Karate High School is an American pop-punk/post-hardcore band from San Francisco, California, fronted by multi-instrumentalist and producer Paul McGuire. On March 21, 2006 the band released their debut album, Arcade Rock . Karate High School's second album, The League Of Tomorrow , was released on September 4, 2007, which further honed the band's layered, keyboard-driven style of alternative rock. On November 11th, 2008, Karate High School announced that they had signed to Eyeball Records, and would release a new record entitled Invaders on May 19th, 2009.

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Style

Karate High School's style has evolved over the last three records. Once described as an "aggressive blend of poppy punk, hyper post-hardcore, and eight-bit blips" ^[1]; the band began as a spazzy, catchy, keyboard-driven rock act on their debut record, but has grown and matured over the course of three records to a sound that crosses the genres of rock, punk, experimental, electronica, and power-pop. While 2007's The League Of Tomorrow effortlessly gear-shifted through poppy, upbeat melodies to heavy electronica-fused pop-punk, 2009's Invaders focuses on all of the aforementioned elements and further evolves the band's sound.

Members

Karate High School is the songwriting project of Paul McGuire, and he writes all the music and lyrics for the band. Ray Bautista joined the group as the touring keyboard player, and is the only member to be in the band since Arcade Rock. For recording purposes, Paul produced all three records and played all the instruments on The League Of Tomorrow. During the recording of Invaders, Geoff Garnett played guitar, Aaron McVeigh played drums, and Paul McGuire played keyboards, bass, and sang. For touring purposes, the lineup has changed dramatically over the course of the last two years, with various people filling the roles of drummer, bassist and guitarist. Karate High School's current lineup is:

Current members

• Paul McGuire - vocals, keyboards, guitar, producer
• Ray Bautista - keyboards
• Aaron McVeigh - drums
• Geoff Garnett - guitar

Former members

• Gabe Ausiello (guitar)
• Sean Martin (drums)
• Ken Kaiser (bass)
• Danny Glaspy (drums)
• Dan Kingdon (bass)
• Nathan Vega (bass)

Discography

• Arcade Rock (2006)
• The League Of Tomorrow (2007)
• Invaders (2009)

References

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