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Randy Rose
Randy Rose was a member
of MATW during its entire existence as a
band from 1987-1998. When MATW was a
synthpop band during its first two years,
Randy played percussion, worked on the
drum programming, and sang backup vocals.
He sang lead vocals for the song "Dancing
on Your Grave" for the second album
Flowers in the Rain.
When the band decided
to change its music style, Randy was one
of the members who wanted to go for more
of a hard rock sound. This is evident in
the songs he sang on the Seasons of
Love album such as "So Insane" and
"It's Not A Joke." He also wrote and sang
"Marshmallow Land" which became a
trademark song for him.
During 1991, Randy
recorded the solo project titled
Sacrificium to experiment with a
metal sound often compared to Danzig. He
rerecorded "Marshmallow Land" and wrote
all original material for the rest of the
album. Among others, fellow MATW members
Roger Rose and Brent Gordon played
instruments on this album.
MATW then recorded two
more albums over two years,
Boomerang and Through The
Forest. Randy wrote and sang the songs
"Don't Give Up," "Sunday," "Trapped," and
"Alone" for these albums, also playing
drums and other percussion for all of the
songs on the albums.
In 1993, Randy formed
his own metal band called Rose. They
released two albums that year,
Healing and an Intense Live
EP.
From 1993 to 1995, MATW
released The Ferris Wheel and
The Dreamland Café, two
albums that had the sound of retro rock.
Randy wrote and sang "When Life Has a
Plan." He also co-wrote the songs "The
Love," "No Secrets," and "I Need You." His
cousin Danny Rose helped in writing the
songs.
In 1994, Randy's band
Rose also adopted a retro style of music
and released their final album with
Intense Records called Crazy Little
World.
Rose released the album
Into The Unknown in 1995 on the R.
E. X. label. The album contained
unreleased metal songs not used when the
band was with Intense Records.
Randy also worked on a
side project in 1995 called Mood Ring and
released the song "Mood Ring" on a R. E.
X. compilation in that year. This song
brought back some of the sythpop elements
into Randy's music. Unfortunatly, R. E. X.
went under not too long after, so no more
songs were released under the name Mood
Ring.
In 1997, Randy released
a 7" vinyl record called Black Tar
under the name The Crocodiles. It featured
two songs: "Grease" and "In Your Arms."
Both songs have a rockibilly sound to
them.
In 1998, Randy returned
to the genre of sythpop and released songs
under Ronnie Martin's label Plastiq Musiq.
Randy's new band Mothership (briefly named
Saturn Project) had him joining his
talents with cousin Danny Rose.
In 2002, Randy
abandoned the synthpop sound and continued
with his band Mothership into the realm of
alternative rock. His album
Rockstar is often compared with the
style of Weezer, The Vines, and The
Strokes. This album was released
independently under Randy's own label
Hindenburg Records.
Randy opened a
recording studio in Frisco, Texas, in
2007.
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