TeamAWESOME!
teamAWESOME! is an electro pop band with twee sensibilities based in Boulder, Colorado. They are known for their energetic stage presence, which involves props, lightly choreographed dances and audience participation. Their songs tend to have upbeat, childish themes, such as slides, pirates, hand-holding, and rocket ships.
The band originated in 2005 with two members, Chuck Potashner and Kara Jorge. Since then it has had many line up changes (including a period with six members), though Potashner had always been the frontman. In late 2005, teamAWESOME! had finished recording their first CD, but could not afford mastering for it. So they entered and won the University of Colorado Battle of the Bands, the prize of which was mastering. Shortly thereafter, the band released their first CD, Greatest Hits! Vol 1! on Still Soft Recordings, a DIY record label in Denver, Colorado. They have completed four tours of the western United States, preferring to play shows that are all-ages and/or in DIY spaces.
Members
Some people who had contributed to teamAWESOME!:
- Alyssa Detert (Synthesizer, Glockenspiel, Vocals)
- Andrew Heath (Bass)
- Anthea Osguthorpe (Trumpet, Guitar, Vocals, Glockenspiel)
- Austin Keeble (Drums, Synthesizer, Vocals)
- Brittany Christie (Synthesizer, Dance, Vocals)
- Cade Weidenhaft (Toms, Dance, Signs)
- Chuck Potashner (Vocals, Synthesizer, Guitar, Bass, Glockenspiel, Ukulele, Programming, Lyrics)
- Ethan Brown (Synthesizer, Flute, Glockenspiel, Programming, Vocals)
- Ian (Guitar)
- Kara Jorge (Vocals, Synthesizer, Lyrics)
- Kat Roscoe (Violin, Guitar, Bass, Glockenspiel, Vocals)
- Katherine Peterson (Accordion)
- Krysta Potashner (Baton, Props, Vocals)
- Logan Corcoran (Drums, Drum Machine, Vocals)
- Mark Donohue (Bass, Guitar, Tom-tom, Vocals)
- Michelle Wooden (Cello, Vocals)
- Nathan Oberle (Guitar, Bass, Cello, Vocals)
- Patrick Wimberly (Guitar, Vibraphone, Drums, Synthesizer, Vocals)
- Rachel King (Keyboard, Guitar, Glockenspiel, Vocals)
- Sam Cooper (Guitar, Bass, Glockenspiel, Vocals)
- Stirling Myles (Bass)
- Travis Rosenburg (Bass, Guitar, Vocals)
- Tyler Broeren (Guitar)
- Tyler (Synthesizer)
- William Fewer-Reed (Guitar, Bass, Vocals)
Discography
Albums and EPs
- Greatest Hits! Vol. 1! (Still Soft Recordings; CD; 2005)
- 1. Oh My!
- 2. Cars!
- 3. Your Smile!
- 4. Slide!
- 5. Best Part of the Year!
- 6. Pirates!
- 7. Let's Sing a Song!
- 8. Gossip!
- 9. Hugs!
- 10. Split Pea Soup!
- 11. Rocketship!
- 12. Fort!
- 13. Sun!
- 14. Love Song!
- 15. teamAWESOME!
- 16. Zuper! Tekno! Danse! Party! Party!
- 17. Oh My! (Nato Remix)
- 18. Best Part of the Year! ([...] Sounds Remix)
- 19. Gossip! (Bloodbath Remix)
- 20. Slide! (Nato Remix)
- 21. Cars! (Acoustic Version by Nate)
- Heck Yeah! (Self Released; EP; 2006)
- 1. Yr Fur!
- 2. Oh Ship!
- 3. teamNASA!
- 4. Get Pumped!
- 5. Heck Yeah!
- 6. Scrabble!
- 7. Robot!
- 8. Secret Track (sometimes called Sleepover!)
Compilation Appearances
- "Oh My!" on Still Soft Recordings (Still Soft Recordings; CD; 2005)
- "Running Away!" on Firsts (Digital Cloud Records; CD; 2007)