Patent Pending (band) encyclopedia topics

Biography

Beginnings

Patent Pending started out as a Ska punk band in 2000 with Joe Ragosta, Steve Chirichella, and Josh Bolt. In 2001, Chirichella and Bolt left, and were replaced by Michael Ragosta, Anthony Mingoia, and Drew Buffardi were added. The band started out playing in people's backyards, church basements, and any place that people would let them play. The band added sax player, Pat Cauchi, in 2002. Before being signed, the band shifted their focus to pop punk when Cauchi quit the band in order to pursue his studies.

Local success

Patent Pending started to gain a local following known as the P-UNIT (a play on G-Unit). After attracting local attention, the band played hundreds of shows across the country, sold thousands of CDs and DVDs, and gained a large following on MySpace.

Getting signed

In 2005, We Put Out Records signed Patent Pending. Later that year, the band recorded Save Each Other, the Whales Are Doing Fine at Big Blue Meanie Studios in Hoboken, New Jersey, with Joseph A. Pedulla producing. The album was released in 2006.

Marc Across America

On April 16, 2007, guitarist Marc Kantor began riding his bicycle from Levittown, New York to San Diego, California. His mission was to help raise money and awareness for The American Heart Association. A portion of the proceeds were also donated to the Rhiannon Chloe Foundation, a foundation started to help children in need with leukemia. He successfully completed this on June 7, 2007.

Personnel

Current members

Michael Ragosta - Vocals (2001-present)
Joe Ragosta - Lead guitar, Backing vocals (2000-present)
Marc Kantor - Rhythm guitar (2006-present)
Jay Biener- Bass guitar (2007-present)
Anthony Mingoia - Drums (2001-present)

Former members

Steve Chirichella - Drums (2000-2001)
Josh Bolt - Guitar (2000-2001)
Drew Buffardi - Bass guitar (2001-2006)
Pat Cauchi - Saxophone (2002-2004)
Bobby Grant - bass (2008)(fill-in)
Matt "Rosie" Rosenberg - Saxophone (2004)
Robert Ragosta - Guitar (A regular fill-in rather than an official band member.)

Discography

EPs

Meet the Fat Kids (winter, 2001)
"Sushi James"
"Saturday Morning"
Air Drew (winter, 2002)
"Blind Stare"
"Sweet Tooth"
"Drop the Chalupa"
"Luv Struck Mess"
"Fat Chance"
Drive By (summer, 2002)
"Cheer Up Emo Kid"
"Donkey"
"Sushi James"
"Red Martians"
"Fatty Magee's Saxophone Adventures"

Albums

The Pirate House (spring, 2001)
"Congratulations"
"Ever After"
"Sushi James"
"Prom Song"
"Saturday Morning"
"Ahoyyy"
"Take Me Home"
"Lolly Pop Ring"
"Monster Ballad"
"Bolero"
Don't Quit Your Day Job (2004)
"Los Angeles"
"Decemberween"
"Bad News Bear"
"Tipperary"
"Dying In Mt. Sinai"
"The Most Important Song Ever Written"
"Yellow Snow"
"Snake Eyes"
"Cheer Up Emo Kid"
"Parting Gifts"
"The Hoe Down"
"Levittown Is For Lovers"
"Red Martians Redux"
"Decemberween" (acoustic)
...Is Your Biological Father (2004)
"The June Spirit"
"Los Angeles"
"Decemberween"
"Tipperary"
"Sixty-Seven Dollars and No Sense"
"Bad News Bear"
"Yellow Snow"
"Cheer Up Emo Kid"
"Dying In Mt. Sinai"
"It's All on Me"
"One Less Heart to Break"
"Levittown Is for Lovers"

(also includes the music video for "The June Spirit")

Save Each Other, the Whales Are Doing Fine (6 June 2006, We Put Out Records)

Compilations

Girls Like It Short (Runaway Studios, 2001) ("Saved by the Bell (A.C. Slater)")
Undiscovered Punk 2: Long Island Scene (2002) ("Cheer Up Emo Kid" and "Fat Chance")