This week I am going to introduce to you a band with a little old school flavor. This band has been compared to bands including The Beatles, The Cars, and Cheap Trick. The rockin’ band I am going to introduce to you all this week is called Rooney. Sadly, Rooney seems to have been born in the wrong era. With their old school sound, Rooney has been trying to make it big for a very long time. And finally, their perseverance has recently been starting to pay off.
Back in 1999, the band formed being called the name of Ed Rooney. The band released a series of independent EPs through to 2002. Moving up in the musical social ladder, Rooney got the chance to sign on a recording deal with Geffen Records. The band never really slowed down enough to quit but album sales were definitely slow. The group held a cameo appearance on the O.C. where they sang a few of their songs, and then had a song featured on the daytime soap opera “All My Children”. Rooney kept persisting to try to make it to the big time, and had many songs featured on different television shows. They even toured with different artists including Weezer and The Strokes. However, things still came slowly for the band. Still pushing forward, Rooney started working on their second album called “Calling the World”. In 2007 the band’s single “When Did Your Heart Go Missing?” became popular and was used in a commercial for the TV show “Beauty and the Geek”. Their new album with this popular single debuted at #42 on the Billboard Top 100 Albums chart.
The following year of 2008 Rooney started with opening for teen heartthrobs, The Jonas Brothers, on the Jonas Brothers’ “Look Me in the Eyes” tour. In 2009 the band started working on their album entitled Eureka. Rooney is actually currently on tour covering this new album. The tour goes until the end of May, with Rooney playing music in various cities all over the United States. Even though it has been a long and winding road towards musical fame for Rooney, they have definitely never given up and are not about to be taken out of the race any time soon.
I first heard of the band Rooney a few years ago. My friend Andy has been dubbed the nickname of “Rooney” in comparison to the CBS news spokesman Andy Rooney, so when she saw an album of a band named Rooney at the musical store, she thought she just had to buy the CD. She had never heard of the band and didn’t even know what they were going to sound like. Luckily, she liked their sound a lot, and then introduced them to me. I hope you enjoy them as well!
First, I will show you one of Rooney’s first hit singles, “When Did Your Heart Go Missing”.
The next song I will show you is one of my personal favorites, “I Should’ve Been After You”. This song is one of my favorites because it is upbeat, and a good song to jam to in the car. I hope you agree!
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