Īfter the demo was recorded Stuart Karmatz left and was replaced by Paul Lowndes and Jim Conti took the place of Pete Sibilia. On the strength of this recording the band was signed to Victory Records, the same label as Catch 22. The line-up that recorded the demo consisted almost entirely of musicians from Bandits of the Acoustic Revolution: Josh Ansley (bass guitar), Jamie Egan (trombone & trumpet), Tomas Kalnoky (guitar & vocals), Stuart Karmatz (drums), Dan Ross (alto & baritone saxophone) and Pete Sibilia (tenor saxophone). Streetlight's first recording consisted of a four-track demo EP, featuring the songs 'Everything Went Numb', 'Point/Counterpoint', 'The Saddest Song' and 'We Are the Few', all of which were re-recorded for their debut album. Both Streetlight and the Bandits are members of The RISC Group, a collaboration of artists to self produce and retain rights to their music. Included on the five track, independently released CD is 'Here's to Life', a song which Streetlight Manifesto reworked and included on Everything Goes Numb, and a new version of Catch 22's 'Dear Sergio', which includes a new verse and a minor renaming to 'Dear Sergio:'. In 2001, Kalnoky gathered a large number of musicians-including Ansley and Egan, several members of One Cool Guy, his brother Achilles, and several of Achilles' orchestra friends-to perform on the Bandits of the Acoustic Revolution EP, A Call to Arms. When Catch 22 recorded their second album, Alone in a Crowd, it was with a considerably different line-up without Kalnoky, the band had a different sound. After Keasbey, all three left at separate times and for their own reasons. Kalnoky became particularly notable as he was responsible for writing all of their debut album Keasbey Nights, which is regarded as one of the top albums of the third wave of ska. Kalnoky, Ansley, and Egan first gained fame as one half of fellow New Jersey band Catch 22. Kalnoky's first band was a 3 person punk band called Gimp they released a tape. History Before Streetlight: Catch 22 and B.O.T.A.R. 1.3 More lineup changes and continued touring.1.1 Before Streetlight: Catch 22 and B.O.T.A.R.As of 2007, the lineup consists of Mike Brown on alto and baritone sax, Jim Conti on alto and tenor sax, songwriter Tomas Kalnoky on guitar and lead vocals, bassist Peter McCullough, trombonist Mike Soprano, trumpet player Matt Stewart, and Chris Thatcher on drums. Several of Streetlight Manifesto's members were well known in the New Jersey third wave ska community for their roles in past ska punk bands from that area, primarily Kalnoky's Catch 22 and fellow New Jersey band One Cool Guy. The band headlined and sold out their first concert at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey on December 9, 2003. They released their first album, Everything Goes Numb, which was distributed by Victory Records, on August 26, 2003. Streetlight Manifesto is an American ska punk band from East Brunswick Township, New Jersey under the creative leadership of Tomas Kalnoky.

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