Rival Schools (band)

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Name = Rival Schools


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Origin = New York, USA
Genre = Post-hardcore
Years_active = 1999–2003
2008–present
Label = Some Records, Island Records
Associated_acts = Quicksand
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Gorilla Biscuits
Youth Of Today
CIV
Iceburn
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Current_members = Walter Schreifels Ian Love Cache Tolman Sam Siegler

Rival Schools are a post-hardcore band from New York, featuring Walter Schreifels on vocals and guitar; Ian Love on guitar; Cache Tolman on bass guitar; and Sam Siegler on drums.

Formed by Schreifels, frontman of the influential group Quicksand, Rival Schools were a hardcore 'supergroup' - its members being alumni of such '80s and '90s hardcore bands as Gorilla Biscuits (Schreifels), CIV (Siegler), Youth of Today (Schreifels and Siegler) and Iceburn (Tolman).

The band's name (and that of their only LP) comes from the Capcom fighting game, "". [ [http://www.gibson.com/whatsnew/pressrelease/2001/nov8a.html Ian Love: Fate and good fortune with Rival Schools ] ] In their short history, the band toured both the United Kingdom, [ [http://www.drownedinsound.com/articles/2859 Drowned in Sound - News - "A" do all sorts of things. Official ] ] supporting A, and the United States.

As of 2008, the band have reformed to play some live shows, including Rock Am Ring in Germany, Hove Festival in Norway, a headline tour and Download Festival in the United Kingdom. They have also been writing new material.

History

Formation and "United by Fate" (1999-2002)

Rival School's first release was based around the concept of a series of EPs where multiple groups would come together to form a single band. For this, they teamed up with former Far leadman, Jonah Matranga. The lone result of this experiment was titled "Rival Schools United by Onelinedrawing," released on 24th July 2001 by Schreifels' Some Records.

Their full-length album, "United by Fate", was produced by the Grammy-nominated Luke Ebbin [ [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:7d87gjyr26ix~T4 allmusic ((( Luke Ebbin > Credits ))) ] ] and released on 28th August 2001. Due to obligations from Schreifels' time with Quicksand, the album was released by Island Records. Two songs from the album saw release as singles: "Used for Glue" closely followed the album's release, with "Good Things" coming later. Both songs enjoyed heavy rotation on MTV in the US and UK.

Rumored second album and dissolution (2003-2007)

The band went down when member Ian Love left the band in 2002. In between touring with the band, he'd formed [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:hm861vy3zzpa "Cardia"] and eventually left to focus on them. Regardless, a second album was expected for Spring/Summer 2003, [ [http://www.unitedbywalter.com/ubw_interview_with_walter_volume_one/ubwinterview.htm Walter Schreifels Interview: Walking Concert 10_06_04: unitedbywalter.com ] ] but never surfaced commercially (the master tapes, comprising 11 songs, were later leaked onto the Internet). [ [http://www.unitedbywalter.com/music/rivalschoolsunreleasedalbumwow/rivalschoolstwo.htm Untitled ] ] The rest of the band parted ways in September 2003: Schreifels went on to form Walking Concert; Love recorded a self-titled solo album in 2006, released on [http://www.limekilnrecords.com/artists/ianlove/ Limekiln Records] ; Tolman went on play with Institute; and Siegler joined Nightmare of You and briefly provided percussion for Limp Bizkit.

Despite the band's dissolution, rumours persisted that a new Rival Schools album would be released. This album would presumably be the never-released second LP, however other suggestions have been of an album of B-sides and unreleased songs or of an album of new material, performed by a reformed Rival Schools. Schreifels himself mentioned the likelihood of a new album, with it being mooted for late 2006, although it is yet to surface. [ [http://www.unitedbywalter.com/ubwchat.htm ubw chat with Walter Schreifels : : : : unitedbywalter.com ] ] [ [http://excoboard.com/forums/5630/28661/Archives/05%2D17%2D2006/421120-1.html] Dead link|date=March 2008]

Reunion (2008-present)

On April 9 2008 the German Rock am Ring & Rock im Park rock music festival announced that Rival Schools, will perform at the festival on June 8 2008. [ [http://rock-am-ring.de/newsitem.html?objId=28 Rock-am-Ring 2008: Festival News Story ] ] The band will also play the second stage of the Download Festival in Donington, UK on the same day Kiss headline. [ [http://downloadfestival.co.uk/lineup/index.aspx Download Festival 2008 :: Line Up ] ] The band advertised a 5 date UK tour in Kerrang! Magazine (7th May 2008), and set up an official Myspace page, on which Schreifels revealed the band were writing new material. New songs aired at the UK dates have included 'Big Waves', 'Paranoid Detective', 'On the Frey' and 'Sophia Lauren'. Rival Schools is scheduled to play at the Fun Fun Fun Festival in Austin, TX in November, and then at the Australian Soundwave Festival in February, 2009.

Discography

Studio Albums

* "United by Fate" (2001), Island Records
* "2nd Unreleased" (2003)

EPs/Singles

* "Rival Schools United by Onelinedrawing" (6-track EP) (2001), Some Records
* "Used for Glue" (CD single) (2001), Island Records
* "Good Things" (CD single) (2002), Island Records
* "Used for Glue" (7" vinyl) (2002), Island Records

References

External links

* [http://www.myspace.com/RivalSchoolsUnitedByFate Rival Schools at MySpace Music] official
* [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:5hqpg4h9tv1z Rival Schools] at Allmusic
* [http://www.ianlove.com/ Ian Love] official site
* [http://www.unitedbywalter.com/ United by Walter] a Walter Schreifels fan site