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Matt has decided to leave Rooney to focus on becoming a doctor.
While we’re sad that he’s leaving, we wish him all the best

Thank for everything Matt.

Head on over to Rooney-band.com and read his letter.

Wow, there’s quite a few things happening these days… yay

Ned

First of all CONGRATULATIONS to Sarah & Ned. Emmett Andrew Brower has been born and he looks adorable

Ned tweeted this picture from his twitter

 Ned’s been busy, he also attended the 2010 NAMM Show in Anaheim, CA, where you could catch him at the Ludwig booth

Here’s some pictures from Ludwig-Musser Drums and Percussion’s facebook

 Taylor

Taylor has been hanging out with Bleu, recording a song called Boston.

You can read more about that here :)

Flickr

Rooney is now on Flickr. See the latest pictures as they get uploaded and join the group to share your own pictures

 Robert

Robert has been talking to D.A. from Chester French. Personally I’d love to see them do something together, or at least have D.A telling Robert/Rooney a little about how to promote themselves and keep fans happy
Robert also tweeted about recording a song with Joe Jonas…
For all these juicy updates, follow Robert on Twitter

WikiName

Miranda from the Rooney street team (and Rooney-band.com) found this little thing the other day, and I found it really funny ;P

HISTORY

Rumor has it, Ed Rooney, an avid adversary of the ironically titled band, Rooney, is on the hunt for the five men who form the rock group. Apparently, the high school principal has left his Shermer home in hopes of reaching Los Angeles by the end of the week. Rooney (the principal, not the band) has been known to destroy a good time, or try to anyway. The band has declined to comment. In related news, Ferris Bueller has won the lottery.

Meanwhile, a pack of friendly guys with loose sleeves and bell-bottoms relax by a swimming pool. Never has a band been so unquestionably dutiful to a hometown. Or a home state, for that matter. Before a sun-kissed throng of Marissa Cooper’s and Summer Roberts’, with the grizzly bear flag flapping in the bonfire breeze, these guys, together known as Rooney, let the whole world know just how much they love California.

And, boy, is John Hughes insulted.

A diehard for his own home state, Hughes worked hard to convert the nation’s adolescents, in the prime of their angst, to the ear-muffed joys of the Windy City through the innocently sensual bite of Molly Ringwald’s bottom lip. (A smart man, that Hughes.) But now he scoffs at the L.A. based group that does nothing but rob this already regressing generation of what is really out there, beyond the bleached blonde shores of Southern California, to a place where sixteenth birthdays are often forgotten, where beautiful women are technologically created, and where Buzz eats all the cheese pizza. The band neglects a little place called Illinois… all in the name of a legendary 80s character.

Uniting under the mustached title of ‘Ed Rooney’ in 1999, Robert Schwartzman, Louie Stephens, Taylor Locke, Ned Brower, and Matthew Winter quickly dropped the first name, opting for a more Ferrisian effect with plain old ‘Rooney’ (hence the lack of propriety in the absence of Ed and/or “Mr.”) As harsh-weathered fans of the classic 1986 hit Italic textFerris Bueller’s Day OffItalic text, the rebellious group identified themselves in salutatory ode to the man who, in essence, made Ferris Bueller’s day off the exhilarating ride that it was.

A surprise this was not to most followers. Schwartzman, the animated lead singer and former actor, is a multi-gifted descendent of The Royal Coppolas. Nephew of Vito Corleone’s written voice, son of the shy face behind “Yo, Adrian!”, cousin of the founder of Bill Murray’s translation, brother of Max freaking Fischer; one had to only assume that his next project would somehow correlate to his insane tie to cinematic brilliance. Robert, as well as his less-genetically-privileged bandmates, often express their fervent passion for The Arts in general; whether be it music, film, sketching, or literature.

However, Rooney has established their respectable foundation based on the fact that they adore Southern California, albeit amidst a plethora of high-pitched squeals and pigtails. Such a reputation has caused many skeptics, John Hughes included, to wonder “Why not ‘Wayne‘, ‘Hasselhoff’, ‘Schwarzenegger’?”

“Why,” asks Hughes, “must you sabotage my homeland, my craft, my Ed Rooney?”

They laugh in response, their growing hair blowing out the convertible windows on a drive down Pacific Coast Highway. “Because,” they say in harmonic unison, “we’re on the trip of our lives under a California sun, and he’s still trying to catch us.”

You can find it here

Rooney Drummer Pays Tribute to Fallen Mentor Carter Albrecht

By Darryl Smyers

Published on December 16, 2009 at 1:12pm

Ten years ago, Ned Brower was attending SMU when he formed a band called The Cosmetics with one Carter Albrecht. Now the drummer for the Los Angeles power pop band Rooney, Brower has recently paid tribute to his sadly deceased, Dallas-based mentor.

“The title track of our new EP is about Carter,” says Brower from a Rooney tour stop in Minneapolis. “He was both my musical mentor and a great friend of mine.”

The EP Brower speaks about is called Wild One, the third release from Rooney, a spunky quintet that has existed on the periphery of success for several years.

Often compared to bands such as The Cars, Jellyfish and Blur, Rooney (named after the principal in the movie Ferris Bueller’s Day Off) parlays its craft at the shiny end of the power pop spectrum. Sweet little songs like “I’m Shakin’,” “I’m a Terrible Person” and “When Did Your Heart Go Missing” have found their way onto commercials and various nighttime dramas.

Yet even a high profile slot opening for the Jonas Brothers in 2008 hasn’t made Rooney a household name.

Brower is hoping this new EP can help the band reach a different level of popularity while at the same time let people know how much Albrecht meant to him.

“I truly feel that Carter was one of the greatest artists,” says Brower. “I wish more people would get to hear his music. If our record sends people his direction, that would be a great thing.”

Interestingly, the song “Wild One” is the only cut on the new EP written and sung by Brower. Seems the drummer (who handles backing vocal duties for Rooney) has been mulling over paying tribute to his mentor ever since he found out about Albrecht’s death while on tour in Europe a few days after the tragedy.

“We were in England and it was just devastating,” admits Brower. “Carter wrote me a really nice note about our record just a few days before he died, and he floored me with how kind he could be.”

The song “Wild One” is Brower’s reaction to Albrecht’s death, but there is nothing morose about the cut. Over a playful beat, Brower muses thoughtfully about the irony of seeing Albrecht’s name in the news as a result of his death instead of his talent. “You were the toast of the town, but you were already in the ground,” sings Brower, before asking, “Why’d you have to be the wild one?”

Brower says he still thinks about Albrecht every day and wishes his friend and mentor was around to hear what his college buddy has accomplished.

“Carter was a true genius,” says Brower. “Writing the song for him was one way that I could fight the sad reality that I wasn’t going to hear anymore of his music.”

CREDIT : Dallas Observer

First off, HAPPY THANKSGIVING. I’ll be celebrating my first ever Thanksgiving today

Sorry for the lack of updates… I’ve been on vacation in LA for a while now, unfortunately I have to go home Saturday… But what better way to end your vacation than going to see Rooney?

I usually don’t do this, but I got the chance to see 100 Monkeys (among a bunch of other bands ), and seriously if you get a chance to go to one of their shows, GO! They’re amazing live.

Another great band is Crash Kings who’ll be on the Wild One tour with Rooney. Their album “Crash Kings” is really good, so check them out before you catch a show on this tour. You can get the track “It’s Only Wednesday” for free, if you just post a tweet about it via this website.

Robert announces Rooney’s Wild One tour 2009
 

All the tourdates for the Wild One Tour should be up in the Tour dates section now, including ticket info. If Rooney plays a show near you, head out and support them

There’s a couple of contests where you can win tickets to the show @ El Rey on Friday.
URB MAG : the contest is open until midnight tonight (Thursday)
Radio Free Silverlake : the contest is open until noon Friday

WILD ONE STREAMING. There’s clips of all the songs from the Wild One EP up on Rooney-band.com, go listen to them now. I gotta say, I think it sounds amazing

Robert now has his own private twitter – rcschwartzman

Rooney did the Pablove Benefit on Nov 21. This is an amazing benefit, and you should read about it on Pablove.org

Here’s some pictures from the benefit

credit : Losanjealous

credit : LA Weekly

So.. Some of the guys are on Twitter.

Rooney – “Rooneyband” – www.twitter.com/rooneyband
Louie – “LouieRooney” – www.twitter.com/louierooney
Ned – “NedBrower” – www.twitter.com/nedbrower

 These are the only ones that has been confirmed to be real!
(confirmed by Miranda who runs the Street Team, and Rooney’s online sites)

There’s one called “RobertCarmine”. It’s NOT Robert.
It says “This is the official fan twitter of Robert Carmine! Follow our band page @RooneyBand”.
It has NOT been confirmed that it’s Robert or any of the members of Rooney .
Robert doesn’t go by Carmine anymore and I highly doubt that he’d use that lastname on twitter.
I’m only mentioning this because eventhough it says “fan twitter”, it also says ”follow our band page” which can make it sound like it’s actually Robert – I’m pretty sure there’s nothing official about it either.
(It has been confirmed by Miranda that this twitter is NOT Robert or any other member of Rooney)