Alexander DeLeon

Alexander DeLeon
Alexander DeLeon in 2008
Born Alexander Michael DeLeon
(1989-04-08) April 8, 1989
Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.[1]
Occupation
  • Singer
  • songwriter
  • musician
Years active 2004–present
Musical career
Genres
Instruments
  • Vocals
  • piano
  • guitar
Labels
Associated acts
Website thecabrock.com

Alexander Michael DeLeon (born April 8, 1989) is an American songwriter and lead singer for the American rock band The Cab. The Cab was signed to Fueled By Ramen/Decaydance in 2007 and released their debut album, Whisper War, in April 2008. In June 2011, The Cab left Fueled By Ramen/Decaydance, and released their second album, Symphony Soldier, independently on August 23, 2011. In 2012 the band signed a major-label record deal with Universal Republic Records.[6] DeLeon released the band's third album, the Lock Me Up EP in April 2014.[7]

Career

The Cab (2004–present)

DeLeon and Cash Colligan first began playing music together at Liberty High School (Henderson, Nevada) and recorded demos as a duo which they put up on their MySpace page.[8] At this time, future guitarist Ian Crawford went to school in Auburn, WA and started out playing his guitar in talent shows and posting them on YouTube. DeLeon asked drummer Alex Johnson, who was playing in a local hardcore band, to join The Cab. In late 2005, it became a full band with guitarist Paul Garcia, guitar/pianist Alex Marshall, and drummer Alex Johnson, playing its first show at The Alley in Las Vegas. The band signed to local label Olympus Records in January 2006[9] but released no material. Spencer Smith of Panic! at the Disco helped them sign to Decaydance Records in May 2007.[10] Shortly after this, the band's members graduated from high school.[11] During this time they decided to replace Garcia with Ian Crawford, who moved from Washington to join the band.[12]

The band released their first studio album Whisper War, on April 29, 2008, featuring Brendon Urie of Panic! at the Disco and Patrick Stump of Fall Out Boy on "One of Those Nights," co-written by Stump and the first single from the CD. The video for "One of Those Nights" features members of both Panic! at the Disco and Pete Wentz and Patrick Stump of Fall Out Boy.[13][14][15]

On August 19, 2009, bassist Cash Colligan announced that he would also be leaving the band.[16] On June 22, 2011, The Cab announced on their website that they were departing from their label Fueled by Ramen and Decaydance Records before finally releasing their new album, Symphony Soldier. The band then release their second studio album Symphony Soldier was released on August 23, 2011,.[17] Around the time of the realese of "Symphony Soldier" the band started to experience line-up changes. DeLeon is the only consistent member of The Cab at this point.

After remaining independent for over a year, on August 31, 2012 The Cab announced that they had signed a record deal with Universal Republic. With the signing to the record label, in late 2012, the band stated, during an interview, that they have begun work on their new album, to be released in mid-2014. An EP, Lock Me Up, was released on April 29, 2014.[1]

Other projects

On December 17, 2013 DeLeon announced that he would be releasing a clothing line featuring both male and female clothes.[18] His clothing line is called 42799, Be the Black Sheep. The name comes from Frank Sinatra, a major influence on DeLeon, and a blog post DeLeon has written on his blog, called Black Sheep. The number 42799 related to Sinatra, because it was the number of Sinatra's mug shot.[19]

In late 2015 he launched his solo career under the name "Bohnes", debuting the song "Guns and Roses" online.[20]

On September 29, 2015 Panic! at the Disco released the single Victorious from their album Death of a Bachelor, which DeLeon co-wrote.[1]

Discography

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Alexander DeLeon". Stars Fact. Retrieved July 31, 2016.
  2. ↑ "The Cab: Pop-Punk Remains Great".
  3. ↑ "Interview: The Cab's Alex DeLeon—"To me, we were always a pop band"". altpress.
  4. ↑ Katherine Fulton (2017). "The Cab". AllMusic. Retrieved 14 April 2017. Las Vegas teens nab attention of Panic At The Disco, quickly become emo-pop princes.
  5. 1 2 Garland, Emma (2009-08-20). "ATP! Album Review: The Cab - Lock Me Up EP". Alter The Press!. Retrieved 2014-06-27.
  6. ↑ http://www.altpress.com/news/entry/the_cab_sign_to_universal_republic
  7. ↑ "The Cab 'Lock Me Up' Lyric Video: Exclusive Premiere". Billboard. Retrieved April 23, 2017.
  8. ↑ The Cab at Allmusic
  9. ↑ The Cab Rides into Local Music Scene. Las Vegas Review-Journal, March 14, 2006.
  10. ↑ Decaydance Signs The Cab Archived 2012-06-09 at the Wayback Machine.. Alternative Press, May 16, 2007.
  11. ↑ Exclusive Session with The Cab Archived 2008-04-10 at the Wayback Machine..
  12. ↑ Dig Magazine, December 13, 2007.
  13. ↑ Review of Whisper War. Allmusic
  14. ↑ Review of Whisper War. Absolutepunk.net, April 30, 2008.
  15. ↑ Review of Whisper War Archived 2008-05-03 at the Wayback Machine.. The Album Project, April 30, 2008.
  16. ↑ The Cab. "The Cab Myspace". Archived from the original on 2009-08-22. Retrieved 2009-08-19.
  17. ↑ The Cab's Symphony Soldier Release Date AbsolutePunk.net
  18. ↑ http://instagram.com/p/iCsgSrr-fV/
  19. ↑ "{title}". Archived from the original on 2013-12-24. Retrieved 2013-12-22.
  20. ↑ "Stream new track "Guns and Roses" from Bohnes (Alexander DeLeon)". Alternative press. Retrieved April 23, 2017.
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