Welcome to the Blacklist Club

Evan Taubenfeld is stepping out to show the world what he can do on his own by releasing his debut solo album, Welcome to the Blacklist Club. Produced by John Fields (Jonas Brothers, Switchfoot, Lifehouse), the album is a self-assured set of thoroughly addictive, radio-ready pop-rock anthems that showcase Taubenfeld's melodic gifts, driving rhythmic sensibility, and engaging personality.

Rome Wasnt built in a day: Dreaming of being a rock star, Taubenfeld turned down an offer to study at Boston's Berklee College of Music, choosing instead to try to get his band a record deal. A month after he deferred his acceptance to Berklee, Taubenfeld's band broke up. "That was really hard because my friends chickened out and decided to go off to college," he says. "I felt like such a loser, living in my parents' basement. No college, no band." He started writing songs and making his own demos, sending them a friend in the A&R department of Arista Records, who had just signed an unknown singer named Avril Lavigne and was looking to put her band together. Though he still wanted to lead his own group, Taubenfeld hopped on the train from Baltimore to meet Lavigne in New York City.

Taubenfelds Words: I'm too much of a coward to be a soldier or a missionary. I always thought that if I could make somebody's day better through one of my songs, that would give me a reason for existing on this planet.

it's like BOY meets GIRL ;)