Ex Friends is an American

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band founded in 2011 by

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bassist Joel Tannenbaum and artist

JP Flexner JP may refer to: Arts and media * ''JP'' (album), 2001, by American singer Jesse Powell * ''Jp'' (magazine), an American Jeep magazine * ''Jönköpings-Posten'', a Swedish newspaper * Judas Priest, an English heavy metal band * ''Jurassic Park ...

. Based in

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, they have released records on Paper + Plastick and Yo-Yo Records.

History

Ex Friends was formed backstage at

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East in Philadelphia on September 24, 2011, where Flexner drummed for Pennsylvania pop-punk band

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and Tannenbaum played bass for Plow United's first performance in 13 years. The two were soon joined by bassist Audrey Crash ( Myles of Destruction) and guitarist Jayme Guokas. The band entered the studio after only a handful of rehearsals, recording their first EP, ''No Wonder We Prefer The Dark'' with

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' founder Arik Victor. Paper + Plastick released the record on September 24, 2012, one year to the day after the Plow United reunion at Riot Fest. In January 2013 they released the ''Twisted Around'' EP on German punk label Yo-Yo Records. It contained a cover of Plow United's "West Chester Nuclear Winter," from the band's third album ''Narcolepsy.'' The video for single "Dirty Ben Franklin," taken from forthcoming album ''Rules for Making Up Words'' debuted on Vice Magazine's video site Noisey in September 2013. The track became available for download the same day. Ex Friends has played frequently in the Mid-Atlantic region, including dates with

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and

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. They are slated to open for

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's Blitzkrieg featuring

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October 6 and

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October 12.

Discography

References

External links

* https://web.archive.org/web/20130927082103/http://exfrnds.com/ * https://www.facebook.com/weareyourexfriends Hardcore punk groups from Pennsylvania Indie rock musical groups from Pennsylvania Musical groups established in 2011 Pop punk groups from Pennsylvania Musical groups from Philadelphia 2011 establishments in Pennsylvania {{US-punk-band-stub