Midtown was a New Jersey-based pop-punk band formed in 1998 by frontman and bassist Gabe Saporta, drummer Rob Hitt, and guitarist Tyler Rann. Guitarist Heath Saraceno was soon added to the lineup and the band began recording for their first EP The Sacrifice Of Life in 1999. Drive Thru Records released the bands first full length Save The World, Lose The Girl in 2000, which boosted the band’s popularity. In between their debut and their sophomore effort Living Well Is The Best Revenge in 2002, the band released two split EP’s: Donots vs. Midtown in 2000 with German rock band Donots, and Millencolin/Midtown with Swedish punk group Millencolin in 2001.
The band’s final release came about with Forget What You Know in 2004, which was recorded while the band was unsigned by later picked up by Columbia Records. The band split in 2005.

After Midtown:

Gabe Saporta later went on to form dance-pop band Cobra Starship in 2006, who released four albums before their dissolution in 2015. Saporta now runs The Artist Group with Mike Carden, former guitarist for The Academy Is…

Heath Saraceno went on to play for rock band Senses Fail before leaving in 2009
Rob Hitt works for Crush Management and also runs his own label, I Surrender Records. He has signed the likes of Four Year Strong and I Am The Avalanche

Tyler Rann went on to pursue a career in fashion