Paper Boys

Paper Boys was an American rock band formed in in 1993. It consists of bassist/singer Jamie Takenaga, drummer Brian Borden, keyboardist/keytarist Bruce Monroe, and lead guitarist David Brookman. The band primarily made pop rock music, but has also released new wave and synth-pop albums.

The band rose to fame with their debut album, Paper Boys (1994). The album contained the songs "Weekend Pizza" and "Fake Paradise", which peaked at number one on the. It was followed by Paper Month in 1996, which spawned the single "Paper Heads". A third album, Paper Nation, was released in 1998.

Following the release of the Paper Boys' fourth album, The Cable News (2002), the band broke. Idue to internal tensions between the membersn 2017, the band reunited and released the album Paper Boys (Reboot) in 2019, which received mixed to negative reception, causing the band to break up again.