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Album Details
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· Produced By: Scott Spelbring &
· Plunge
· Running Time: 38.09
· Release Date: October 20
· Released: EU
· Genre: Modern Rock
· WebLink: Plunge
· LabelLink: Atenzia
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Artist Bio
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The Baltimore three-piece Plunge has with Hometown Hero recorded a collection of songs that meld the power of punk with an innate sense of melodic pop and rock.
The young band has been taking the US East Coast club scene by storm, playing close to 250 shows a year since they debuted. The groups front man Mike Ruocco is also the bass player and backing vocalist of RCA gold recording artist SR-71. Having spent nearly a year writing, recording and touring with this major label band Mike has brought these experience back to Plunge, and together with his partners bass player Brian Magill and drummer Mac Calvaresi he has been working hard creating this massive debut album.
The album was produced by the band together with Scot Spelbring (Marvellous 3, SR-71) and was mixed by Jeff Juliano (Dave Matthews, John Mayer, Jason Mraz).
A release is planned for October 20.
The true beauty of Hometown Hero is the way in which the band manages to maintain a delicate balance of blistering guitar and irresistible hooks, resulting in the perfect pop of Part Time Girlfriend and the gentle twang of the title track Hometown Hero.
With all that is inside the album; the song-forms and production reveal sublime new facets upon each hearing, straight ahead rock with elements of alternative, punk and pop presented in a jaw-dropping musical package. With a host of infectious pop tunes, tear jerking ballads and balls to the wall rock anthems - Plunge got it all and is ready to show you all how it's done!
Mike Ruocco, Born February 12th in Timonium, Maryland grew up in house filled with music. Mike's father Bernie was a successful, regional singer and Mike's mother Cindy always kept the stereo on in the Ruocco household.
Mike would spend much of his time gathered around the family's record player going through the many 3 Dog Night, Led Zeppelin and Air Supply Records (Just Kidding). It wasn't until he had taken his mother's Def Lepperd "Hysteria" tape that Mike discovered his true calling...Rock & Roll.
After a couple years of perfecting his air-guitar skills Mike traded in the old tennis racket and bought his first real guitar. As a gift for his birthday, Mike's parents bought him guitar lessons at the local music store. Having barely gotten the guitar out of the box, Mike and two of his friends started Plunge at age 12. The band spent a good deal of time touring the birthday party circuit and then it was off to the big time... The middle school talent show!
After winning the talent show and hearing the girls scream, this rather shy young man knew he had found his calling. Plunge spent the next few years opening for some of the regionals larger acts at area night clubs, with his father's supervision of course. Eventually Plunge began to headline area venues and within a couple of years Plunge had established themselevs enough in the scene to maintain a schedule of over 250 shows per year from Providence, RI. to Key West, FL.
In 2002 Mike was asked to join RCA Gold Recording Artists SR-71, whom the band had shared the stage with years earlier. While touring with SR-71 , Plunge recieved an offer from European based label Atenzia Records. After completing their first full-length record, Plunge is anxious to release the record in Europe and looks forward to a United States release in the coming months.
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