Collinz Room

Collinz Room
Background information
Origin	Los Angeles, CA
Genres	Indie rock, Punk, Emo, Grunge, Hard rock
Years active	2002 – present
Labels	The Bird Call Productions
Associated acts	Ruwanga Samath
Members
Rick Amieva Jonny Whitton Jay-Jay McNeal *Luis "chocs" Campos

Collinz Room is an American Rock band from Los Angeles, CA. Collinz Room was formed in 2002 and is currently signed to The Bird Call Productions.^[1]

Biography

Career

Collinz Room was formed in 2002, by Rick Amieva and Jonny Whitton. After experiments with different artists the band finally found their heavy bassist, Johnny “Jay-Jay” McNeal, and Latin rock drummer, *Luis "chocs" Campos. Collinz Room’s style was described as “a blend of raw rock with a soulful edge”^[2] by James James of Speak EZ radio and “a flavored addiction that begs for more” by Shawn Plunkett of Flare Magazine. The band has released two albums, “Vampire Puppet”^[3] and “Silence the Insects”. Their single “Just another day”^[4] from the second album found itself on the Saw IV (soundtrack) and earned Collinz Room their second LA Music Award.^[5] Collinz Room is currently recording their 3rd album and continues to tour^[6] around the United States.

Awards

• LA Music Award – Best rock song in a major motion picture soundtrack,^[7] Saw IV (soundtrack)
• LA Music Award – Sonic Bids contest^[8]

Members

• Rick Amieva – electric guitar, lead vocals
• Jonny Whitton – electric guitar, vocals
• Jay-Jay – bass guitar
• Luis "chocs" Campos - Drums

References

1. ^ http://www.prlog.org/10039790-bird-call-productions-reveal-just-another-day-by-collinz-room-as-the-best-rock-song-in-film.html
2. ^ http://www.addictedtonoise.com/profile/collinzroom
3. ^ http://www.unsigned.com/collinzroom
4. ^ http://music.yahoo.com/track/50327284
5. ^ http://music.ign.com/articles/824/824184p1.html
6. ^ http://www.pasadenaweekly.com/cms/story/detail/rose_city_rocks/6021/
7. ^ http://www.lamusicawards.com/maine.html
8. ^ http://www.lamusicawards.com/2006recipients.html