Rooney is a five-piece rock band from Los Angeles signed to Geffen Records. Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other Alternative rock (also called alternative music, alt-rock or simply alternative; known primarily in the UK as indie) is a genre of Power pop (or powerpop) is a popular Musical genre that draws its inspiration from 1960s British and American pop and Rock music. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music Geffen Records is an American Record label, owned by Universal Music Group, and operated as one third of UMG's Interscope-Geffen-A&M label Taylor Lock(e (born on August 5, 1984) is a guitar player/arranger/harmony singer for the band Rooney. Ned Brower (born December 15 1978) is the drummer in the rock quintet Rooney. Matthew Winter (born on October 28, 1982) is the bass player for the five-piece rock band Rooney. Rock music is a genre of Popular music often though not necessarily employing Electric guitar, Bass guitar, and Drums. A musical ensemble is a group of two or more Musicians who perform instrumental or vocal Music. Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West Geffen Records is an American Record label, owned by Universal Music Group, and operated as one third of UMG's Interscope-Geffen-A&M label The band is composed of: Robert Schwartzman, Louie Stephens, Taylor Locke, Ned Brower, and Matthew Winter. Taylor Lock(e (born on August 5, 1984) is a guitar player/arranger/harmony singer for the band Rooney. Ned Brower (born December 15 1978) is the drummer in the rock quintet Rooney. Matthew Winter (born on October 28, 1982) is the bass player for the five-piece rock band Rooney. The band is named after principal Ed Rooney, from the movie Ferris Bueller's Day Off. Ferris Bueller's Day Off is a 1986 Comedy film written and directed by John Hughes.

Their music is reminiscent of British Invasion rock and 1980s pop, and has been compared to The Beatles, The Cars and Blur. The Beatles were a pop and rock band from Liverpool, England formed in 1960 The Cars were an American rock band that emerged from the early New Wave music scene in the late 1970s Blur are an English Alternative rock band that formed in London in 1989 Having toured the nation with acts such as Weezer and The Strokes, Rooney's official website states that the band "manages to capture elements from the past four decades and make them sound modern today. Weezer (ˈwizɚ is an American Alternative rock band from Los Angeles California formed in 1992 "

History

Early days

The band formed as Ed Rooney back in 1999. The original line up consisted of Teddy Briggs on drums and Matt Star on guitar. Ned Brower replaced Teddy as drummer, Matt Star left, and Louie Stephens was added as keyboardist. They released a series of independent EPs called Deli Meats (2000), Plug It In (2001), and Mastedonia (2002). ^[1]

Debut album

Eventually the band scored a recording deal with Geffen Records in 2002. After on May 20th, 2003.

Album sales were slow until in 2004 when they had a cameo appearance in an episode of The O.C., "The Modle Home #2 and The Third Wheel #15 " where they sang the songs "Sorry Sorry" and "I'm a terrible person" . This article is about the FOX television series For the location from which the series derives its name see Orange County California. "The Third Wheel" is the 15th episode of the FOX Television series, The O Their song "Blueside" was featured on the Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2004 soundtrack and their song "I'm Shakin'" was featured on an episode of the daytime soap opera All My Children. Tiger Woods PGA Tour is a series of Video games developed and published by Electronic Arts featuring All My Children ( AMC) is a popular American Soap opera and drama television series that has been broadcast Monday through Friday on the ABC

On November 16, 2004 the band issued their first DVD, Spit & Sweat. The hour long documentary features interviews with the band and live performances from Los Angeles. The DVD also includes the videos for "Blueside," "I'm Shakin'," and "If It Were Up to Me. "

Second album struggles

In late 2004, the band entered the studio to record tracks with producer Tony Hoffer for their second release. Tony Hoffer is an American producer, Guitarist and music mixer who is credited for his work on multiple platinum-selling albums including A spring 2005 release was planned. Initially it was announced The Kids After Sunset would be the album's title, however the band wasn't happy with the songs. Actual recordings from the Hoffer sessions were posted on the band's Myspace page later in 2005. These songs were "Radio," "Ain't Gonna Cut It," "Are You Through With Me," and "She's a Fool. " Private demo versions of songs recorded of the Hoffer sessions were leaked onto the internet. Songs such as "One Armed Man," "Paralyzed," and "The Juice" had already been played live by the band. Fans began calling these private demos "The Lost Album. "

Their song entitled "The Sleep Song," was included in the 2005 cult film The Chumscrubber and was subsequently searched out by many fans of the movie. The Chumscrubber is a 2005 Dark comedy Film directed by Arie Posin and written by Posin and Zac Stanford starring an ensemble cast The song was part of "The Lost Album. "

In the fall of 2005, the band began a new attempt to a record an album, this time with producer Howard Benson. Howard Benson (born in Havertown, Pennsylvania) is a Grammy nominated Music producer and Aerospace engineer. The album came very close to release. In the spring of 2006, the album was mastered, cover art was created, and a music video was even filmed for the lead single "Tell Me. " However, again the album wasn't meant to be, as the label disagreed with the songs.

In the summer of 2006, Rooney toured the U. S. with Kelly Clarkson from late June to early August. Kelly Brianne Clarkson (born April 24 1982 is an American Pop rock singer songwriter and occasional actress. It was revealed in Reuters on April 7, 2007, that Rooney had switched labels from Suretone Records to Cherrytree Records after being dropped by their management The Firm, but they were quickly picked up by Sound Management. Cherrytree Records is an imprint of Interscope Records founded in 2005 by Martin Kierszenbaum.

Calling the World (2007-present)

Following their summer tour, the band began their third sessions for a second album. Only three songs from the previous sessions ("Don't Come Around Again," "Paralyzed," and "Tell Me Soon"), were kept for their new album, Calling the World. Calling the World is the second full-length Album by the Los Angeles Alternative rock band Rooney. On March 6, 2007, the single "When Did Your Heart Go Missing?" was released on their official MySpace. Events 1079 - Omar Khayyám completes the Iranian calendar. 1454 - Thirteen Years' War: Delegates of Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. " When Did Your Heart Go Missing? " is the lead single from Los Angeles Pop Rock band Rooney from their second album Calling the The single also was used in commercials of the tv show Beauty and the Geek, also the song "I'm a Terrible Person" was used in the commercial of Carolina Herrera's new fragance. Beauty and the Geek is a Reality television series on The CW. The album was released to stores July 17, 2007 and debuted #42 on The Billboard Top 100 Albums chart. Events 180 - Twelve inhabitants of Scillium in North Africa are executed for being Christians Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century.

Rooney was the opening act for the Jonas Brothers on the Look Me In The Eyes Tour from January 31, 2008 to March 22, 2008 for a total of 39 shows. The Jonas Brothers are a VMA -nominated American Boy band. They gained their popularity solely from the television network Disney Channel Events 1504 - France cedes Naples to Aragon. 1606 - Gunpowder Plot: Guy Fawkes 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 238 - Gordian I and his son Gordian II are proclaimed Roman emperor. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common ^[2]

Discography

Albums

• Rooney (2003)
• Calling the World (2007)

EPs

• Deli Meats (2000)
• The Rooney Sampler
• Plug It In (2001)
• Mastedonia (2002)
• Blueside
• I'm Shakin' (2004) Radio & Records CHR/Pop Chart #33, UK Singles Chart #73
• When Did Your Heart Go Missing?' (2007) Poland Singles Chart #15, UK Singles Chart #45
• I Should've Been After You (2008)

DVDs

• Spit & Sweat (2004)

Other Official Releases

• "Metal Guru", from the album Herbie: Fully Loaded Soundtrack (2005)
• "Death on Two Legs", from the album Killer Queen: A Tribute to Queen (2005)
• "Here Today, Gone Tomorrow", from the album We're A Happy Family Ramones tribute (2003)
• "Merry X-Mas Everybody", from the album The Year They Recalled Santa Claus and The O.C. Mix 3: Have a Very Merry Chrismukkah
• "Sleep Song" from The Chumscrubber soundtrack (2005)
• "When You Walk Into the Room", released online only
• "Forever Young", released online only

Unofficial Releases

• Lost Album (internet demos)

Videos

• "Blueside"
• "I'm Shakin'"
• "If It Were Up To Me"
• "Popstars"
• "Tell Me"
• "When Did Your Heart Go Missing"[2]
• "I Should Have Been After You"
• "Are You Afraid?"

References

External links

• Rooney Website
• RSS Feed - Rooney Website Feed
• Mastedonia Your Rooney Resource
• Audiojunkies Interview with Rooney
• Rooney on MySpace
• Rooney on Geffen Records
• Robert chats with Jojo from Kiis FM and When Did Your Heart Go Missing track
• Robert Schwartzman interview with the Cornell Daily Sun
• Robert Schwartzman interview with Stereo Warning in which he tells fans to stop stealing Rooney's songs]
• Rooney Setlists