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RadioRadio finds 'analogies' in music
RadioRadio is Ben Hosterman (from left), Paul Cristiano, Greg Hosterman and Scott Taylor. Kelly Kerr / Courtesy
By KAREN SHADE World Scene Writer
Published: 11/5/2009 2:21 AM
Last Modified: 11/5/2009 4:05 AM
Going to South By Southwest in 2008 changed everything for RadioRadio.
"It was great," said Paul Cristiano, the band's bassist.
"We laughed, and we cried," said Gred Hosterman, vocalist.
" 'We laughed, and we cried,' that's a good way to put it," Cristiano said. "You can't help but love it as a band, having 60,000 to 100,000 potential people to come and hear you."
But the best part was meeting people, particularly those like Beau Hill, who has mixed the latest single from RadioRadio, "I, Computer."
"Of course, people know his discography," Cristiano said.
If you don't, Hill was an in-house producer for Warner Brothers in the 1980s and 1990s. He produced and mixed for Ratt, Warrant, Alice Cooper and other bands that defined the sound of that era.
"I, Computer," in some ways heralds a new beginning for the band that has already undergone transformation. An homage to science fiction, the song is outside of RadioRadio's normal sound, Hosterman said. That sound has often been compared to the Killers or Snow Patrol, and it was more evident on RadioRadio's debut full-length album from 2006, "Watch 'Em All Come Runnin.' "
Cristiano calls that signature sound a cross between Depeche Mode and the Knack — pop flicked with touches of electronica. But since this generation of the band is playing with more of a rock edge, it's inevitable that it would influence the new work.
The current line-up also includes lead guitarist Ben Hosterman (Greg's
brother) and drummer Scott Taylor.
Actually, it's hard to determine when the band came together since Cristiano and Hosterman have been part of the same circles for several years. When it did, however, they found that their shared ambition to get a solid act together sealed the pact.
"We've had a few different line-ups in this band," Cristiano said, "but really the common thread is me and Greg and the constant themes that run through the songs — very determined and earnest."
"A lot of the songs tend to be about the struggle to be a band coming up," Hosterman said. "I always find that that struggle is analogous to so much in life, so many other things. Thematically, it's been sort of us against the world, and I think that's sort of every young band's underpinning.
"It's real easy to make those analogies to life because I think everybody experiences it."
RADIORADIO
When: 9 p.m. Friday
Where: Marquee, 222 N. Main St.
Tickets: $7 at the door
Fun: The first 50 people through
the door will get a free autographed
poster of the band.
Karen Shade 581-8334
karen.shade@tulsaworld.com
By KAREN SHADE World Scene Writer
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