current_members website years_active label article_title background genre origin name
john masters saadat awan shyam telikicherla miguel lacsamana -lsb- http://www.metropolitansound.com official band website -rsb- 1999 & ndash ; present crank automotive metropolitan -lrb- band -rrb-
 group_or_band indie rock washington , d.c. , united states metropolitan
metropolitan -lrb- band -rrb-

metropolitan are an american four-piece indie rock group from washington , d.c. , united states .
metropolitan began as a collaboration between guitarists john masters and aidan coughlan in late 1998 , and they recorded and released their debut record , `` side effects , '' in 1999 .
after undergoing several lineup changes since the group 's incarnation , metropolitan became a trio : saadat awan and shyam telikicherla joined the group .
john , shyam and saadat played their first gig together in january 2001 , and since then have shared the stage with numerous groups across numerous states , including the dismemberment plan , the brian jonestown massacre , bardo pond , tristeza , gogogo airheart , wolf colonel , the bravery , the rosebuds , shout out louds , and bis .
metropolitan released their second full length album , `` down for you is up , '' in march 2002 .
the album was recorded at inner ear studios in arlington , virginia and produced by chad clark -lrb- dismemberment plan , fugazi , beauty pill -rrb- .
the third full-length , `` the lines they get broken , '' was released in 2005 .
it was produced by archie moore -lrb- velocity girl -rrb- and jason caddell -lrb- dismemberment plan -rrb- .
continuing to expand , miguel lacsamana joined the group in 2005 as well , adding additional guitar and keyboard talent to fill out the live sound .
