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'Of a Revolution' (O.A.R.) is an American rock band consisting of Marc Roberge (vocals & guitar), Chris Culos (drums), Richard On (lead guitar), Benj Gershman (bass), and Jerry DePizzo (saxophone).
Background
O.A.R. was founded in 1996 by Marc Roberge and Chris Culos, who then each recruited Richard On and Benj Gershman. The four of them graduated from Thomas Sprigg Wootton High School in Rockville, Maryland then moved to Columbus, Ohio to attend Ohio State University where they met Jerry DePizzo after their first CD The Wanderer had already been released. Without any formal marketing or advertising plans news about songs of theirs such as That Was a Crazy Game of Poker, City on Down and Night Shift spread by word of mouth alone. Their third album Risen debuted at #11 on the Billboard top internet sales chart. The following year in 2002 their fourth album Any Time Now debuted at #156 on Billboard's Top 200 list. The band attributes much of its popularity to the taping and subsequent trading and downloading of their live showes.
The band was featured in in the ABC show Extreme Makeover: Home Edition during a two hour special on December 11 2005. They provided side-street concert in front of the newly redesigned Los Angeles Free Clinic.
Discography
Studio Albums
* The Wanderer (1997)
* Souls Aflame (1999)
* Risen (2001)
* In Between Now and Then (2003)
* Stories of a Stranger (2005)
Live Albums
* Any Time Now (2002)
* 34th & 8th (2004)
Singles
| Year | Title | Chart Positions | Album |
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| 2005 | "Love and Memories" | #33 | Stories of a Stranger |
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