Fearless Music

The show was founded by its producer and lead host, Jamie Lamm, whose career as a multi-instrumentalist had been inspired by rock documentaries and musical showcase series that aired when he was younger, including The Midnight Special and The Old Grey Whistle Test. The name "fearless" referred to the show taking a chance on musicians that other mainstream media would be afraid to promote.{{citation needed|date=November 2022}} In August 2003, Fearless Music began taping artists in New York City.

The first episode aired on New York's local Time Warner Cable channel on January 18, 2004.{{cite web |url=https://nypost.com/2004/12/12/fearless-rockers-cable-tv-show-spotlights-best-of-unsigned-indies/ |title=Fearless Rockers: Cable TV Show Spotlights Best Of Unsigned Indies |author=Huhn, Mary |date=12 December 2004 |website=New York Post }} Despite high-quality audio, due to the show's low budget, it was filmed using three CCTV home security cameras.

The show moved forward on Fox and its affiliates, airing on more stations beginning April 1, 2006.{{cite magazine |last=David |first=Elliott |date=2008 |title=People: Jamie Lamm |url=http://www.fearlessmusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Jamie-Lamm-in-Flaunt-Magazine-Issue-93.jpg |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160521070924im_/http://www.fearlessmusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Jamie-Lamm-in-Flaunt-Magazine-Issue-93.jpg |archive-date=2016-05-21 |magazine=Flaunt Magazine |location=Los Angeles |publisher=Flaunt Magazine |access-date=7 November 2022}} Studio lights and HD cameras were also installed for an improved look.

On October 12, 2008, the show launched its own YouTube channel, providing clips from band performances on the show, as well as some full episodes.{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hjdgYYsIm8 |title=Fearless Music 2007: Gym Class Heroes - Yellowcard - Paramore - Shiny Toy Guns - Klaxons |author= |date=12 October 2008 |website=YouTube |publisher=Fearless Music }}

By the end of 2008, nearly 1,500 bands had appeared on the show; however, the show's parent company, Fearless Music Inc., filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy to get out of its $100,000 debts.{{cite web |url=https://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20081204/FREE/812049979/tv-music-show-files-for-bankruptcy |title=TV music show files for bankruptcy |author=Cordova, Elisabeth Butler |date=3 December 2008 |website=Crain's New York Business |archive-url=https://archive.today/20221107164612/https://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20081204/FREE/812049979/tv-music-show-files-for-bankruptcy |archive-date=7 November 2022 }}

The show continued for three further seasons until its final broadcast on December 4, 2010.{{cite web |url=http://www.fearlessmusic.com/episodes/ |title=Episodes |author= |date=2010 |website=FearlessMusic.com |publisher=Track Entertainment Media |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202090345/http://www.fearlessmusic.com/episodes/ |archive-date=2 February 2017 }} On March 24, 2011, it was announced that Union Square would acquire Fearless Music Television,{{cite web |url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20110324005088/en/USSE-Corp-Signs-Term-Sheet-to-Acquire-Track-Entertainment-and-Fearless-Music-Television |title=USSE Corp Signs Term Sheet to Acquire Track Entertainment and Fearless Music Television |author= |date=24 March 2011 |website=Business Wire |publisher=Berkshire Hathaway }} but no further episodes were made and the acquisition was cancelled on March 24, 2012.{{cite web |url=https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/KAIVAL-BRANDS-INNOVATIONS-111314401/news/USSE-Corp-cancelled-the-acquisition-of-Track-Entertainment-and-Fearless-Music-Television-divisions-39416956/ |title=USSE Corp. cancelled the acquisition of Track Entertainment and Fearless Music Television |author= |date=24 March 2012 |website=Market Screener |publisher=S&P Capital IQ }}

The show consisted of seven bands and one short interview segment.{{citation needed|date=November 2022}} The first six bands were performances recorded in the Crash Mansion rock club in New York City.

Viewers could then vote for their favorite artist at FearlessMusic.com during the following days.{{vague|date=November 2022}} The final performance would be from the band that won the previous week's online poll.

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|EpisodeNumber = 8-01

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2009|10|10}}

|Aux4 = Emanuel and the Fear, Juliette Lewis, Fritz Helder and the Phantoms, Aimee Allen, Maxïmo Park

}}

{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 8-02

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2009|10|24}}

|Aux4 = GWAR, Hank and Cupcakes, My Dear Disco, Marcy Playground, Tally Hall, MxPx, Emanuel and the Fear

}}

{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 8-03

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2009|10|31}}

|Aux4 = Bouncing Souls, Sister Hazel, Your Vegas, ApSci, Shinobi Ninja, Via Audio, Hank and Cupcakes

}}

{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 8-04

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2009|11|7}}

|Aux4 = The 69 Eyes, Mike Relm, GWAR, Previously On Lost, Midnight Juggernauts, Semi Precious Weapons, Shinobi Ninja

}}

{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 8-05

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2009|11|21}}

|Aux4 = The Giraffes, Hank and Cupcakes, Emanuel and the Fear, The Bleeding Bombshells, The States, Unisex Salon, The 69 Eyes

}}

{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 8-06

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2009|11|28}}

|Aux4 = Shaka Ponk, Lights, Rusted Root, Poison The Well, Hey Ocean!, TAB The Band, Emanuel and the Fear

}}

{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 8-07

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2009|12|5}}

|Aux4 = Dragonette, Cartel, Wax Tailor, Hellogoodbye, Stalkers, Electric Black, Shaka Ponk

}}

{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 8-08

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2009|12|12}}

|Aux4 = Morningwood, Noah and the Whale, The Dangerous Summer, Saint Motel, Chris Garneau, Phenomenal Handclap Band, Dragonette

}}

{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 8-09

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2009|12|19}}

|Aux4 = The Little Death, Shwayze, Midnight Juggernauts, Apache Beat, The Asteroids Galaxy Tour

}}

{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 8-10

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2009|12|26}}

|Aux4 = The Urgency, Harper Blynn, Bad Rabbits, Shinobi Ninja, Hank and Cupcakes, Morningwood

}}

{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 8-11

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2010|1|16}}

|Aux4 = This Is A Shakedown!, Hellogoodbye, Electric Touch, Cartel, The Grates, Closure in Moscow, The Urgency

}}

{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 8-12

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2010|1|23}}

|Aux4 = Nico Vega, Los Amigos Invisibles, Beautiful Small Machines, Hot Chelle Rae, Your Vegas, Shaka Ponk, This Is A Shakedown!

}}

{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 8-13

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2010|1|30}}

|Aux4 = Unisex Salon, Lights, Dragonette, Kicking Daisies, Dan Torres, GWAR, Hot Chelle Rae

}}

{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 8-14

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2010|2|6}}

|Aux4 = Apoptygma Berzerk, The Bouncing Souls, Detox Retox, Wax Tailor, Atomic Tom, Hey Ocean!, Kicking Daisies

}}

{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 8-15

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2010|2|13}}

|Aux4 = The 69 Eyes, Brokencyde, Lucy Woodward, Fritz Helder and the Phantoms, Bad Rabbits, Stalkers, Atomic Tom

}}

}}

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|EpisodeNumber = 9-01

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2010|5|8}}

|Aux4 = Shiny Toy Guns, The Ark, KT Tunstall, Morningwood, Oh No Not Stereo

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 9-02

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2010|5|15}}

|Aux4 = The Ark, White Lies, Never Shout Never, Unisex Salon, Good Old War

}}

{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 9-03

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2010|5|22}}

|Aux4 = Hot Chip, Gym Class Heroes, Nico Vega, Anarbor, The Blue Van

}}

{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 9-04

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2010|5|29}}

|Aux4 = Imogen Heap, Elbow, The Fratellis, The Audition, Your Vegas

}}

{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 9-05

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2010|6|5}}

|Aux4 = Fujiya & Miyagi, Chris Stills, The Mary Onettes, GWAR, Shaka Ponk

}}

{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 9-06

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2010|6|12}}

|Aux4 = The (International) Noise Conspiracy, Klaxons, The Asteroids Galaxy Tour, Hellogoodbye, Wax Tailor

}}

{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 9-07

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2010|6|19}}

|Aux4 = Mad Caddies, Lights, Silversun Pickups, Cartel, TAB the Band

}}

{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 9-08

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2010|6|26}}

|Aux4 = Straylight Run, The Living End, Aimee Allen, Totally Michael, Noah and the Whale

}}

{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 9-09

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2010|7|3}}

|Aux4 = The Maccabees, Hey Ocean!, Anti-Flag, Shwayze, Streetlight Manifesto

}}

{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 9-10

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2010|7|10}}

|Aux4 = Head Automatica, The Little Deaths, Shiny Toy Guns, Sister Hazel, The 69 Eyes

}}

{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 9-11

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2010|7|17}}

|Aux4 = Supergrass, Maxïmo Park, Dragonette, The Asteroids Galaxy Tour, Midnight Juggernauts

}}

{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 9-12

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2010|7|24}}

|Aux4 = Paramore, Valencia, Beautiful Small Machines, Chris Garneau, Atomic Tom

}}

{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 9-13

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2010|7|31}}

|Aux4 = The Gaslight Anthem, The Futureheads, Los Amigos Invisibles, The Urgency, Hellogoodbye

}}

{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 9-64

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2010|12|4}}

|Aux4 = Crash Kings, The Dangerous Summer, GWAR, Clare & the Reasons, Riverboat Gamblers

}}

}}

• Indie (music)
• College rock

{{reflist}}

• [https://web.archive.org/web/20190202203454/http://fearlessmusic.com/ Official website (archived 2 February 2019)]
• {{IMDb title|0923171}}
• {{YouTube|u=fearlessmusicshow}}

Category:American non-fiction television series