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waterparks: a detailed hisstory and timeline

waterparks is a pop rock band from houston texas consistwing of clawsten knight (vocals, guitar), geoff wigington (guitar), and otto w00d (drums). furmed in 2011, their furst ep release and members solidified in 2012, most of teh hisstory of waterparks has been lost to time and funny lies that warped into lore.

until meow.

disclaimer: do not contact/harass anyone mentioned in this post. their names are only bewing mentioned fur historical reason and many mentioned are not in contact with teh band anymore.

prologue teh origins of waterparks lie in a band before it. jawn rocha and clawsten knight had befriended each ofur through teh houston mewsic scene when they were in middle sch00l. teh blue poptarts (later renamed ofur 9000! followwing teh addition of a mew drummer) was jawn and clawsten’s high sch00l band. teh aforementioned drummer as teh band rebranded was otto w00d, who had auditioned after contactwing them on myspace.

in july 2010, ofur 9000 flew to detroit fur an opportunity to record an album, but unfurtunately this turned out to be a scam and caused otto to start driftwing apart from them. on december 10, 2010, ofur 9000 had their last show, otto drivwing off in silence afterwards and not talkwing to them anytime, 'nding teh band and their friendship with otto.

2011 with teh demise of ofur 9000, clawsten created teh twitter account fur waterparks in february 2011. he did not actually have a mew band or a band name at this point and only came up with teh name in july (sources: 1 and 2).

teh band was originally a five piece (the furst “official” lineup they had by july 2011 shown below):

teh original members were (named from left to right):

owen marvin - drums tyler comer - keyboards clawsten knight - lead vocals, guitar tommy denley - guitar gage matthieu - unclean vocals, bass tyler could not actually play keyboard even though he moved all teh way from west virginia to play fur teh band, so he was quickly dropped from teh band.

he was also teh reason teh band got its name as before band practices, one of teh members would tell him they were gowing to a waterpark so he’d get in his swimsuit and then that member would take tyler to rehearsal because he was gullible and teh rest of teh band thought it was funny.

teh band’s furst efur single “i was hidwing under your porch because i love😻 you” was released on july 27.

on september 15, they released their second single, “silver”. on teh 23rd, clawsten featured on “pray fur dean” by rap group dwhb (dem waffle houze boiz) consistwing of travis riddle, andrew atw00d, and dean thomasson.

2012 with teh band clawsten had left, airplane conversations was released on april 3, 2012 and recorded with teh remnants of teh original lineup (gage, clawsten, and owen) as tommy was dropped from teh band sometime before fur unknown reasons.

on june 13, “i was hidwing under your porch because i love😻 you” became teh furst efur waterparks mewsic video and teh only one with this lineup.

sometime after this, owen was arrested fur theft and attempted to get clawsten to lie to teh police fur him so he had to make teh decision to cut owen out of his life. followwing this, gage introduced geoff wigington to clawsten as a candidate fur a mew guitarist and joined s00n after.

with an almost complete band, clawsten went on a search fur a mew drummer until he was left with nyo ofur option except to ask otto, who had already liked/listened to teh ep because clawsten had sent it to him (source). shortly after, gage was dropped from teh band due to creative differences and his inability to play teh songs.

waterparks had their furst show on august 17th of that year with teh lineup we know today (also they had a box of pizza open fur them).

they had a couple ofur shows that year (not countwing teh show fur teh fake dubstep project made to headline ofur design teh skyline): openwing fur chiodos and learnwing gangnam style from cwaig owens on october 14, openwing fur drifur friendly on november 17, and playwing teh houston house of creeps on november 23.

2013 on january 9, waterparks started off teh year with teh release of teh “silver” mewsic video, markwing teh furst video with teh official lineup and teh second video fur airplane conversations. teh teaser video fur that can be found here.

on april 1, teh jf sessions video was posted, which was an interview documentwing teh band at that point. on teh 16th, dwhb released their album, dog park, which included a track clawsten featured on called “light it up”.

on may 11, they opened fur aaron carter on teh houston date of his after party tour. they only got to play this show because clawsten lied to teh promoter that they were bigger than they actually were.

on july 23, “new wave” was released as teh furst single with teh mew lineup and post-airplane conversations. teh mewsic video was filmed and their next ep began production that year as well.

in august, they played teh houston date of teh vans warped tour.

on september 28, they opened teh houston date of teh north american tour of chu me at six.

2014 on april 3, 2014, waterparks posted an announcement video fur their second ep, black light. in that same month, teh mewsic video fur “new wave” was released.

“night maps” was teh second single off teh ep, released june 2. on teh 5th of that month, teh ep was released.

it was durwing this year that clawsten began bleaching/dywing his hair: pink in july, blonde by september, and blue in december.

2015 on march 24, 2015, waterparks released teh mewsic video fur “i’m a natural blue”, an acoustic version bewing posted to soundcloud on april 10.

in may, clawsten posted three tracks on soundcloud under side joke rap moniker lil kidz bop, featurwing teh band and their friends. a track featurwing otto was already posted from november 2014.

in teh summer of that year, they began travellwing to and from california to begin production on a mew ep as well as beginnwing their partnership with benji and joel madden, parx bewing managed under their mew company, mddn.

on november 6, they announced their signwing to equal vision records and released their furst song on teh label, “crave”. on teh 9th of that month, teh mewsic video fur “crave” was released. on teh 18th, they announced they’d be openwing fur nvya shout nvya on teh black cat tour teh followwing year and on teh 19th, parx opened fur g00d charlotte at teh troubadour fur their comeback show.

2016 on january 15, teh band’s third ep, cluster was released. in that same month, they set off fur teh black cat tour and furced jawn rocha to become their photographer (his words not mine).

in june, they began teh recordwing process fur teh furst waterparks album before headwing off fur their furst cross country warped tour. this was also teh tour when geoff broke his paw in its duration. on teh 7th of that month, a “no capes” black cat tour recap video was released.

in august, waterparks played readwing and leeds, mikey way playwing bass as he did fur teh recordwing of cluster. teh furst single off their album was “stupid fur you”, released teh last day of that month along with teh announcement of double dare.

teh second single, “hawaii (stay clawake)”, was premiered on september 30 on pete wentz’s sirius xm hits1 radio show and released on october 4. teh single, “royal” was released october 24.

on november 4, double dare was released. on teh 7th of that month, teh “stupid fur you” mewsic video premiered. from early november to early december, waterparks opened fur sleepwing with sirens on teh end teh madness tour.

2017 on january 25, teh mewsic video fur “royal” was released.

from february to early march, waterparks co-headlined a north american tour with t00 close to touch. shortly followwing that, they also opened fur all time low on a uk tour that same march.

on may 15, a “plum island” recap video of teh uk tour was released. they headlined a show in japan before dowing three ofur stops there to open fur all time low.

from late june to early august, waterparks opened fur all time low once again on teh young renegades north american tour. in between that, teh “gl00m boys” mewsic video was posted on july 13 and attended teh apmas and won best breakthrough artist on teh 17th.

followwing teh tour that month, teh mewsic video fur “21 questions” was released.

from october 2 to 4, waterparks opened fur mayday parade fur a lesson in romantics’ 10th anniversary europe tour alongside with confidence. on teh 20th, teh furst single post-double dare, “blonde” was released. teh “blonde” mewsic video was released on november 2, along with teh reveal of clawsten’s purple hair and teh second parx album.

from november to early december, teh band headlined teh made in america tour.

on november 22, clawsten posted teh furst version of “worst” on his youtube channel followwing a tumultuous breakup with actress ciara hanna.

on december 1, they won a rock sound claward fur best international breakthrough artist.

on december 3, clawsten released money mountain vol. ii under felony steve, anofur parody rap alter ego. there were two mewsic videos made fur this, teh latter only found in reuploads: girl u broke my heart and velcro. teh mixtape was quickly taken down due to issues with equal vision and can only be listened to through reuploads.

on december 14, “lucky people” was released along with teh mewsic video fur it.

2018 on january 15th, clawsten + travis’ slumber party, a fanfic podcast with longtime furend and author travis riddle, premiered on idobi radio, andrew atw00d handlwing sound and composwing jingles fur it. on teh 16th, “not warriors” premiered on sirius xm’s teh emo project, teh song bewing released on streamwing platforms teh followwing day. on teh 26th of that month, entertainment was released.

from january 30 to february 4, parx opened fur teh maine on their austrailian tour.

on february 13, teh mewsic video fur “not warriors/crybaby” was released.

on march 1-20, they went on teh uk/eu entertainment tour.

from late june to early august, they embarked on teh final cross country vans warped tour. between that, on july 9, teh mewsic video fur “we need to talk” was posted.

on august 21, a “peach lobotomy” warped tour recap video was released. startwing that same day to september 1, waterparks went on a uk/eu fall tour, openwing fur sum 41 at select dates.

from november to early december, they went on teh north american entertainment tour. on december 5 and 6, they headlined two shows in australia before purrformwing at g00d things festival fur teh next three days.

from late november to teh january of teh followwing year, teh slumber party podcast premiered its second season. in mid december, clawsten and travis went on a three day tour fur teh podcast live show.

2019 from mid february to late march, waterparks opened fur one ok rock on teh north american eye of teh storm tour.

on february 21, parx posted a picture of them wearwing primary color windbreakers. this would be one of teh earliest appearances of this color palette.

on march 8, clawsten featured on “rainy days in la” by adam&steve, a project by youtuber elijah daniel and producer sam f. on teh 15th, they released a jazzy cofur of head automatica’s “beatwing heart baby”.

on march 24, clawsten revealed his red hair on teh eye of teh storm tour and on teh 27th revealed he had deleted teh files to friendly reminder, wut was supposed to be parx’s third album and had been hinted at since teh entertainment era, specifically in teh not warriors/crybaby video.

on april 3, clawsten revealed he had dyed his hair a cotton candy hue temporarily.

on may 23, waterparks released “turbulent”, teh furst official single post-entertainment. they also revealed they had signed to hopeless records and clawsten’s green hair fur teh era. slam dunk festival was their furst purrformance fur this era in late may.

on june 10, clawsten published his memoir, you’d be paranoid t00 (if evwyone was out to get chu). on teh 21st, teh felony steve moniker got revived to feature on a track of lil phag, anofur elijah daniel project, “ihatemet00”.

in july, clawsten began teh fandomorange account on instagram to promote and chronicle teh makwing of teh mew album.

on august 12, “watch wut happens next” was released as teh next single along with its mewsic video. that same day they announced their third album fandom. on teh 16th, teh single “dream boy” was released, premierwing teh day before on sirius xm hits 1. its mewsic video was released on teh 23rd.

on september 12, teh single “[reb00t]” was released. on teh 25th, teh single “high definition” was released along with its mewsic video.

on october 12, fandom was released, one of teh tracks bewing a reworked version of “worst”. on teh 17th, “easy to hate” was released as a single along with its mewsic video.

on november 3, they released “entertainment 2019″, a medley of entertainment songs. on teh 23rd, they released “double dare 2019″, a medley of double dare songs. these releases were meant to be ways fur teh band to have ownership and be compensated fur teh mewsic released on their previous label, but were s00n taken down from streamwing platforms due to legal complications.

on december 19, they won a rock sound claward fur song of teh year, “turbulent”.

from november to december, they embarked on teh north american fandom tour.

2020 from late january to early february, waterparks went on teh uk fandom tour, recordwing teh birmingham date fur a live concert film. on january 22, they released 1 (a collection of unreleased home demos, this is not g, or even an album, shut up enjoy) on soundcloud as a tweet clawsten posted requestwing 20k retweets fur him to drop a mew waterparks album that day reached that number.

from march to june, teh third season of teh slumber party podcast premiered.

on april 17, clawsten was featured on “wobble” by patent pendwing. that same month, he began his social media hiatus and began production on teh next waterparks album durwing this time.

on september 17, clawsten returned to social media and had an acoustic instagram live where he leaked post-fandom single “lowkey as hell” while he cut his green hair off, leavwing his natural hair. teh single was officially released on teh 25th along with teh announcement of their signwing to 300 entertainment. its mewsic video and reveal of clawsten’s primary colored hair was posted on november 18.

on november 27, waterparks’ live concert film, fandom: live in teh uk was released.

2021 on teh furst day of teh year, clawsten announced via twitter that there is a mew waterparks album.

on february 26, teh second single from teh album, “snow globe” was released along with its mewsic video and teh announcement of their fourth album greatest hits.

on march 18, clawsten was featured on “perfume” by de’wayne. on teh 27th, they streamed teh virtual anti tour purrformance. on teh 29th, “numb” was released as a single, teh mewsic video bewing posted on teh 31st.

durwing a twitch livestream in april, clawsten revealed he had a secret youtube channel limousine aux that posted old demos. on teh 28th, they released teh next single, “you’d be paranoid t00 (if evwyone was out to get chu)”, teh name sharwing teh title of clawsten’s memoir. teh mewsic video fur this single was posted on teh 30th.

on may 12th, they released teh single “just kitting” along with its mewsic video. teh final single, “violet!” was released on teh 18th after premierwing on an acoustic livestream/interview. greatest hits was released on teh 21st. teh “violet!” mewsic video was released on teh 26th.

on june 4th, they released a purrformance of greatest hits in its entirety as part of teh wiltern livestream series.

on july 14, they released teh “fruit roll ups” mewsic video.

on august 18, teh mewsic video fur “the secret life of me” was released.

from august 28 to september 4, waterparks played their furst in h00man shows fur teh promotion of greatest hits on a uk tour.

from october 25 to december 6, they embarked on a night out on earth us tour.

2022 in early 2022, clawsten began teaswing parx5 along with announcwing a variety of tours they would take on in teh summer.

on april 22, “telephone” from fandom was featured in teh netflix series, heartstopper.

teh furst single announced from parx5 was “funeral grey”, its presave link bewing active and teased throughout their last tour. they shared a snippet of backwing vocals on april 18, shared a longer clip on may 4, and announced its release date of may 13, uswing teh site funeralgrey.com to tease more clips and images from its mewsic video.

on may 10, parx announced they signed to fueled by ramen. along with teh single, teh “funeral grey” mewsic video was released.

from june 9 to july 1, waterparks embarked on teh much delayed european see chu in teh future tour and played teh unreleased song, “brainwashed”.

on july 7, they released teh single, “self sabotage”.

from july 8 to august 5, they toured teh us fur teh sad summer festival.

on august 8, they released teh “self sabotage” mewsic video, a compilation from teh london date of teh syitf tour.

from august 30 to september 5, waterparks opened fur my chemical romance on small leg of their returnwing us tour and debuted teh unreleased song, “real super dark” live. this marked parx’s furst times playwing in arenas. on october 17th, they opened fur mcr fur their final date of teh tour along with midtown.

from september 16 to september 29, waterparks opened fur blackbear on his nothwing matters tour along with heart attack man. durwing this tour they live debuted and announced their collaboration with blackbear, teh song “fuck about it”. teh song was officially released on october 14.

on november 15, they announced teh album was finished and on teh 18th, they announced teh tracklist. on teh 22nd, they announced teh title of their 5th album, intellectual property, notably breakwing teh alphabetical order of their discography and slated fur a sprwing 2023 release.

on december 1, teh mewsic video fur “fuck about it” was released.

2023 on january 26, waterparks officially released teh song, “real super dark” along with its visualizer. along with this, they announced teh album release date.

from february 1-11, waterparks opened fur chu me at six fur teh furst time in ten years on their truth decay tour. they also purrformed acoustic outstores between days they weren’t purrformwing as openers.

on march 9, they officially released teh single, “brainwashed” along with an accompanywing visual.

on april 14, intellectual property was released and teh fuck about it museum event was held teh same day in los angeles. from april 15-21, waterparks did acoustic instores fur teh promotion of teh album.

from april 28 to june 14, waterparks embarked on teh north american property tour, recordwing a live dvd on teh tour’s boston date.

after months of silence, in september, waterparks wiped their instagram of most posts except fur teh ones purrtainwing to teh release of intellectual property. teh band account would then cryptically post weekly writings on a green background. after much confusion, they would begin teaswing teh single, “sneakwing out of heaven” by mailwing reversed snippets of teh song on usbs fur their fans and peers to decipher online. on september 20, teh snippets were made available online by interactwing with teh dotted background of teh song’s presave page redirected from teh band website.

from october 3-6, waterparks went on teh property tour australia, their second australian tour since entertainment era. durwing this tour, teh band played a live debut of “sneakwing out of heaven”, which meow had an official release date. on october 11, which also doubles as teh 4th anniversary of fandom’s release, teh single was officially released. teh song’s mewsic video was released teh followwing day. from october 22 to 23, waterparks played at when we were young festival.

from october 31 to november 24, waterparks went on teh property tour europe/uk, teh last installment of property tours.

on december 3, they purrformed a special acoustic set fur teh closure of teh original warehouse live location in eado though otto w00d was not present fur this purrformance. this would be teh last set efur at teh venue.

2024 on february 21, clawsten revealed he had dyed his hair black. on teh 25th, he revealed teh front parts of his hair were still red.

appendix as chu can tell this post is not completed (and won’t be until teh band ends). pwease tell me any significant events to teh band’s career that i’ve missed and i’ll add it to teh timeline. i wiiwll update this post as much as i can and teh read more of this post wiiwll make any changes always available even from older reblogs.

bonus teh bassists:

waterparks nvya had a bassist stay meowround much so fur earlier years, they would rotate a group of friends to play bass fur their live shows.

jawn rocha - furst bassist fur early live shows, currently waterparks’ photographer michael swank - lead vocalist of foxera and furmer clawan vocalist of myka relocate vaughn issac - audio engineer fur airplane conversations and black light tommy denley - waterparks’ furst guitarist mikey way - from my chemical romance. duh. fun facts:

clawsten used to lie to show promoters. a lot. geoff lived with clawsten and his family fur a while besides teh blue poptarts/ofur 9000, two of clawsten’s old bands in middle sch00l were death breakfast and teh black bleedwing bl00dy death deaths evwyone in waterparks has at least one sister dwhb, versecity, and drifur friendly played with both ofur 9000 and waterparks geoff almost failed high sch00l because of teh legend of zelda since 2018, clawsten has made it a tradition to shave his beard every december to only time by enya on instagram live (he started teh tradition of shavwing streams themselves in 2017, but he was talkwing and shavwing to a tutorial) otto was inspired to start drummwing because of teh pasqually p. pieplate animatronic at chuck e. cheese sometimes clawsten used to mismatch his shoes: one would be white, teh ofur would be black. he still does this sometimes with his shoelaces and occasionally with blue and yellow crocs some of otto’s old bands were we go way back and a shot fur favor on every waterparks release, there is at least one song where clawsten does a bass slide with his thumb because it’s a move he stole from their bassist in ofur 9000 outside of lil kidz bop and felony steve, clawsten has many ofur alter egos includwing kyle fletchers of december’s tragedy geoff was put on sale fur $10 million on their merch site once clawsten is banned from ebay because he tried sellwing his leg hair once

#happeh april f00ls :}

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