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THE ESCAPE ENGINE
 
Style(s): Punk, Indie, Emo
Location: paramus, nj
Label: n/a
Manager: George Leontaris
Booking: 917 282 9766
Influence(s): Fugazi, Tanner, Drive Like Jehu, Rites Of Spring, Braid, Quicksand, Sonic Youth, Thumbnail, Blake Schwarzenbach, Hot Rod Circuit, Mineral, Texas Is The Reason, Pat Benetar, Sunny Day Real Estate, Cursive, and so many more.
The Escape Engine originally began in January 2000 as a side project of guitarist George Leontaris, of Two Weeks From Tomorrow, and vocalist Dom Lettera. While on hiatus from Two Weeks From Tomorrow, Leontaris and Lettera wrote several songs that explored what they had envisioned The Escape Engine to be - explosively gripping indie music. By August of 2000 Leontaris and Lettera put The Escape Engine on hold while Leontaris rejoined Two Weeks to write and record their new album "Gloria Lane" and Lettera went out on the road with Beefcake and The Ataris. By the fall of 2001, Two Weeks From Tomorrow guitarist Kevin B. Robbins and drummer John Fitzpatrick joined forces with Leontaris and enlisted in The Escape Engine. With Lettera on bass, the four piece began to revisit old songs. Two Weeks began to lose color under the energy and enthusiasm of The Escape Engine and eventually surrendered completely. In April of 2002 bassist Amanda Klimek joined and completed the collaboration of high energy, enthralling musicians. What began as a side project is now a movement.
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