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Monday, May 4, 2009

Bamboozle 2009: Six Breakout Bands to Watch

This year’s Bamboozle crammed more than 70 bands a day into the most pop-friendly lineup the fest has seen in its four-year history. No Doubt and Fall Out Boy claimed the biggest headlines, but a six-pack of up-and-coming acts were making noise on the smaller stages. Here’s a rundown:

Name: Honor Society
From: New Jersey
Sounds Like: The boy-band sounds of *N SYNC mixed with the R&B funk of Maroon 5
Their Story: Last summer Honor Society were discovered by another group of New Jerseyites, the Jonas Brothers, who have since introduced Honor Society’s brand of radio-friendly slick R&B pop to its fans and grabbed them as openers on the JoBros’ upcoming world tour. Even though its members skew slightly older than Jonas (Honor Society’s four members are all in their twenties), Honor Society has already achieved heartthrob status and nearly two million MySpace plays.



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Saturday, March 14, 2009

Article: Honor Society Are JoBros Buds

02-24-2009
Honor Society Are JoBros Buds
Glam Bamm


A hot young band from New Jersey called Honor Society are best buds with the Jonas Brothers and have co-written songs with JoBros.

Who exactly are Honor Society, you ask? They are four well-dressed, well-coiffed guys originally from New Jersey who were fortunate enough to have their EP, “A Tale of Risky Business”, catch the eye of Kevin, Joe, and Nick Jonas last summer.

Since then, Honor Society have opened up shows for the mega-star siblings, and are now managed by the Jonas Group, which of course also manages the brothers and fellow Disney star Demi Lovato.

“We’ve been lucky to be able to cowrite songs for our new album with the Jonases, and we’ve created this cool, creative environment between the four of us and the three of them,” bassist Andrew Lee told reporters. “They have completely welcomed us into the entire Jonas family, and we have all become fast friends.”

The band’s sound — something lead singer Michael Bruno characterizes as “if Justin Timberlake had a rock band” — certainly fits the Jonas Brothers mold: catchy pop love songs.

So, the question begs to be asked: “Are Honor Society going to be the next Jonas Brothers?” Read more...

Saturday, February 21, 2009

What is "Jonas Group"?

Jonas Brothers Haven't Launched Their Own Record Label
Jonas Group is actually a management company formed by the JoBros' dad, Kevin.

By James Montgomery (MTV.com)


Despite what you may have read, the Jonas Brothers aren't looking to branch out.

Sure, they've already conquered the tween market, won the coveted "first daughter" demographic and made their first foray into feature-length 3-D films. But — contrary to several sources in the blogosphere — they're not about to launch their own record label.

Late Wednesday, several sites noticed the launch of JonasGroup.com, a Web site featuring little more than a (slightly altered) version of the Jonas Brothers' "JB" logo. Soon after, someone realized that the same logo appears on the back of Demi Lovato's debut album, Don't Forget. Couple that with several reports that the band had signed prep-rock act Honor Society, and suddenly, bloggy logic dictated that the Jonas Group was the Jonas Brothers' brand-new record label.

But, as is frequently the case with bloggy logic, it wasn't exactly true. On Thursday (February 19), MTV News contacted a spokesperson for the Jonas Brothers, who let it be known that the Jonas Group isn't a label at all ... it's a management company formed by the brothers' father, Kevin, and longtime artist manager/ promoter Philip McIntyre.

The spokesperson also added that the Jonas Group's clients include not just the JoBros themselves, but Lovato (like it says in the liner notes of Don't Forget, "Exclusive Management by: Philip McIntyre and Kevin Jonas for the Jonas Group") and Honor Society too. And while, yes, the Jonas Brothers have signed Honor Society, it's to a production deal, not a record contract.

So, sorry Jonas fans. While there might be a movie and a TV show in the works, there's no JoBros-owned record label on the horizon anytime soon. Pop stars can't have everything, you know. Read more...

Friday, February 20, 2009

The Daily Dish

My Post V-Day Date With Honor Society!
Hey Readers!

Last Sunday, the hot new group (AND pals of The Jonas Brothers!) Honor Society played a show at Irving Plaza in New York City and Tiger Beat and BOP were there! We got to sit down and have a super rad and exclusive interview with the boys and learned sooo much - INCLUDING the story behind the dance they coined, “The Honor Roll.”

I’m pleased to report that Michael, Alex, Jason and Andrew are just as cute, friendly and fun to be around in person as they are on stage. They’re all close friends and totally LOVE performing. After the first song, Michael, the lead vocalist, said to the screaming crowd, “This is truly a blessing and we thank each and every one of you for being here tonight.”

The best part about the concert was toward the end when they told their fans they had a surprise for them. Can YOU guess what happened?! Nick, Kevin and Joe Jonas came on stage and all seven of them played a song together! Eeeek! Were any of YOU at Irving Gardens? What was YOUR reaction?

All in all, it was an amazing experience.

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Undercover With Honor Society:

Blog Girl: Were you discovered by the Jonas Brothers?
Andrew: The short answer is yes. The Jonas Brothers kind of saw what we were doing and caught wind of it and we hooked up with them, and it’s been chaos since then. So yeah, they did.

BG: What did they see in you that made them take you on as their first group?
Alex: You know, I’d actually gone to high school with Kevin and been friends with the boys for a long time.
Jason: We did a big show at the Knitting Factory near the summer that they came to, and I think it was a culmination and I think that was the final piece and it was like, alright – we’re gonna do this.

BG: Do you guys have any nicknames for the Jonas Brothers, or do they have any nicknames for you?
Michael: Um, a lot of the fans, and us as well, when we refer to them collectively we call them “The Boys,” but no real individual nicknames, no.
Alex: And I guess we’re like, “The Guys.” {All laugh}

BG: Who gets the most stage fright?
Alex: I don’t think we really get stage fright. I mean, we’ve all been playing music for a really long time, and with that comes being on stage and performing for other people. So it’s not necessarily stage fright. I think the one thing that we’re all conscious of is just, the energy in a room, because it can just get out of control.

BG: What is behind the name Honor Society?
Michael: Basically we’re four guys that, for the last year or two we’ve been together non-stop, and for the last 4 months we’ve together 24/7. And with that said, there’s a real deep bond of brotherhood between the four of us. That goes back awhile. And when we were coming up with the name we wanted something that gave that feeling of our brotherhood, but also that the fans could get involved in. So then we started to think about something like a fraternity, but that felt a little too exclusive, like it would exclude our fans. And Honor Society just felt liked it matched our look and the way we conduct ourselves.

BG: Who takes the longest to get ready for a show?
Michael: I’m just gonna say it’s me. I’m just gonna call myself out.

BG: And some girls are dying to know, how did you come up with your dance the “Honor Roll”?
Michael: It all started with Soulja Boy and the “Crank That” dance, and around Alex’s kitchen table in New Jersey we were literally like, we should be the first rock band to come up with a dance. And something about this band is no one likes to back down from what might be a crazy idea. So we were like, we should be the first rock band to come up with a dance, and it’s kind of like, “Yeah, no, that’s a great idea.” {All laugh} Even though it may not be.
Michael: There’s video footage of us making up the dance that will be released one day. Literally the dance came together in like, 2 minutes in the parking lot next to the minivan that we were touring in.
{All laugh}

Also be sure to check out the source for more photos from the Irving show!

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Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Honor Society @ The Fillmore @ Irving Plaza, NYC

Popular pop/rock trio raises the roof in NYC

Honor Society

On Sunday February 15, the gentlemen of Honor Society returned home and rocked a show here in New York at the Filmore. The widely anticipated show exceeded all my expectations.

I arrived at around 5:45 and doors opened at 6. The minute I stepped out of the cab, I was in shock to hear that people were outside waiting since 5 a.m! When the doors opened, the crowd quickly pushed their way through to get a good view of the show. Then I heard screams that I can only associated with the presence of a certain pop group of three, globally known brothers. And surely enough it was. Good friends of Honor Society, The Jonas Brothers stopped by the show to support their friends. But they definitely did not steal the show.

The gentlemen of Honor Society brought to the stage more excitement and energy of an other show of theirs I've been too. It made the show that much more enjoyable because we could all tell they truly were happy to be performing. The crowd was going crazy as all four guys Michael Bruno(vocals&guitar), Andrew Lee(bass), Jason Rosen(keyboard), and Alexander Noyes(drums) ran on to the stage, smiling ear to ear.

They got right into the music by performing their song "Two Rebels". It was a great choice, because it got the whole crowd to dance and sing along. Being the true gentlemen they are, the guys followed by slowing things down with a simple balled, "Goodnight my Love". Then Michael made each member start a beat, which soon turned into an amazing, yet unique cover of Kayne West's song "Heartless". They also played new song called "My Own Way," co-written by the Jonas Brothers.

Soon enough, Michael introduced the Jonas Brothers to come onstage. Their collaboration together is truly a match made in music heaven. All 7 guys performed "Don't Close the Book;" its lyrics and a melody caught with the crowd very well. "Oh Oh Oh OOOH" was sung by every person in the room, definitely making it sound much more special.

A highly energetic crowd cheered the four guys back on stage for an encore. They performed their song "Over You". But we all knew that Honor society couldn't leave without performing their most popular song "See U in the Dark". It was definitely the perfect ending - it literally had the whole place moving. If you weren't breaking out into the "Honor Roll", then you were jumping and dancing.

This is definitely the best show I've ever seen from these guys. Their energy was addicting and their sound was capturing. For those of you who still haven't seen or heard Honor Society I suggest getting tickets to their next tour which hopefully will be soon. It really does not matter what type of genre of music you are into, this band combines aspects from different genres, such as rock and hip-hop. Honor Society is definitely going places with this sound.

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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!! Read more...

Monday, February 16, 2009

New Band 'Honor Society' Rocks Out in New Yok

NEW YORK- The boys of the up-and-coming band 'Honor Society' rocked out Sunday to a sold out crowd at Irving Plaza and the 'Jo Bro's' themselves even joined in on the fun.

Honar-ary members Michael, Jason, Alexander and Andrew, who have become internet sensations with over a million hits on their Myspace page, took the stage to jam out before many excited fans and even got a surprise of their own. Teen heart throbs the Jonas Brothers joined the foursome on stage with an exciting announcement.

Want to find out what it was?

Check out what PIX reporter Katy Tur has to say, she was at the concert and has all the scoop.

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Thursday, February 5, 2009

Buzzworthy really likes honor society

Once again Honor Society is featured on MTV Buzzworthy's Blog With one more reason to love Honor Society - the honor roll dance! Read more...

Wednesday, February 4, 2009

Honor Society on MTV Buzzworthy Blog

MTV Buzzworthy Blog blogs about the 5 reasons Honor Society rocks! Of course - we (and MTV) knows there are way more than 5 reason they rock - and the blog actually asks for you to submit YOUR top 5 reasons why Honor Society rocks!

++ Anything we left out? Tell us YOUR fave thing (or fave 5 things!) about the guys from Honor Society, making sure to shame us with your superior tone/encyclopedic knowledge of all things HR.


Check it out and leave a comment on their blog at: http://buzzworthy.mtv.com/2009/02/04/5-reasons-honor-society-rocks/#comments Read more...

Thursday, January 15, 2009

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Tuesday, January 6, 2009

Gossip Sites

Honor Society has showed up on several gossip sites (I think that means they've hit the big time!)

Check out articles on:
JustJaredJr.com


OceanUp.com


Pretty cool! Now let's hope January 12th gets here soon so we can see if Jonas' announcement has anything to do with Honor Society's big announcement... (Although according to what someone told me that Kevin said in Nashville - odds are good they are related!) Read more...

Wednesday, November 26, 2008

Popstar Blogs About Honor Society

On Popstars!'s Myspace they have a blog about Honor Society.

It includes a video of an outtake of the guys while at popstars office as well as the snippit from the article that we posted here yesterday! As far as I know you do need to be friends with Popstar! on myspace to view their blogs, but they are always interesting and a ton of fun so you should definitely add them! Read more...

Tuesday, November 25, 2008

This Just IN!

I was reading an interview with the Jonas Brothers from Popstar, because that is how I spend my free time, and was pleasantly surprised to see an Honor Society mention!!


Reporter: What do you guys hope to accomplish in the next year?

Nick: Also, we’re working with some new artists this year – HONOR SOCIETY are dear friends of ours. We’re co-producing and co-writing on their record, just signed them to kind of our label and we’ve got new artists and we’ll continue to write for our record next year and then like Joe said – working on a TV show for Disney and then a 3D movie in February.


I don't know about you all, but I certainly can't wait to hear what they have been working on!!! Read more...