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Fighting Ryan's Cousin

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Relationships are a big part of life and I (Wil) tend to always write about them. Not necessarily romantic relationships, but just the bonds shared between people. Not always are these songs about MY personal relationships, but sometimes about others, and sometimes, just ones that I fabricate in, sort of, "what if" situations. I'm fascinated with people and the way we interact with one another and it drives me to write. These songs are not complicated, or technical. They're more lyrically driven than anything else. After all, why write lyrics if they aren't meant to be heard? Currently, I'm working with the writings of some close friends in order to make music with other people's words. It's something new that I'm hoping will turn out well. So far, so good.
Originally, FRC was just me with a guitar. Now there are five members of the band. We thought that the simplicity of the music would change considerably with the addition of more instruments, but as it turns out, it just feels better to keep things nice and uncomplicated. I think FRC is, in some small way, intended to bring back a heart-felt element of simplicity into a period of musical chaos. We sort of have a "Whatever. It's cool." type of attitude toward our music and I think that's what makes it the most fun for us. We're not trying to win any 'Battle of the Bands' contests or get famous. We're just playing the music we write. Also, the band is set up in a loose, carefree sort of way...FRC has been designed so that we can play shows even if the whole band can't be there. It can be just one person with a guitar like it began, or it can be the full band, or any combination of members. So, when you come to see us, you can never be sure which FRC you're going to get. The songs will be the same, but the performances may vary. We hope you enjoy the music.

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Member Since: 23/06/2005
Band Members: William Arthur Riley - Vox, Guitar
Adam Steven McDorman - Vox, Bass
Aaron Jacob Hutchinson - Vox, Guitar
Matthew Kyle Coleman - Keys, Guitar
Christopher Neil Brock - Drums
Influences: Braid, Hey Mercedes, The New Amsterdams, The Get Up Kids, Jimmy Eat World, Saves The Day, The Promise Ring, The Postal Service, Death Cab For Cutie, Dashboard Confessional, Laura K Balke, Dido and tons of others.
Sounds Like: For simplicity's sake, we'll say lyrically focused, folky-acoustic music married with elements of electricity that can be ballad-ish at times, and also fairly driven at other times. Also, we've been known to produce "lay ya down by the fire" bass lines.
Record Label: psssh

My Blog

jingle jingle

hello.we are currently working on a christmas gift for you in the form of music. yes, tracking on christmas cd numero two has begun. we'd tell you more but it may spoil the gift. well, i suppose it...
Posted by on Sun, 29 Oct 2006 22:35:00 GMT

Recording Pictures

hi friends. we finished tracking for the cd late last night. we're really pleased with how it is turning out. here's a few pictures from the session.hugs,frc
Posted by on Fri, 28 Jul 2006 10:47:00 GMT

Recording

Hello.Good news. Fighting Ryan's Cousin will be entering the studio with the talented A.J. Fager very soon to record a new e.p, including some brand new songs & some reworked old ones. Hopefully it ...
Posted by on Sat, 15 Jul 2006 13:32:00 GMT

Let's help buy a baby heart!

We have been officially added to the Godzilla Tour with Offering By Fire and The House Effect.  Let's just say we're REALLY looking forward to the experience.  Unfortunately, not all of us c...
Posted by on Sun, 25 Jun 2006 11:18:00 GMT

dingdong

congrats to wil for getting hitched! he is off to disney world...then we will be back to play more shows, write new music, and maybe put some of it down on a record...matt/frc
Posted by on Sun, 14 May 2006 12:29:00 GMT

new things.

hey friends. it's been a great while since we've posted a blog, so here it goes.summer is quickly approaching, and we've got some exciting things going on. first, this saturday (april 22nd), we'll b...
Posted by on Mon, 17 Apr 2006 16:25:00 GMT

Fighting Ryan's CHRISTMAS !

I'll go ahead and make it official that we have begun working on a Christmas album that will probably have about 6 or 8 songs on it depending on what we can get done in the short time that we have.&nb...
Posted by on Tue, 01 Nov 2005 06:02:00 GMT

Just Folkin' Around

We have begun work on our next album.  We're in the preliminary stages right now and we can already tell that it will take a lot of work.  You see, this album will be different fro...
Posted by on Thu, 27 Oct 2005 07:24:00 GMT

A Different Ending to a Different Day

This is probably one of my favorite songs.  I like to play it. "A Different Ending to a Different Day" you gave me soap-opera answers to my real-life questions i tried so hard to let it go but we...
Posted by on Mon, 25 Jul 2005 01:22:00 GMT

more blyrics

This song was written long ago about a girl with whom I thought I would spend the rest of my life.  Then we broke up.  Then we got back together.  Then we broke up again, I th...
Posted by on Mon, 18 Jul 2005 14:25:00 GMT