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Junior Private Detective
The members of Junior Private Detective originally met
in January of 2002 in a quaint factory town that
smelled of burnt plastic called Chillicothe, Ohio They
were attending an audio recording school where they
were encouraged to make music to be recorded by other
students. Bo Fickel (guitar), Emilie Strange
(vocals/keyboards), Jason Lymangrover (bass), and
Marcella Simon (drums) met together in a rehearsal
space and wrote four songs in three practices. They
then recorded their first EP, Permagrin Mugshot, in
one of the school’s studios. Their efficiency and
ability to make music together made it obvious that
there was a special chemistry between the foursome.
From their respective hometowns of Boise, Ann Arbor,
and Columbus, they made plans to move together and
continue the JPD legacy. Months later, they headed
west to Portland, Oregon and moved into a house
together. They continued playing together, working on
their unique style that combined various Emo,
Post-punk, New Wave, Prog, and Indie genres. However,
they liked to think of their new sound as merely
art-rock. Since then JPD has recorded their full
length album “Square” at Jackpot Recording Studio,
played shows all over Portland, toured throughout the
Northwest and Midwest, and played the NW Music Fest.
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