The American Radio (has officially broken up)

About Me

The American Radio was formed in the early fall of 2001 as a school project at Visible School in Lakeland, TN. They realized they had a good thing going and decided to continue the band after the school year ended. With a broad spectrum of musical influences, The American Radio continued writing songs and headed into the studio in the summer of 2002 to record "The Real EP". They played locally at a number of venues and worked hard developing an energetic live show.
The American Radio went on hiatus for a year while band members pursued additional post-secondary education and career choices. When asked about the time apart, lead singer/guitarist Rich Riegel said, "I would say that we matured more. (During) the time apart we were each listening to different music, I mean really listening, and that enabled us to come back together and bring fresh perspective to our individual instruments and the band as a whole."
When the band re-emerged, there was a lineup change, and once again The American Radio continued working on writing great songs, and developing their live show. The band members began going over their old material. "Little nuances here and there: Maybe we should improve this guitar line or maybe we should change this melody line," Riegel said. "We were just always pushing ourselves to go deeper and deeper into the songs."
Their newest EP titled "Listen", released to iTunes in December 2006, and was recorded at world famous Ardent Studios (Gin Blossoms, Sister Hazel, 3 Doors Down), and also at Studio B inside Visible School. One of the most hook-laden songs on the EP is "Satellite" which recently received some radio airplay on 93X in Memphis.
They are currently beginning work on new songs and hopefully a return to the studio to record their first full-length album.
As for the energetic live show, let's just say the hard work doesn't go unnoticed.
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My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 12/26/2005
Band Website: Click here to check out our really cool website!!
Band Members: Rich Riegel - Lead Vox / Guitar
Brett Harris - Drums
Stephen Adkisson - Bass

Influences: Foo Fighters
Jimmy Eat World
Coldplay
Copeland
Matthew Good
Switchfoot
Athlete
Plankeye
The Juliana Theory (especially their "Emotion is Dead" album)
Sounds Like: Come to one of our shows to find out. Or you could listen to a couple of our tracks and decide for yourself.

Click HERE to read our interview in The Commerical Appeal.

Listen to our interview on Visible Radio.

Now you can buy "Satellite" as a Ringtone!!!

Buy our music here!!

Record Label: Visible Media Group
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

The American Radio Has Officially Broken Up

Hello everyone.A big THANK YOU goes out to all our friends, family, and fans! We have had an incredible journey over the past 6 years. Thanks to those of you who have supported us along the way.The ...
Posted by The American Radio (has officially broken up) on Mon, 01 Oct 2007 04:29:00 PST

Its now September

Hello all,We hope your summertime was fantastic and that returning to your jobs, school, after a vacation wasn't too difficult. (Does anyone have any summer vacation pics they want to share?)We have ...
Posted by The American Radio (has officially broken up) on Wed, 05 Sep 2007 03:34:00 PST

Where are they now?

Hey there,So.....what are we up to?Well, earlier this year, our founding guitarist, Ryan Nelson, decided to leave the band. He is pursuing a career now, focusing on his family, and his work with the ...
Posted by The American Radio (has officially broken up) on Thu, 03 May 2007 08:55:00 PST

What a Night!!

A funny thing happened to me on my way home tonight....First of all, thank you to all of you who came out to SIPS coffee house tonight catch our acoustic performance! Sips was wonderful to us, really...
Posted by The American Radio (has officially broken up) on Sat, 21 Apr 2007 11:38:00 PST

Emergenza - Moving Us Forward

Hello good people of earth!If you pay attention to the concert section of our 'space, you probably noticed that we played the HiTone Cafe last weekend. It was part of an international Battle of the Ba...
Posted by The American Radio (has officially broken up) on Mon, 05 Mar 2007 08:11:00 PST

The Commercial Appeal web-link!!

Hey hey hey!!In case you don't have time today to go to the store.....or you don't happen to have 50 cents to purchase it....we have the interview online!! Check out our interview HERE.Keep it famous...
Posted by The American Radio (has officially broken up) on Fri, 22 Dec 2006 12:56:00 PST

Press Time!! Commercial Appeal December 22, 2006

Hello friends!I wanted to let you all know that there is going to be an article/interview on us in the Memphis Commercial Appeal tomorrow! So, please go to the store, gas station, library, wherever an...
Posted by The American Radio (has officially broken up) on Fri, 22 Dec 2006 07:29:00 PST

Merry Christmas!!

Hello friends,We want to wish you a very Merry Christmas!The last few days, I have been reflecting on the Christmas season. Some of my favorite things about the season are: Christmas lights, hot choco...
Posted by The American Radio (has officially broken up) on Tue, 19 Dec 2006 02:33:00 PST

We're 2nd to Jerry Lee Lewis!!

Hey there!We want to thank everyone who came out to support us last night @ Spin Street Music for our EP Release Party! The manager of Spin Street told us we had the best CD release turn out so far. ...
Posted by The American Radio (has officially broken up) on Thu, 07 Dec 2006 06:42:00 PST

TUESDAY DECEMBER 5th!!

Hello everyone!Thank you for being patient as we get the EP Release all ironed out.You guessed it!! Tuesday, December 5th @ 7pm is our Official EP Release Party!! The whole deal is going down at Spi...
Posted by The American Radio (has officially broken up) on Tue, 14 Nov 2006 09:24:00 PST