Rose Hill Drive
Encyclopedia
Rose Hill Drive is an American
rock
band. The group is often aligned with other innovators in the revival of traditional hard rock and early metal–psychedelic. Combining hard-driving rock and blues
with modern touches and arrangements, they are often described by reviewers as reminiscent of 1970s rock bands Led Zeppelin
and Cream
.
by brothers Jacob Sproul
(bass guitar
and vocals) and Daniel Sproul
(guitar
, backup vocals), and high school friend Nathan Barnes (drums
). The present trio solidified after the departure of bassist Graham Webster
, who later wrote about the band. The band takes its name from the street where the Sproul brothers lived and the band's early rehearsals took place.
Rose Hill Drive has performed with Stone Temple Pilots
, The Black Crowes
, The Who
, Robert Randolph, Wilco
, Queens of the Stone Age
, Van Halen
, Gov't Mule
, The Answer
and Aerosmith
and also performed at Graspop, Bonnaroo, Wakarusa
, Red Rocks, Austin City Limits
and the Warped Tour
.
On August 22, 2006, the band released their debut self-titled album on Megaforce Records. That summer, the band played the same stage as The Who at the Wireless Festival in Leeds and the Hyde Park Calling Festival in London
. In the fall of 2006 and spring of 2007, Rose Hill Drive supported The Who on select US and European dates. The band was even joined on stage in Chicago at a taping of the show "In The Attic" by Pete Townshend
, who jammed on The Who classic “Young Man Blues” and Rose Hill Drive's very own "Raise Your Hands".
In the April 2007 issue of Rolling Stone Magazine, Rose Hill Drive was named one of the "10 New Artists to Watch" in 2007.
Though influenced by many other hard rock and blues bands from the 1960s and 70s, the band reported in Rolling Stone that they are growing weary of being compared so closely to other bands, as they want to be known for their sound, not how much they sound like somebody else.
Their song "Goal!" is the official anthem for the Colorado Rapids
of Major League Soccer
.
The second album, Moon is the New Earth
, was released on June 24, 2008, showing a blend of classic rock, punk-rock, psychedelia and even pop. The single "Sneak Out" appears in the popular video game Guitar Hero 5
, released on September 1, 2009.
After a 17-months hiatus, the band resurrected in June 2010 to play a free concert in native Boulder, Colorado
, with a revised lineup: new member Jimmy Stofer
is added on bass, while Jacob Sproul switched to rhythm guitar in order to let his brother Daniel concentrate on lead work. In an interview they said to having been writing new material, but without being in the rush to make a new album soon.
The band published two new songs on their Myspace.com web page in September 2010, named 'Setting Sun' and 'Mr Right'. In February 2011 Rose Hill Drive went into the studio and recorded a new album, and announced on their website a new US tour supporting Stone Temple Pilots
through April and May. After a respite in June, Rose Hill Drive returns to touring in July 2011 with 15 more shows, opening for Stone Temple Pilots
as well as headlining their own events.
On June 12, 2011, the band released their new album, titled "Americana", on their new self-founded label "Slow and Shirley Records", with two tracks published on Facebook
to listen and download.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
rock
Rock music
Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...
band. The group is often aligned with other innovators in the revival of traditional hard rock and early metal–psychedelic. Combining hard-driving rock and blues
Blues
Blues is the name given to both a musical form and a music genre that originated in African-American communities of primarily the "Deep South" of the United States at the end of the 19th century from spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts and chants, and rhymed simple narrative ballads...
with modern touches and arrangements, they are often described by reviewers as reminiscent of 1970s rock bands Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin were an English rock band, active in the late 1960s and throughout the 1970s. Formed in 1968, they consisted of guitarist Jimmy Page, singer Robert Plant, bassist/keyboardist John Paul Jones, and drummer John Bonham...
and Cream
Cream (band)
Cream were a 1960s British rock supergroup consisting of bassist/vocalist Jack Bruce, guitarist/vocalist Eric Clapton, and drummer Ginger Baker...
.
History
Rose Hill Drive was formed in 2000 in Boulder, ColoradoBoulder, Colorado
Boulder is the county seat and most populous city of Boulder County and the 11th most populous city in the U.S. state of Colorado. Boulder is located at the base of the foothills of the Rocky Mountains at an elevation of...
by brothers Jacob Sproul
Jacob Sproul
Jacob Sproul is the rhythm guitarist and vocalist of American power trio Rose Hill Drive. He played bass for most of Rose Hill Drive's existence, but switched to rhythm guitar after bassist Jimmy Stofer joined. He is the brother of lead guitarist Daniel Sproul.Sproul is a graduate of Fairview High...
(bass guitar
Bass guitar
The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
and vocals) and Daniel Sproul
Daniel Sproul
Daniel Sproul is a guitarist of American power trio Rose Hill Drive. He is the brother of bassist and vocalist Jacob Sproul.He plays a Gibson Les Paul and Fender Stratocaster.His main influences are Jimmy Page and Eric Clapton.-References:...
(guitar
Guitar
The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
, backup vocals), and high school friend Nathan Barnes (drums
Drum kit
A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
). The present trio solidified after the departure of bassist Graham Webster
Graham Webster
Graham Webster is a Scottish football Midfielder currently playing for Dundee in the Scottish First Division.-Dundee:A member of Dundee's Under 19 squad and with Dundee in administration and relying on youth Webster made his first team debut on 10 April 2011 against Stirling Albion from the start...
, who later wrote about the band. The band takes its name from the street where the Sproul brothers lived and the band's early rehearsals took place.
Rose Hill Drive has performed with Stone Temple Pilots
Stone Temple Pilots
Stone Temple Pilots is an American rock band from San Diego, California that consists of Scott Weiland , brothers Robert DeLeo and Dean DeLeo , and Eric Kretz ....
, The Black Crowes
The Black Crowes
The Black Crowes are an American rock band formed in 1989. Their discography includes nine studio albums, four live albums and several charting singles. The band was signed to Def American Recordings in 1989 by producer George Drakoulias and released their debut album, Shake Your Money Maker, the...
, The Who
The Who
The Who are an English rock band formed in 1964 by Roger Daltrey , Pete Townshend , John Entwistle and Keith Moon . They became known for energetic live performances which often included instrument destruction...
, Robert Randolph, Wilco
Wilco
Wilco is an American alternative rock band based in Chicago, Illinois. The band was formed in 1994 by the remaining members of alternative country group Uncle Tupelo following singer Jay Farrar's departure. Wilco's lineup has changed frequently, with only singer Jeff Tweedy and bassist John...
, Queens of the Stone Age
Queens of the Stone Age
Queens of the Stone Age is an American rock band from Palm Desert, California, United States, formed in 1997. The band's line-up has always included founding member Josh Homme , with the current line-up including longtime members Troy Van Leeuwen and Joey Castillo , alongside Michael Shuman and...
, Van Halen
Van Halen
Van Halen is an American hard rock band formed in Pasadena, California, in 1972. The band has enjoyed success since the release of its debut album, Van Halen, . As of 2007 Van Halen has sold 80 million albums worldwide and has had the most #1 hits on the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart...
, Gov't Mule
Gov't Mule
Gov't Mule is a Southern rock jam band formed in 1994 as an Allman Brothers Band side project by Warren Haynes and Allen Woody.The band released their debut album Gov't Mule in 1995...
, The Answer
The Answer (band)
The Answer are a Northern Irish hard rock and blues-rock band from Newcastle and Downpatrick, County Down, Northern Ireland. They have achieved success with their debut album Rise selling in excess of 30,000 copies in the UK & Europe, 10,000 on day one in Japan and 100,000 worldwide.-Lineup:*Cormac...
and Aerosmith
Aerosmith
Aerosmith is an American rock band, sometimes referred to as "The Bad Boys from Boston" and "America's Greatest Rock and Roll Band". Their style, which is rooted in blues-based hard rock, has come to also incorporate elements of pop, heavy metal, and rhythm and blues, and has inspired many...
and also performed at Graspop, Bonnaroo, Wakarusa
Wakarusa Music and Camping Festival
Wakarusa Music and Camping Festival is a four-day music festival held in early June at Mulberry Mountain near Ozark, Arkansas. The festival has been held annually since 2004....
, Red Rocks, Austin City Limits
Austin City Limits
Austin City Limits is an American public television music program recorded live in Austin, Texas by Public Broadcasting Service Public television member station KLRU, and broadcast on many PBS stations around the United States...
and the Warped Tour
Warped Tour
The Warped Tour is a touring music and extreme sports festival. The tour is held in venues such as parking lots or fields upon which the stages and other structures are erected. The BMX/skateboarding shoe manufacturer Vans, among others, has sponsored the tour every year since 1995, and it is...
.
On August 22, 2006, the band released their debut self-titled album on Megaforce Records. That summer, the band played the same stage as The Who at the Wireless Festival in Leeds and the Hyde Park Calling Festival in London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
. In the fall of 2006 and spring of 2007, Rose Hill Drive supported The Who on select US and European dates. The band was even joined on stage in Chicago at a taping of the show "In The Attic" by Pete Townshend
Pete Townshend
Peter Dennis Blandford "Pete" Townshend is an English rock guitarist, vocalist, songwriter and author, known principally as the guitarist and songwriter for the rock group The Who, as well as for his own solo career...
, who jammed on The Who classic “Young Man Blues” and Rose Hill Drive's very own "Raise Your Hands".
In the April 2007 issue of Rolling Stone Magazine, Rose Hill Drive was named one of the "10 New Artists to Watch" in 2007.
Though influenced by many other hard rock and blues bands from the 1960s and 70s, the band reported in Rolling Stone that they are growing weary of being compared so closely to other bands, as they want to be known for their sound, not how much they sound like somebody else.
Their song "Goal!" is the official anthem for the Colorado Rapids
Colorado Rapids
The Colorado Rapids are an American professional soccer club based in the Denver suburb of Commerce City, Colorado which competes in Major League Soccer , the top professional soccer league in the United States and Canada. It is one of the ten charter clubs of MLS, having competed in the league...
of Major League Soccer
Major League Soccer
Major League Soccer is a professional soccer league based in the United States and sanctioned by the United States Soccer Federation . The league is composed of 19 teams — 16 in the U.S. and 3 in Canada...
.
The second album, Moon is the New Earth
Moon is the New Earth
Moon is the New Earth is the second album by American power trio Rose Hill Drive. The album was released on June 24, 2008. The first track on the album, 'Sneak Out', was released as a single...
, was released on June 24, 2008, showing a blend of classic rock, punk-rock, psychedelia and even pop. The single "Sneak Out" appears in the popular video game Guitar Hero 5
Guitar Hero 5
Guitar Hero 5 is a music video game and the fifth main entry in the Guitar Hero series. The game was developed by Neversoft and published by RedOctane and Activision, and released internationally in September 2009 for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 2, 3 and Wii consoles...
, released on September 1, 2009.
After a 17-months hiatus, the band resurrected in June 2010 to play a free concert in native Boulder, Colorado
Boulder, Colorado
Boulder is the county seat and most populous city of Boulder County and the 11th most populous city in the U.S. state of Colorado. Boulder is located at the base of the foothills of the Rocky Mountains at an elevation of...
, with a revised lineup: new member Jimmy Stofer
Jimmy Stofer
Jimmy Stofer is a well-known American bass guitarist.He was the touring bassist for Denver-based piano rock band The Fray. The Fray have never had an official bassist, and in 2005, Stofer was employed as touring bassist. Stofer and The Fray amicably split ways in 2007, and he focused his attention...
is added on bass, while Jacob Sproul switched to rhythm guitar in order to let his brother Daniel concentrate on lead work. In an interview they said to having been writing new material, but without being in the rush to make a new album soon.
The band published two new songs on their Myspace.com web page in September 2010, named 'Setting Sun' and 'Mr Right'. In February 2011 Rose Hill Drive went into the studio and recorded a new album, and announced on their website a new US tour supporting Stone Temple Pilots
Stone Temple Pilots
Stone Temple Pilots is an American rock band from San Diego, California that consists of Scott Weiland , brothers Robert DeLeo and Dean DeLeo , and Eric Kretz ....
through April and May. After a respite in June, Rose Hill Drive returns to touring in July 2011 with 15 more shows, opening for Stone Temple Pilots
Stone Temple Pilots
Stone Temple Pilots is an American rock band from San Diego, California that consists of Scott Weiland , brothers Robert DeLeo and Dean DeLeo , and Eric Kretz ....
as well as headlining their own events.
On June 12, 2011, the band released their new album, titled "Americana", on their new self-founded label "Slow and Shirley Records", with two tracks published on Facebook
Facebook
Facebook is a social networking service and website launched in February 2004, operated and privately owned by Facebook, Inc. , Facebook has more than 800 million active users. Users must register before using the site, after which they may create a personal profile, add other users as...
to listen and download.
Studio albums
| Year | Title | Label |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Rose Hill Drive Rose Hill Drive (album) Rose Hill Drive is the debut album from American power trio Rose Hill Drive. The album was released on August 22, 2006. The release of the album meant the Rose Hill Drive EP was put out of print as 3 of the 4 songs included on it feature on the album.... |
Megaforce Megaforce Megaforce is an action film made in 1982 directed by former stuntman Hal Needham. The film starred Barry Bostwick, Persis Khambatta, Michael Beck, Edward Mulhare, Evan C... and SCI Fidelity Records |
| 2008 | Moon is the New Earth Moon is the New Earth Moon is the New Earth is the second album by American power trio Rose Hill Drive. The album was released on June 24, 2008. The first track on the album, 'Sneak Out', was released as a single... |
Megaforce Megaforce Megaforce is an action film made in 1982 directed by former stuntman Hal Needham. The film starred Barry Bostwick, Persis Khambatta, Michael Beck, Edward Mulhare, Evan C... |
| 2011 | Americana | Slow and Shirley Records |
EPs and live discs
| Year | Title | Label |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Live at the Fox Theatre | |
| 2006 | December 30, 2005 Live at the Boulder Theater | |
| 2006 | Rose Hill Drive EP | Megaforce Megaforce Megaforce is an action film made in 1982 directed by former stuntman Hal Needham. The film starred Barry Bostwick, Persis Khambatta, Michael Beck, Edward Mulhare, Evan C... and SCI Fidelity Records |
| 2007 | Rose Hill Drive Sneak Out Sampler | Megaforce Megaforce Megaforce is an action film made in 1982 directed by former stuntman Hal Needham. The film starred Barry Bostwick, Persis Khambatta, Michael Beck, Edward Mulhare, Evan C... |
Compilations
| Year | Title | Song | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Stubbs the Zombie: The Soundtrack | "Shakin' All Over Shakin' All Over "Shakin' All Over" is a rock and roll song originally performed by Johnny Kidd and the Pirates. It was written by frontman Johnny Kidd and reached #1 in the United Kingdom in August 1960... " |
Shout Factory |
External links
- Official Rose Hill Drive site
- Rose Hill Drive collection at the Internet ArchiveInternet ArchiveThe Internet Archive is a non-profit digital library with the stated mission of "universal access to all knowledge". It offers permanent storage and access to collections of digitized materials, including websites, music, moving images, and nearly 3 million public domain books. The Internet Archive...
's live music archive - Earvolution Interview/Profile