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notability|date=March 2012refimprove|date=March 2012Infobox musical artist | name = Midtown| image = Midtown group.jpg| caption = Midtown performing in 2000| image_size =| landscape = yes| background = group_or_band| origin = Springfield, New Jersey | genre = Pop punk , punk rock | years_active = 1998& ndash;2005| label = Columbia Records|Columbia , MCA Records|MCA , Drive Thru Records|Drive Thru | associated_acts = Cobra Starship , Senses Fail , Band of Thieves, Humble Beginnings | website = URL| http://www.midtownrock.com/| current_members =| past_members = Gabe Saporta Tyler Rann Heath Saraceno Rob Hitt Midtown was an American pop punk band from Springfield, New Jersey . Midtown was formed in November 1998 by three Rutgers University students, but soon became a quartet. The group released three full-length studio albums and three Extended play|extended plays before disbanding in 2005. Vocalist/bassist Gabe Saporta later went on to form synthpop band Cobra Starship , while guitarist Heath Saraceno later joined Senses Fail .
History
Midtown was formed in 1998 by Rutgers University students Gabe Saporta (vocals/bass), Rob Hitt (drums), Tyler Rann (guitar/vocals).cite web|url= http://allmusic.com/artist/midtown-p410485/biography|title=Midtown - Biography|last=Proefrock|first=Stacia|work= Allmusic |publisher=Rovi Corporation|accessdate=January 24, 2012 The group added Heath Saraceno on guitar/vocals, and used its roots in the New Jersey punk scene to develop a sound that combined elements of pop punk and punk rock . Midtown began recording shortly after its formation. The band's first EP, The Sacrifice of Life , was released by Pinball Records in 1999, followed by a debut album, Save the World, Lose the Girl , released in early 2000 by the Drive-Thru Records label. The band was then upstreamed to Music Corporation of America|MCA for its following album, Living Well Is the Best Revenge (2002).
Midtown's next album, Forget What You Know (2004), was produced while the band was not under contract with a record label and was later picked up by Columbia Records . This was the band's final studio album; they disbanded shortly after its release, in 2005. Former frontman Gabe Saporta is now the lead singer of alternative dance / synthpop band Cobra Starship .cite web|url= http://changetherecord.net/2009/10/12/interview-cobra-starship-2/ |title=Interview: Cobra Starship « Change The Record |publisher=Changetherecord.net |date=2009-10-12 |accessdate=2011-07-21 Former guitarist Heath Saraceno joined the band Senses Fail in 2005 but decided to leave them in 2009 to pursue personal endeavors.cite web|author=posted July 1, 2009 |url= http://www.pluginmusic.com/news/article/guitarist-heath-saraceno-to-leave-senses-fail |title=Guitarist Heath Saraceno To Leave Senses Fail (July 1, 2009) : News |publisher=PlugInMusic.com |date=2009-07-01 |accessdate=2011-07-21Tyler Rann now sings for Band of Thieves.
Cobra Starship is the new project of Midtown's bassist and lead singer, Gabe Saporta . Their first single, " Snakes on a Plane (Bring It)|Bring It (Snakes on a Plane) ", was featured on the soundtrack for the movie Snakes on a Plane . Their first album, While the City Sleeps, We Rule the Streets came out October 2006, their second album ˇViva La Cobra! came out on October 23, 2007, and their third album, Hot Mess (album)|Hot Mess , came out on August 11, 2009.
Heath Saraceno played guitar and shared vocal duties in the New Jersey based rock band Senses Fail until leaving the band after the 2009 Warped Tour. He and Senses Fail drummer, Dan Trapp, have a side-project called The Jettonnes.
Rob Hitt works for Crush Management and also has a record label, I Surrender Records. He shares the label with friend, Alex Sarti, and has signed I Am The Avalanche , Four Year Strong , Valencia (band)|Valencia , and Dragonette .
