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Infobox musical artist | name = Plain White T's| image = PlainWhiteTs.jpg| caption = The Plain White T's playing at the Metro in Chicago, May 2009| landscape = yes| background = group_or_band| origin = Chicago, Illinois|Chicago , Illinois , United States|US | genre = Pop rock | years_active = 1997present| label = Atlantic Records|Atlantic Fearless Records|Fearless Hollywood Records|Hollywood (2006-present)| website = http://www.plainwhitets.com Official website| current_members = Tom Higgenson Dave Tirio Mike Retondo Tim Lopez De'Mar Hamilton| past_members = Steve Mast Ken Fletcher'''Plain White T's''' is an United States|American pop rock band from Chicago, Illinois . Formed in 1997 by high school friends Tom Higgenson and Ken Fletcher, the group had a mostly underground music|underground following in Chicago basements, nightclub|clubs , and Bar (establishment)|bars in its early years, and underwent numerous personnel changes.cite web|url= http://www.pandora.com/music/artist/plain+white+ts|title=Plain White T's|publisher= Pandora Music |accessdate=July 20, 2009cite web|publisher= Rhapsody (online music service)|Rhapsody |accessdate=July 20, 2009|url= http://www.rhapsody.com/plain-white-ts|author=Nate Cavalieri|title=Plain White T's
The band is best known for the List of number-one hits (United States)|number-one hit song " Hey There Delilah ", which achieved RIAA certification|platinum status in 2007 and earned two Grammy Award|Grammy nominations, http://www.grammy.com/GRAMMY_Awards/50th_show/list.aspx Grammy.com: 2008 Nominations and Winners as well as " 1, 2, 3, 4 (Plain White T's song)|1, 2, 3, 4 " and " Rhythm of Love (Plain White T's song)|Rhythm of Love " which turned platinum in 2009 and 2011, respectively.
History
Early formation
The Plain White T's formed in Villa Park, Illinois , in 1997 . Vocalist and guitarist Tom Higgenson had been a guitarist in a number of bands during high school. He and bass player Ken Fletcher were in a band called Harvey's Daughter when they decided to move on. The two asked Dave Tirio to play drums for their group, and Plain White T's came into existence by the fall of 1997.cite web|url= http://www.100xr.com/100_XR/Artists/P/Plain_White_T_s.htm |title=Plain White T's Biography, Music News, Discography @ 100 XR - The Net's #1 Rock Station!!& #33; |publisher=100xr.com |date= |accessdate=2012-03-28cite web|url= http://www.mtv.com/music/artist/plain_white_t_s/artist.jhtml#biographyEnd |title=Plain White T's & #124; Music Videos, News, Photos, Tour Dates, Ringtones, and Lyrics |publisher=MTV |date= |accessdate=2012-03-28
Higgenson suffered a car crash in 2001, breaking several vertebrae in the accident.cite web|url= http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/19931891/ns/today-today_entertainment/ |title=Plain White Ts Higgenson dishes on Delilah - Entertainment - TODAY.com |publisher=Today.msnbc.msn.com |date=2007-07-24 |accessdate=2012-03-28
Mainstream breakthrough (20062008)
In early 2006, the band teamed with Motion City Soundtrack for a Winter/Spring tour. " Hey There Delilah " was first released on their third album All That We Needed in 2005. The same year the band was featured for a month as a "Hip Clipz" artist on the website of Curly Grrlz Skateboards. In 2008, they released the album Big Bad World . The album had two hit singles: " 1, 2, 3, 4 (Plain White T's song)|1, 2, 3, 4 " and " Natural Disaster (song)|Natural Disaster ". Both were on the AT40 at numbers 1 and 2 for three consecutive weeks. By late 2008, the band had joined the Rhuihiock Band Live tour with Panic& #33; At The Disco , Dashboard Confessional and The Cab . Later that year, the band played at the Give It a Name festival in the UK. In 2007, they performed the single "It's Our Time Now" on an episode of the Nickelodeon television series, iCarly . "It's Our Time Now" was also the theme song on the ABC Family dramedy series Greek.
2010-present: Wonders of the Younger
The band's new single " Rhythm of Love (Plain White T's song)|Rhythm of Love " went live on alternativeaddiction.com in July 2010. The track is the first from their 2010 album The Wonders of the Younger . The record has the band leaving their previous sound behind and adopting a "live-in-the room acoustic California-pop feel", and is the first to feature some songs without lead singer Higgenson, instead with guitarist Tim Lopez taking the lead vocal duties on several tracks.
Band members
Tom Higgenson& nbsp; Lead vocalist|lead vocals , acoustic guitar
Dave Tirio& nbsp; rhythm guitar , Backing vocalist|backing vocals
Tim G. Lopez& nbsp; Lead guitarist|lead guitar , Singing|vocals
Mike Retondo& nbsp; Bass guitar|bass , Backing vocalist|backing vocals
Previous members
Ken Fletcher& nbsp; bass (19972002)
Steve Mast& nbsp; lead guitar/vocals (19972005)
Kahealani Sanchez
Discography
Studio albums
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2000
' Come on Over (Plain White T's album)
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' Stop (Plain White T's album)
Released: August 20, 2002
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All That We Needed
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Every Second Counts (album)
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Big Bad World
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Wonders of the Younger
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Rip Off Of the Hits
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Hey There Delilah EP
Released: May 21, 2007
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" Our Time Now "
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Guest appearances
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2007
"Recluse" ( Stacy Clark featuring Plain White T's)
Apples and Oranges
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" Little Miss Obsessive " ( Ashlee Simpson featuring Tom Higgenson )
Bittersweet World
2009
"Bored of Your Love" ( Meg and Dia featuring Tom Higgenson)
Here, Here, and Here
2009
"U and I" ( Crash Boom Bang featuring Tom Higgenson)
Gold Rush
2009
"What Would You Say? " (Breathe Electric featuring Tom Higgenson)
Emotion
Compilation appearances
"Bruises", from Oil: Chicago Punk Refined
" Song 2 " ( Blur (band)|Blur cover), on the album '' Punk Goes '90s
"Season of a Lifetime", on the album Taste of Christmas
"It's So Easy", on the album Sound of Superman
"Better Luck Next Time", on the album Dead Bands Party: A Tribute to Oingo Boingo
"When I See an Elephant Fly", on the album DisneyMania 6 http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0015HZAPC Amazon.com: Disneymania, Vol. 6: Various Artists: Music
"Miss Kneel", on the album Elmhurst vs. Villa Park
"Cell Phone Number" and "Move On" on the album Songs from a Scene
"Poor Jack", on the album Nightmare Revisited
"Natural Disaster", on the DVD Take Action: Volume 8
"Welcome to Mystery" on the soundtrack of the motion picture "Alice in Wonderland", called "Almost Alice", in 2010.
Television
Greek (TV series)|Greek - The band provides " Our Time Now " as the theme for commercials and trailers for the show. They appear playing the song as well as "Hey There Delilah" in the episode "The Rusty Nail". They play the songs "Friends Don't let Friends Dial Drunk" and "Making A Memory" in the episode "Friday Night Frights", and they also play the songs "Come Back To Me", "You and ME" and "Let Me Take You There" on the episode "A New Normal". Two members of the band also appear in the episode "The Great Cappie" as members of the Kappa Tau fraternity.
iCarly - The band appears as a special guest for the webshow in the episode "iRue the Day", singing their song "Our Time Now".
"Making A Memory" was featured in the final episode to feature Katy Fox ( Hannah Tointon ) in the UK soap opera Hollyoaks , symbolizing what should be happening rather than what was happening.
"Revenge" is used as the theme song to the NYC TV show Secrets of New York .
" 1,2,3,4 " and "Gimme A Chance" were featured in the teen drama 90210 (TV series)|90210 .
"1,2,3,4" is featured in a Hallmark Cards commercial for Valentine's Day 2010.
" Rhythm of Love (Plain White T's song)|Rhythm of Love " was featured in a fall 2010 promo for the season two premiere of Parenthood (2010 TV series)| Parenthood on NBC.
"Rhythm of Love" was featured in One Tree Hill (TV series)| One Tree Hill .
"Rhythm of Love" was featured in a fall 2010 promo for the season premiere of Secret Life of the American Teenager on ABC Family.
"Rhythm of Love" was featured in a TV advert for a rental DVD company in the UK called LoveFilm
Awards
# Grammy Awards
Best Pop Performance by a Group for "Hey There Delilah" - Nominated In 2008
Song of the year for "Hey There Delilah" - Nominated In 2008
# Teen Choice Awards
Choice Summer Song for "Hey There Delilah" - Won In 2007
# American Music Awards
Best New Artist - Nominated In 2007
# MTV Woodie Award
The Breaking Woodie (Best Emerging Artist) - Won In 2006
http://www.hitthefloor.co.uk/genres/rock/interview-plain-white-ts-tim-lopez/ Plain White T's Interview - Dec 2010 - Hit The Floor Magazine
http://www.peterhill.net/photos/main-archive/plain-white-t-s/shepherds-bush-jan-2008 Plain White T's photography
http://www.trashthestage.net/pwtsinterview07.html Trash the Stage interview with De'Mar
http://www.truepunk.com/interviews/plain_white_ts/ Interview with Plain White T's
http://www.thesocalscene.com/interviews.php? interviewid=43 Interview with Plain White T's by Jamie Pham on TheSoCalScene
http://insideweddings.com/real-weddings/whitney-hardin-tim-lopez Tim Lopez's wedding featured in Inside Weddings Magazine
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