The Wonder Years

The Wonder Years is an American pop punk band from Lansdale, Pennsylvania, that formed in June 2005. Since their conception, they have released four full-length albums, two EPs and several splits/compilations.

The Wonder Years was formed in 2005 out of the remnants of The Premier, a band from Lansdale, PA. In their first two years, two relatively unknown split EPs with other local bands were released. Their first (with Emergency and I) was released in 2005, featuring three songs. Two of those were later re-recorded on their first full-length album Get Stoked on It!.

The Wonder Years signed to No Sleep Records in 2007. After completing their first tour of the United Kingdom with Never So True, The Wonder Years recorded their first full-length studio album, Get Stoked on It!. In the spring of 2008, The Wonder Years released an EP titled, Won't Be Pathetic Forever. In 2009, The Wonder Years' released a split EP titled Distances with UK pop punk band All or Nothing.

The Wonder Years' second full-length album, The Upsides was released on January 26, 2010. The Upsides sold 1852 units in its first week, landing it on multiple Billboard charts: No. 5 on Alternative Artist, No. 9 on Top New Artist, No. 26 on Top Internet Album and No. 43 on Indie Label Album.

Also with the release of The Upsides was a 7" limited to only 500 copies and available with pre-order of The Upsides CD. This vinyl features a non-album song entitled "Leavenhouse. 11:30.," which is about the early years of music for The Wonder Years and their local scene in Lansdale, PA. The title "Leavenhouse" refers to a house in which members of the Lansdale band Leavenworth lived and hung out at day or night.

In the fall of 2010, The Wonder Years confirmed that they were writing the follow up to The Upsides. "Suburbia" is inspired by the poem America by Allen Ginsberg as well as the band's life following the release of The Upsides. The first single off the album titled "Local Man Ruins Everything" was released on April 12, 2011. The record charted at No. 73 on the Billboard Top 200 the week of its release, selling 8,100 copies. On August 11, 2011 they released a music video for "Local Man Ruins Everything." The video consists of Hank the Pigeon "adventuring on his own" around Lansdale and Philadelphia.

The Wonder Years released their fourth LP, The Greatest Generation, on May 14, via Hopeless Records. First week sales of The Greatest Generation more than doubled the sales of Suburbia I've Given You All and Now I'm Nothing, with a total of 19,673 copies sold. These sales placed the album at Np. 20 on Billboard's Top 200 chart.