Please answer the following question: Facts: - years active: 2001 -- present - origin: united states - genre: pop rock - name: universal hall pass - background: group_or_band - label: sneaky records - current members: melissa kaplan Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of universal hall pass .
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universal hall pass is a one-person band based in los angeles , california which was first formed in 2001 by melissa kaplan , formerly of splashdown .universal hall pass ' first full-length album , '' mercury '' , was released in 2004 , featuring eleven songs .in december , 2006 , uhp released a six-song ep entitled '' subtle things '' , on which kaplan worked with ex-bandmate kasson crooker .'' mercury '' has topped or been near the top of the '' pop with electronic production '' chart on mp3tunes for several months -lsb- http://www.mp3tunes.com/musicchart.php?chart=album&genre_id=64] .