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Men Women & Children
12+ albums
danceindieDance-Rockfunkpowerpop
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TJ Penzone - vocals Rick Penzone - bass Todd Weinstock - guitar Jason Gimmule - guitar Nick Conceller keyboards, programming David Sullivan Kaplan - drums When you think about it, says Men Women & Children guitarist Todd Weinstock, there was a time where this seemed like a joke. Now, its become everything. Really, I have no friends. This is all we do. Two years ago, Weinstock would have never predicted that the far-fetched idea he began kidding about with his friend, programmer Nick Conceller, would overtake his life and lead him to a nationwide tour with English socio-punk trailblazers Gang Of Four or the recording of the bands Reprise Records debut, but it has. Which is why its even more ironic that Men Women & Children began as a sort of well-kept secret. Like Weinstock, Conceller (a bedroom DJ from St Louis who had first befriended the guitarist on tour with his old band, Glassjaw) had grown tired of rocks current woe-is-me tendencies and wanted to quietly create something that was more a grand, fun spectacle. Still, their initial plans were only winkingly huge. Even before we had songs, I would say to Nick, This has to be a production, Weinstock recalls with a laugh. It had to be over the top. There had to be lights and production. This couldnt just be an ordinary show with five guys standing on stage in t-shirts and jeans. We just thought, Huge. But now, this is the reality in which Men Women & Children currently exist. Things are over the top and huge and just as Wei
