Rooney
 

Like them? They are a good socal band. I'm really liking most bands on the Geffen label.

Wow, some good responses here

No kiddin. I'd like to know more about rooney, i've never heard their stuff. You have a website or an opinion of them longer than 10 words? Give me some info so I can reply to your thread.

They aren't bad. I kinda like some of their stuff, but would never buy any music or go to a concert.

They are a Socal band and they play "pop Rock and roll". They have a "newer" cd out thats self titled. They are pretty catchy. The have a vintage new york sound with a californian twist. Their website is www.rooney-band.com

I think their stuff is decent, but their popularity went away about a year ago.

I like them quite a bit. They're better than most of the new stuff that's coming out these days.

I thought they were just becoming popular? ::shrugs:: Or has their cd been out that long?

I saw them perform at the Roxy a few years ago, along with Maroon 5. It's strange because I never thought either band would become accepted into the mainstream. I just recently saw them perform with Michelle Branch, and they haven't lost their touch. Awesome stuff.

Saw them live in San Francisco in 2002, shot them for some SoCal magazine. All I can say is that they are very pretty, and my fangirl friends liked them. I think that Minibar do the same thing a heck of a lot better.

Is Socal a genre?

Anyway, since Punk still isn't explaining the group, I went to ubl.artistdirect.com:
80s pop is a good thing IMHO, I'll check them out when I have a bit more time.

Yes and no, I find it being used to describe bands coming out of that area and having listeners go "Oh, yeah, Socal? I'll check it out" and no because all the socal bands don't mix together. I'm sorry but I couldn't a site other then their homepage.

OK, I listened to the one streaming song on their website (Blueside). It certainly had a Beach Boys influence, but it seemed very superficial. Is the rest of the album that light?

I read about Rooney in a magazine about October last year and bought their cd after reading it, not having heard any of their stuff. I love the cd. I think its a great sound, a little different then most mainstream stuff.

If you want to hear them, the lead singer (Robert Carmine - real last name is Schwartzman I think) is in the Princess Diaries. In one scene, there's a 'band practice' going on, and it's Rooney.

Sidenote: lead singer's brother is the kid from Rushmore....