Accomplishments
RIAA is the Recording Industry of America. Doug White was given two awards from the RIAA for 1,000,000 copies sold for the single Cupids Choke Hold by the band Gym Class Heroes. The other award presented to Doug was for 500,000 copies sold of the Gym Class Hero's Album Cruel as Children. Doug also produced the album For the Kids for the Gym Class Heroes.
Tearwave was Doug White's next band. They were signed to Projekt Records, which is owned by Sam Rosenthal. Tearwave released two albums under Projekt Records, the first (in 2007) was self titled and the second release (2008) was titled A Different Shade of Beauty. Tearwave was disbanded in 2009.
In an interview with The Apparatus, Doug talks about Tearwave:
| “ | Tearwave is an old school shoegaze band in the vein of cocteau twins, slowdive, lush. We are signed to the legendary goth label Projekt. Shoegaze has always been a passion of mine. The sad ambient textures and flowing female vocals were always something I loved to listen to. So I put Tearwave together last year and it all happened really quickly for us. We got very lucky. | ” |
After Tearwave Doug White assembled Makaras Pen, also signed to Projekt Records. In 2010 they released a self titled debut album, followed in 2011 by A Petal Among Bricks.
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