![]() ![]() ![]() ĭuring a summer break while they were in college, Courtney, Mondanile and Bleeker reunited as Lese Majesty, the recording and touring backing band for their high school friend Julian Lynch, with Lynch as the lead singer and guitarist, Courtney on Fender Rhodes piano, Mondanile on bass and Bleeker on guitar. Each would continue writing songs on their own and pass them among each other. Courtney attended The Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington Mondanile attended Hampshire College in Amherst, Massachusetts where he became involved in the burgeoning local noise scene and started his own recording project which he named Ducktails and Bleeker attended Bennington College in Bennington, Vermont. Īfter graduating from Ridgewood High School, they went their separate ways to study in college. Throughout high school, all three would play in various bands, facilitated by the school's Open Mic Nights. This was the first time that he, Bleeker and Mondanile performed live together. On Courtney's 15th birthday, he organized a show in his parents' back yard, with performances by all of his friends who were in bands. Meanwhile, Courtney was a proficient bassist who played in the school's jazz band. After lessons, Mondanile would teach Bleeker how to play Pixies songs. Mondanile and Bleeker also took guitar lessons from the same teacher, along with school friend and future Real Estate guitarist Julian Lynch. From there, Courtney became acquainted with Mondanile and his friends, and even auditioned to join the latter's band as a bass player before being rejected in favor of an older kid who had a car. Mondanile was listening to the Impossibles on his Walkman and asked if Courtney wanted to listen. ![]() ![]() When Courtney and Bleeker were students in Ridgewood High School, Courtney met Mondanile, who was a year above him, while on the school bus. Courtney and Bleeker first met in third grade, and became friends in eighth grade over a mutual interest in Weezer, Built to Spill and Pavement. History Formation and early years Ĭourtney, Bleeker and Matt Mondanile were childhood friends in Ridgewood, New Jersey. 1.4 The Main Thing and Half a Human (2020-present).1.3 Mondanile's departure and In Mind (2016–2019). ![]()
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