The Actual were a four-piece alternative rock group from Los Angeles, California headed by guitarist and singer Max Bernstein. They were signed to Eyeball Records and released one album as a three-piece for the label, "Songs On Radio Idaho", before signing with Scott Weiland's label Softdrive Records. They opened for the supergroup Velvet Revolver at the Aladdin Hotel in the summer of 2005 and also played the Volcom stage on the 2007 Warped Tour. In 2005, The Actual contributed two songs "Promised Land" and "Dancing On The Perimeter" to the film "Bewitched" (2005).
The Actual's second album In Stitches was released on May 31, 2007, on the Softdrive label. They promoted the album by touring as the opening act for Velvet Revolver on their Spring 2007 club tour. Weiland is the co-producer of In Stitches. The album's first single, "This is the Worst Day of My Life," was selected as song-of-the-week on MySpace in late May 2007. In late 2007, The Actual parted ways.
The Actual played their first live show in 13 years on October 1, 2023 in Los Angeles, with Bernstein on guitar and vocals, Jeremy Bonsall on bass and Aaron Bonsall on drums.[1]
Contents
Line-up
Max Bernstein- vocals, guitar
Rob Obee- drums and Jeffrey Keenan- drums
Jeremy Bonsall- bass
Ben Flanagan- guitar, vocals
Discography details
The Red EP (2001, Eyeball Records)
Shells
Cold Inside
Big Trouble in Little China
I Don't Want to Know
Manhattan
Songs on Radio Idaho (2003, Eyeball Records)
Songs on Radio Idaho is the band's first album. It was released on September 2, 2003, by Eyeball.
Songs on Radio Idaho track listing
The Proof
The Glow Wears Off
Cold Inside
Hospitality Girl
Keep You in a Bottle
A Way Around It
I Am an Item
So Long
Cameron
Across the Country
When the Dishes Decide to Break
The Shines
Radio Idaho
In Stitches (2007, Softdrive)
The Pride Of The Echelon
This Is The Worst Day Of My Life (Do You Want To Come Over)
September Had A Trigger Finger
If You See Her
Permanent Kitten
Needle Park
To All The Plain Janes
Between The Bridge And The Chapel
Dancing On The Perimeter
Sending You A Signal
Lindsay Never Gets Lonely
Stay In My Rectangle
Hospitality Girl