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The Actual
12+ albums
rockindiealternativealternative rockpop punk
about
The Actual were a band from 2001-2007. We had a great time. Max (founder/siner/guitarist) has a new band with a political bent called Max and the Marginalized. Their last.fm page is at http://www.last.fm/music/Max+and+the+Marginalized. Ben (other singer/guitarist) has a new band called The Trophy Fire at http://www.myspace.com/thetrophyfire. “We never let starvation or icy roads get in our way”, muses Max Bernstein, singer/guitarist of The Actual. Indeed, the ultra-literate rock combo, rounded out by guitarist + singer Ben Flanagan and brothers Jeremy and Aaron Bonsall on bass & drums have covered many a mile on little more than a healthy dose of we-think-we-can and an '82 Econoline that thankfully shares that sentiment. Shortly after their first show on Easter Sunday of 2001, The Actual have spent most of their time on tour playing pretty much to anyone who would listen at just about any place that would book them, sometimes with questionable results. "We played to a room full of angry bikers in Idaho once. That caused me to rethink my booking policy," says Max. Thankfully, people DID start to listen, and one of those people was rock legend Scott Weiland of Stone Temple Pilots and Velvet Revolver, who promptly signed the band to his new RED/New West/SonyBMG co-venture Softdrive Records. Scott took the band out of the bars and basements and onto a string of arena shows with Velvet Revolver, and co-produced the bands new album. "We played a hotel bar in Nevada to 12 people
