Artist: Rooney
Genre(s):
Other
Discography:
Calling the World
Year: 2007
Tracks: 12
The retro-leaning pop/rock lot Rooney is comprised of Robert Carmine (vocals/guitar), Taylor Locke (guitar), Matt Winter (bass), Louie Stephens (keyboards), and Ned Brower (drums). Inspired by the Beach Boys, ELO, Superdrag, and the quintet's hometown of Los Angeles, Rooney held their earlier practices in Locke's service department in 2000. From the start, however, the mathematical group enjoyed connections that most garage bands deficiency: Carmine is the younger brother of actor/ex-Phantom Planet drummer Jason Schwartzman (not to mention the boy of actress Talia Shire, cousin of Nicholas Cage, and nephew of Francis Ford Coppola), and both he and Brower had previously enjoyed acting careers (Brower briefly starred opposite Katie Holmes in Dawson's Creek, while Carmine enjoyed medium-sized roles in The Princess Diaries and The Virgin Suicides). The connections paying off, and Rooney made their live debut opening for Phantom Planet in 2002.
More live dates would follow, including tours with Weezer and the Vines, and it wasn't long in front Rooney enlisted the avail of Keith Forsey (Baton Idol, the Psychedelic Furs, Simple Minds) to record real for their commencement full-length album. Spring 2003 sawing machine the exit of Rooney's sunny self-titled debut, whose gross revenue spiked well when the band appeared on The O.C. (the first in a long communication channel of indie acts of the Apostles to do so) in 2004. Later that year, the DVD Spit and Sweat arrived, collection live performances, music videos, and interviews. Rooney began recording their bit record album late in 2004 with producer Tony Hoffer, just the album -- tentatively titled The Kids After Sunset -- was scrapped, contempt several songs beingness posted on the band's MySpace page in 2005. More tracks from the roger Huntington Sessions leaked onto the Internet and were dubbed The Lost Album. The band attempted to record their second album over again in fall 2005 with Howard Benson in the producer's seat. The album was slated for a 2006 exit simply was likewise scrapped due to the band and label's inability to agree which songs should come along on it. In 2006, Rooney toured with Kelly Clarkson and returned to the studio with producer John Fields for a third -- and successful -- effort at their second album. Calling the World was released by Cherrytree Records in summer 2007.
