Aquarian Weekly]]
| accessdate = October 20, 2014}}
</ref>
<ref name=53rd>{{cite news
| first = Scott
| last = Knsrex
| title = Friends Making A Big Righteous Racket, Meet The Split Squad
| date = January 15, 2014
| url = http://50thirdand3rd.com/friends-making-a-big-righteous-racket-meet-the-split-squad/
| publisher = 53rd and 3rd Magazine
| accessdate = October 20, 2014}}
| accessdate = October 20, 2014}}
</ref>
</ref>
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| title = ROCK / Split Squad
| title = ROCK / Split Squad
| date = July 30, 2014
| date = July 30, 2014
| url = http://www.rochestercitynewspaper.com/rochester/rock-split-squad/Content?oid=2414511
| url = http://www.nippertown.com/2014/08/12/live-the-split-squad-river-street-pub-8314/
| publisher = [[City Newspaper]]
| publisher = [[City Newspaper]]
| accessdate = October 20, 2014}}
| accessdate = October 20, 2014}}
</ref>
</ref>
<ref name=pr>{{cite web
<ref name=nippertown>{{cite web
| first = Fred
| title = Rock & Roll Supergroup The Split Squad Celebrate the Release of their Debut Album with West Coast Tour
| date = October 20, 2014
| last = Rudofsky
| title = LIVE: The Split Squad @ River Street Pub, 8/3/14
| url = http://www.prweb.com/releases/splitsquad/westcoast2013/prweb11261002.htm
| date = August 12, 2014
| publisher = [[PRWeb]]
| url = http://www.rochestercitynewspaper.com/rochester/rock-split-squad/Content?oid=2414511
| accessdate = October 20, 2014}}
| publisher =
| accessdate = August 18, 2014}}

</ref>
</ref>
<ref name=wfmu>{{cite web
<ref name=orange>{{cite news
| first = Evan
| first = Richard
| last = Davies
| last = Rossi
| title = Interview with John Wicks of The Records, tribute CD with Blondie's Clem Burke, Fleshtones' Keith Streng & more!
| title = The Split Squad (1 Albums, 9 Tracks)
| date = April 30, 2014
| date = March 27, 2013
| url = http://orangemen44.com/2013/interview-with-john-wicks-of-the-records-tribute-cd-with-blondies-clem-burke-fleshtones-keith-streng-more/
| url = http://freemusicarchive.org/music/The_Split_Squad/
| publisher = [[Free Music Archive]]
| publisher = Carolina Orange
| accessdate = October 20, 2014}}
| accessdate = November 5, 2014}}
</ref>
</ref>
<ref name=sxsw>{{cite web
<ref name=kibler>{{cite web
| first = Dan
| title = The Split Squad / Schedule / sxsw.com
| last = Kibler
| url = http://schedule.sxsw.com/2013/events/event_MS21500
| title = A Kool Kat Kristmas Volume Two
| publisher = [[South by Southwest]]
| accessdate = October 20, 2014}}
| date = November 1, 2014
| url = http://www.dankibler.net/home/blog/a-kool-kat-kristmas-volume-two
| publisher = dankibler.net
| accessdate = November 9, 2014}}
</ref>
</ref>
<ref name=nht>{{cite web
<ref name=closer>{{cite web
| title = Now Hear This vinyl version now Available!
| title = The Split Squad
| date = September 12, 2015
| url = http://www.thesplitsquad.com/index.php?page=blog&category=Music_News&display=160
| url = http://www.closerrecords.com/2015/11/24/the-split-squad/
| website = The Split Squad
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151227111321/http://www.closerrecords.com/2015/11/24/the-split-squad/
| accessdate = 21 October 2014}}
| url-status = usurped
</ref>
| archive-date = December 27, 2015
<ref name=parallaxproject>{{cite web
| publisher = Closer Records
| last = Giblin
| accessdate = December 26, 2015}}
| first = Michael
| title = Parallax Project Journal pages
| url = http://www.parallaxproject.com/parallaxproject_web/journal.html
| website = The Parallax Project
| accessdate = November 1, 2014}}
</ref>
<ref name=magicchristian>{{cite web
| title = Magic Christian - band formation
| url = http://www.magicchristian.net/band.html
| website = Magic Christian
| accessdate = November 1, 2014}}
</ref>
<ref name=1stshow>{{cite web
| title = Beachland Ballroom Dream Syndicate plus Split Squad
| url = http://www.ticketweb.com/t3/sale/SaleEventDetail?dispatch=loadSelectionData&eventId=3815194
| website = [[Ticketmaster]]
| accessdate = November 2, 2014}}
</ref>
</ref>
}}


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The Split Squad
The Split Squad at the Brighton Bar, Long Branch, NJ, April 28, 2014.
Background information
OriginNew York City, United States
GenresRock and roll, garage rock, blues rock, Paisley Underground, power pop, pop music
Years active2012–present
LabelsRed Chuck Records, Closer Records, FOLC
MembersClem Burke, Michael Giblin, Josh Kantor, Eddie Munoz, Keith Streng
Websitewww.thesplitsquad.com

The Split Squad is a Rock and Roll band composed of Clem Burke (drums), Michael Giblin (bass/vocals), Josh Kantor (keyboards), Eddie Munoz (guitar/backing vocals), and Keith Streng (guitar/vocals). Some members came to the public's attention in other bands: Burke with Blondie, Kantor with The Baseball Project, Munoz with The Plimsouls, and Streng with The Fleshtones. Since many of the members of the band follow baseball, Annie Laurent Streng, Keith Streng's former wife, proposed the band's name. The term refers to a practice used during Major League Baseball's Spring training.[1]

Formation

[edit]

The formation of The Split Squad can be attributed to the friendship Parallax Project bandleader Giblin had with Munoz of The Plimsouls, and Giblin's inclination to work collaboratively with other musicians.[1][2] Giblin and Munoz had worked together off and on through the 1990s, and rekindled their friendship in the mid-2000s during a SXSW Festival. This led to Giblin organizing an East Coast tour for The Plimsouls in 2006.[3] A few years later, Giblin organized several shows where Parallax Project shared the bill with Magic Christian[4] and The Fleshtones. This brought Giblin into close contact with Burke and Streng. Over the course of that tour, Streng and Giblin started talking about forming a new band. Munoz enthusiastically endorsed the formation, and joined as the second guitarist. Burke liked everyone involved and agreed to join. Around the same time, Giblin had become friends with Josh Kantor, keyboardist in Jim's Big Ego, a band he'd arranged to have perform in Harrisburg, PA. Later, Parallax Project shared the bill with The Baseball Project, which Kantor also was in, so when the band was recording the album in David Minehan's Woolly Mammoth studio in Boston, they contacted Kantor, who added keyboards to some of the tracks. Kantor tours with the rest of the band when show dates don't interfere with his job as the Fenway Park organist for the Boston Red Sox. The Split Squad made their live debut on March 16 at the 2013 SXSW Festival.[5]

A number of notable underground rock personalities have sat in with them at various gigs across the United States, including Peter Zaremba, Chuck Prophet, Steve Wynn, Peter Buck, Jason Victor, Amy Gore, Nikki Corvette, Andy Babiuk, and Brian Hurd (aka Daddy Long Legs).

The Split Squad performing at the Brighton Bar, Long Branch, NJ, on April 28, 2014

Tours

[edit]

The Split Squad has performed at both the 2013 and 2014 South By Southwest music festivals.[6] From Nov. 9 - Nov. 15, 2013 the band launched the "West Of Wherever Tour 2013" with The Fleshtones, touring cities in California, Seattle WA, Vancouver BC Canada, ending with a Big Bang-Up in Portland OR.[7][8] From early March through late April 2014, the band played venues on the East Coast, with appearances at SXSW sandwiched between.[9] This tour included a live performance on the Evan "Funk" Davies show in the studios of WFMU.[10] Their 13 date "Summer 2014 Tour", from July 3 - August 3, 2014, starting in the Midwest, then touring up the East Coast, the Mid-Atlantic, and Toronto and Hamilton, ON Canada.[11][5][12] The early (July 3–6) Split Squad shows on this tour had Florent Barbier on drums, as Burke was on tour with Blondie. Linda Pitmon, like Barbier, also fills in on drums when Burke is unavailable. The band had a short tour of the Northeast in the Spring of 2015 and has begun touring again in the Winter of 2016, as discussed below. Reviews of their shows have been uniformly positive.[13]

Activities

[edit]

In August 2014, the group returned to Boston and the Woolly Mammoth Studio to record an original Christmas song, "Another Lonely Christmas”, that was released in the Fall of 2014 as part of a compilation album, "A Kool Kat Kristmas Volume 2". Proceeds benefited the Susan Giblin Foundation for Animal Wellness and Welfare. On 3 December 2015, the band website announced that their debut record was now being distributed by the French independent label Closer Records.[14] During the 13 February 2016 concert at The Windup Space in Baltimore, MD, bandleader Michael Giblin announced that an EP of new material would be released in 2016. Two songs on the EP will be "Stop Me (If You've Heard This One Before", penned by Giblin, debuted the night before at the Harrisburg Midtown Arts Center, Harrisburg, PA, and the Keith Streng-penned "Showstopper". For the two concert series with the Paul Collins Beat, drummer Florent Barbier filled in for Clem Burke, who was in studio, recording the next Blondie album. A 3 date tour in late March 2016 was with The Fleshtones. During summer 2019, they toured with Southern Culture on the Skids.

Discography

[edit]

Albums

[edit]

Album compilations

[edit]
  • "Teenarama" on Starry Eyed ~ The Records Tribute Zero Hour Records (released June 9, 2013)[17]
  • "Another Lonely Christmas" on A Kool Kat Kristmas Volume 2 PURR2050 Kool Kat Musik (released November 3, 2014)[18]

Members

[edit]
  • Clem Burke - drums
  • Michael Giblin - lead vocals & bass guitar
  • Josh Kantor - keyboards
  • Eddie Munoz - backing vocals & guitar
  • Keith Streng - Vocals & guitar

Bullpen

  • Florent Barbier - drums
  • Scott McCaughey - vocals & guitar
  • Linda Pitmon - drums

References

[edit]
  1. ^ a b Knsrex, Scott (January 15, 2014). "Friends Making A Big Righteous Racket, Meet The Split Squad". 53rd and 3rd Magazine. Retrieved October 20, 2014.
  2. ^ Coates, Corey Ryan (December 2, 2013). "5 Gallon Podcast Episode 185 - Michael Giblin of The Split Squad". Five Gallon Podcast. Retrieved September 22, 2014.
  3. ^ Giblin, Michael (November 8, 2006). "Parallax Project Journal pages". The Parallax Project. Retrieved November 1, 2014.
  4. ^ "Magic Christian - band formation". Magic Christian. Retrieved November 1, 2014.
  5. ^ a b Crespo, Charley (April 25, 2014). "The Split Squad, The Bowery Electric". The Aquarian Weekly. Retrieved October 20, 2014.
  6. ^ "The Split Squad / Schedule / sxsw.com". South by Southwest. Retrieved October 20, 2014.
  7. ^ Good, Dave (Nov 1, 2013). "The Avengers of rock and roll: meet the Split Squad". San Diego Reader. Retrieved October 20, 2014.
  8. ^ "Rock & Roll Supergroup The Split Squad Celebrate the Release of their Debut Album with West Coast Tour". PRWeb. October 20, 2014. Retrieved October 20, 2014.
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  16. ^ "Now Hear This available in Europe!". The Split Squad. December 3, 2015. Retrieved March 20, 2015.
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