- Ruth (band)
Infobox musical artist
Name = Ruth
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Origin = flagicon|USABattle Ground,Washington
Genre =Christian rock Indie rock
Years_active =2005 –present
Label =Tooth & Nail Records
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Current_members = Dustin Ruth
Nicholas Wiinikka
Brett Van Liew
Matt Roberts
Past_members = Ryan Peterson
Justin Schiermeister
Reid VanAttaRuth is a four piece
Christian rock band fromBattle Ground, Washington onTooth and Nail Records . Ruth's debut album, "Secondhand Dreaming ," was releasedJune 26 ,2007 . Ruth is an acronym for the phrase, "Return Us To Him", as posted on the band's Myspace.Band's History
Formation
Dustin Ruth moved to Los Angeles in pursue of finding band members to join him to form a band. After searching for, what seemed like years, he finally found a group of people that wanted the same as him, in his hometown of Portland,
Oregon . They are known as "RUTH", it is the last name of the lead singer, Dustin Ruth, and has been used as an acronym for Return Us To Him.cite web |url=http://www.christianitytoday.com/music/artists/ruth.html |title=Ruth |work=Christian Music Today |accessdate=2008-05-05]In early 2006 they released a self-titled EP, they played shows up and down the West Coast, trying to gain a fan base. Eventually they found a label, Tooth And Nail, they began recording a full length debut Album as soon as they got signed in Fall 2006.
econdhand Dreaming
They finished recording their debut, "Secondhand Dreaming" in November of 2006, they had worked with producer, Aaron Sprinkle, who has worked with several other groups. The album was released on June 26 2007, the band supported the album while on tour with Falling Up and Run Kid Run. In the fall, the band embarked on the "Appetite For Construction Tour" with Switchfoot and Relient K, it supported the charity,
Habitat For Humanity .Anorak
Following the success of
Secondhand Dreaming , the band began recording their second album in the spring of 2008. They worked with Chris Keene of Surrogate as producer as well asAaron Sprinkle again, and completed it in late May 2008.On a brief European tour they announced their second album, Anorak, would be released on
October 28 2008 .The album will be supported by a fall tour with Decemberadio.
* [http://thealbumproject.net/2008/10/full-review-ruth-anorak/ Full review of the album at The Album Project]
Members
Current members
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Dustin Ruth — lead singer,guitar ,harmonica
* Nicholas Wiinikka — lead guitar
* Brett Van Liew — bass
* Matt Roberts — drumsFormer members
* Ryan Peterson- drums
* Justin Schiermeister – bass
* Reid VanAtta- drumsDiscography
Albums
* "
Ruth EP " - Independent (2006 )
* "Secondhand Dreaming " -Tooth & Nail Records (2007 )
* "Anorak "-Tooth & Nail Records (2008 )ingles
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Cross the Line " (2007)
*"You Are" (2007), #16 on the R&R magazineNovember 17 2007 chart [ [http://www.weekend22.com/ R&R magazine] chart forNovember 17 2007 , RetrievedNovember 22 2007 ]
*"One Foot In, One Foot Out" (2008)References
External links
* [http://www.ruththeband.com Official Website]
* [http://www.myspace.com/ruthrock Official MySpace]
* [http://www.purevolume.com/ruth Official PureVolume]
* [http://www.virb.com/ruthrock Official Virb.com]
* [http://www.myccm.org/ruthrock Official MyCCM.org]
* [http://www.anatomyclothes.com Anatomy Clothing Co.] (one of the many Ruth Sponsors)
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