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Rockville, Maryland, United States (1996 – present)

O.A.R. (Of A Revolution) is an band which formed in Rockville, Maryland, United States in 1996. The band consists of Marc Roberge (vocals, guitar), Chris Culos (drums, percussion), Richard On (guitar, backing vocals), Benj Gershman (bass), and Jerry DePizzo (saxophone, guitar, backing vocals). The band has released seven albums: “The Wanderer” (1997), Soul’s Aflame (2000), “Risen” (2001), “In Between Now and Then” (2003), “Stories of a Stranger” (2005), “All Sides” (2008), and King (2011).

After gaining a following as a popular live act on college campuses, the band has gained popular success since signing to Lava Records in 2005, with their singles “Love and Memories” and “Shattered (Turn the Car Around)” gaining mainstream radio airplay. Speaking with Songfacts in an interview, Roberge explained “Love and Memories” was inspired by the Jim Carrey and Kate Winslet movie, The Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.

The members of O.A.R. first came together in Rockville, Maryland in the basement of drummer Chris Culos’ childhood home in 1996. As a young group of musicians, they were the prototype of the modern, self-starting band—taking charge of their fate by working the internet and building an identifiable sound. The band’s music, a rock/reggae fusion, consisted of songs that were fully accessible, yet teasingly elusive.
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  • matheusmaia_

    Shaterred ♥

    October 2011

  • zacharyjacob

    the video for heaven is super rad. http://www.vevo.com/watch/oar/heaven/USWV41100023

    September 2011

  • loholman

    omg... thanks for posting you guys. I am so happy they are back!

    September 2011

  • myxunintended

    Loving the behind-the-scenes footage of "Heaven". http://youtu.be/Nao2s2rqbLg

    September 2011

  • Soluiotn

    What do you all think of the King album? It seems to me that they are becoming increasingly more spiritual, perhaps in response to the lack of a "moral compass" in our post modern distraction era. Not that spiritual wholeness was not a large portion of their optimistically driven revolution of love and friendship from the beginning, but it has a Christian gospel feel to me. I love the band, so I will follow patriotically, but I fear the preaching will compete with my fanhood. Eh, after all, the band has been an instigator for being kind and friendly in my life.

    September 2011

  • WickedWillyMuse

    Hello, we're Wicked Willy, and we invite you to hear the "dark side" of singer-songwriter music! Please give a listen to our new album at: http://www.last.fm/music/Wicked+Willy -Thanks so much for your support & let us know what you think of the songs! Question

    August 2011

  • xdreamx19

    whoever tag them with "jam" deserve to be shot. what a bunch of pussies and posers here on last.fm

    August 2011

  • metalprincess6

    I love their song Heaven....

    August 2011

  • ChasingRainbowz

    Love the new album. All songs are awesome.

    August 2011

  • Tiagosector

    Heaven <3

    August 2011

  • karmapolice41

    they were really good up until 'in between now and then.' 34th&8th is a fantastic live album, as is Any Time Now. The shit they have recorded since this is laughably, embarrassingly awful. Their sax player is (was) fantastic but they dont use him hardly at all these days. Its a shame how quickly and completely they changed their sound just for some radio play. I hate the term 'sell out' but it pretty much sums up what happend to this band after 2005.

    August 2011

  • jw1985

    I have only heard a couple full songs and snippets of others from the new album and already I can tell it's way better than All Sides and probably Stories.

    August 2011

  • SAPPHIREMIRACLE

    I've never heard of them before but I saw their album on spotify today and decided to check it out. I'm really enjoying it.

    August 2011

  • Kocho

    Back To One. Incredible.

    August 2011

  • MetsPelf34

    KING!

    August 2011

  • peeixinc

    SOJA tour!

    June 2011

  • goro008

    where is BIO?

    May 2011

  • sy1113

    all of you guys' songs!! Wonderful I lv you!

    May 2011

  • Purefrost1

    Great jam..

    January 2011

  • AndroidGriffin

    Four loved tracks and only six plays in my library. We need to get this thing sorted out...

    December 2010
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4 May 2011 | from www.ofarevolution.com/story/News/hershey_pa_show_rescheduled_due_to_weather

Wanted to give everyone an update and clarify that there are major differences between the VIP packages that are offered directly through O.A.R.'s Musictoday site, and the VIP packages …

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