Junior Prom is an alternative rock and indie pop project from Brooklyn, NY, formed as a duo in 2012 by Mark Solomich and Erik Ratensperger. Both were former members of The Rassle, and Ratensperger was a member of The Virgins and Solomich of The Takeover UK. In 2013, Jeff Castelaz signed them to Elektra Records, and they released their first single "Sheila Put the Knife Down" in September 2013. Their self-titled debut EP Junior Prom was released in February 2014. "Sheila Put the Knife Down" spent 14 weeks in the Alt-18 countdown on Alt Nation on Sirius XM Radio and ranked number 32 in the year-end Alt Nation Top 36 of 2014. In January 2016, Ratensperger left the group, and John Paul Frank joined to release the single "Stand!". Their project changed to a solo project by Mark Solomich upon the release of the single "You, Me & Joe Strummer" in September 2016. Other single releases included "A Little Time" (2012), "Take It Back" (2012), and "Cheap Thrills" (2014).
