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Biography

The Academy Is... is an alternative/pop punk band from Chicago, Illinois, founded by William Beckett and Michael Carden in 2002. The band was originally…more

Born

1/1/2002, Chicago, Illinois, USA

Birth Name

The Academy

Gender

Male

Credits

Guest Star (3)

Role
- Jimmy Kimmel Live
  Musical Guest
  - S 5: Ep 112 Jackie Chan, Chris Tucker, Fred Savage, Eldar
    8/7/07
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien
  Musical Guest
  - S 14: Ep 2422 Mike Myers, Seth Rogen, The Academy Is...
    5/24/07
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien
  Themselves
  - S 2: Ep 75 Laurence Fishburne, Lynn Snowden, Jack Logan
    1/6/95

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- About A Girl ranked at #39 in Rolling Stone's Top 100 Songs of 2008.
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- The Academy Is... toured in Fall 2008 on "Bill and Trav's Bogus Journey Tour," with supporting acts We The Kings, Carolina Liar, and Hey Monday.
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- The Academy Is... made a video for their song Classifieds, but it was never released.
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- William Beckett: When I was younger, there were bands that changed my life. When we see our fans and they have homemade shirts on and lyrics written all over them, I feel like the cycle is complete.
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- William Beckett: (on why he loves touring with Fall Out Boy) We get to play music in front of a lot of people – our fans and people who haven't seen or heard us before. It's a big opportunity to show them what we're all about. It's a special thing, seeing the effect you have on young people. Music was so important to me when I was young – I'm not old, I'm 22. Pete (Wentz) is a grandpa compared to me… and you can print that! I love Pete though… he's my boy.
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- Mike Carden: (on "Almost Here" and "Santi") In some ways, Almost Here is a bit more of a concise record in the sense that there were two writers and we could only do what we did. [With Santi], it's kind of a whole mentality of five brains are better than two. I guess each song on Santi has its own little pocket.
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