Black Tie Dynasty

Black Tie Dynasty was an American indie rock band from Fort Worth, Texas.

The group signed with Idol Records in 2004, releasing their debut-EP the following year. Movements, their first full-length album followed in 2006 on the same label. It featured the single «Tender», which peaked at #8 on the Billboard Hot Dance Singles Sales chart.[1] The group toured with Guided By Voices, VHS or Beta, and Spoon following the release of the album.[2] Their follow-up album Down Like Anyone was released independently on November 29th 2008.

The band announced that it would be breaking up via MySpace on Monday, January 27th, 2009. Apparently, they never went through with the breakup. They last performed on October 2nd 2010, at the Granada Theatre in Dallas, TX.

Cory Watson - vocals, guitar
Eddie Thomas - drums
Blake McWhorter - bass
Brian McCorquodale - keyboards, vocals

This Stays Between Us EP (Idol Records, 2005)
Bloody Basin split EP with [DARYL] (Idol Records, 2005)
Movements (Idol Records, 2006)
Tender single / EP (Idol Records, 2006)
I Like U single / EP (Idol Records, 2006)
Down Like Anyone (Independently Released, 2008) Guests performers include Douglas Edwards (strings, orchestration), Thesis (vocals), Picnictyme formerly of PPT (vocals) and Jencey Hirunrusme of Smile Smile (vocals).

**New indie-pop band Mon Julien which features Cory Watson and Brian McCorquodale released self-titled debut album this year.**