Tuesday, February 17, 2009

Honor Society: The Jonas Brothers' New Ken Dolls




If the Jonas Brothers and Chuck Bass had a slumber party, I bet they would spend hours straightening their hair and dressing up dolls to look like new band Honor Society. Like, for-realsies!

If you don't have an Internet connection or are over the age of 20, you may be very unfamiliar with Honor Society -- The Jo Bros rock quintet pet project. And yes, these four guys may be paired quite frequently with Nick, Joe and Kevin, which is fair -- they have that same vesty, bow tie, ascot, tight jean deal happening -- but when it comes to their music, they couldn't be any further apart.

This weekend the dapper and coiffed guys of Honor Society were in town and I spent the weekend following the four around (we totally gabbed about our mutual love for Britney and Cut Copy.) Saturday we met at their rehearsal studio, where we talked about their start as a band and the future of their music now that they have copped tickets on the SS JoBro Express. Then on Sunday I caught their sold-out concert at NYC's Fillmore Theater at Irving Plaza. They were not only greeted by massive amounts of screaming tweens belting out song lyrics (mind you, they don't even have a full CD out yet) but, there was also a special appearance by the ever-so over-saturated Jonas Brothers themselves.

Yes, yes friends, I got all of it on tape for you so just stay tuned for that little puppy (after the jump, of course,) but first a little insight into the boys of Honor Society.

The band built a solid fan base using MySpace and YouTube (which you know I love,) and with songs that have had over 735,000 listens. I think the inter-drones are ready for a full length album.

When meshing together last year, the guys all came from different music backgrounds. Blending their unique preferences of Jazz, Indie-NYC rock and Prince inspired funk to form their new (Maroon 5-eque) sound.

With everything in place, they are now ready to burst like Violet Beauregarde. On Sunday, the band debuted tons of new songs including "Full Moon Crazy," and then were joined on stage by The Jo Bros to duet (what's it called when there are seven boy banders? A septet? Heaven?) their Myspace hit "Don't Close The Book," a song written by Honor Society and co-produced by the Jonai. Now the kids are headed to Philly for a couple of small stints at Hershey Park and then ... right back in the studio, bow-ties and all, to get that CD finally put together.

And be sure to head on over to NYPOST.com for a video!!

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