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Biography
Infobox musical artist | name = Bonehead| image =| caption =| image_size =| background = group_or_band| alias =| origin = Philadelphia, Pennsylvania , United States|U.S. | instrument =| genre = Alternative rock Post-grunge | occupation =| years_active = 1994& ndash;2003; 2005& ndash;present| label = Vulgar Entertainment MCA Records | associated_acts =| website =| current_members =| past_members =| notable_instruments = Bonehead (also known as Familiar 48 ) were an American alternative rock band active in the late 1990s and early 2000s. They are best known for their US radio hit, "The Question".
History
Bonehead was formed in 1994 by Stone Groove Productions as a Philadelphia area nightclub cover band. A trademark of the band was during sets a group of die hard Bonehead fans would do different pro wrestling gestures usually getting a response from Scott. By 1997, the band released an extended play|EP of original music, entitled "Bonehead". This EP was mainly available for purchase at the band's live performances & sold well enough to justify a follow-up effort. Their next release was a CD single for the song "I Know" in 1998 on Vulgar Entertainment; their first Long play|LP was 1999's Fade , also released on Vulgar. After discovering that the name "Bonehead" was very similar to another band with national aspirations, the band changed names in 2000 to Familiar 48.Allmusic|class=artist|id=p527785/biography|pure_url=yes Biography, Allmusic.com. Accessed April 26, 2007. Producer Don Gehman , expressing interest in the band's debut album, got them signed to Refuge Records , a subsidiary of MCA Records and produced their major-label debut, Wonderful Nothing . The album was released in April 2002, with the lead single "Learn to Love Again"; this song failed to chart, but a later single, "The Question", experienced minor chart success in the United States.Allmusic|class=artist|id=p527785/charts-awards|pure_url=yes Billboard Singles, Allmusic.com. Accessed April 26, 2007. Mannon broke the band up in 2003, and began recording songs in hopes of putting together a solo project, but this never materialized. http://www.alternativeaddiction.com/musicnews/article.asp? id=833 Bonehead Returns With New Album. Alternative Addiction, April 21, 2007. Accessed April 26, 2007.
In 2005, Mannon announced a reformulation of the band under the old name, and the next year yielded a re-press of Fade with four extra bonus tracks. In 2007, Jayy Mannon announced that Bonehead would release a new album containing much of the work he wrote as a solo artist, entitled Broken and Glued . Since then Bonehead has remained primarily a regional draw, playing in the Philadelphia area mostly as a cover band . In 2011 Bonehead released its first new music in four years, a digital single entitled "Real".
Members
Current Members
Jayy Mannon - guitar, lead & backing vocals, drums
