On the album's release date, 'Scott Murphy' was the number 1 searched word on Google in Japan. The album contains a number of Japanese and English songs. In 2008, Scott Murphy signed as a solo artist to the label Universal Music in Japan, recording his debut solo album, Guilty Pleasures II, as a continuation of the band's past work. The Get Go released 2 records and toured the UK and Japan, but due to conflicting schedules has since ceased activity. Soon after, Murphy and Lewis went on to start the band The Get Go with friends and former members of bands Home Grown and Mest. Former member John 'Johnny' Hamada returned to sing backing vocals on the final song, 'Somewhere on Fullerton', as well as other members of support bands Punchline and The Fold.īreakup and side projects (2007–2010) As such, Allister decided to go on hiatus following one final Japanese tour that the band had already committed to in the spring of 2007 – for which former Allister member Chris Rogner took his brother's place – and a final farewell show in Chicago at The Metro on 20 July 2007, at which Tim Rogner returned to perform. Before the departure, Rogner learned that he was becoming a father and made the decision to take a job where he was more available to his family. At this time, the group released a cover EP titled Guilty Pleasures, on which Murphy sang half of the songs in Japanese. The tour consisted of 40 sold-out shows all over Japan. In 2006, the group was invited to a two and a half-month tour of Japan with Japanese band Ellegarden, with whom they had become friends while playing together at the SXSW music festival in Austin, Texas. In 2004, Allister toured the world (including Europe and Japan) and scored a small guest appearance on the big screen in the film Sleepover, before releasing their third album Before The Blackout (2005) and supporting it by co-headlining the 'Before the Blackout, after the Breakup Tour' with Fenix*TX. The song 'Somewhere on Fullerton' was featured in Disney's Extreme Skate Adventure. Last Stop Suburbia reached No. 9 on the Billboard Heatseekers chart. The following year, the band added Kyle Lewis (guitar) – formerly of Showoff, Now She's Gone, and The Fold – and Mike Leverence (drums), formerly of PARR5. The album featured several fan-favorites, such as 'Radio Player', 'Overrated', and 'Somewhere on Fullerton' (an ode to the legendary Chicago punk venue, Fireside Bowl), though the band had to part ways with both Rossi and Chris Rogner, who would concentrate on his own band August Premier. With the aid of producer Chris Fudurich, the band recorded their second full-length album Last Stop Suburbia in 2002, showcasing a certain degree of growth in the songwriting of Rogner and Murphy. The band also made a cameo appearance in the 2004 film Sleepover.

They have released six studio albums: Dead Ends and Girlfriends (1999), Last Stop Suburbia (2002), Before the Blackout (2005), Countdown to Nowhere (2010), Life Behind Machines (2012), and 20 Years and Counting (2019). They went on hiatus in 2007, then reunited in 2010, and have been touring and recording again since. In 1998, Allister became one of the first bands to sign to Drive-Thru Records.

The four-piece formed in 1994 as Phineas Gage when the original band members were still in high school.

Allister is an American pop-punk band from Chicago, Illinois.

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