I'm Tony Rizzo, an art student living in Chicago. The featured songs are a retrospective of my dabbling as a songwriter from 2001 to 2005. Style ranges from hard rock to pop, jazz, soul, 'emo', alternative, and other junk. My focus is always on emotion, expression and satisfaction. I hope you like. And feel free to leave me a message.

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New Jersey dream rock quartet Armor for Sleep's emotionally charged lyrics, energetic live shows, and D.I.Y. work ethic have won them a loyal fan base. Singer/songwriter/guitar player Ben Jorgensen began writing songs the summer before his freshman year at college, and recorded two of them at a local studio. Weary of playing all of the... [+] Read More

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In a search to find others interested in trading videos of live shows, drummer/singer Bob Nanna, of Friction, placed a classified ad in Maximum Rock 'n Roll and met drummer Roy Ewing, of Champaign-Urbana, IL, in 1993. That fall, Bob, a freshman at the University of Illinois in Champaign-Urbana, started hanging out with Roy, who played in... [+] Read More

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we all met each other. probably in a bar or at a show. we danced, we talked, we wrote music together. now we are releasing an EP. find it. steal it. buy it.

we want to be more like Nikola Tesla. these are not business endeavors or corporate take-over strategies, these are songs created by five guys with day jobs.

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The roots of Chamberlain are planted in the Indianapolis band Split Lip, a juggernaut of the Midwestern hardcore scene between 1991 and 1995. Signed to Doghouse Records when its members were scarcely able to drive, Split Lip (singer David Moore, guitarists Adam Rubenstein and Clay Snyder, bassist Curtis Mead and drummer Charles Walker) released... [+] Read More

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The hard and heavy Chore formed in January 1995 in the small town of Dunnville, Ontario; the band is comprised of Christopher Bell (vocals/guitar), Michael Bell (bass/guitar), and David Dunham (drums). In May of that year, Brian Pettigrew (bass) joined the band; Pettigrew and Dunham had met in 1994 during a short stay at the Hamilton Psychiatric... [+] Read More

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Based out of the Mid-Western semi-metropolis of Milwaukee, Wisconsin -where cheese, beer and the Promise Ring being the three most popular exports- is where Compound Red got their start. Consisting of Andy Reis (bass), Mike Allen (guitar), Dave Henderleiter (drums) and John Lyman (vocals), the Red reinforced the sound of melodic guitars,... [+] Read More

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Bellingham, WA, indie pop quartet Death Cab for Cutie began in 1997 as the solo project of singer/guitarist Ben Gibbard, who previously recorded under the name All-Time Quarterback. The underground success of the cassette You Can Play These Songs' Chords inspired Gibbard to recruit a full-time band including guitarist/organist Christopher Walla... [+] Read More

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Allan Pichardo, Drey Perez and Aldo Melo were friends growing up in Hialeah, FL, a small city in the Northwest of Miami. There, they experimented with several projects ranging from post-punk to trip hop, acid jazz and pop. Drey, Allan and Aldo reunited in Seattle in 2005 and decided to continue playing music. Host was born. A culmination of all... [+] Read More

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Issaquah, WA, indie rock trio Modest Mouse was formed in 1993 by vocalist/guitarist Isaac Brock, bassist Eric Judy, and drummer Jeremiah Green. After honing their muscular sound in "The Shed" -- a makeshift practice space built by Brock on the land next to his mother's trailer -- Modest Mouse entered Calvin Johnson's Dub Narcotic Studios to cut... [+] Read More

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Issaquah, WA, indie rock trio Modest Mouse was formed in 1993 by vocalist/guitarist Isaac Brock, bassist Eric Judy, and drummer Jeremiah Green. After honing their muscular sound in "The Shed" -- a makeshift practice space built by Brock on the land next to his mother's trailer -- Modest Mouse entered Calvin Johnson's Dub Narcotic Studios to cut... [+] Read More

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One of the most popular and accomplished bands in the arty, noisy indie rock offshoot dubbed math rock, Polvo touched on many of the style's hallmarks: dissonant, intricately layered guitars that often employed alternate tunings; odd, off-kilter rhythms; an emphasis on dense sonic texture; and unorthodox song structures that, nonetheless, were... [+] Read More

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The Promise Ring were one of the most popular emo bands of the '90s, epitomizing the poppier, more accessible wing of the style. Along with Sunny Day Real Estate, the Get Up Kids, Braid, and Jimmy Eat World, they helped bring emo from the punk underground to a wider indie rock audience in the latter half of the decade. Like the exact definition... [+] Read More

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The Rapture was formed in early 1998 by drummer Vito Roccoforte and guitarist/vocalist Luke Jenner. The whimsical indie group had extensive touring behind them by the time they recorded 1999's Mirror for Gravity. More touring ensued -- with the likes of Sunny Day Real Estate and Nuzzle -- and the band eventually relocated to New York City. They... [+] Read More

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Two years, over fifty shows and several recording sessions, Wakefields These Silent Movies are a band dynamically developing their own Post Hardcore sound and having themselves seen and heard all over the UK and beyond. Mixing influences from both the mainstream, underground, past and present the band offer something diverse in their approach... [+] Read More

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this is a story that begins on a throne. seated upon is a king, all alone. facing a window, looking out to a tree that was planted by evil to hang memories. under it's branches in a garden unkempt, the fruits that have fallen become bruises that squish under steps. ghosts in the walls of the castle recall the voices that used to sing out. but... [+] Read More

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