Rob Calixto: Vocals/Bass
Anthony "Thexiler" Ward: Guitars
Bryan Guardado: Drums/Percussions
Influences
U2, The Doors, Pearl Jam, The Who, Queen, Echo and The Bunnymen, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, STP, Bob Dylan, Ozomatli, X, Rush, The Police, Simple Minds, Duran Duran, ABC, The Fixx, Genesis, Bryan Eno, Motown, Bo Diddley, The Violent Femmes, The Flaming Lips, The Smiths, The Foo Fighters, Jimi Hendrix, David Bowie, REM, Counting Crows, Black Sabbath, The Clash, Van Halen, Weezer, Daniel Lanois, Jeff Buckley, The Beatles, The Pretenders, Journey, Smokey Robinson, The Rolling Stones, Phil Collins, Jackson 5, Prince, The Jam, Michael Ness, Social Distortion, Steel Pulse, Styx, Queens of the Stone Age, The Sex Pistols, Erasure, Guns and Roses, Yes, Nirvana, AC/DC, The Ramones, Deep Purple, The English Beat, Iggy Pop, The Killers, Barry Manilow, Coldplay, INXS, The Call, Jane’s Addiction, The Kinks, Nine Inch Nails, The Stray Cats, Soft Cell, The Smashing Pumpkins, Bad Company, Michael Jackson, The Cult, Green Day, Foreigner, Lenny Kravitz, Eric Clapton, Brian Setzer, Depeche Mode, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Santana, The White Stripes, Dire Straits, Rick James, Outkast, Fleetwood Mac, Billy Idol, CCR, Radiohead, America, XTC, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, The Cure, The Eagles, The Beach Boys, Marvin Gaye, Elvis Presley, Paul McCartney, The Velvet Underground, John Lennon, Stevie Wonder, James Brown, Simon and Garfunkel, Johnny Cash, Elton John, Frank Sinatra, Roy Orbison, UB40, The Strokes, Lou Reed, The Bee Gees, Earth Wind and Fire, Squeeze, Morrissey
“RUB songs are as colossal as Mount Everest and as deep and grand as the Grand Canyon. They are captivating, enduring, and timeless. As passionate admirers of diverse musical genres, they've taken on stadium-sized sounds with their latest album. "A Never Ending Walk", RUB's latest offering released August 8, 2009, paints with all the colors of rock and soul. Songs range from a Brian Eno-inspired ambient tune (The Twilight Prelude) to a Morrocan-feel, jazz-infused groove (When The World Was Flat), from a Black Sabbath/AC/DC hard rocker (Maybe) to a bluesy/pop number (Let Me Take You), from reggae dub/ska quirkiness (The Girl Who Sat Next To Me) to a gospel intro with an eighties groove (Love Is Raining), a Beatlesque tribute (Tonight?), and definitely an original RUB-Bo Diddley riff like no other (Daydreamer). The title track is basically a "dream" put into a song. Some songs have some very serious undertones, yet RUB never takes itself too seriously. Wide ranging are their rock influences, from icons like Led Zeppelin, The Beatles, Brian Eno, Pink Floyd, Queen, The Clash, Jimi Hendrix, Bob Marley, U2, and Bo Diddley...God rest his soul. All are remarkably ever present in this project. Lyrical subject matters include: the possible apocalyptic year of 2012, love on the brink of salvation, suicide, anti-suicide, the past's innocence, philosophy, theology, history, a daydreaming-high-school-emo-girl, sin city, more love on the brink, and of course, man's incapacity to learn his lessons. RUB with Rob X on vocals and bass, TheXiler on guitar, and Bryan G on drums, started writing and recording in May of 2008. All three are avid music fans, songwriters and composers. In "A Never Ending Walk", the band felt they've created a very complete album, full of originality, tribute, joy, depth and meaning. They can't wait to play live and gain a massive audience. Watch out for them!”
A Never Ending Walk: Produced by: RUB
Engineered, Mixed and Mastered by: Fabian Roque of GT Productions
1) The Twilight Prelude
2) When The World Was Flat
3) Do It Again
4) Love Is Raining
6) Let Me Take You
7) The Girl Who Sat Next To Me
8) Daydreamer
9) Tonight?
10) Las Vegas Baby
11) A Never Ending Walk
heya hit me up if you're down to help spread the word. i've got flyers with stickys on em that i can send you so you can just post em up as you go about your day at your own pace! hard copies will be coming soon so when they do you will def get a copy and whatever merch when it become's available and all that good stuff. for more details hit me up here or @ streeteam@magenmelancholy(dot)com <3
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