Pop-punk outfit
Patent Pending (aka
the P-Unit) formed in Mount Sinai, NY (on Long Island), with the mantra "We mosh because we care" held close to their collective heart. The group was comprised of vocalist
Michael Ragosta, guitarist
Joe Ragosta, bassist
Drew Buffardi, and drummer
Anthony Mingoia, though each lovingly adopted Pending as their last name. They took their exuberant live show across the country for a few years, playing everywhere from coffeehouses and basements to side stages at the Warped Tour and Bamboozle to opening for the likes of
Brand New and
Taking Back Sunday. Along the way,
Patent Pending self-released two albums in 2004, ...Is Your Biological Father and Don't Quit Your Day Job, in addition to putting out two DVDs, 2003's Drop and Give Me 20 and 2005's Bring It On. The quartet signed to We Put Out Records in early summer 2005 and hit the studio with producer
Joe Pedulla (
Thursday,
We're All Broken) manning the controls. (The
Ragosta brothers are cousins with
Pedulla, who is also
Thursday guitarist
Steve Pedulla's brother.) The resulting full-length,
Save Each Other, the Whales Are Doing Fine, hit stores in June 2006. That fall,
Patent Pending and
Buffardi parted ways. ~ Corey Apar, All Music Guide
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