RDGLDGRN (pronounced Red Gold Green) is an American band from Reston, Virginia, a suburb of Washington, DC. Formed in 2011, the band recorded their debut album at Sound City Studios in 2012 with producer Kevin Augunas and engineer Clif Norrell. They have worked with various famous musicians, including Dave Grohl and Pharrell Williams. RDGLDGRN released their debut full-length self-titled album in September 2013.
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History
Band members Marcus Parham (Red), Andrei Busuioceanu (Gold) and Pierre Desrosiers (Green) met through a mutual friend in Reston, Virginia. In the fall of 2011, RDGLDGRN recorded their runaway song "I Love Lamp", and uploaded a self-produced music video and directed to YouTube, where it reached over 100,000 clicks in a few days. In spring 2012, RDGLDGRN recorded their debut album in Sound City Studios with Kevin Augunas (The Lumineers, Edward Sharpe, and Magnetic Zeroes), producer and founder of Fairfax Recordings. The group asked Northern Virginia colleague Dave Grohl, who was filming his Sound City documentary, to live "I Love Lamp." Grohl agreed and played drums for the entire recording, with the exception of "Million Fans," which featured a sample breakout. An additional Virginia native became involved when Pharrell Williams co-authored and co-produced "Doing the Most."
In June 2012, the "I Love Lamp" recording demo was used as the theme song for the Double Wheat Double Root Dare world record at X Games 2012 in Los Angeles, California. In January 2013, British magazine NME released "Million Fans." A few days later, Rolling Stone released "I Love Lamp" with Dave Grohl on drums. The Red Gold Green EP is debuted February 12, 2013 and reached the top 100 on the American iTunes album chart. RDGLDGRN made his television debut on Jimmy Kimmel Live! in March 2013 featuring "I Love Lamp" and "Million Fans." RDGLDGRN was performed at SXSW in March 2013, Chile Cook-Off DC101 in May 2013, and Vans Warped Tour 2013. RDGLDGRN released their debut full-length self-titled album in September 2013.
On October 24, 2014, RDGLDGRN is featured in the Washington, DC episode of the HBO documentary Dave Grohl on Foo Fighters Sonic Highways. This episode premiered the second track of Foo Fighters' Sonic Highways album "The Feast and the Famine," featuring a bounce beat played by Grohl in RDGLDGRN "I Love Lamp."
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Music styles
Indie go-go is a combination of indie rock and syncopated Washington, DC rhythm known as go go.
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"Their music is an ambitious mix of windy island rhythms, garage rock and go-go - homegrown sounds of nearby Washington, D.C."
"[RDGLDGRN] fus [es] breezy indie rock with pop-skewed hooks and broken hip-hop."
The sound of the band has also been described as alternative rock and hip hop alternative. The band has cited the musical influences of various genres, including The Beatles, Bob Marley, Outkast, Vampire Weekend, and Chuck Brown.
band members
- Red (Marcus Parham) - guitar (2011-present)
- Gold (Andrei Busuioceanu) - bass (2011-present)
- Green (Pierre Desrosiers) - vocals (2011-present) Discussion
- Red Gold Green (2013)
- Red Gold Green 2 - EP (2015)
- Green Red Green Radio (2017)
- Red Gold Green (2013)
- Red Gold Green 2 - EP (2015)
- Official website
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External links
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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