Plain White Ts
By All Music Guide
By All Music Guide
The group self-released Come on Over in 2001, then jumped to Fearless for the 2002 LP Stop. Plain White Ts struggled with lineup shifts even as they toured heavily in support of the album, but were able to muster up the record All That We Needed, released through Fearless in early 2005. By that point the bands roster had solidified with vocalist Higgenson, Tirio and Tim Lopez on guitar, drummer DeMar Hamilton, and bassist Mike Retondo. The band next spent time on the 2005 ~Take Action tour alongside Sugarcult, Head Automatica, and more. They finished out the year touring with Spitalfield, joining up with Motion City Soundtrack in 2006. The enhanced EP Hey There Delilah was released that May; it contained various versions of the popular acoustic ballad Hey There Delilah (from All That We Needed), along with four new songs and music videos. Most of the following summer was then spent on ~Warped Tour before Every Second Counts, their hook-laden major-label debut for Hollywood, appeared in early September. The guys then hit the road on the popular ~Nintendo Fusion Tour alongside Hawthorne Heights, the Sleeping, and more.
