Name Taken and WCKX

It has been noted by singer and songwriter Brendon Urie in several interviews that a lyric taken from the song "Panic" inspired Urie's band's name, Panic! at the Disco.

Contents 1 Biography 2 Reception 3 Line-up 3.1 Previous members 4 Discography 5 External links 6 References

Biography

The band began practicing in a basement in their drummer's house. The band, formed by four friends, had a great interest in and love for music. With each of the members being only 14 or 15 years old, they worked quite hard for their age, practicing nearly daily and working hard to find shows anywhere and everywhere that they possibly could. From backyard parties to church dances, they would take what they could get. After parting ways with one of their guitarists, Chad Atkinson, Blake Means and Bret Meisenbach (former drummer) headed into the studio to record a demo, still under the name, All That's Left. They produced, printed and sold "The Stupid Chad EP" completely by themselves. The band felt that their sound needed a boost, so, shortly after, they decided to add a second guitarist, Ryan Edwards. They also discovered that there was another band under the name, All That's Left, so they decided a change was necessary. The title "Name Taken" was chosen. In August of '01, with a newly reinforced guitar section and a new name, the band went into Love Juice Laboratories in Riverside, CA to record yet another EP. After 3 short days of recording, the EP "The Silent Game" was born. The recording was quickly picked up by Top Notch records and put into pressing and released roughly 3 or 4 months later. In the following months the band discovered that their drummer planned to leave Name Taken. The resignation was completely understood and on good terms, so the search was on. The band didn't have to look far to find just what they were looking for, Danny Valencia of Downey, CA. Now with Name Taken's line-up in full force, the band had been picked up by One Moment Management, appeared on numerous compilation CDs and showcased for numerous record labels. The band split up in 2005 after two years of touring to pursue their college education. Chad and Blake attended Cal State Fullerton, Ryan Edwards attended U.C. Berkeley and is now a graduate student at Cornell University.

In February 2007 they announced that they were due to play two reunion shows on May 5 and May 6, 2007 at Anaheim's Chain Reaction. Paul Riscalla assisted with drum duties for the shows. Despite the fact that both shows were sold out, the band never regrouped to record a new album; nonetheless, they continue to post new songs on their MySpace page.

On November 28, 2007, a message from Blake appeared on absolutepunk.net saying that Name Taken would in fact not be reforming.

The lyrics to the band's song "Panic" are said to have been the inspiration for the name of the platinum-selling band Panic! at the Disco.

Panic at the disco Sat back and took it so slow Are you nervous? Are you shaking? Reception "Ignoring the uninspired power chord conventions of their scene, they chase each other across their respective fretboards forming tightly woven patterns." - AbsolutePunk review of The Silent Game "It's more emo on the brain...roils with the urgent, slickly produced fury that defines so much of this genre." - Allmusic review of Hold On "...an album that admittedly sounds a lot like every other emo-punk band in the genre, but still contains the energy and sense of melody that most of the other bands forget about." - Punknews.org review of Hold On Line-up Chad Atkinson - Vocals/Bass Ryan Edwards - Guitar Blake Means - Guitar Previous members Juan Pereda - Drums (never played on any records) Danny Valencia - Drums Bret Meisenbach - Drums Rich Ornelas - Guitar (pre-recording) Discography The Stupid Chad EP (Independent, ?) The Silent Game (Top Notch Records, 2001) Hold Your Breath, You Know How Long (2002) Bayside/Name Taken split (Dying Wish Records, 2003) Hold On (Fiddler Records, 2004) External links Name Taken on Myspace Old Name Taken Message Board

WCKX and Name Taken

WCKX was originally assigned the 'WJZA' call sign on November 23, 1993. On December 29, 1997, the WCKX call sign assigned to 106.3 MHz ("Power 106") in London, Ohio (now WJYD) was reassigned to 107.5 FM, while the WJZA call sign was dropped and later picked up by 103.5 FM in Pickerington ("Smooth Jazz 103.5 FM").

In December 2007, WCKX began to tilt its urban format direction towards Rhythmic contemporary, according to Mediabase, and by September 2009 was officially moved from the R&B/Hip-Hop panel to the Rhythmic Airplay Panel by Nielsen BDS as it began to incorporate more Rhythmic Pop tracks into its playlist, possibly to become more competitive with Top 40/CHR rival WNCI because of the latter's conservative heritage and its Adult-leaning direction. This shift to Rhythmic has also helped WCKX overtake WNCI in the Columbus Arbitrons, and at times taking the top spot in the market's rating books. Although during its early days as a Urban, WCKX had always leaned towards a Rhythmic direction. Officially, it is the first Radio One-owned station (along with Dallas/Fort Worth's KBFB, Philadelphia's WPHI-FM, which has changed to urban contemporary in 2011 & Indianapolis' WHHH) to be a rhythmic since the sale of former sister station WDHT in Dayton, OH and KTWN-FM in Minneapolis.

Despite the success it has with the Rhythmic format, WCKX is at times criticized for not playing enough Hip-Hop/R&B product, especially those from the local scene, but at the same time does have its supporters and listeners who like their musical mix and DJs.
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