Film School Coming to Barboza on November 17th

Inspired by post-punk, dreamy pop, and a touch of electronica, the San Francisco-based band Film School started in 1998 as a two-piece band. Greg Berten played guitar, keyboards, sang and wrote songs whilst Paige Weber played drums. The pair recorded material together, a lot of which never saw the light of day whilst the rest they distributing on theit own. The collaboration lasted for a couple years until around 2000, when both members chose to go their separate ways.

Greg began to write some new material and with Paige out of the picture, he joined forces with a rotating cast of musicians to make 2001’s full-length A Brilliant Career. Involved in the sessions were keyboardist Jason Ruck and guitarist/vocalist Nyles Lannon, who both went on to become permanent members of the band, along with Scott Kannberg from Pavement.

For the tour supporting A Brilliant Career, Film School recruited Lannon’s fellow Technicolor bass player Justin LaBo and drummer Ben Montesano. This lineup recorded 2003’s Alwaysnever EP for Kannberg’s boutique label Amazing Grease.

Tickets to their forthcoming Barboza performance can be found here.