Acceptance
Origin	Seattle, Washington, United States
Genre(s)	Alternative rock
Years active	1998 – 2006
Label(s)	The Militia Group Sony Music Columbia Records
Website	Official Site
Former members
Jason Vena Christian McAlhaney Kaylan Cloyd Ryan Zwiefelhofer Nick Radovanovic Garrett Lunceford Peter Pizzuto

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History

The band has toured nationally and shared stages with the likes of The Juliana Theory, Finch, Further Seems Forever, and Seether as well as performing successfully on the Warped Tour and Cornerstone Festival. When the bands debut record, Lost For Words came out on Seattle indie, Rocketstar Records and quickly approached the 5000 sales mark, the industry at large began taking notice. When the band recorded a new 5-song demo with Aaron Sprinkle, this industry interest turned into serious courting by several major labels. After putting a professional management team in place to help determine the band's course of action, the band made the decision to release the Black Lines To Battlefields EP on The Militia Group who had been a long-time supporter of the band. The Juliana Theory was an alternative rock, indie and post-hardcore quintet from Greensburg and Latrobe, Pennsylvania. ... For other meanings, see Finch (disambiguation). ... Further Seems Forever (often abbreviated FSF) was a band based out of Pompano Beach, Florida, United States. ... For other uses, see Seether (disambiguation). ... Warped Tour is a touring music and extreme sports festival. ... The Main Stage of Cornerstone has hosted such acts as Five Iron Frenzy, Pedro the Lion, P.O.D., MxPx,Underoath, Blindside and Switchfoot. ... Lost For Words is the first EP to be released by alternative rock band Acceptance. ... Aaron Sprinkle is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer from Seattle, Washington. ... Black Lines To Battlefield Black Lines To Battlefield is Acceptances first album, released in 2003. ... The Militia Group logo The Militia Group is a record label in Orange County, California, and is home to artists such as Acceptance, Copeland, The Rocket Summer and Lovedrug. ...

Acceptance later signed to Columbia Records and released their debut album Phantoms in 2005, again produced by Aaron Sprinkle. The album was one of many included in the Sony rootkit controversy due to its inclusion of the Extended Copy Protection software. Columbia Records is the oldest brand name in recorded sound, dating back to 1888, and was the first record company to produce pre-recorded records as opposed to blank cylinders. ... Phantoms Phantoms is Acceptances second album, released on April 26, 2005. ... XCP-Aurora Extended Copy Protection (XCP) is a software package developed by the British company First 4 Internet and sold as a copy protection or digital rights management (DRM) scheme for compact discs. ... XCP-Aurora Extended Copy Protection (XCP) is a software package developed by the British company First 4 Internet, (which on 20 November 2006, changed its name to Fortium Technologies Ltd - see links below), and sold as a copy protection or digital rights management (DRM) scheme for compact discs. ...

Acceptance broke up in the summer of 2006. Christian posted the following message on their site:

At the time of the band's breakup, they had already written and demoed songs for a new album. As a "going away present" for fans, the band put the demo for "Not Afraid" up on their Myspace page for download.

Post Breakup

• Kaylan Cloyd has joined Ryan Van Wieringen and Bobby Darling of Gatsbys American Dream to form Search/Rescue. The band will be releasing their debut album, titled The Complex, in Japan in late 2007 with a possible US release to follow in early 2008.^[2]
• Christian McAlhaney currently plays guitar in Anberlin.
• Nick Radovanovic, Christian McAlhaney, and Kyle Flynn started a band called Thunder Thunder with Jerrod Bettis. Their current status is unknown due to McAlhaney's commitment with Anberlin.
• Kyle Flynn currently resides in Los Angeles, CA and is working on a script with his brother Kevin Flynn for Warner Bros. Pictures
• Jason Vena has retreated from the limelight, seemingly fulfilling his desire to lead a "normal" life. He's apparently currently working for his family's business in Mercer Island, Washington.^{[citation needed]}
• On November 24, 2007, Nick Radovanovic posted a bulletin on Acceptance's Myspace stating that he is currently working with two bands, A Modern Love Story and A Novel Form, both of which have albums coming out soon.

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Final Lineup

• Jason Vena — vocals
• Christian McAlhaney — guitars and vocals
• Kaylan Cloyd — guitars
• Ryan Zwiefelhofer — bass
• Nick Radovanovic — drum set
• Kyle Flynn — keyboards

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Previous Members

• Garrett Lunceford - drums
• Peter Pizzuto - original drummer

Discography

Albums

• Phantoms (2005)

Phantoms Phantoms is Acceptances second album, released on April 26, 2005. ...

EPs

• Lost For Words (2002)
• Black Lines to Battlefields (2003)
• Undone (Acoustic EP) (2005)

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Singles

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Video Games

• In Too Far - NFL Street 2 (2004), MLB 2006 (2005)
• The Sims 2: University, "This Conversation Is Over," redone in Simlish.
• ATV Offroad Fury 3, ATV Offroad Fury Blazin' Trails, "Permanent"

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References

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External links

• Official site
• Acceptance at MySpace
• Acceptance at Purevolume
• Thunder Thunder at MySpace
• Search Rescue at MySpace