History

You Me And Everyone We Know formed in 2006 in Washington D.C. The bands inception was tumultuous, *Ben Liebsch* (through the @youmeband twitter account) describes the details as follows: "The band i joined decided they wanted to start over with me singing the songs i brought to the table. They didnt think their current singer had what it took. I insisted we give him a chance before taking this step so we recorded demos.. with him singing some of the band’s early songs. Were were in hilton head or something? One of them had a place or something i cant remember. Anyway, they made the call and it came time and they ended up forcing me to kick their singer out. Fun start." Other band members dispute this and assert that the decision to move in a different direction with Ben as the singer was a collective decision and Ben was not “forced” to kick out the previous singer as that was done by other members of the band. Even after the original members stated their wish for Ben to front, he still tried finding other singers for the outfit.Other members deny Ben ever tried to find other singers but acknowledge Ben was hesitant to take over the role as frontman.

By the end of 2006 the band had recorded and released their first 6-song EP, *Party For The Grown And Sexy*; independantly releasing on 5 December that year.

* In 2006 and 2007 the band toured with various acts including The Color Fred, The Dear Hunter, I Am The Avalanche, Four Year Strong, and more.
* The band's guitarist Ryan Sherrill, had a relationship with Richard and Stephanie Reins (co-founders of Drive-Thru Records), who offered to manage the band (citation needed)
	+ After touring for over a year in support of the album, You, Me, and Everyone We Know band re-released Party for the Grown and Sexy on January 28, 2008, with two extra tracks, "Livin' th' Dream" and "Dirty Laundry," along with new artwork.
	+ Drive-Thru released the '2008 Drive Thru Records Sample Album', featuring You Me And Everyone We Know's "I'd Be More Interested If You Were Already Spoken For" which was incorrectly titled by some sources as "Livin' Th' Dream". The sample album included a link to You Me And Everyone We Know's 8 song EP, *Party For The Grown And Sexy,* which could be downloaded for free, rapidly achieving 30,000+ downloads.
	+ Richard and Stephanie Reins started the process of "making a new lable, called Rushmore Records". Drive-Thru had been experiencing an exodous of label signees and included their label on You Me And Everyone We Know's independant release, leading to production being incorrectly attributed to Rushmore Records.
		- An ongoing investigation on Richard Reines is being undertaken by Scott Heisel on Twitter, surrounding allegations of sexual, financial and psychological abuse by previous label signees.
		- An original demo (and several live versions) of "Shock And Awe" contains the full shoutout: "This is a fuck you to Richard Reins / Who told me I should lose some weight" whilst the official release makes the "Richard Reins" call out inaudible.

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Vinyl Reckoning. (2019.) 'Ep. 19 - You Me And Everyone we Know - Party For The Grown And Sexy.' *YouTube.com* [Video] Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xyEopEf43M8 Accessed on: Mar. 3, 2021
2. ↑ Kinney, J. (2008.) 'INTERVIEW: YOU, ME AND EVERYONE WE KNOW.' *Alter The Press.* [Website] Available at: http://www.alterthepress.com/2010/09/interivew-you-me-and-everyone-we-know.html Accessed on: Feb 26, 2021
You Me And Everyone We Know. (2021.) *'*Thread.' *Twitter.com* [Website] Available at: https://twitter.com/youmeband/status/1366120083022561285 Accessed on: Mar. 01, 2021
thewsuguy. (2008.) 'You, Me, And Everyone We Know.' *Punk News.* [Industry News - Website] Available at: https://www.punknews.org/review/7163/you-me-and-everyone-we-know-party-for-the-grown-and-sexy Accessed on: Feb 27, 2021
Unknown Author. (2006.) 'Party For the Grown And Sexy.' *rateyourmusic.com.* [Website] Available at: https://rateyourmusic.com/release/ep/you\_\_me\_\_and\_everyone\_we\_know/party\_for\_the\_grown\_and\_sexy.p/ Accessed on: Feb 28, 2021
6. ↑ Various Contributors. (2007-2017.) 'You, Me And Everyone We Know.' *Songkick.com.* [Website] Available at: https://www.songkick.com/artists/589336-you-me-and-everyone-we-know/gigography Accessed on: Mar. 01, 2021
7. ↑ Various Artists. (2008.) '2008 Drive-Thru Records Sampler.' *Drive-Thru Records. [Video]* Available at:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORkmdXAMDdE Accessed on: Feb 26 2020
8. ↑ Discogs.com. (2008.) 'Various - 2008 Sampler Drive-Thru Records.' *discogs.com.* [Website] Available at: https://www.discogs.com/Various-Drive-Thru-Records-2008-Sampler/release/1402055 Accessed on: Feb 26, 2021
9. ↑ Author Unknown. (2008.) 'You, Me, And Everyone We Know.' *Unknown Publisher.* [Promotional Poster] Available at: https://img6.bdbphotos.com/images/orig/n/i/niphu2zrg8nv8gv2.jpg?djet1p5k Accessed on: Feb 27 2021
10. ↑ Top Shelf Records. 'You, Me, And Everyone We Know.' *Top Shelf Records.* [Website] Available at: https://www.topshelfrecords.co.uk/roster/you-me-and-everyone-we-know Accessed on: Feb 27 2021
11. ↑ tsl\_ste. (2004.) 'Sputnik Music Forums > Archives > This Shizz Is Bananas, B A N A N A S.' *Sputnik Music Forums.* [Webiste] Page. 96, Avaiable at:https://www.sputnikmusic.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-164416-p-96.html Accessed on Feb 27, 2021
Drive-Thru Records., Rushmore Records. (2005.) 'Various - Drive-Thru Record / Rushmore Records Sampler.' *Discogs.com,* [Website] Available at: https://www.discogs.com/Various-Drive-Thru-Record-Rushmore-Records-Sampler/release/5033767 Accessed on: Feb 28, 2021
13. ↑ Unknown Author. 'You, Me, And Everyone We Know.' *Discogs.* [Website] Available at: https://www.discogs.com/artist/1174045-You-Me-And-Everyone-We-Know Accessed on: Feb 27, 2021
14. ↑ Unknown Author. (2008.) 'Richard Reins.' *Discogs.com.* [Webiste] Available at: https://www.discogs.com/artist/2040785-Richard-Reines Accessed on: Feb 27, 2020
15. ↑ Heisel, S. (2017.) "Hey internet..." *Twitter.com.* [Website] Available at: https://twitter.com/scottheisel/status/929552728266891265 Accessed on: Feb 27, 2021