The band Green River Ordinance from Ft. Worth, TX released their debut album today. All 5 of the guys in the band are friends of mine and have been for several years.
They started playing locally in the Ft. Worth, Texas area about 7 years ago, but since then they have grown considerably...The awards started coming in in 2003 when they were named The Best New Band of 2003 by the Fort Worth Weekly, then The Best Live Band the year after. In 2006, they were named Best Artist of the year, had the Rock Album of the Year, and the Song of the Year at the Fort Worth Music Awards. In 2008, they repeated the Artist of the Year award by the same folks. MTV Best on Campus named GRO one of the top twenty college bands in the U.S. Radio Shack selected their song ?Piece It Together? to pre-load onto over 500,000 MP3 players they sold around the world. Blogcritics.com named them the top unsigned band in the world in 2006.
That changed in 2007 when they inked the deal with EMI/Virgin Records, joining a stable of talent that reads like a Who?s Who of rock music. From the Immortals like Pink Floyd and Bob Seger to the newer classics like Beastie Boys and Coldplay.
For the last year GRO has been working with producers Mark Endert (Natasha Bedingfield, Maroon 5, Gavin DeGraw), Jordan Critz and Paul Ebersold (Sister Hazel, 3 Doors Down, Third Day) on their new CD "Out Of My Hands."
So check them out...I think they are pretty good, and not just cause they're friends...I bought my cd at Best Buy in Ft. Worth, but you can also pick it up at Barnes & Noble (my sister found it in Maryland), Borders, FYE, and of course iTunes...speaking of iTunes, the album is rated #25 on their top album list...
O and btw, for those of you in the Austin area, GRO will be performing at SXSW...
GRO's Myspace Page
They started playing locally in the Ft. Worth, Texas area about 7 years ago, but since then they have grown considerably...The awards started coming in in 2003 when they were named The Best New Band of 2003 by the Fort Worth Weekly, then The Best Live Band the year after. In 2006, they were named Best Artist of the year, had the Rock Album of the Year, and the Song of the Year at the Fort Worth Music Awards. In 2008, they repeated the Artist of the Year award by the same folks. MTV Best on Campus named GRO one of the top twenty college bands in the U.S. Radio Shack selected their song ?Piece It Together? to pre-load onto over 500,000 MP3 players they sold around the world. Blogcritics.com named them the top unsigned band in the world in 2006.
That changed in 2007 when they inked the deal with EMI/Virgin Records, joining a stable of talent that reads like a Who?s Who of rock music. From the Immortals like Pink Floyd and Bob Seger to the newer classics like Beastie Boys and Coldplay.
For the last year GRO has been working with producers Mark Endert (Natasha Bedingfield, Maroon 5, Gavin DeGraw), Jordan Critz and Paul Ebersold (Sister Hazel, 3 Doors Down, Third Day) on their new CD "Out Of My Hands."
So check them out...I think they are pretty good, and not just cause they're friends...I bought my cd at Best Buy in Ft. Worth, but you can also pick it up at Barnes & Noble (my sister found it in Maryland), Borders, FYE, and of course iTunes...speaking of iTunes, the album is rated #25 on their top album list...
O and btw, for those of you in the Austin area, GRO will be performing at SXSW...
GRO's Myspace Page
