The Bellrays are an American

United States

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 group that combines garage rock

Garage rock

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 music with soul

Soul music

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 singing styles. The band consists of Lisa Kekaula

Lisa Kekaula

Lisa Kekaula is the lead singer of American "rock 'n' soul" band The Bellrays.Kekaula was born to an African-American mother, Linda and Native Hawaiian father, Alan Kekaula in Los Angeles, California, although the family continued to grow and relocated to suburban Moreno Valley, California...

 (vocals), Bob Vennum (guitar), Justin Andres (bass) and Stefan Litrownik (drums). The group, founded in the early 1990s in Riverside, California

Riverside, California

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, prides itself on its independence. They have been with several independent labels, including Upper Cut, Poptones, Alternative Tentacles, Bittersweet, Shock, Cheap Lullaby, Vicious Circle, Anodyne.

On the group's MySpace

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 page, they describe themselves as follows:

"High Octane Rock and Roll! Biography schmiography! Who cares about where they came from or what they did before or how many records they put out. Stats are not what music or this band is about. If you have an open mind and want something challenging in your life then this is where you want to stop and listen. Just take it in and make up your own mind. You want somebody to tell you what it is go to Kelly Clarkson

Kelly Clarkson

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's website instead. You tell us what we're about and then tell your friends whether you like it or not."

"Zero PM" was featured in the video game Driv3r

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 and "Revolution Get Down" in a commercial for the Nissan Xterra. "Revolution Get Down" was also used as a fade-to-commercial song during the 2006 NCAA Tournament

2006 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

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 in the Mason

George Mason University

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-Florida

University of Florida

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 semifinal on CBS Sports

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Albums

• The BellRays (1990)
• In the Light of the Sun (1993)
• A Vital Gesture Christmas (1996)
• Let It Blast (1998)
• Punk Rock and Soul (1999)
• Grand Fury (2000)
• Meet the BellRays (2002)
• Raw Collection (2003)
• The Red, White and Black (2004)
• Raw Collection, Vol. 2 (2005)
• Have A Little Faith (2006)
• Hard Sweet and Sticky (2008)
• Merry Xmas, Love the BellRays (2008)
• Black Lightning (2010)

External links

• Official Website
• The BellRays at MySpace
  MySpace
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• The BellRays music videos (Including live performances and Tell The Lie, Fire and the Moon)
• An interview with Kekaula and some live extracts