OneRepublic have unveiled the cover to their highly anticipated sophomore album Waking Up.  The follow-up to their Dreaming Out Loud debut is due out on November 17th, and it features the powerful new single “All The Right Moves.” OneRepublic broke records with their mega-hit “Apologize” which became the most legally downloaded song in US digital history.
In anticipation of the album’s release, the Colorado-based quintet is heading out on tour with Rob Thomas. Visit Myspace.com/OneRepublic to listen to “All The Right Moves” in full and view the upcoming tour schedule.
The Heroes Season 3 DVD/Blu-Ray is coming out today and one of the features included on the set is a behind the scenes tour of the Prop Box. I can’t believe the secrets he reveals in this video. I have to admit that I know who it is the video, and it’s because of Twitter. (It’s @jamesprops you can follow him on Twitter and see his Heroes tweets too.)
Season 3 of Heroes is coming out on DVD and Blu-Ray on September 1st just in time for you to recap the show before the new season starts. The DVD comes with 20 hours of bonus content and a preview of Season 4 on the Blu-ray disc. I know I need this set to round out my collection of the other two seasons I have on DVD.
Below is one of the deleted scenes included with the set from Nathan (Adrian Pasdar) and Claire (Hayden Panettiere).
I am a huge Three Days Grace fan. I have been for what seem like forever. And in the last couple of days my love affair with music has been cemented. Of all the music I listen too I love to listen to Three Days Grace when I’m sad. Their music touches the very soul of me. This morning I found out that they were releasing a new album, Life Starts Now, and it will be released on September 22. (How appropriate that title is for what I’m going through right now.)
You all know that game we used to play as a teen? M.A.S.H? We all wanted to see who we would be married to and how many kids we would have. Well now Warner Bros is gearing up for 17 Again’s release of the download and digital release of the movie on iTunes by giving you a chance to play M.A.S.H. with Zac Efron.
I loved 17 Again, just because I wish sometimes I could go back and be a teen and do life all over again. I guess I will have to keep wishing.
Green River Ordinance is releasing their new CD, Out Of My Hands, on February 24. They have opened for such bands as Bon Jovi, Collective Soul, and Simple Plan, and are planning to hit the road again in support of their new record.
The band is composed of singer/guitarist Josh Jenkins, brothers Jamey (guitar) and Geoff Ice (bass), Denton Hunker (drums) and Joshua Wilkerson (guitar). For Out Of My Hands, the band teamed up with producers Mark Endert (Natasha Bedingfield, Maroon 5, Gavin DeGraw), Jordan Critz and Paul Ebersold (Sister Hazel, 3 Doors Down, Third Day) while still keeping the songwriting in-house. I love GRO’s sound…they remind me of my favorite bands and I have been listening to the CD non-stop.
I had a chance to ask the guys a couple of questions since I was excited to share them with all my readers, all the questions were answered by Geoff.
On how they came up with their name, Green River Ordinance: We came up with the name Green River Ordinance when my brother Jamey and I started the band 9 years ago. I was only 13 at the time and Jamey was 15. This was before Josh Jenkins (our singer) joined the band, and we were mostly a classic southern rock blues band. The garage we practiced in at the time was filled with old road signs and the coolest one just said “Green River Ordinance Enforced” in big black letters. We thought that it had a nice ring too it, and the name has stuck all these years since.
On how they all got together: Jamey and I started the band back when I was in middle school and he was a freshman in high school after we played sweet home Alabama for a talent show. We met Josh Jenkins through a friend of our old drummer who gave us a tape of Josh singing some songs he written. We loved the songs and his voice. A few weeks later Josh was in our garage, and the band took on a whole new direction. Joshua Wilkerson was good friends with Josh Jenkins through high school, and we decided to bring in another guitar player he was our first choice. Through out high school we all became very close friends, and when we started college we met our drummer Denton Hunker and the band became complete.
On their most memorable show: Hands down the best live show we have ever done, was when we opened up for Bon Jovi at the American Airlines Center in Dallas. We were chosen by a local radio station and won their contest. We played on a giant stage in front of twenty thousand people. I have never felt a greater adrenaline rush or heard louder applause. The guys in Bon Jovi where incredibly friendly. It was a legendary night for us.
On their biggest influences: We all come from different musical back grounds, Jamey and I grew up playing blues, Josh Jenkins’ family has country music roots. Joshua Wilkerson grew up listing to everything from the Beatles to Seal, and Denton has a background in jazz. Some of our favorite bands that influence us are Pete Yorn, Third Eye Blind, U2, and Tom Petty.
On Geoff’s favorite single on the new CD: My personal favorite song is getting older. The harmonies on it were very fun to record and I love the way they sound live. It was also a song that we spent a ton of time try working on but never really came together until we got in the studio. It was challenge that took a lot of work to finish, and I am very happy with how it turned out.
On what they are wanting to achieve with their music: Find a cure for cancer and AIDS and free the world of mosquitoes……….. We want to bring fun happy music that makes people move and look at the world differently.
Visit their website here, and be sure to check out their MySpace…a lot of their music is on there. It was the way I found I was hooked!
