The Ready Set
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File:The Ready Set - live 2009.jpg
The Ready Set in 2009
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Birth name | Jordan Mark Witzigreuter |
Born | Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States |
November 14, 1989
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Years active | 2007–present |
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Website | thereadyset |
Jordan Mark Witzigreuter (born November 14, 1989), known by his stage name The Ready Set, is an American electropop singer-songwriter from Fort Wayne, Indiana. He is the lead vocalist and sole member of the act, using a backup band while on tour. Witzigreuter created The Ready Set in the basement of his childhood home in Fort Wayne, Indiana. He has released three studio albums Tantrum Castle, I'm Alive, I'm Dreaming and The Bad & The Better, four extended plays and seven singles. Fall Out Boy bassist Pete Wentz signed The Ready Set to his label Decaydance Records, in 2009. He is currently with Razor and Tie Records.[4][5]
He is best known for the commercially successful single "Love Like Woe" from his major label debut I'm Alive, I'm Dreaming. Witzigreuter's most recent release, Feel Good Now, was released on October 11, 2011 on Sire Records.[6] He released an extended play, Sorry Sorry, as a preview of his new album in 2013. The rest of his third studio album, now titled The Bad & The Better, was released on May 27, 2014. His most recent single, "Trash Talking Love" with Kitty Pryde, was released in August 2014.[7][8] His last tour was Vans Warped Tour 2014, he has since announced a fall coheadling tour with Metro Station and The Downtown Fiction.
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Band members
Touring
- Mike Naran – bass guitar, guitar, backing vocals
- Travis Rountree – drums, percussion
- Katelyn Gentry - merch
Former touring members
- Deryck Stanek - guitar, backing vocals
- Cameron Walker - bass, backing vocals, guitar
- Keegan Weckler - guitar
- Andy Snyder - bass guitar
- Jason Kuipers - merch
Discography
Studio albums
Year | Album | Chart positions | |
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Billboard 200 | Top Heatseekers | ||
2009 | Tantrum Castle
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2010 | I'm Alive, I'm Dreaming
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— | 3 |
2014 | The Bad & The Better
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75 | — |
Extended plays
Year | Album | Chart positions |
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Billboard 200 | ||
2009 | Cascades
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2011 | Feel Good Now
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179 |
2013 | I'll Be Waiting
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2014 | The Celebrity EP
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Singles
Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales threshold) |
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US [9] |
US Adult [10] |
US Pop [11] |
NZ [12] |
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2010 | "Love Like Woe" | 27 | 35 | 15 | — | I'm Alive, I'm Dreaming | |||
"More Than Alive" | — | — | — | — | |||||
2011 | "Young Forever" | — | — | 39 | — | Feel Good Now | |||
"Hollywood Dream" | — | — | — | — | |||||
2012 | "Give Me Your Hand (Best Song Ever)" | — | — | 30 | 33 | The Bad & The Better | |||
2014 | "Higher" | — | — | — | — | ||||
"Freakin' Me Out" | — | — | — | — | |||||
"Fangz" | — | — | — | — | |||||
"—" denotes releases that did not chart |
Miscellaneous
- Syntax and Bright Lights (2008)
- regifted. (2010)
- GMYH V.2 (2013)
- Sorry, Sorry (2013)
References
- ↑ http://m.zimbio.com/Artist+Spotlight/articles/9r5hp7n6A8E/Ready+Set+New+Album+Hitting+Road+2014+Vans
- ↑ http://newnoisemagazine.com/album-review-ready-set-the-bad-better/
- ↑ http://www.confrontmagazine.com/2014/06/the-ready-set/
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- ↑ http://idobi.com/news/2014/03/the-ready-set-announce-new-album-the-bad-the-better/
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http://www.razorandtie.com/the-ready-set-signs-to-razor-tie/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5eg9yvHV2M
External links
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- Living people
- 1989 births
- Musicians from Fort Wayne, Indiana
- Decaydance Records artists
- Sire Records artists