Local rock band New Years DC just released their first record on April 20, 2011. After just one day, they have sold over two million cds in stores alone. Online sales were recorded to be around six million cds sold at midnight last night-- only twelve hours after the release.
The band started in the summer of 2009 in lead singer Sam Holden's garage in Point North, Alabama. At the time, the band had no name. It was just three friends: Sam Holden (lead singer & bass guitarist), Mac Robertson (lead guitarist), and Fillip Stagman (drummer). At first, they just played for fun. Then, Fillip Stagman's sister decided to record a video of the band performing their most famous song, New Years Eve in DC. She uploaded the video to Youtube, and they became a world-wide sensation over night.
About six months later, in the spring of 2010, the band decided to call themselves New Years DC. They began performing at small local venues and festivals for free. Eventually, they started getting offers to be paid to perform at birthday bashes and private parties all over the United States. Since none of the guys had full-time jobs or were in college, they figured they had nothing to lose. "We were being paid to play outside of the garage. It was awesome," says Holden.
Then, there big break came. The band was asked to write a song exclusively for the Colorado Vans Warped Tour and debut it at the concert in the fall of 2010. Holden cunningly says, "Everyone asks what the story behind the song dc new year's is. Well, that's it. Vans asked us to write for them, and we did. That's all she wrote-- no pun intended."
Six different record companies came up to the band right after their performance with offers. Since the band had no manager at the time and planned to go back to Alabama the next day, the guys talked details and signed a deal that same night. After four months of recording, the record was finally released yesterday. So, go out and buy the New Years DC album!
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