Biography

Differentiating themselves from the 1999 beauty pageant movie of the same name with the strategic placement of a comma metalpost-hardcore outfit Drop Dead Gorgeous came together in Denver during the mid-2000s The group was comprised of Aaron Rothe vocalskeyboards Danny Stills vocals Danny Cooper drums Kyle Browning guitar Jake Hansen bassist and another Dan guitar Using the Internet to their advantage they signed with Rise Records in September 2005 after being discovered by the label through songs posted on their MySpace and Purevolume Web pages With half of their members still in high school Drop Dead Gorgeous had yet to do any extensive touring before or soon after the January 2006 release of their EP Be Mine Valentine The bands debut full-length was issued that May Titled In Vogue it was produced by Kris Crummett Fear Before the March of Flames Anatomy of a Ghost Summer was then spent on an extensive nationwide tour hooking up on various dates with bands like Scars of Tomorrow Folly and Calico System By the years end Drop Dead whose oldest member at the time was still only 20 had inked a deal with the Interscope imprint Suretone and began work on their sophomore effort with producer Ross Robinson At this point the band was also trimmed down to five members two Dans were out on guitar and drums and another was in Danny Passera on drums Corey Apar All Music Guide