Action Item is a four-piece
pop rock
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band based out of
Bergen County, New Jersey
Bergen County is the List of counties in New Jersey, most populous County (United States), county in the U.S. state of New Jersey.[Chicago, Illinois
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to record their debut EP with Tom Schleiter of
Powerspace. The songs recorded during this session would become Action Item's debut
EP The World And I.
After the recording of The World And I, Action Item recruited a guitarist/keyboardist/vocalist by the name of Mark Shami, formerly of the
Bergen County, NJ band Off Broadway. Shortly thereafter The World And I was released on June 14, 2008.
The band spent the summer of 2008 doing various east coast tours, and played the NJ date of
Warped Tour
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on the
Ernie Ball Battle Of The Bands stage.
The band did a
YouTube
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version to their hit song
"Brave" with famous YouTubers Kurt Hugo Schneider and Sam Tsui
Nick Jonas helped write and produce Action Item's song 'Learn To Fly (released July 2011), and appeared in the music video along with Drake Bell. The band and Jonas have become good friends.
In 2013, the band released an album entitled ''Resolution'', which reached #72 on the
''Billboard'' 200.
In May 2014, over a year and a half later from leaving the Action Item, Mark Shami sat down with
Giancarlo Dittamo for his podcast,
Pop Cultivation, to discuss his departure.
Members
;Current members
*Anthony Li - Vocals/Guitar
*Brian Cag - Vocals/Guitar
*David Buczkowski - Bass
*Dan Brozek - Drums
;Touring members
*Jeremy William Smith
;Former members
*Mark Shami - Guitar/Keyboards/Vocals
Discography
*''The World And I'' (2008)
*''The Stronger the Love'' (EP) (2010)
*''Learn To Fly'' (EP) (2011)
*''Last Day Of Summer'' (EP) (2012)
*''Resolution'' (2013)
*''Great Mission: Life'' (EP) (2014)
*''Great Mission: Love'' (EP) (2015)
Singles
*''Boy With The Microphone'' (The World And I)
*''Somewhere Out There'' (The Stronger The Love)
*''When Everything Falls Back Down'' (The Stronger The Love)
*''Learn To Fly''
*''Winter Rolls Around''
*''Marching Band''
*''Last Day Of Summer''
*''Brave''
*''The Start of Something''
*''We'll Be Fine''
References
External links
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Musical groups from Bergen County, New Jersey