RollingScone would like to congratulate the Free Credit Report.com Band as the 2008 RollingScone Band of the Year. The band, which released it's first album, Free Credit Report.com (offer applies with enrollment in Triple Advantage), on Def Jam Records in March took over the airwaves and went Triple Platinum in the US and sold over 10,000,000 copies worldwide. The band also boasted three #1 singles, including Free Credit Report.com in Tights, Free Credit Report.com (Girlfriend's Basement Remix) and Free Credit Report.com (Crappy Car Mix). The band has appeared on the Tonight Show, Late Night with Conan O'Brien, Jimmy Kimmel and the Late Show three times. Lead singer and bassist Steve O'Connell says that the band is back in the studio working on their new album with producer Jon Brion. O'Connell has hinted that the new album will take the band in a different direction and says that people shouldn't be surprised if some new influences from the hip-hop world show up. Akon and the Neptunes have been rumored to appear and Kanye West has also expressed interest. The still untitled new album is tenatively due in late October 2009.
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