In 2007, Allie Gonino, Hayley Kiyoko, Kelsey Sanders, Marisol Esparza, and Tinash became friends and formed a band which they christened The Stunners, and six months later they'd signed with Columbia Records and contributed a song to the soundtrack of the iCarly TV show. After they'd recorded their first single, Columbia refused to release it and so the band left the label and signed a production deal with Lionsgate Entertainment, who also produced a scripted television show pilot based on the group. In March 2009 they finally released their debut single, with 'Bubblegum' appearing on iTunes, but by July Sanders had left the group to pursue her acting career and was substituted by Lauren Hudson. In September the new line-up released a 5-song self-titled EP, influenced by Madonna, Gwen Stefani, and Rihanna, and the following year they signed to Universal Republic Records and released a single taken from their EP, with 'Dancin' Around The Truth' featuring New Boyz. In December 2010 they released a festive single, produced by Desmond Child and written by the five members of the group, titled 'Santa Bring My Soldier Home', and they encouraged donations to the USO for soldiers overseas who were not with their families for the holidays. After a tour with Justin Beiber they returned to LA to record new songs with producers and writers such as Toby Gad, The Cataracs, Dave Broome, Livvi Franc, Sheppard Soloman, Jimmy Harry and Tony Kanal of No Doubt fame, and one of these new songs, 'Spin The Bottle' was released as a single. While a second official second single titled 'Heart Stops Beating' was being readied for release, the group split up, and all future releases were cancelled. After the split, Alyssa Gonino focussed on her acting career, while Hayley Kiyoko, dubbed Lesbian Jesus by fans, pursued a successful solo career in the music business. The band released quite a few songs in their short career, and others have leaked online over the years, so there are enough tracks floating around to make up what could have been their debut album in 2011, and so here it is, named after the first song that was released from it.
Track listing
01 Bubblegum
02 Make Me Sing
03 Spin The Bottle
04 We Got It
05 Dancing Around The Truth
06 Heart Stops Beating
07 Our Song
08 Imagine Me Gone
09 Let's Hear It For The Boys
10 Dancing Machine
11 Meltdown
12 Electri-city
13 The Truth About Us
