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Musicians

The Resume

    (2006- )
    Born in Boston, Massachusetts
    Zac Barnett, lead vocals and guitar
    James Adam Shelley, lead guitar and banjo
    Dave Rublin, bass guitar
    Matt Sanchez, drums
    Recorded the albums ‘Oh What a Life’ (2014), ‘What We Live For’ (2016), and ‘Seasons’ (2019)
    Recorded the singles ‘Believer’ (2013), ‘Best Day of My Life’ (2013), ‘Go Big or Go Home’ (2015), ‘Pride’ (2015), and ‘What We Live For’ (2016)

Why they might be annoying:

    They were originally known as the Blue Pages.
    ’Best Day of My Life’ was used in commercials for Lowes, Hyundai, Ford, Best Western, Datsun, Lay’s, Shell, Telecom New Zealand, Petron (a Philippines oil producer), and the Maltese Labour Party. Also, trailers for ‘Delivery Man’ and ‘The Secret Life of Walter Mitty.’ And ESPN’s coverage of the World Series of Poker.
    They appeared in an episode of ‘Bar Rescue,’ first doing recon for John Taffer, then playing at the bar’s reopening (2018).
    Googling for them without adding the qualifier ‘band’ is going to get you a flood of extraneous hits.

Why they might not be annoying:

    They met as students at the Berklee College of Music.
    Barnett noted, ‘Having four writers in the band always makes for a different writing experience, which is really cool because the sound always comes out a little different.’
    Billboard ranked ‘Best Day of My Life’ as the top Adult Pop Song of 2014.
    Apple Music described them as combining ‘the earnestness of Mumford and Sons, the pop sheen of Foster the People, and the anthemic sing-along choruses of fun.’

Credit: C. Fishel


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Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 7 Votes: 28.57% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 8 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 19 Votes: 84.21% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying