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THE ALL-AMERICAN REJECTS
The All-American Rejects formed in the year 2000 in Stillwater, Oklahoma. The name coming from two suggestions of "The All-American" and "The Rejects". At this time the band was made up of high school students Tyson Ritter & Nickolas Wheeler along with drummer Tim Campbell. The band was lucky to be signed after they sent their Sample cd: Smae Girl, New Songs to independent DogHouse Records, the disc found in the trash was saved by an intern who then showed it to the lable owner. The All-American Rejects were soon signed to a recording contract. The year 2001 they recorded and released their self title album, 'The All-American Rejects', also releasing "Swing,Swing" as a single towards the end of 2002. Shortly after Edmond, Oklahoma residents Mike Kennerty & Chris Gaylor joined the band. Dreamworks Records then signed The All-American Rejects and both the album & single were reissued. They embarked on their first headline tour during spring 2003, the Too Bad For Hell Tour. In 2005, the group released their second album, Move Along, with a number of hit singles coming from it including "Move Along" & "It Ends Tonight" The group then went into writing the next record which took about two years. In the summer of 2007 the band began recording their third studio album. During this time they also released a DVD featuring live content from their Tournado tour.They spent around six months in the studio recording When the World Comes Down with producer Eric Valentine. On October 8, 2008, the band was honored as a "Rising Star" by the Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame.The first single from When the World Comes Down was "Gives You Hell", which was released in September 2008. The music video was released November 5 and reached number one on VH1's Top 20 Countdown. On November 18, the band released "Mona Lisa (When the World Comes Down)" exclusively at iTunes.
Finally, three years after Move Along was released, the group's third album, When the World Comes Down, was released on December 16, 2008.[Also during this time they covered a song from Nightmare Before Christmas "Jack's Lament" on the Nightmare Revisited album. The band embarked on a world tour until coming back to the states to start the I Wanna Rock Tour, which hit many major venues.
BAND MEMBERS Tyson Ritter lead vocals, bass guitar, piano (1999–present) Nick Wheeler lead guitar, backing vocals, keyboards (1999–present) Mike Kennerty rhythm guitar, backing vocals (2002–present) Chris Gaylor drums, percussion (2002–present) Touring members Kevin Saulnier (Toad) - keyboard, backing vocals, percussion, guitar (2006–present) (Recorded keys on When the World Comes Down)
iceclan67yay added this comment 2010-04-30 23:50:24-05:00
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iceclan67yay added this comment 2010-04-30 23:50:24-05:00
Nice!