RUMBLE IN RHODOS consists of five virtuoso boys from the plural suburbs of Oslo, Norway. Offering a delicate sound of energetic indie rock, touches of no-wave, danceable post-punk and marks of abstruse underground, Rumble In Rhodos' debut fulllength, "Own me like the city" confirms their potential as a new-commer of 2006.With strong press articles in the Norwegian press, invitation to perform at The Canadian Music Week(CMW) and winning the award in the category "Favourite New International Artist", The Indies 2006", among touring intensely over the Norwegian continent gaining confidence they are ready for international acknowledge.
The Rumbles were formed in early 2003. A sincere collaboration between five friends uniting their musical differences and backgrounds, resulting in advantages. Without any detours the luminary music scene in Norway opened their eyes for this exploding act and the past went trough a journey of adventures for Rumble In Rhodos.In 2004 the Zoom (underground music contest in Norway) was conquered and RIR played intensely all over Norway. The contest also resulted in strong press articles in the leading newspapers and web portals in Norway. Their EP was well acclaimed, and all the biggest festivals in Norway( Quart, Oya, Slottsfjell etc.) invited Rumble In Rhodos to come and play.Fader magazine wrote after the Oya festival " The sleeper band of the festival is also the recipient of the Dr Dog Award. Rumble In Rhodos are five young norwegian dudes who are on some At The Drive In shit with slightly softer angles. The lead singer plays both Blood Brothers at once, singing one line with a Cedric Bixler Zavala high voice, then drops down into a really nice low singing voice. The songs are great, but they get the Dr Dog Award for being young dudes that dont try to act like rock stars, or anything at all for that matter. They dont dress up like assholes and they dont pose. One guy does have a kinna crazy mustache, but it looks awesome and hes Norwegian so maybe its not weird. But yeah, RIR just play great hardcore-ish rock and are psyched about it. So are we"Their reputation for being a killer live band is no fucking joke. All their historical moments can easily be seen in the positivity and self-confidence that surrounds the band. The established management GOLDSTAR (Cato Salsa Experience, JR Ewing, Enslaved++ ) picked up the band on their roster. The CD version of "Own me like the City" is released by the major independent distribution company in Norway, Tuba Records and have already made GREAT reviews in national papers.Musically Rumble in Rhodos are inspired by new wave, danceable post-punk, with a good dash of various indie rock. Bands on the French Kiss records roster, the Sound virus roster, Fugazi, ...Trail of Dead and the present Dischord sound are all existence keys to the Rumble sound. Stylisticly full of dynamics, playful guitars, among a yanking, diverse and high pitched singer are some of their aesthetic qualities. Together with their danceable melodies, upbeat and brash rhythms " Own me like the City " holds on to your attention throughout its entire runtime.RiR will attend some of this years' Norwegian summer festivals, and hopefully they will hit the road that will lead them further down the European continent later this fall.Now working on their second album, the future looks bright for this band, and they will push hard for international acknowledge.
