Rooney ( Los Angeles,USA)

Rooney is a five-piece rock band from Los Angeles signed to Geffen Records. The band is composed of: Robert Schwartzman, Louie Stephens, Taylor Locke, Ned Brower, and Matthew Winter. The band is named after principal Ed Rooney, from the movie Ferris Bueller's Day Off.
Their music is reminiscent of British Invasion rock and 1980s pop, and has been compared to The Beatles, The Cars and Blur. 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."

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).
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" . 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.
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."
In late 2004, the band entered the studio to record tracks with producer Tony Hoffer for their second release. 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 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. 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. 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.
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. On March 6, 2007, the single "When Did Your Heart Go Missing?" was released on their official MySpace. 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. The album was released to stores July 17, 2007 and debuted #42 on The Billboard Top 100 Albums chart.
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.
Rooney headed out on a headlining tour dubbed "The Calling the World Tour" in May 2008 in the United States, scheduled to run until August. The band has said during live shows that at the conclusion of this tour they are going to record a new album.

Music Style: Pop/Rock

Myspace Link: http://www.myspace.com/rooney