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Green River Ordinance’s Video For ‘Come On’

“Green River Ordinance” (GRO) is a 5-piece pop/rock band hailing from Fort Worth, TX. Their name refers to Green River Ordinances, laws which prohibit door-to-door sales unless the house’s owner gives permission to do so. GRO is not like other bands on the rise. Negativity isn’t their thing so you won’t find stories on them about trashing hotel rooms or being arrested for living a drug-crazed life. Shaped by frontman Josh Jenkins, along with bassist Geoff Ice, drummer Denton Hunker, and guitarists Josh Wilkerson and Jamey Ice, the band recorded its first EP in a church basement. They supported its release with a grassroots campaign, selling over 20,000 copies between their two independent releases, which led to shows alongside the likes of Bowling For Soup, Blue October, Simple Plan, and Mutemath. Their debut release for Virgin Records, “Out of My Hands,” was released in February and garnered them comparisons to Matchbox 20, Augustana, and The Fray. “Out of My Hands” peaked at #10 on the Billboard “Heatseekers” chart with their single “Come On” reaching #19 Billboard’s “Adult Top 40″ late in 2009. Several of their songs have been featured on shows like “So You Think You Can Dance” and “MTV’s The Hills.”

This song will shortly be added to my iPod and will be stuck on repeat for hours on end. Great song! You can watch their video “Come On” above, then head on over to iTunes to pick up their album.

New Music Friday – Dead By Sunrise

“Out Of Ashes,” the debut from the side project of Linkin Park’s frontman Chester Bennington’s new band, is here. Dead by Sunrise started to form in 2005 while Bennington was writing songs for Linkin Park’s “Minutes to Midnight” Album. The band also features Ryan Shuck and Amir Derakh (from Orgy/Julien-K), bassist Brandon Belsky, drummer Elias Anda (also from Julien-K), and keyboardist Anthony Valcic.

Per Dead By Sunrise:

“I came up with a few songs that felt and sounded really good, but I knew they weren’t right stylistically for Linkin Park. They were darker and moodier than anything I’d come up with for the band. So I decided to work on them on my own rather than turn them over and have them transformed into Linkin Park tracks,” says Bennington.

The band’s name, which was previously “Snow White Tan,” reflects the time during the album’s recording in which the band was living a ‘really self destructive lifestyle’ and weren’t sure they were going to make it to the next day. Bennington says the albums’ name is from ‘coming out of that self-destructive path and rising from the ashes.’ Back on May 10, 2008, the band performed three songs, including the song “Morning After,” at the 13th anniversary party for Club Tattoo in Arizona. The song was written by Bennington and originally performed on December 9, 2001 at the Live in Berlin concert. This was the first time that he had officially performed the song under a new name.

Recording of the band’s debut album began in July 2008 after touring for Linkin Park had finished. “Crawl Back In” is the first official single off the album, followed by “Let Down.” Dead by Sunrise’s MySpace page is featuring the video for the band’s first single, and will hold an exclusive listening party for its debut album on their page this week. Fans will be able to stream the album, which will be released by on October 13th, in its entirety on Myspace from October 8th through the 10th. MySpace will direct users to the listening party via links on both the site’s homepage and its music page. They are scheduled to perform at The Gramercy Theatre in New York City on October 14th, and at the Roxy in Los Angeles on October 19th. You can watch the video for the song “Crawl Back In” above. HWDamers – Let us know what you think!