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Ask the members of R5 about the best way to play their music and you get a
one-word answer: Loud. Whether on stage or in the studio, siblings Riker, Rydel,
Rocky and Ross Lynch, along with best friend Ratliff, tend to crank it. But it
doesn’t stop there. They hope their rapidly growing army of fans will pump up
the volume when they sample R5’s new Hollywood Records EP, aptly titled “Loud.”
“Our basic mindset was that we wanted to make everyone feel excited and
happy,” says Riker Lynch of the new EP. “It’s about driving down the highway
with the top down and blasting music. We didn’t want anything too deep and
dark.”
Bright and sunny is more like it. To perfect their sound, R5 worked with
producer-songwriters Emanuel “Eman” Kiriakou (Selena Gomez, Hot Chelle Rae) and
Evan “Kidd” Bogart, who won a Grammy for writing the Beyonce hit, “Halo.” The
team wrote three tracks for the band while R5 members Riker and Ross contributed
an original.
The 4-song EP covers a lot of musical ground, starting with the
heart-stopping title track. The doo-wop-influenced rocker “I Want You Bad”
tackles the theme of longing for someone else’s girlfriend, while “Fallin’ For
You” counts off the reasons why that one special girl is so special. The
up-tempo ballad “Here Comes Forever,” written by Riker and Rocky, riffs on a
score of clever movie references to sum up the perfect romance.
At the end of a typical rom-com, the heroes usually walk into the sunset. But
now is a time of sunrise for R5, undisputedly the teen band to watch in
2013.
If Riker and Ross look familiar, it’s because the former is a regular
on “Glee” (as a member of the a cappella group, the Warblers) while Ross stars
in the Disney Channel Original smash hit series, “Austin & Ally.” Each band
member is a virtuoso musician and all write, especially lead guitarist Rocky and
bassist Riker, who serve as R5’s in-house songwriters.
The R5 story actually begins in the Denver suburb of Littleton, Colo. There,
as a child, Riker got things started when he revealed a talent for singing. With
Elvis, the Beatles and the Stones playing in background, soon Riker and his
siblings started taking music seriously.
Once they set on a show business
career, the entire family moved to Los Angeles in 2007. The Lynch kids
experienced success quickly, finding professional acting, dance and commercial
opportunities.
Though the Lynchs had their musical act down, something was missing: a
drummer. That’s when they turned to friend Ellington Ratliff, who rounded out
the line-up. “Being an only child, the Lynchs are my second family,” Ratliff
says. “I get the best of both worlds: my own family and then this huge
family.”
Though no one would fail to see the family resemblance among the Lynch
siblings, each is unique. “Rydel is the giggly innocent,” says Ross of his
sister. “The fans love her and the girls look up at her. Yet she’s also one of
the boys.” Says Rocky of lead singer Ross, “He’s good at everything and he knows
it. He’s the most confident kid.”
All agree Riker is the “captain of the ship,” Ratliff the funny one and Rocky
the best composer. As the only girl in the group, keyboard player Rydel says
she’s having the time of her life. “Ratliff and my brothers are the best,” she
says, adding with a laugh, “but I usually get my way.”
For much of 2012, the band honed its performing chops, headlining club shows
in Chicago, Phoenix, Toronto, New York, New Jersey and beyond. “There’s
something cool that happens when we’re on stage together,” Riker says. “There’s
nothing more fun in the world. We try to be very personable, and meet the entire
audience after shows. Fans you meet on the road stick with you forever.”
That theory panned out, as R5 boasts more than 112,000 Facebook page likes.
And that was the tally before the release of “Loud.” Now that the EP is out, the
band is set for a spring 2013 tour, though a national TV audience got a sneak
peek when R5 performed at the Progressive Skating and Gymnastics Spectacular,
broadcast on NBC.
After a lifetime of prep, it’s time for R5 to bring it. The band members say
they are more than ready, and feel confident their new EP will impress. All fans
have to do is turn it up loud. How’s that sound?
one-word answer: Loud. Whether on stage or in the studio, siblings Riker, Rydel,
Rocky and Ross Lynch, along with best friend Ratliff, tend to crank it. But it
doesn’t stop there. They hope their rapidly growing army of fans will pump up
the volume when they sample R5’s new Hollywood Records EP, aptly titled “Loud.”
“Our basic mindset was that we wanted to make everyone feel excited and
happy,” says Riker Lynch of the new EP. “It’s about driving down the highway
with the top down and blasting music. We didn’t want anything too deep and
dark.”
Bright and sunny is more like it. To perfect their sound, R5 worked with
producer-songwriters Emanuel “Eman” Kiriakou (Selena Gomez, Hot Chelle Rae) and
Evan “Kidd” Bogart, who won a Grammy for writing the Beyonce hit, “Halo.” The
team wrote three tracks for the band while R5 members Riker and Ross contributed
an original.
The 4-song EP covers a lot of musical ground, starting with the
heart-stopping title track. The doo-wop-influenced rocker “I Want You Bad”
tackles the theme of longing for someone else’s girlfriend, while “Fallin’ For
You” counts off the reasons why that one special girl is so special. The
up-tempo ballad “Here Comes Forever,” written by Riker and Rocky, riffs on a
score of clever movie references to sum up the perfect romance.
At the end of a typical rom-com, the heroes usually walk into the sunset. But
now is a time of sunrise for R5, undisputedly the teen band to watch in
2013.
If Riker and Ross look familiar, it’s because the former is a regular
on “Glee” (as a member of the a cappella group, the Warblers) while Ross stars
in the Disney Channel Original smash hit series, “Austin & Ally.” Each band
member is a virtuoso musician and all write, especially lead guitarist Rocky and
bassist Riker, who serve as R5’s in-house songwriters.
The R5 story actually begins in the Denver suburb of Littleton, Colo. There,
as a child, Riker got things started when he revealed a talent for singing. With
Elvis, the Beatles and the Stones playing in background, soon Riker and his
siblings started taking music seriously.
Once they set on a show business
career, the entire family moved to Los Angeles in 2007. The Lynch kids
experienced success quickly, finding professional acting, dance and commercial
opportunities.
Though the Lynchs had their musical act down, something was missing: a
drummer. That’s when they turned to friend Ellington Ratliff, who rounded out
the line-up. “Being an only child, the Lynchs are my second family,” Ratliff
says. “I get the best of both worlds: my own family and then this huge
family.”
Though no one would fail to see the family resemblance among the Lynch
siblings, each is unique. “Rydel is the giggly innocent,” says Ross of his
sister. “The fans love her and the girls look up at her. Yet she’s also one of
the boys.” Says Rocky of lead singer Ross, “He’s good at everything and he knows
it. He’s the most confident kid.”
All agree Riker is the “captain of the ship,” Ratliff the funny one and Rocky
the best composer. As the only girl in the group, keyboard player Rydel says
she’s having the time of her life. “Ratliff and my brothers are the best,” she
says, adding with a laugh, “but I usually get my way.”
For much of 2012, the band honed its performing chops, headlining club shows
in Chicago, Phoenix, Toronto, New York, New Jersey and beyond. “There’s
something cool that happens when we’re on stage together,” Riker says. “There’s
nothing more fun in the world. We try to be very personable, and meet the entire
audience after shows. Fans you meet on the road stick with you forever.”
That theory panned out, as R5 boasts more than 112,000 Facebook page likes.
And that was the tally before the release of “Loud.” Now that the EP is out, the
band is set for a spring 2013 tour, though a national TV audience got a sneak
peek when R5 performed at the Progressive Skating and Gymnastics Spectacular,
broadcast on NBC.
After a lifetime of prep, it’s time for R5 to bring it. The band members say
they are more than ready, and feel confident their new EP will impress. All fans
have to do is turn it up loud. How’s that sound?