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The Copyrights play a stripped-down version of pop-punk in the tradition of fellow Illinois bands like <a href="spotify:artist:671sBQXQM2vHSu0AGvpfDs">Screeching Weasel</a> and <a href="spotify:artist:2vbIY8Y2HJpomBP4a06AEB">the Methadones</a>, with old-school punk and pop influences ranging from <a href="spotify:artist:1co4F2pPNH8JjTutZkmgSm">the Ramones</a> and <a href="spotify:artist:2WRStKp4ihGVUzlzWfv1Qt">the Undertones</a> to Sound Affects-vintage <a href="spotify:artist:66U6cJ3kDBat0jS42Jkp9q">Jam</a> and the first couple of <a href="spotify:artist:1LB8qB5BPb3MHQrfkvifXU">Cheap Trick</a> albums. Formed in the small southern Illinois city of Carbondale (much closer to St. Louis, MO, than Chicago) in 2002, the Copyrights originally consisted of bassist and primary lead singer Adam Fletcher, guitarists/vocalists <a href="spotify:artist:0YZK25yC2dgLK0iPdHMiqu">Brett Hunter</a> and Ken Clifford, and drummer Luke McNeill. Signed to the Washington, D.C., indie Insubordination Records, the Copyrights released their debut album, We Didn't Come Here to Die (produced by Illinois pop-punk legend Mass Giorgini), in 2003. It was subsequently followed by two EPs, 2004's Button Smasher and 2005's Nowhere Near Chicago (both through It's Alive Records). Replacing the departed Clifford with new guitarist Nick O'Neil, the Copyrights returned with their second album, Mutiny Pop, in May 2006. Not wasting any time, various shows followed before the guys (now with Jeff Funburg on board in place of O'Neil) were back in the studio by the start of 2007 to commence recording their next album; Make Sound surfaced that spring via Red Scare. ~ Stewart Mason, Rovi
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