the Format
USA
Formed: 2001
Years Active: 2000
Genres: Pop/Rock
Styles: Indie Pop, Alternative Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Indie Rock
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Self-described as a "desert pop" band, the Format materialized around two friends, vocalist Nate Ruess and multi-instrumentalist Sam Means, in the early 2000s. Taking influence from '60s music to craft their own spirited indie pop melodies, the Arizona-based pair were barely in their twenties when they laid down a five-song EP with producer Bob Hoag. Next thing they knew, the first track from that EP -- the aptly titled "The First Single" -- found its way onto local radio and became a minor hometown hit. By the spring of 2002, the Format had ca...
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