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Rooney is a five-piece Pop-Rock band hailing from Los Angeles, California
USA, whose music is reminiscent of artists spanning from the '60s to the
present day. Formed in 1999, the group is led by singer+guitarist Robert
Carmine, Schwartzman by birth, the younger sibling of Phantom
Planet drummer Jason Schwartzman; the line-up is completed by guitarist
Taylor Locke, keyboardist Louie Stephens, bassist Matthew Winter and drummer
Ned Brower.
After playing the sunset strip clubs and self producing EPs for a couple
of years, Rooney supported such mainstream bands as Weezer,
The Strokes, Sloan,
The Donnas, Travis
and many others.
The quintet signed a deal with Geffen Records in the spring of 2002 and
released their self-titled debut full-length disc in May 2003; the record
reached nearly gold status peaking at #125 on The Billboard Top 200 chart
and yielded two minor hit singles including the Billboard's Top 40 Mainstream
"I'm Shakin'" and "Simply Because".
Rooney's long-awaited sophomore effort, "Calling The World",
arrived in July 2007; it peaked at #42 on The Billboard 200 and included
the infectious single "When Did Your Heart Go Missing?".
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