Hey Monday

Hey Monday was an American four-piece pop-rock band from West Palm Beach, Florida, formed in 2007. Cassadee Pope and Mike Gentile were former members of the band called Blake. They had one song recorded called "Turn the Clock". They were scheduled to play Warped Tour in 2008 but had to drop off the tour to finish recording the record "Hold On Tight" . The band changed its name from Blake to Hey Monday in August 2008 right before their debut album dropped.

Cassadee Pope and Mike Gentile were former members of the band called Blake. They had one song recorded called "Turn the Clock". They were scheduled to play Warped Tour in 2008 but had to drop off the tour to finish recording the record "Hold On Tight" . The band changed its name from Blake to Hey Monday in August 2008 right before their debut album dropped.

After graduating high school, Cassadee Pope formed the band Hey Monday with Mike Gentile, Elliot James, Alex Lipshaw and Jersey Moriarty. Alex Wilhelm of A&R Website CrazedHits.com then discovered the band before they were signed.. Their debut album "Hold On Tight" was released worldwide on October 7, 2008 via decaydance and Columbia Records. Their first single from the album, "Homecoming", was featured on the CitizensFOB mix-tape Welcome to the New Administration. Lead singer Cassadee was also featured in the song "Take My Hand" by The Cab on the mixtape. Cassadee made an appearance in Fall Out Boy's video "America's Suitehearts". She has a guest appearance as herself in the Degrassi: The Next Generation TV Movie, Degrassi Goes Hollywood along with Pete Wentz. The song "Should've Tried Harder" appears on the videogame Major League Baseball 2K9. On October, 9th 2009 it was announced via Cassadee's Twitter, then later their MySpace blog, that Elliot James had decided to leave the band to pursue other interests. They also added that their good friend Pat would be playing drums for them on the Glamour Kills Tour but no official replacement was announced.

In December 2011 it was announced that Hey Monday was on hiatus, due to solo endeavors within the group. Although band members have made it very clear they are still together.

They released a 6 song EP titled 'Beneath It All' on August 17 instead of the full length album they were planning on releasing. The new full length album is set to be released early 2011

Current Band members:

* Cassadee Pope (@cassadeepope) ? lead vocals, guitar, piano (2007-present)
* Mike Gentile (@mikegentile) ? lead guitar, backing vocals (2007-present)
* Alex Lipshaw ? rhythm guitar, backing vocals (2007-present)
* Patrick McKenzie - drums, percussion (2010?present)

Former members

* Elliot James - drums, percussion, backing vocals (2008?2009)
* Michael "Jersey" Moriarty - bass guitar, backing vocals (2008?2010)

Touring members

* Chris Gentile - bass guitar (2010?present)