subject: Boys Like Girls Albums - The History [print this page] Boys Like Girls is a pop rock band formed in 2005 in Massachusetts, United States. Within such a very short span of time, the band has gained popularity seldom reached so quickly. Their self-titled debut album was released just a year after the band was formed.
The band members include Martin Bennett Johnson, Paul Charles DiGiovanni, Bryan Francis Donahue, and John Joseph Keefe.
In 2005, Martin Johnson wrote some songs that he planned to record. He went out to recruit some new band members. He first recruited John Keefe who plays the drums and Bryan Donahue for bass guitar. It was John Keefe who recruited Paul DiGiovanni to play lead guitar for the new band. It was then that they decided to call themselves Boys Like Girls.
The band then first got their taste of a nationwide tour through the help of Matt Galle, a booking agent, and producer Matt Squire. Afterwards they started recording for their debut album under Columbia Records. Their self-titled album featured the hit singles "Hero/Heroine", "The Great Escape", and "Thunder". It has already been certified a gold record album by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).
The second of the two Boys Like Girls albums is titled Love Drunk. It was released on September 8, 2009. Recording of the song was done in Vancouver and New York City with different sets of producers and technicians. This set up has led to some variations in the musical style and arrangements of the songs. The notable songs from this album include their collaboration with Taylor Swift for the song "Two is Better Than One", "Love Drunk", "She's Got a Boyfriend Now", and "Heart Heart Heartbreak".
The Love Drunk album is said to be a mixture of pop rock with slightly heavy use of electronic sound. It was heavily promoted online with several leaks of the song spread around the web. The band had used social networking sites to promote the then new album and also leaked a 30-minute long preview of the songs in the album on YouTube.
The Band's Musical Style
Boys Like Girls have stated that their musical influences are a varied lot. It is actually a combination of pop, alternative rock, contemporary, and also punk. Some of their influences include Blink 182, Dashboard Confessional, and Jimmy Eat World.
The punk rock aspect of their music is noticeable in their guitars and drum works, however when it comes to the vocals it is less so. Martin Johnson has a more tenor quality of a voice that he also use to morph into some falsettos with a few of the tracks. This combination of different genres has sometimes labeled Boys Like Girls to be an all around band, and not just as a pop rock or punk rock band.
It has only been a few years since the band was formed and they have already released a couple of albums. While they have yet to release a third album, Boys Like Girls is doing more of touring and promotion in the United States and the United Kingdom.
