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Citizen’s journey began in early 2008 when two passionate musicians came together after the breakup of a previous band. They began writing songs with the hope of ultimately forming a band. Mark Freese and Joshua Blackwell had worked together in numerous bands and found their taste in music as well as their hopes and aspirations were similar. Very soon they began speculating about the possibility of asking the previous band’s bass guitarist to unite with them to form a powerful three piece band. Soon after, John Monk was part of Josh and Mark’s master plan. They continued to write songs and build on the originals Josh and Mark had already written. The three of them soon found that they were lacking a title. After much thought and deliberating, they decided on the name “Citizen”. They now had a decent collection of originals with plenty more up their sleeves so they agreed it was time to do some recording. With these recorded songs they entered the competition “Next Big Thing”. Out