Roger Clyne and the Peacemakers Are Rocking Toward Sure-Fire Success
Roger Clyne and the Peacemakers are touring the States with an all-request program to keep them and the audience on their toes.
The Arizona-based rock and roll band boasts loyal fans throughout the land who know every song in their repertoire.
Their intriguing mix of country, pop and rock with hints of reggae and old Mexico draws converts wherever they perform.
The only independent band to make Billboard's Top Ten Internet sales, RCPM has produced an album per year since forming in 1999.
Always innovative, they followed "Turbo Ocho" (2008) with a "VivaCast" that astounded and intrigued fans eager to become insiders.
The concept, unique to them, incorporated writing, arranging, recording, releasing and uploading a song a day for eight days, together with a video log for each.
"Glow in the Dark" (2009), a web-only release, was recorded live at Mexicali Blues in Teaneck, New Jersey.
It took the band in a fresh direction, allowing fans to learn a new song via video for each of the next fourteen weeks.
Before embarking on the current tour, Clyne composed and recorded another thirteen songs for the next album scheduled for release in the fall or early next year.
It's clear that Clyne utilizes his undergraduate degree in psychology from Arizona State University to connect with audiences on many levels.
He is convinced that the best way to promote the band's unique qualities is through word of mouth.
At the risk of being small, he emphasizes quality, not quantity, because he wants the group to be recognized as an honest rock and roll band that resonates with the people.
Raised on a cattle ranch southeast of Tucson, he used music throughout college as a means of cross-pollination.
By the time he received a scholarship to pursue graduate work at California State University in Long Beach, his first ensemble, The Mortals, was opening for the Gin Blossom and the Goo Goo Dolls.
Deciding the time had come to follow his muse, Clyne and ASU buddy, drummer P.
H.
Naffah, joined The Refreshments.
Along the way, he penned the band's theme song for the TV cartoon, "King of the Hill.
" When The Refreshments disbanded, he and Naffah headed for the ranch to decide their next step.
The upshot was Roger Clyne and The Peacemakers, a foursome that today includes lead guitarist Jim Dalton, a Colorado native formerly with the Doobie Brothers, and bassist Nick Scropos from Chicago.
At the ranch, they walked around until they decided where they wanted to go with their music.
He hit upon the name Peacemakers because it represents figures in myth and legend as well as a weapon, the Colt.
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The dichotomy was the selling point.
Clyne makes his home in Tempe, Arizona with his wife and three musical children, a son 13 and twins age 11.
As popular in his home state as he is in Mexico, where he frequently gives concerts to raise money for charities in Rocky Point, he was invited to compose the theme song for the Arizona Diamondbacks.
"The D'Backs' Swing" resonated among baseball fans immediately and is a major booster at every game.
He loves performing live for its inherent rewards and soccer for its pure action.
On stage, he puts together the action of sport with his style of rock and roll and lets the conscious mind give way to the spiritual.
The result is pure exultation.
The Arizona-based rock and roll band boasts loyal fans throughout the land who know every song in their repertoire.
Their intriguing mix of country, pop and rock with hints of reggae and old Mexico draws converts wherever they perform.
The only independent band to make Billboard's Top Ten Internet sales, RCPM has produced an album per year since forming in 1999.
Always innovative, they followed "Turbo Ocho" (2008) with a "VivaCast" that astounded and intrigued fans eager to become insiders.
The concept, unique to them, incorporated writing, arranging, recording, releasing and uploading a song a day for eight days, together with a video log for each.
"Glow in the Dark" (2009), a web-only release, was recorded live at Mexicali Blues in Teaneck, New Jersey.
It took the band in a fresh direction, allowing fans to learn a new song via video for each of the next fourteen weeks.
Before embarking on the current tour, Clyne composed and recorded another thirteen songs for the next album scheduled for release in the fall or early next year.
It's clear that Clyne utilizes his undergraduate degree in psychology from Arizona State University to connect with audiences on many levels.
He is convinced that the best way to promote the band's unique qualities is through word of mouth.
At the risk of being small, he emphasizes quality, not quantity, because he wants the group to be recognized as an honest rock and roll band that resonates with the people.
Raised on a cattle ranch southeast of Tucson, he used music throughout college as a means of cross-pollination.
By the time he received a scholarship to pursue graduate work at California State University in Long Beach, his first ensemble, The Mortals, was opening for the Gin Blossom and the Goo Goo Dolls.
Deciding the time had come to follow his muse, Clyne and ASU buddy, drummer P.
H.
Naffah, joined The Refreshments.
Along the way, he penned the band's theme song for the TV cartoon, "King of the Hill.
" When The Refreshments disbanded, he and Naffah headed for the ranch to decide their next step.
The upshot was Roger Clyne and The Peacemakers, a foursome that today includes lead guitarist Jim Dalton, a Colorado native formerly with the Doobie Brothers, and bassist Nick Scropos from Chicago.
At the ranch, they walked around until they decided where they wanted to go with their music.
He hit upon the name Peacemakers because it represents figures in myth and legend as well as a weapon, the Colt.
45.
The dichotomy was the selling point.
Clyne makes his home in Tempe, Arizona with his wife and three musical children, a son 13 and twins age 11.
As popular in his home state as he is in Mexico, where he frequently gives concerts to raise money for charities in Rocky Point, he was invited to compose the theme song for the Arizona Diamondbacks.
"The D'Backs' Swing" resonated among baseball fans immediately and is a major booster at every game.
He loves performing live for its inherent rewards and soccer for its pure action.
On stage, he puts together the action of sport with his style of rock and roll and lets the conscious mind give way to the spiritual.
The result is pure exultation.
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