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"The Ponys are an American indie-rock/garage rock band from Chicago, Illinois. Their two albums, Laced with Romance (2004) and Celebration Castle (2005) have acquired praise and acclaim from various music media outlets. The Ponys was formed by singer/guitarist Jered Gummere, in early 2001. Gummere was concurrently in the punk band, Guilty Pleasures, at the time of the Ponys' formation; but with passing time, Gummere left the Guilty Pleasures to devote himself entirely to the Ponys. Gummere quickly began to recruit members of the band. His first choice was Melissa Elias, his girlfriend; Gummere had met Elias while she was attending Illinois State University in Gummere's hometown. But it wasn't until Elias moved out to Chicago in 2001 for a job, that the two would become a couple. Together they experimented the indie/postpunk styles they both enjoyed so much. 'Gummere met Elias in the mid-Nineties when she attended Illinois State University...though the two shared a love for the Misfits, Pavement, and Richard Hell they didn't become a couple until 2001, when Elias moved to Chicago to take a job in the photo department at Playboy'.

Soon enough, the two were writing songs, and adding more members to the band. And so, the next addition to the band was the ex-Mushuganas drummer, Nathan Jerde. The Ponys were now ready to tour the Chicago club circuit. 'He began writing and singing with girlfriend and bassist Melissa Elias, and after adding former Mushuganas drummer Nathan Jerde, the Ponys began playing the Windy City club circuit' (Ankeny). The Ponys would then record their first singles on Contaminated and Big Neck records. But as they continued to tour, Gummere felt their sound was lacking, as they were unable to recreate their studio-recordings live. Ian Adams, a member of Happy Supply, would join the band. 'Back in Chicago, Jered was concerned about The Ponys sound. When they recorded they could over-dub guitars and keyboards to fill out the sound, but it was difficult to duplicate live. So The Ponys employed the skills of Ian Adams' (Bios). Adams had a fond passion for English pop art, and so with his presence, the band's sound changed significantly. With Adam's addition of keyboards, a second guitar, and even a toy laser gun to the band, he transformed the band's sound from rudimentary garage-rock noise into multifaceted, succinct art. 'A veteran of twee drum-machine-driven duo Happy Supply, he had a fondness for left-field English art pop that...[changed] the group's primitive, anguished garage noise'."

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