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Ray Boozer Pro

Check out http://www.reverbnation.com/rayboozer

Genres: Rock / Powerpop / Progressive

Location: Birmingham, AL

Stats: 165 fans / 29,498 plays / 0 plays today

Members: Jon Bernreuter, James Pandelis, Matt Pike

Ray Boozer's Top Song: Unity Buy Album

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****** Formerly known as ... And Then I Found Fifty Dollars ******

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::Fake Bio::

Ray Boozer was born the son of a coal miner and a Struts waitress in the back of a 1954 Ford Country Wagon in Jacksonville, Alabama. The middle child of 13, Ray used music as a means of separating himself from his siblings, two of whom were also named Ray. He spent hours in the shed with his drumkit, guitar, bass, and microphone he bought with the money he got from his paper route and collecting soda bottles. Armed with his love of pastoral landscapes, old rusty things, and Rush, Ray set out to share his songs with Calhoun County, and perhaps the rest of the world.

Now wasn't that just the cutest fake bio ever? But until people actually know who we are enough to come read it and realize it's fake, it serves not the purpose a bio really should for an "emerging artist," i.e., a broke-ass indie band that plays music in the late 00s that went out of style in the late 90s. So, allow me to elucidate the uninitiated:

::Real Bio::

We are collectively known as Ray Boozer, but there is no one in the band actually named Ray OR Boozer. Get it? How clever! The name is a combination of family names from Jon's family tree - Ray being the first name of his favorite uncle and Boozer being the surname of the bulk of his relations in Jacksonville, Alabama. Jon may end up referring to himself as Ray onstage if people other than his friends and family end up coming to a show sometime.

We play rock music for your listening and viewing pleasure. Come to a show and say hello. Actually you can say whatever you want, or not talk at all. We could talk, or not talk, for hours, just come to a show. After we replace all of our shitty equipment with actual musical instruments, the next purchases will be lasers, projection screens, and a fog machine, in that order.

The antecedent to the pronoun "we" changes every season or so. Currently this band is inactive until Jon finishes finishing college.

::NEWS::

8/31/09 - The Garrigan mix is in! Listen to "Momma's Gonna Do What She Can" now and see if you notice anything different.

6/30/09 - Finished with "Unity" and our redo of our Stars Align remake "All-Time Low." I might get a Fourth of July surprise finished in time for the holiday.

5/17/09 - New demos being recorded and posted right now.

1/27/09 - updated lineup:

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Steven Lamphear - vocals, guitar, keys, bass

Jon Bernreuter - vocals, guitar, bass, keys, drums and percussion

James Pandelis - guitar, keys, vocals, bass, percussion

Matt Pike - bass, vocals, percussion

Chris Adler - drums and percussion, vocals, guitar, bass

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3/29/08 - new version of "Beneath the Surface" in the works - more updated recordings to follow

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Haiyen said:
Oct 24
LotsOfPeople said:
you should like keed your songs more like mommas gonna do what she can coz that rocks Nov 28
SHAWN ANTHONY MILLER (my middle name is gay) said:
that has to be a picture of kids with instruments cuz you guys sound like you\'ve beeen playing for 30 years Oct 30
kassandra (loves you) said:
you guys have relly unique sound (i mean it in a good way). u guys rock! Sep 07
Hannah1291 said:
This is amazing. Truly talented, and young. You guys will be like gods by the time you\'re 20! Aug 21
ddrbcheerleaderluaupenguin said:
What a brilliant band name! Aug 13
tom93 said:
u guys rock so hard shame u guys rnt in england i know an independant lable that i think wud luv u Jun 18
r_nino said:
dude bad a** drummer. i have a set just like that one. Apr 17
Id88 said:
holy cow!!! This is some great music and you guys look like you\'re maybe 14 at the most and yet you play like veterans. Oct 26
youngd said:
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joze said:
can you tell me how old are you guys?? you seen like 15 years old kid doing a great progressive im amusician myself keep it on rock and roll Sep 30
Zoe63 said:
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christophermoved said:
style. came accross your page when youre underoath cover came up on the \"random\" list on the player. tunes. like it. keep it up x Jun 09
Shadow H3eart said:
Brilliant Style! I think U guys should check out God speed you Black Emperor! there a band that maybe you guys should associate with! ANywayz, Catch ya later and keep the tunes a coming! Jun 06
RiverTam22Musicluv said:
I love your music May 14