Rides Again - November/December 2006
Who: Rides Again
What: stop searching and listen
Where: Oshawa, ON
To Contact: Garry Francis at Prizefighter Management Group 416-714-3391; www.prizefightermanagement.com; www.ridesagainmusic.com; www.myspace.com/ridesagain.
Rides Again does play the clubs, but what the three-piece has also done is hit the high schools coast-to-coast, which to date has put the band in front of more than half-million teens. The melodic edgy rockers have done this twice, most recently from February through to June of this year. They have full lights and sound, then give a motivational talk. Devout, but not a Christian band per se (i.e., they don’t sing about God), instead they sing about issues with which most young people can identify. From the latest release, the EP Searching Tonight For Answers, there is “Bury Your Own,” a desperate song about suicide, with the lyric “Daddy lost the company/Momma’s always mean to me/I have nothing left to lose/I’m so messed up.” “How It Feels” opens with “Miles away from anything/My only friend is loneliness” and “Yours” begins with “another night of senseless drinking.” Vocalist/guitarist Nathan Peyton; his older brother, bassist Chad Peyton and drummer Mike McElroy try to reinforce positive choices in the students, as they traverse the country doing something most people envy - playing rock ‘n’ roll. The band is currently writing and recording new material.
