Yellowcard Lyrics

Yellowcard Info:

From:
Jacksonville, Florida, United States

Genres:
Pop punk, alternative rock, hardcore punk (early)

Years active:
1997–present
(hiatus 2008–2010)

Associated acts:
Reeve Oliver, Craig's Brother, HeyMike!, Inspection 12, Big If

Name Origin:
They got their name from a phrase they used in high school. Whenever somebody did something stupid at a party, such as spill a beer on the carpet, they enforced soccer rules and gave them a 'yellow card' for committing a 'party foul'.

Members:
Ryan Key – Lead vocals and rhythm guitar
(2000–present)

Sean Mackin – Violin and backing vocals
(1997–present)

Ryan Mendez – Lead guitar and backing vocals
(2005–present)

Josh Portman – Bass
(2012–present, touring 2007–2008)

Past Members:
Ben Dobson – Lead vocals
(1997–1999)

Todd Clary – Rhythm guitar
(1997–2000)

Warren Cooke – Bass guitar, backing vocals
(1997–2002)

Alex Lewis – Bass guitar, backing vocals
(2003–2004)

Ben Harper – Lead guitar
(1997–2005)

Peter Mosely – Bass guitar, piano, backing vocals
(2002–2003, 2004–2007)

Sean O'Donnell – Bass guitar, backing vocals
(2010–2012)

Longineu W. Parsons III – Drums
(1997–2014)

Trademark:
utilize violins which makes them unique in their respective genre

Yellowcard Awards:
2004
MTV Music Awards - MTV2 Video, “Ocean Avenue”

Yellowcard Quotes:
Um. Definitely. Absolutely. You can get a lot out of the record but, um, I don't know if you get the full experience but you definitely get a new perspective. It's kinda hard for me to give you that perspective, but you'd have to ask a fan. [Laughs]
-Ben

We wouldn't be where we are at now if it wasn't for file sharing. That is how kids found out about us. It's hard to have a negative view on it, obviously.
-Alex

It was used as like a party thing. When we were at a party and someone spilled thier drink, we just said that they got a yellowcard. It basically was just thought of 5 days before one of our shows. (on naming the band)
-Alex

Ben Fold's Five. They're from the states, a really, really big influence. There's a drummer, a piano player and then a bass player. It's just amazing music, it's great.
-Ben

Good. It's really cool, because they asked us to do an original song. We just wrote it and it's a really focused kind of a song which added to the fact that you can just produce something like that on command. It turned out really, really good. It's a five minute long song. It's like a pretty up-to-date statement of what Yellowcard can write. It's kind of like, it shows our progression from the last record. (on spideman 2 soundtrack)
-Ben

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