The All-American Rejects Biography

Biography

Set to appear at the TD Banknorth Garden to perform a special concert for their fans on the halftime show of the Celtics versus Sacramento Kings game on January 27, The All-American Rejects presumably could become one of the busiest music acts of the year indeed. Aside from their Rise of the Fall Tour scheduled to be held in late of the month in Montreal and Canada, the band has teamed up with Fall Out Boy, Hawthorne Heights, plus The Hush Sounds to carry out The Black Clouds and Underdogs Tour together across U.S in the springtime. Also prepare themselves to deliver memorable gigs in their U.K tour for the whole month of February, the hectic schedule they are about to conduct merely points out that the troupe has really soared to be an important figure in the mainstream music scene.

A pop punk band of Stillwater, Oklahoma based, The All-American Rejects was originally formed by Tyson Ritter and Nick Wheeler who discovered that both of them shared profound interest in music when got to know each other during their high school years. Looking for additional players in their newly established project, these two gifted young guys eventually picked Mike Kennerty ...

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to be the group's guitarist and Chris Gaylor to replace drummer Tim Campbell, therefore making the band's formation fixed as a quartet. Immediately worked together to compose their own songs with Tyson as the vocalist/bassist and Nick in guitar/keyboard/programming tasks, they spent the rest 1990s holding some live performances around the town while also recorded a few demos that showcased their brand of scrappy, stylish guitar-pop with the goal to self-release their initial effort.

Accomplished their objective to launch an indie album by the spring of 2000, The Rejects gradually built a large local fanbase that later led them to be the opening act for The Flaming Lips and Caroline's Spine. Next released an EP entitled “Same Girl, New Songs” in 2001 followed by a tour around Midwestern America, the band satisfyingly took a step further when they was able to gain the attention from Doghouse Records which they thus signed with to work on their international debut album. A self-titled one, this composition surprisingly scored a great result when it came up on October 1, 2002, breaking into the top 40 of The Billboard 200 besides secured the 8th rank on the Top Heatseekers. However, it was through ...