Travis Clark formed We the Kings in middle school along with Hunter Thomsen, Drew Thomsen, and Danny Duncan. They gained popularity by posting songs online and touring with other bands. Their self-titled debut album was released in 2007 and their second album "Smile Kid" came out in 2009. Their biggest hit is "Check Yes Juliet" from their first album. They continue to record new music and tour internationally, influencing many young musicians along the way.

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3. Travis ClarkTravis Randall Clark was born on April 24,1985 in the small town of Bradenton, Florida (The home of Tropicana Orange Juice). Travis has an older sister Tara, and a younger brother Taylor. Growing up, Travis’ mother had breast cancer but has since fully recovered. Nowadays, Travis is a full supporter of breast cancer awareness. Travis started playing the piano at age 4 and taught himself guitar at age 12. He began writing music when he was 9 and evolved into the songwriter of the band. He writes about real life experiences, relationships, hometowns, family and friends. In 9th grade, while not paying attention in class, He wrote his first song called “Armor of Hope”. You would think that most bands couldn’t wait to get out of their small hometowns, however, Travis and his other band mates couldn’t possibly be more proud to be from Bradenton and are hometown heroes. Travis has a very close relationship with his fans. He’s a frequent user on Twitter where he talks to fans and has a blog, www.whoistravisclark.com which is way of letting his fans to really get to know him and it has stories called “Old School Sundays” in which he talks about things that happened during his childhood. 25 years old

4. Hunter Thomsen Ryan Hunter Thomsen was born on September 29,1986 in Sarasota, Florida. When he started playing guitar is unknown. Hunter is very athletic, he met Travis on their middle school little league team. Hunter attended King Middle School and Manatee High school (As did the other guys). Hunter was attending the University of Sarasota before he dropped out to tour. He lives with his younger brother Andrew (Drew) Thomsen, the bassist in We the Kings, in Bradenton as well. Hunter is one of the only one in the band without long hair, “It just wasn’t for me. It got in the way most of the time.” He has an American bulldog named Rae, also know as his “princess”. 24 years old

5. Andrew (Drew) ThomsenThe youngest of the band, Andrew (Drew) Thomsen was born on June 27, 1988 in Sarasota Florida. Drew graduated early from high school so that he could tour with the rest of the band, who were all in college. Drew is notorious in the band for being VERY quiet, however, he has the deepest voice of the four. When he started playing bass or if he plays any other instruments is unknown. 22 years old

6. Danny DuncanDaniel Duncan was born on May 9, 1986 in Bradenton Florida. Danny, also known as Dan Dan, has a twin brother Marc, who is in the air force, and an older brother Shaun. Danny became friends with Hunter first because they were walking in the hallway and Hunter accidently stepped on Danny’s rat tail and they started talking. His drumming inspiration consists of many including Ringo Starr (The Beatles) and Travis Barker (Blink 182). He used to make webisodes called “The Kings Carriage” which was parodies of their life on their tour bus. Danny loves cooking and in an interview with LiveStarringYou.com, Danny stated that his post-music plans consist of opening a pizzeria that specializes in making guacamole on the spot. 24 years old

7. Band InformationTravis, Hunter, Drew, and Danny met in junior high but played in different bands. Travis was in a band called Broken Image and he “cherry picked” the rest of the band, including his brother Taylor. Because many bands in the area being called Broken Image they changed the name to DeSoto. At some point Taylor left the band. Then, due to a lawsuit, DeSoto was changed to We the Kings, after their middle school [Martha B.] King Middle School.

8. Band Information Cont. Under the guidance of band manager Bret Disend, they posted a number of songs on the social network Pure Volume and MySpace to gain popularity. While still unsigned; Travis, Danny, and Hunter dropped out of college, Drew graduated early from high school, and they completed a couple tours with Boys Like Girls and Self Against City. By 2007 We the Kings was signed to S-Curve records. Their self-titled album was released on October 2, 2007. They did s number of tours to support their album including every date of the Warped Tour ‘08. WTK played their first headlining tour “Long Hair Don’t Care” with Valencia, The Cab, Sing it Loud, and Charlotte Sometimes. They were apart of the Tampa Bay Rays Summer Concert Series, playing the field after the Rays v. Phillies World Series game. They were awarded keys to Bradenton by the mayor. Travis wears a key around his neck but he revealed that its not the real key to Bradenton, “My mom was afraid I would lose it so she went out and bought me this one because the real one is really small.” He also a tattoo on his arm of the key and the lyrics “Dear Bradenton, you have been good to me” from their song “This is Our Town”. WTK played Spring Break ‘08 with Panic! At the Disco, Cobra Starship, Paramore, Pitbull, FloRida, and a few others. Their second album “Smile Kid” was released on December 8, 2009. We the Kings headlined and supported many tours including the Glamour Kills Tour ‘09, Take Action Tour ‘10, Warped Tour ‘09 and ’10. They were named #15 on the “Hardest Working Band of 2010” with 134 tour dates and 82,000 miles traveled. One year WTK were on the road for about 358 days with the occasional trip home. So far in 2011 they have toured the UK in 10 different cities, did the Soundwave Festival in Australia, Indonesia, and the Philippines. The past month or so they have been playing shows at colleges in the northern part of the States, including Junita college in Huntington and a concert will be held at Alvernia University on April 30th. Travis and the rest of the band announced via Twitter a few months ago that they are working on a new album which is due out early summer 2011. The single “Friday is Forever” was streamed on AOL on Friday April 8th, 2011 and was released on iTunes on Tuesday April 12th where it made it to #9 on the ITunes Alternative charts.

9. SongsCheck Yes JulietSingle off their first album; Biggest hit; #70 on Billboard charts; recently went Platinum; featured on The Hills, Psych, highlight reels during the broadcast of the Track and Field World Champions, and the game Lego Rock Band; music video was featured on TRL; performed it on The Early Show on 5/3/08 ; performed it on Jimmy Kimmel Live on 6/27/08; music video features actress Addison Timlin.Heaven Can WaitFirst single off Smile Kid; #18 on the Billboard Heat seekers songs and #32 on Pop songs chart; music video features American comedian/actor Allen Covert (The Wedding Singer, Grandma’s Boy) and actor Peter Dante (Grandma’s Boy)We’ll be a Dream (feat DemiLovato) Second single off their album Smile Kid; features actress/singer DemiLovato; debuted at #95 on the Billboard Hot 100, and peaked #22 on U.S. mainstream Top 40; was nominated for a Teen Choice Award as Teen Choice Hookup.

10. Influences- The Beatles, Blink 182, Jimmy Eat World, ColdplayWe the Kings may or may not have influenced any big or mainstream bands or artists but they defiantly have influenced aspiring young singer/songwriters. Travis once stated, “Advice for any aspiring band, artist, or anybody for that matter is to do what you love and do it for the right reasons, be consistent and don’t even stop trying even if you are 90 years old, to know you tried your whole life at something you loved doing is the definition of success to me. Therefore you would succeed.”

11. We the Kings are considered a number of genres, ranging from powerpop to pop punk. Other genres they are referred to as include alternative rock, indie rock, and emo pop. Travis once said that it doesn’t matter what their classified as, their main focus is making music that makes people happy.Genre

12. Bibliographywww.whoistravisclark.comwww.bradentonskings.webs.comwww.wethekingsmusic.comwww.wikipedia.com