John Alletto (lead vocals)
Rob Merz (guitars, vocals)
Jim Brennan (guitars)
Chad Noyes (bass)
Eric Ellis (drums)
Influences
We alll listen to a wide range of music, here are just a few: Wilco, Coldplay, Guster, The Beatles, Ryan Adams, Radiohead, Train, Goo Goo Dolls, Beck, Death Cab for Cutie, Weezer, The Grateful Dead, The Allman Brothers Band, The Killers, Pearl Jam, The Shins, The Strokes, Ben Folds, and many more
Sounds Like
Our sound varies from song to song, but the comparisons we get the most are: Gin Blossoms, Wilco, Guster, Pat McGee Band, Pete Yorn
Ash Avenue formed in April of 2005, but their history spans over a decade. Rob Merz, Jim Brennan and Chad Noyes met in college at Iowa State University in 1994. They immediately clicked over a mutual love for music and quickly started playing in a few bands together, eventually forming their first successful band, Good Things in 1996.
After a year of local touring, Good Things recorded their debut album, Fit the Groove, in 1997. They found some success throughout Iowa, Chicago, Missouri and Minnesota and also saw some radio play on college and small market stations across the mid-west. After a year or two of touring to support Fit the Groove, Good Things split up due to members in the band relocating to separate cities.
In 2001, Rob and Chad both moved to Chicago and right away they hooked up with Jim to start something new. While searching for a new drummer and singer, they were lucky enough to find two talented individuals; one being amazing drummer Michael Mooshey, formerly from the Chicago band The Fez (and before that Seventh Heaven). After several months and several arguments, Rob, Chad, Jim and Mike started to realize that their new singer had differences in the artistic direction in which to take the band, so they decided to part ways. As fate would have it, Jim was living with a friends younger brother, Johnny Alletto.
Johnny was the lead singer of the band Jank, was a trained accapella singer and had been performing acoustic shows for several years around the Chicago-land area. The five of them hit it off and started jamming on songs they had written over the last few years. After a couple months, a good collection of an albums-worth of songs had been born. They decided to name themselves after where it all started ... Ash Avenue; the street where Rob, Chad and Jim lived in college.
Unfortunately, the final band member line up was not settled completely. In the summer of 2006, Mike Mooshey decided to hit the road with a previous band and left Ash Avenue, remaining a great friend to the band. With multiple shows quickly approaching during the summer busy season, Ash Avenue needed a drummer fast. The band was connected with Eric Ellis who had recently moved to Chicago from Cincinnati where he had played in numerous local bands. Once in Chicago, Eric hit the ground running with Ash Avenue, and never looked back.
Ash Avenues brand of rootsy pop-rock has recently started to grab quite a following and their new, debut CD "And Then We Ignite" has garnered numerous rave reviews.
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hey whats up guys ya u guys added me a long time ago and im lookin through my friends and i see u guys so i go check u guys out and u guys are fuckin awesome u guys are future rockstars in the makin seriously lovin ur guys's stuff keep up the great work
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hey watsup>>> i added you guys but never heard back from ya... how've you been? how's the music going? good i hope :] ... well talk to you guys soon i hope :] -Megs
Man, I miss you guys too. It was a great experience to work with you guys. I'm glad the record is getting some attention for you. Like most good things, it takes a lot of hard work to get right. Good luck and keep in touch.
Hey what's up....Thanks so much for the awsome time last week,and all the hospitality...We all had a great time.I may try and come tonight if not have a great show....hugs Tamara
Hey Jim! ( and rest of band of course!) Thanks for the invite, sorry won't be able to make this show, but definitely keep me posted! I'm always out and about! Take care and hope your well! Happy New Year! : ) Karen
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