The group formed in 2007 in Charlotte, North Carolina, when a few musicians with very different musical backgrounds decided to start a band. After playing together for a while, they decided they wanted to go to California to try and get a recording contract. This inspired their hit song "Ride To California", which portrays the struggle involved to raise the money and find a way out there. They were able to save up enough money through donations from neighbors and a generous donation from a college friend in Georgia who told them not to worry about paying them back, but rather to just go and make good music. When they finally got to California, a chance encounter with a well known producer ended up resulting in a contract.
While eating lunch at a restaurant in Los Angeles, lead singer Aswan North met Randy Jackson. He went over to talk to him about his band, and even gave him the band's MySpace site and phone number, and then left. Within hours of leaving the restaurant, the band received a call from Jackson expressing interest in their music. They have since supported other bands such as Everclear, Flyleaf, and Switchfoot, as well as headlining a tour of their own with Crash Kings and playing various other shows with Muse, AFI, 30 Seconds to Mars, Rise Against, and Anberlin. Jackson has since become the manager of the band.[4]
Paper Tongues' debut single, "Ride to California", peaked at #22 on the Billboard Alternative Songs chart.[5]
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