Viewers Like You

The first Viewers Like You logo

### Members

Patrick Clarck, Devin Felix, Jeremiah Graves, Mike Hylton, Spencer Jackson, Paul Siddoway, Zac Taylor

### Past Members

Bryce Garey, Chris Martin, Casey Mills, Ferrin Prince, Mike Tolman, Tristan Wardle, Tyler Whittaker

**Viewers Like You** was a Utah ska band active mainly in Logan between 2004 and 2012.

Formed in Springville by high schools friends, the core of the band moved to Logan in 2004. Usually half of the band members were roommates - always Jeremiah Graves, but the other roommates switched. Rehearsals often took place in their various shared apartments/houses around Logan. This was true until 2010, by which time marriages made rooming together ... less desirable, and members of the band began moving away to pursue careers or higher education outside Cache Valley. Rehearsals continued at Mike Hylton's work space until 2012, when geographic dispersion made availability and regular rehearsals unfeasible. Although sporadic performances continued through 2014, ultimately life and physical distance ground activity to a halt.

## Partial Performance History

In late 2004/early 2005, The Upstarts performed at Muse Music in Provo along with I Voted for Kodos, Sauce, and **Viewers Like You**.

On Jan. 21, 2006, Viewers Like You played at a short-lived venue called Club Boom-Va in Ogden with Side Dish and Super Hero.

On Aug. 22, 2008, Viewers Like You played the Locals Only Ska Showcase at the Avalon Theater with Illegal Beagle, Spontaneous Kennie, Suburban Bordumb, Super Hero, and The Up Collars.

In September of 2008, members of Illegal Beagle were interviewed for *City Weekly*. Among others, they named Viewers Like You as one of the best acts in the Utah scene.

On April 18, 2009, Viewers Like You participated in The Utah Ska Fest at Pleasant Green Park in Magna along with Illegal Beagle, In Key Drop-Outs [sic], The Love Astronauts, The Skaficionados, Skarlet Fever, Spontaneous Kennie, Suburban Bordumb, Super Hero, and 2-1/2 White Guys [sic].

In 2012, Paul Siddoway joined The Beam Me Up Ska-T's, whose Matt Jackson is a brother to Viewers Like You's Spencer Jackson. The two bands played Ska Trek together on Sept. 27, 2013 at Mojo's Music Venue in Ogden, along with Bombshell Academy and Funkubus.

## Discography

Recording had begun on a 14-track debut album, and while at least one track was completed and played on Weber State University's radio station in support of Ska Trek, the majority of the album remains 80 percent finished, including one song each featuring former members Chris Martin and Mike Tolman. The band has released some demos, as well as recordings from live shows, on their SoundCloud and YouTube channels.

Other merchandise which was released included a songbook, mostly for the benefit of the band during the last couple of years of activity when rehearsals were few and far between. Three different t-shirts were available during the course of the band's run: in 2004 there was a blue shirt with the PBS head design in white, in 2005 a white shirt with one of three 8-bit Nintendo characters, and in 2006 one which the band referred to as "chest pants" with a stylized TV (availble in a variety of colors). The TV logo was also available as a couple of different stickers.

## Members

The first three or four years of the band's history were marked by high turn over due to out-of-state, two-year religious commitments or major life events (changes in family, education or career). Most new members were recruited from Utah State University's marching or jazz bands, other local ska bands, or from members' former high school marching/jazz bands.

The lineup stabilized around 2008. Until 2012, when the band stopped playing regular shows, the band consisted of:

* Patrick Clark - Bass
* Devin Felix - Sax, Vocals
* Jeremiah Graves - Guitar
* Mike Hylton - Drums
* Spencer Jackson - Trombone, Vocals
* Paul Siddoway - Trombone, Keys, Tuba, Vocals
* Zac Taylor - Trumpet

### Former Members

* Bryce Garey - Trumpet (2005-2006)
* Chris Martin - Bass, Vocals (2004)\*
* Casey Mills - Drums (2004)
* Ferrin Prince - Trombone (2006)
* Skyler Smith - Sax\*\*
* Dave Sweeney - Trombone (2005-2006)\*\*
* Mike Tolman - Trumpet, Ukulele, Vocals (2004)\*
* Tristan Wardle - Drums (2006)
* Tyler Whittaker - Tenor Sax (2005)

\*Chris and Mike have made frequent guest appearances after leaving the band to sing a song or two, or fill in on their respective instruments.

\*\*Rehearsed, but never performed with Viewers Like You. Skyler was a former member of The Crooked Beats and Dave was a former member of Swill. There was one additional saxophone player who rehearsed with Viewers Like You in late 2005, but by 2012 nobody in the band could remember his name.

## Little Wooden Boy

Occasionally, members of the band would perform acoustic sets under the name Little Wooden Boy. These sets were usually opening acts for, or in the middle of, a Viewers Like You performance. They mostly played covers and were typically not ska.

In addition to various members of Viewers Like You (often on instruments other than what they played in VLY), Little Wooden Boy sometimes included:

* Jeff Felix - Guitar
* Randi Martin - Guitar

## External Links

* Viewers Like You on Sound Cloud
* Viewers Like You on YouTube

## References

1. ↑ https://www.cityweekly.net/BuzzBlog/archives/2008/09/07/illegal-beagle-the-playdead-movement-talking-bombs