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Lights Over Paris aka L.O.P is an American rock band formed in Los Angeles, California. Ranked # 6 on Billboard's Heatseekers Albums in August 2010, the band has been touring nationwide since 2010 after the success of their debut single "Turn Off The Lights" that was featured on Yahoo! Music, MTV, VH1 and received over 1 million views on YouTube.
The band has worked with well known people such as Kevin Rudolf, Tom Lord-Alge, Chris Lord-Alge, Serban Ghenea, Kool Kojak, Matt Squire and also featured other artists such as singer Dev and hip-hop artist Game in their songs.
The band consists of vocalist Robb University, W
Lights Over Paris aka L.O.P is an American rock band formed in Los Angeles, California. Ranked # 6 on Billboard's Heatseekers Albums in August 2010, the band has been touring nationwide since 2010 after the success of their debut single "Turn Off The Lights" that was featured on Yahoo! Music, MTV, VH1 and received over 1 million views on YouTube.
The band has worked with well known people such as Kevin Rudolf, Tom Lord-Alge, Chris Lord-Alge, Serban Ghenea, Kool Kojak, Matt Squire and also featured other artists such as singer Dev and hip-hop artist Game in their songs.
The band consists of vocalist Robb University, Will Pepper on Keys, guitarist Devin Bronson, bassist Mike Torres, drummer Dave Gentry and DJ Shiny.
The band initially formed in 2002 online by accident. Vocalist Robb “TaLLLLL” University created an AOL profile and listed “singing in the shower” as one of his hobbies. Keyboardist Will Pepper searched for singers nearby and stumbled upon Robb. They bonded instantly and recorded five songs after their first meeting. Those songs eventually made way for the band to meet with well-known producer Kevin Rudolf.
On April 13, 2010, Lights Over Paris released their first EP, Turn Off The Lights EP on Digital Records/Type One Records. The song downloaded over 100,000 times on iTunes and was played nationwide in the United States on radio stations.
The music video for the song was shot at various locations in Los Angeles by actor/director John Asher (Ghost Whisperer, CSI, One Tree Hill). The video was premiered on Yahoo! Music MTV, VH1 and received over 1 million views onYouTube. On the US Billboard Chart for Heatseekers Albums the song went from #15 to # 6 on in August 2010 and was previously ranked #33 for the Independent Albums chart. Ever since their success the group has been touring across the US from city to city playing songs from their album 'Turn Off the Lights EP'. With musical influences from AC/DC, and Lady Gaga to Blink 182 and Black Eyed Peas, Lights Over Paris is not limited to one particular genre. Their many influences include rock, pop, electro, and punk. The band harkens back to a late 90’s punk rock mentality while looping around pop turns and dance rock twists, with the occasional hip-hop influence
The band's has an upcoming single, ‘I’m Not a Gangsta’ ft Game. The single is produced by Dr. Luke’s Ammo (Britney Spears, Ke$ha, Katy Perry) and will be released in mid-April 2011. ‘I’m Not a Gangsta’ is cut from the band’s upcoming untitled release which is due out in the spring of 2011. The album also features producers Kool Kojak (Flo Rida), Matt Squire (3OH!3, Ke$ha, Panic! at the Disco, Boys Like Girls) and features singer Dev (Like a G6, Bass Down Low).
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