Pawnshop Roses

Though they are family now, Pawnshop Roses were four strangers who came together for the purpose of making good music and having a good time doing so.

Years ago, singer and primary songwriter Paul Keen discovered MTV and Oasis and began teaching himself how to play on his mother's old acoustic guitar. With his new found passion and armed with a head full of songs he dove into the scene looking for right people to play his songs. Fast-forward a few years later and Keen forms Pawnshop Roses with Kevin Bentley and Justin Monteleone whom he met through a "musicians wanted" ad. Both Kevin and Justin are versatile instrumentalists who function as guitar players, bass players and vocalists in the band. Percussionist/vocalist Rich Fogg is the most recent member to join and has added much to their sound with his harmonies and skilled druming. The band is solidified and has become a well oiled live act, performing hundreds of shows a year. And with a sound that could have come from a jam session between Hank Williams, the Rolling stones and the Replacements, the band has built a fan base that craves it's electric all-out rock shows as much as they appreciate the band's stripped down unplugged sets that showcase the organic songwriting at the heart of their music.

In 2004 the band released its first EP "Dead Man's Radio" taken from a line in Keen's song "Here We Go," and sold out its first few pressings rather quickly due to a solid following and grass roots marketing. In 2005 they were selected out of hundreds of bands by legendary Philly radio station WMMR to open for Velvet Revolver and Hoobastank. WMMR (heard in PA, NJ and DE) has graciously helped the band by frequently playing their song "Fading Out" having them perform on-air and promoting their shows whenever asked. 2006 started out like any other year for PSR, and saw the band writing songs, being broke and playing lots of shows. However, the band got an early Christmas present when they were informed they won the YouTube Underground Video contest for Best Live Video for their video of "Gets so Hard" from their forthcoming Live DVD (coming winter 2007).

As a result of the win, the band appeared on ABC's Good Morning America to millions of viewers and has since gone to do interviews with Relix magazine, Philadelphia Inquirer and Time Magazine to name a few. Recently the guys also played live on the local NBC, ABC, and CBS morning shows which was ironic considering these guys are fans of the nightlife and haven't seen a proper "morning" in some time.

Around the same time, the band signed with Earvolution Records, a small indie label that shares the same ideas and visions as the band. The band is currently working on their first full length album titled "Let It Roll", to be released in 2007 and it promises to be full of heartache, hangovers and hell fire. Check It Out!

Pawnshop Roses - Here We Go
Pawnshop Roses - The Life We Lead
Pawnshop Roses @ MySpace


Bonus:
Tegan & Sara - The Con (2007) !!!
Minus The Bear - Menos El Oso + Highly Refined Pirates
The Organ - Grab The Gun
Sleater-Kinney - The Woods + The Hot Rock
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The Album Leaf - In A Safe Place
Zero 7 - Simple Things
Children Of The Bong - Sirius Sounds
Air - Premiers Symptomes + Moon Safari
[CODE]http://tinyurl.com/2jg8md
The Wolf Parade - Apologies To The Queen Marry
Garbage, Foo Fighters, Erroll Garner, Mc Hawking, Donald Fagen, etc.
[CODE]http://tinyurl.com/ymqgvg
Minus The Bear - Planet Of Ice (2007)
Cat Power - The Greatest
Wilco - Sky Blue Sky
[CODE]http://tinyurl.com/mqav5
Jack Johnson - Brushfire Fairytales
Nickelback - All The Right Reasons
Pearl Jam - Rearview Mirror (Greatest Hits 1993-2003)
[CODE]http://tinyurl.com/364b86