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Rejection Letter

I could have been your knight in shining armor...

About Me



Rejection Letter is the brainchild of guitarist Tim Radloff and drummer Sam Heckman. The band formed in 2004 as a pet project of the two lifelong friends who were looking to showcase a batch of up-tempo songs about the follies of dating.

The public response to the initial four song online release was outstanding and requests for immediate live shows had them performing as a duo while searching for the right bass player to complete the group.

Tim continued songwriting and in July 2006 the full album "Not Quite Stable" was released at the Clearwater Theater. Andrew Spector of the Buzz Spectors joined the band to support their live shows, playing bass guitar. Rejection Letter takes great pride in their musicianship and has earned a reputation for being able to mix in one or two random audience requested songs from any genre or timeframe.
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Member Since: 5/27/2004
Band Members: Tim Radloff - guitars/vocals
Andrew Beamesderfershire - bass/vocals
Sam Heckman - drums

Influences: Green Day, Alkaline Trio, Jimmy Eat World, the Beatles, the Hollies
Sounds Like: Erection Petter
Type of Label: None

My Blog

New album

Work is underway for our next full length album. We're expecting the release to be in late fall/early winter. It is good stuff. Usually a band promoting a new album that nobody has heard says "This...
Posted by Rejection Letter on Tue, 10 Jul 2007 10:26:00 PST

We love you alll!!

Hey, thanks to everyone that made it out to the Clearwater tonight. We had a bast!! See you again soon. Sam
Posted by Rejection Letter on Tue, 10 Apr 2007 09:02:00 PST

Have Yourself a Rockin' October (otherwise known as ROCKTOBER)

I hope you're excited, because I sure am.  Good thing I'm sitting behind a computer desk ... ;)Here is October itinerary for all those avid Rejection Letter fans who don't want to miss a single s...
Posted by Rejection Letter on Tue, 03 Oct 2006 05:01:00 PST

CD Release

The date is set! Our CD "Not Quite Stable" is going to be released on 7/31/06.Clearwater Theater96 W MAIN STREET, WEST DUNDEE, 60118Cost: $6.00Get your copy there for $10 and see our first show with ...
Posted by Rejection Letter on Sat, 08 Jul 2006 05:38:00 PST

We want your videos and pictures

Hey, I'm putting together a lot of the media (videos and pictures) from Rejection Letter shows. Please send everything that you have to [email protected]. It's better than using myspace to s...
Posted by Rejection Letter on Fri, 05 May 2006 02:49:00 PST

Our CD is finally nearing completion!

Wow!  This is Tim (blue hair) writing and I just wanted to let all our fans out there know that our debut CD is mere days away from being complete!  I've been hard at work at the m...
Posted by Rejection Letter on Mon, 24 Apr 2006 11:29:00 PST

Recording Update

Hey everybody, just wanted to give you a quick progress report.  It's taking a little longer than we originally estimated to finish our CD, but we decided it was more important to do it...
Posted by Rejection Letter on Tue, 17 Jan 2006 06:44:00 PST

First show of 2006!

Hey everybody, it's nearly time for me to hit my pillow and fall fast asleep with visions of finally finishing this CD dancing in my head.  However, before I do, I just wanted to share with you a...
Posted by Rejection Letter on Tue, 10 Jan 2006 12:05:00 PST

Not even a blizzard can stop the rock

Cafe Filippi - 12/10/05 We played a show last night with the Buzz Spectors and it was one of the best nights of this past year!  Not only was it a great show (when you get Rejection Letter and th...
Posted by Rejection Letter on Sun, 11 Dec 2005 10:18:00 PST

Tim tries his hand at poetry

I'm not usually one for writing poetry, but I had a really crappy day yesterday and this just sort of came flooding out.  Let me know what you think - He used to be yours and he will be aga...
Posted by Rejection Letter on Wed, 23 Nov 2005 12:31:00 PST