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about the band

Rooin is a semi-melodic-heavy-metal-grunge/punk-core band out of the Carver County area of Minnesota. Founded in June of 2012 by five members

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dominic Ciccarelli - Vocals

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cody Lieske - Drums

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dane Paulson- Guitar

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Evan Bahls- Guitar/ vocals

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Brant Stender- Bass

 

 

.We all got connected through facebook and mutual friends and all had a strong desire to start a band, just a band that we thought was cool and write songs that we liked to play and see if we could play some shows.  After a full year of practicing in sheds and milking parlors Rooin started playing Local shows in summer of 2013 at such locations as: The Garage, The Fallout Co-op, The Skyway Theatre, Frostfest battle of the bands at Bubbas bar and grill in Sauk Rapids, Neisans, Club Undergournd,  and Keller bar in St. Cloud. We've played quite a few shows since our first one at The Garage in the winter of 2013 and seek to play more and more often. hopefully Bigger crowds and better stages are in the future but hell every show is funner than the one before it so were content with where were at for now.

 

 Were currently in the process of recording  What we do have, is a short EP that we've recorded, we just have to process it and make copies. We ALSO have a single on iTunes and Spotify ( look up Rooin Illusions, it'll still be near the bottom of the list). But the main thing, is were self recording a full album which we plan to have done sometime in 2017 that will show some of our potential, and blow away all previous conceptions of amateurism.

 

Any way. About our (Theme) , I'll admit were still a little unclear about what the exact story is behind the look but it is what it is right now. Eventually were going of an apocalyptic and dark future world while expressing our point of view on the current state of civilization. In other words (hypothetically/playfully-conceptually) were from the future where everything is all Mad Max and Borderlands, and through a freak thing weve been sent back to this time period and we immediately dug metal of course so we started a band to warn people of the downfalls of humanity.  Through Image and Lyrics and future music videos and other media, we aim to show listeners that this is an old and grimy way of life. that were living on the dead wreckage of past blunders and that if were to save humanity from any kind of mass destruction, we have to come together and get over our ugly differences in the name of a more fullfulling and happy existence for all humankind. We'd like people to pull away from this fake plastic manipulative and shallow template of society and realize that its decaying, corrupt and wasteful nature of greed and disconnect and over consumtion and indulgence is just plain making us awful creatures compared to our real potential. Its created this awful cage for many people, of a life that is a whisper of the true capacity of experience and existence. We, like many, want the unaware or the ignorant to think about what sort of global disaster it could bring if we don't change the way we live or what sort of global war we could create if we don't change the way we interact with eachother and respect or disrespect other human beings. What sort of future of bratty shitty greedy and un-spirited robot people we could end up with if we never evolve beyond our current path of life.

To put it short our message is simply "hey wake up fuckers and think about this shit for a second, you think this is the best way for man to co-exsist here on earth?"  That and we wanted to give our songs and image a nostalgic feel like something lost from the past or out of a dream world. I suppose you could say thats a reflection of finding something good left among a ruined and battered humanity. The general atmosphere you might get from us as a band is *finding something beautiful and worthwile amongst the decayed and sad ruins of the past, some bit of 'thought to be lost' hope amidst the darkness and the chaos of the world. Scary looks and screams, with pretty melodies.

 

Why the masks? it was a collective idea of all the members that it would just be fun and more interesting to have an image. and that image, though open to interpritation, is pretty much just a gang of post apocalyptic scavangers. During our live set we don't concentrate on preaching about our ideals were just all about having a fun live show and bringing everyone together and basically telling you to mosh and go nuts and have as much fun as you can instead of standing and judging. Basically if you smile at some point while were screaming at you and your ears are bleeding then weve done our job. We won't judge any of our fans based on trivial stuff and we don't expect you to love us. we just expect that everyone will at least have a good time at a Rooin show. So the masks are quite simply just a part of that experience we'd like to convey. I could get all metaphorical about how everyone is god wearing the mask of the individual, or that we all put on a veil of what we think people want us to be, but thats not why we did it. They help with stage anxiety sooo. Anyway One day we'll have like 5 fog machines and 23 lights and pyro-technics for every song, and like a giant rusty decroded statue of liberty skeleton or some video projections or something. So we plan to keep adding things to our live show to make it more and more of a spectacle.

 

Future of the band? well you can only get so far with just practicing and and playing songs alone. We're already beginning to find that climbing the ladder to success as an established metal band isn't something thats just going to happen. We're going to keep working at it, getting better at performing, writing more songs, coming out with more videos and recordings, and playing as many shows as we can. Were not really in a band to become rich and famous and get chicks and live some drug induced rockstar lifestyle, were in it because its simply the funnest hobby any of us has ever been a part of and we'd like to have our own honest shot at creating another cool ass metal band for the world to slap on their playlist. Were not trying to impress the popular culture or get a damn 93X hit were just doing what we think is kinda cool and writing songs that we actually like. So if you dig it? thats fucking awesome! and we hope to get to know you and keep you listening and banging your head! if you don't dig it? thats totally what we expected anyways! so were not too let down by it. in fact were probably going to keep doing it for years despite what anyone thinks or how far we go with it.

 

check out the rest of the site! like us on facebook! shoot us a message or an email! come to a show! or start your own band! idk man, shit,  do something while your alive you beautiful fucking miracle of living breathing feeling thinking exsistence. just don't let someone else dictate how you spend all your time. And don't let anyone rob you of a good life.

 

 

 

 

we have T shirts for sale! $ 10

as well as vinyl decals for $ 3

if you buy a ticket to one of our shows directly from us we will throw in a sticker

if you come to that show and find us and take a picture with us we'll hook you up with a free t-shirt!

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