Building Rome is an independent American alternative rock

Alternative rock

Alternative rock is a genre of rock music and a term used to describe a diverse musical movement that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1980s and became widely popular by the 1990s...

 band from St. Louis, Missouri

St. Louis, Missouri

St. Louis is an independent city on the eastern border of Missouri, United States. With a population of 319,294, it was the 58th-largest U.S. city at the 2010 U.S. Census. The Greater St...

.

History

Building Rome has recorded four albums, the first being Something Left of Nothing, released August 25, 2005, featured fifteen tracks including the first release of "Miss You More," Building Rome's first fan favorite which was re-released on their EP and second release Second Chance for Worst Impressions, released November 10, 2006. Second Chance for Worst Impressions was recorded with producer Marc McClusky and features the song that has received the most live requests to date, "Gangster Baby," about a self conscious gangster who wants to be a rapper, but is very unsure of himself. Building Rome's third release, entitled We're All So Bored... was a compilation of Second Chance for Worst Impressions as well as previously recorded demos, released January 27, 2008. The album in available exclusively online with a goal of giving new listeners a chance to have access to most of Building Rome's music in one place.

Building Rome began to attract national attention with the release of their most recent album, Nightmare. Released September 15, 2009, Nightmare is a concept album loosely based on the movie Jacob's Ladder

Jacob's Ladder (film)

Jacob's Ladder is a 1990 American psychological thriller/horror film directed by Adrian Lyne, based on a screenplay by Bruce Joel Rubin.-Plot:Jacob Singer is a U.S. soldier deployed in the Mekong Delta during the Vietnam War...

. The album was produced by Steven Haigler, (who has worked with both The Pixies and Brand New

Brand New

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), and features guest appearances from Tim Convy and Tim Ferrell of Ludo

Ludo

Ludo may refer to:* Ludo , a board game of the Cross and Circle game family* Luděk Mikloško Czech football goalkeeper.* Ludwig II of Bavaria, nicknamed 'Mad King Ludo', a king of Bavaria who reigned between 1869 and 1886...

, Dave Grelle of The Feed, and Adam Barr of The Goodtime Engineers. In addition, two of the songs on the album ("Streetlights" and "Last Time Again") were co-written with Ted Bruner

Ted Bruner

Ted Bruner is a musician, songwriter, and producer originally from St. Louis, Missouri. Bruner began his professional music career when his band Colony was signed to MCA Records in 1998. In 2002, he relocated to Los Angeles and began writing and producing for Rondor Music/Universal. He left...

, a songwriter signed with Warner Chappell.

Members

• Jonathan Heisserer - Vocals, guitar
• Tom Butler - Lead Guitar, backup vocals
• Brian Porter - Drums
• Heath Robertson - Bass

Discography

Year	Title	Producer
2005	Something Left of Nothing	Jonathan Heisserer
2006	Second Chance for Worst Impressions	Marc McClusky
2008	We're All So Bored	Marc McClusky / Jonathan Heisserer
2010	Nightmare Nightmare (Building Rome album) Nightmare is the fourth release from the St. Louis, Missouri based band, Building Rome. Released on 15 September 2009, it gained the band some national attention. It is loosely based on the movie Jacob's Ladder. As possible single, Building Rome made and released a music video for What Are We...	Steven Haigler

Touring

Building Rome is consistently touring throughout the Midwest, as well as to national festivals. Building Rome played four shows in Austin, TX, in May 2010 during SXSW, including opening up Redgorilla

Redgorilla

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 Music Fest at Blind Pig Pub on 6th Street. Building Rome has played with Ludo

Ludo

Ludo may refer to:* Ludo , a board game of the Cross and Circle game family* Luděk Mikloško Czech football goalkeeper.* Ludwig II of Bavaria, nicknamed 'Mad King Ludo', a king of Bavaria who reigned between 1869 and 1886...

, Fall Out Boy

Fall Out Boy

Fall Out Boy is an American rock band from Wilmette, Illinois, formed in 2001. The band consists of vocalist, guitarist and composer Patrick Stump, bassist and lyricist Pete Wentz, guitarist Joe Trohman, and drummer Andy Hurley. The band released five studio albums from 2003–2008...

, The Ataris

The Ataris

The Ataris are a rock band from Anderson, Indiana. They have released five studio albums, and their most recent E.P. was released on November 25, 2010 on the Gainesville, Florida based label, Paper + Plastick. It contained the brand new tracks "All Souls' Day" and "The Graveyard of The Atlantic"...

, and opened for Story of the Year

Story of the Year

Story of the Year is an American rock band formed in St. Louis, Missouri in 2000. The band was initially named 67 North but was then changed to Big Blue Monkey...

 at the hometown release of their 2010 album, The Constant.

Building Rome has also been recently added to the 2010 Vans Warped Tour date on July 5 for St. Louis, MO at Verizon. This show is along with many upcoming tours that Building Rome is embarking on.