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The Answering Machine
The Answering Machine was a pop-punk band active in the mid-2000s. Their debut album 'Another City, Another Sorry' came out in 2004, with the title track...
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Lightbulbs
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Obviously Cold
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Another City
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Emergency
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It's Over! It's Over! It's Over!
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Oklahoma
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Rules
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The Information
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Tomorrow
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You Should Have Called
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3 Miles
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Animals
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Another City, Another Sorry
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Anything Anything
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Lifeline
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My Little Navy
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The Answering Machine was a pop-punk band active in the mid-2000s. Their debut album 'Another City, Another Sorry' came out in 2004, with the title track becoming a notable song for them. They followed it with 'We Are the Night' in 2006 and 'The Rituals of Love and Death' in 2008.
Jake Burns handled lead vocals and guitar, with Michael Coles on bass, Bobby Jankel on drums, and Ryan Mendez on guitar. Their songs like 'My Little Navy' and '3 Miles' had a straightforward pop-punk sound with melodic guitar lines and direct lyrics.
They didn't reinvent the genre, but their music connected with listeners who appreciated uncomplicated emotional delivery. The band's catalog remains a solid example of that particular mid-2000s pop-punk moment.
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