Innerpartysystem is an American rock band. The group consists of Patrick Nissley, Jared Piccone, Kris Barman and Jesse Cronan. Explaining the origins of the band name, Piccone is quoted as saying: "In George Orwell's '1984' social classes were defined as the inner party, outer party, and the working class. It sounds really 'holier than thou' when you say it, we're really not this full of ourselves, but we liked the idea of creating this full, multimedia, over-stimulating, elitist environment that we were trying to invite everyone into. It's the ironic elitist class" . In late 2008 the band set up a remix MySpace page which has been regularly updated with new remixes, including The Killers track Human and Keane's Perfect Symmetry. The band is also well known for their live performance lighting largely by Andrew Nissley and unique videos directed by Stephen Penta.

Their debut EP The Download EP was released in November 2007 and their debut self-titled album in late September 2008. In May 2009 the band digitally released the UK equivalent of The Download EP, this time with the title track being Heart of Fire.

Band history

Early years and formation (2000-2007)

Before singer Patrick Nissley and drummer Jared Piccone started Innerpartysystem, both of them were playing in Reading emo band Thirteen Over Eight. Piccone joined in 2000, a few years after their inception. Though the group enjoyed a fair local response, things didn't take off until the two started the electronic-inspired The Takeover in 2006, which was later renamed Innerpartysystem. Nissley is the primary songwriter and programmer, along with Kris Barman who plays guitar and keyboards. Piccone plays drums and Jesse Cronan plays keyboards and samples. The band signed to Stolen Transmission (headed by Sarah Lewitinn, credited for helping bands like My Chemical Romance and The Killers reach mainstream charts) in May 2007. "Heart of Fire" was played during the 2007 MTV VMAs in September just before the band released The Download EP a couple of months later.

Album release (2008-present)

The band released their first music in May 2008 for their lead album single "Don't Stop". The self-titled album was later released on the 29th September 2008. Don't Stop has been used in the EA Sports game Madden NFL 09, as well as being made into the first 7 inch vinyl made out of chocolate . "Heart of Fire" appeared on the soundtrack for Criterion Games' Burnout Paradise. The instrumental of the song "This Empty Love" from the band's album was later featured in the racing video game, Need for Speed: Undercover.
Patrick at Lollapalooza, 2008.

The band spent the summer touring in anticipation of their album release, playing numerous dates with Kill Hannah and Mindless Self Indulgence, as well as playing Chicago's Lollapalooza festival and a two-week UK tour which included two dates on Linkin Park's Projekt Revolution tour and the O2 Wireless Festival in London's Hyde Park.

"Die Tonight Live Forever", the band's second single and video were released in September 2008.

The bands self-titled debut album was released on September 29, 2008 in the United Kingdom and September 30 in the United States. The band went on to tour in support of their newly released album with a short UK tour in October and subsequent US tour supporting 3OH!3. The band continued to tour the US and then headed back to the UK towards an almost sold-out UK tour in January 2009 before a short return in the US and will prepare touring Australia for the first time.

The band have also been experimenting with live stripped down versions of their songs played using various downloadable music-related applications on the iPhone. They played Don't Stop live in this manner on a couple of radio stations before being asked to perform a free five track set in an Apple Store in London. They have now announced the new UK tour for April.

On June 30, 2009, the band announced on their official MySpace and Facebook pages that they have parted ways with their label, Island Records. They wrote, "There are some really amazing, overworked, underpaid, stressed out people who love music, working very hard there… and there are a handful of people who just didn’t really understand this band, and didn’t know how to react when ‘Don’t Stop’ wasn’t ‘Just Dance.’ Our bad there." The same day, they announced the creation of their new forum site, where they put up a free download of their new summer mixtape, Summertime in Gameland, which features previously released remixes that the band has made. Also posted are stems of their songs that fans can download for free and remix.

Band members

Although the band consists of four members, Andrew Nissley (Patrick's brother) plays a big part in sound mixing, lighting design, looping and backing vocals. Stephen Penta also plays a big part in the videography for the band.

* Patrick Nissley - vocals, programming
* Jared Piccone - drums, backing vocals
* Kris Barman - programming, guitar, synthesizer, backing vocals
* Jesse Cronan - synthesizer, sampling, lighting design, backing vocals