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He Say, She Say
12+ albums
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DREA SMITH AND MILLION DOLLAR MANO MET IN 2004 WHEN DREA MOVED TO CHICAGO FOR SCHOOL TO BE A SOCIOLOGY TEACHER. SHE PLAYED A SONG FOR MANO, ONE DAY (AFTER MANY CONVERSATIONS ABOUT MUSIC) ON HER GUITAR AND MANO TOLD HER SHE WAS MAKING A WRONG CAREER MOVE . FROM THEN ON MANO AND DREA WORKED ON MUSIC , TRYING OUT NEW SOUNDS , COMBINING ELECTRO AND PUNK ELEMENTS WITH CATCHY BUT INTELLIGENT LYRICS. THEY DECIDED TO BECOME A DUO IN 2007 AFTER MUCH ENCOURAGEMENT FROM THEIR FRIEND MARTIN "DOC" MCKINNEY ( PRODUCER OF ESTHERO'S "BREATH FROM ANOTHER AND RES' "HOW I DO" ) . HE SAY SHE SAY SIGNED TO LUPE FIASCO'S 1ST AND 15TH'S LABEL IN THE SUMMER OF '08 AND WAS FEATURED ON SPOT DATES ON THE GLOW IN THE DARK TOUR. THEIR INFLUENCES INCLUDE BLONDIE , THE CLASH , SIOUXSIE AND THE BANSHEES, DEPECHE MODE AND DAFT PUNK ( JUST TO NAME A FEW) HE SAY , SHE SAY HAS PLAYED ALL AROUND THE CHICAGO AREA ( DOUBLE DOOR , SCHUBA'S , EVIL OLIVE , SUBTERRANEAN ,CONGRESS THEATER , UNITED CENTER , HOUSE OF BLUES etc.) AND NEW YORK ( THE STUDIO AT WEBSTER HALL ,S.O.B'S , MADISON SQUARE GARDEN) AND WERE A FEATURED BAND AT THE FADER FORT AT CMJ IN 2008. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.