associated_acts years_active label article_title past_members background genre origin name
passion , snug harbor pit , cute is what we aim for 1999 -- 2005 bft tapehouse cherry bing
 michael jeff poleon , adam schroeder , maxwell scott , derek angelakos kettner , jeffery czum , shaant hacikyan , andrew desabio , william glazier , group_or_band ska/rock buffalo , new york cherry bing
cherry bing

cherry bing -lrb- 1999 -- 2005 -rrb- was an american ska/rock band formed in buffalo , new york .
the group was originally conceived by members michael angelakos , adam schroeder , maxwell scott and jeff poleon and will glazier while attending amherst middle school .
brass members william glazier , derek kettner , and andrew desabio were added soon after .
the band produced their first album `` the buffalo superheroes '' at btf tapehouse in 2001 .
the songs `` cool amherst party '' and `` call from china '' achieved internet success later that year by cracking the top 50 played tracks on mp3.com .
the band 's second album was titled `` 60 hertz signals ep '' and included the tracks `` marilynn , 2 o'clock and still without you , ca n't fight , flirting penguins raging eskimos , and the yearbook . ''
singer/guitarist/songwriter michael angelakos parted with the group shortly after recording the album , but did make a few guest reappearances with the band , most notably at amherst high school springfest in 2003 .
cherry bing added guitarist jeffery czum and singer shaant hacikyan , -lrb- both of whom later became members of cute is what we aim for -rrb- , in the spring of 2003 .
their respective first performances came at the aforementioned amherst springfest and the kenmore high school springfest .
after returning from a 5-date east coast mini-tour in the late summer of 2003 , andrew desabio officially parted with the band .
cherry bing released the `` its your day '' demo and the `` in a language all our own '' ep under their new self-coined genre , `` rock with horns . ''
notable tracks include `` stood here once , '' `` band-aid trophy case , '' and the re-release of `` hate . ''
the band was featured in the next section of the buffalo news in 2004 for winning local radio station kiss 98.5 's `` battle of the bands . ''
cherry bing took the stage at the van 's warped tour in august 2004 .
october 31 , 2004 marked the release of the band 's final recording , and final performance , at the now-defunct showplace theatre on grant street in buffalo , ny .
