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The Academy Is formed in 2003 when lead singer William Beckett and guitarist Michael Carden added bassist Adam T. Siska, guitarist Adrian LaTrace Jr., and drummer Mike DelPrincipe to the band. Describing themselves variously as in the emo and punk genres, the group has released three studio albums and two EPs. The Academy Is recently released their third album, Fast Times at Barrington High on August 19, 2008. After a trip to Europe, the band will go on a North American tour entitled "Bill and Trav's Bogus Journey Tour" during October and November in support of the album.

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The Academy Is - In the Press

From Pollstar: "Chicago pop punks The Academy Is, currently touring Australia and New Zealand with Panic at the Disco, will hit the road again in the U.S. and Canada this fall for a co-headlining run with We The Kings." - Read More »

From Wheeling Countryside: "For a minute, William Beckett jokes about the reason why his band, The Academy Is, called its new album "Fast Times at Barrington High." - Read More »

About The Academy Is

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William Beckett and Michael Camden started out as members of rival bands in Chicago, Illinois. As their bands came and went, the two musicians slowly began talking about working together; in 2002 they formed "The Academy" (the Is was added in 2004 to avoid legal issues). By 2003, the band added bassist Adam Siska, guitarist Adrian LaTrace Jr. and drummer Mike DelPrincipe and The Academy Is went to work on an album, which was eventually released in 2004 as The Academy EP. After hearing the album, Pete Wentz of Fall Out Boy had his label, "Fueled by Ramen", listen to the band. Fueled by Ramen quickly signed the up and coming artists to a contract.

After being signed, The Academy Is headed back to the studio to record their debut album. Almost Here was released in February 2005 to positive reviews, and debuted at #20 on the Billboard Heatseekers chart and #24 on the Independent Albums chart. The album spawned three singles, "Checkmarks," "Slow Down," and "The Phrase that Pays." After recording the album, LaTrace and DelPrincipe left the band and were replaced with Tom Conrad and Andy Mrotek respectively. Once the album was released, The Academy Is went on tour with bands such as Fall Out Boy, Something Corporate, Midtown, Matchbook Romance, Motion City Soundtrack and Armor for Sleep.

After the tour, The Academy Is started writing and recording their sophomore album. In the meantime, the group released a second EP, From the Carpet, in February 2006. In October 2006, Conrad left the band and was replaced with Michael Guy Chislett. The second studio album, Santi, was released in April 2007. Although the album peaked at #32 on the Billboard 200 and spawned five singles, it did not find as much success as the Almost Here. Therefore, after touring in support of the album, the band got right back to work on their third album. In August 2008, Fast Times at Barrington High was released, with "About a Girl" as its first single. The album debuted at #17 on the Billboard 200.

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The Academy Is - Trivia

• The Academy Is's lead singer William Beckett says that the name of their sophomore album, Santi, refers the to way Beckett and friends turned the negative things a high school bully said to him into a positive thing.
• The song "Classifieds", from The Academy Is's debut album, Almost Here was meant to be a single, and a video was even made for it. However, "Classifieds" was never spawned, and the video's director posted it on his YouTube account.
• The title of The Academy Is's third album, Fast Times at Barrington High is a combination of the high school William Barrett and Adam Siska went to, as well as a play on the 1982 film Fast Times at Ridgemont High.
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