Rogue Wave (band)

Infobox musical artist
Name = Rogue Wave


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Background = group_or_band
Origin = Oakland, California, USA
Genre = Indie rock, Lo-Fi
Years_active = 2002–present
Label = Brushfire Records
URL = [http://www.roguewavemusic.com/ Official website]
Current_members = Zach Rogue
Pat Spurgeon
Gram LeBron
Patrick Abernethy
Dominic East
Past_members = Sonya Westcott
Evan Farrell

Rogue Wave is an indie rock band from Oakland, California, (formerly signed to Sub Pop, now to Brushfire Records), and headed by Zach Schwartz (a.k.a. Zach Rogue) who created the band after losing his job in the dot-com bust. Their first album was "Out of the Shadow" which was released privately in 2003 and re-released in 2004. In the fall of 2004 they went on a national tour of the US. Their second album "Descended Like Vultures" was released in October 2005. Their newest album, "Asleep at Heaven's Gate" was released on September 18, 2007, though it was available one week earlier on iTunes.

Rogue Wave is featured on the performing a cover of Buddy Holly's "Everyday". A live version of their "Out of the Shadow" track, "Every Moment", appeared on the soundtrack for the movie "Napoleon Dynamite", but not in the movie itself. In addition, the song "Eyes" was featured in the movie "Just Friends" and in episodes of "Heroes", "Friday Night Lights", "Scrubs" and "Chuck". They also had their song "Kicking the Heart Out" on an episode of "Weeds" on Showtime. The Fox show "The O.C." has used "Publish My Love", "California", and "Interruptions" as well as included "Publish My Love" on "," a collection of songs used in the show. Most recently the song "Lake Michigan" was used in an ad for Microsoft's MP3 player Zune. Also, the third episode of season five "Nip/Tuck" featured "California". Their song "Harmonium" is used in an ESPN commercial for the UEFA Euro 2008.

The current band lineup consists of Zach Rogue (vocals, guitar), Pat Spurgeon (drums, samples, guitar, vocals), Gram Lebron (keyboards, guitar, drums, vocals) and Patrick Abernethy (bass, vocals), who replaced Evan Farrell in 2007. Farrell himself had replaced original bassist Sonya Westcott in the fall of 2004. On the weekend of December 22-23, 2007 Farrell died in Oakland CA, suffering from "massive smoke inhalation" in an apartment fire caused by a dangerously obsolete gas fired floor furnace. [http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003689491]

Zach Rogue was previously a guitarist in the Bay Area band The Desoto Reds. Pat Spurgeon has played with bands Antenna, Stranded at the Drive In, Ramona the Pest, Brando, Steve Kowalski, Lessick, and has also released solo work as The Phantom Drummer. Gram Lebron has been involved in the bands Long and Golden, Schrasj, Sad Like Crazy, Conundrum, Jessica Six, All Transistor and has also released solo work as Golden Gram. Evan Farrell has played with The Japonize Elephants, Mega Mousse, Amaldecor, Big Mule, Hunted Haunted Bazergahn Klezmorchestra, Grande Rouge, Kentucky Nightmare, Mama HooHoo. Patrick Abernethy was formerly a keyboard player with Beulah before joining Rogue Wave.

Band members

Current:
*Zach Rogue - vocals, guitar, wurlitzer (2002 - present)
*Pat Spurgeon - drums, keyboard, samples, vocals (2002 - present)
*Gram LeBron - guitar, keyboard, vocals, drums (2002 - present)
*Patrick Abernethy - bass, piano, keyboard (2007 - present)
*Dominic East - guitar, pedal steel, vocals (2007 - present)

Former:
*Sonya Westcott - bass, vocals (2002 - 2004)
*Evan Farrell - bass, vocals, keys (2004 - January 2007)

Discography

Albums

* "Out of the Shadow" (February 18, 2003; R: July 13, 2004) Responsive Recordings / Sub Pop Records
* "Descended Like Vultures" (October 25, 2005) Sub Pop Records
* "Asleep at Heaven's Gate" (September 18, 2007) Brushfire Records

EPs

* "10:1" (August 23, 2005) Sub Pop Records

ingles

oundtracks

*"Napoleon Dynamite original soundtrack" (2004, Lakeshore Records) song: "Every Moment (live)"
*"" (2005, Warner Bros./Wea) song: "Publish My Love"
*"Just Friends soundtrack" (2005, New Line Records) song: "Eyes"
*"" (2005) song: "Everyday" (Buddy Holly cover)
*"" (2006, Warner Bros./Wea) song: "Debaser" (Pixies cover)
*"Cry Wolf" original soundtrack (2005, Lakeshore Records) song: "10:1"
*"Spider-Man 3 Soundtrack" (2007, Record Collection), song: "Sight Lines"
*"Heroes" Episode 1.01: Genesis (2006) song: "Eyes"
*"For The Kids Three" (2007, Nettwerk Music Group) song: "My Little Bird"
*"Weeds" OST: Season 2 (2006) song: "Kicking The Heart Out"
*" [http://www.clifgreennotes.com CLIF GreenNotes Protect the Places We Play] " (2008) song: "Chicago X 12"

External links

* [http://www.roguewavemusic.com Rogue Wave official website]
* [http://www.myspace.com/roguewave Rogue Wave on MySpace]
* [http://www.bandega.com/band/view/rogue-wave#interview 2007 Rogue Wave Interview at Bandega.com]
* [http://www.timmcmahan.com/roguewave.htm Lazy-i Interview: January 2005]
* [http://www.archive.org/details/RogueWave Rogue Wave collection] at the Internet Archive's live music archive
* [http://www.redefinemag.com/music/interviews_music_2.php?artist=Rogue-Wave&id=54 Rogue Wave Interview at REDEFINE Magazine, December 2005]
* [http://www.kyte.tv/roguewave Rogue Wave Videos on Kyte]
* [http://www.buzznet.com/web/music/journals/entry/2288791/ Rogue Wave Interview at Buzznet]