Mike Ruocco
Encyclopedia
Mike Ruocco is a Baltimore, Maryland-based pop
-rock
artist.
. He joined the band as a bassist/background vocalist while maintaining work with PLUNGE in his time off. In 2004 Mike returned to PLUNGE and the band signed with Union Entertainment Group (Nickleback, Hinder
, Candlebox
) manager John Greenberg. They shortly thereafter signed a deal with Columbia Records
. Mike then began co-writing with different artists and producers such as Stacy Jones
, SR-71 singer Mitch Allan
, Holly Knight
, Jack Blades
, Jani Lane
, Duff McKagan
, Matt Sorum
, John Corabi
and many others. His collaborations with Aerosmith
Producer/Co-writer Marti Frederiksen
created a lasting musical bond. Changes at Columbia Records
prevented their debut album from ever being made. Their move to EMI Records
was made through Chairman David Munns himself. Mike and Frederiksen began work on “Superhuman” in 2006. Upon its completion in 2007, Cinder Road
was born. They toured with Kiss
and Chris Daughtry
, among others.
In 2009 Mike was signed to a publishing deal at Bug Music in LA where he works as a staff songwriter. With Producer/Song Writer Scott Stevens (Formerly of The Exies
) he recorded the follow up album entitled "Damage Control" with his CINDER ROAD
cohorts and it was released in Japan only in 2010. The band embarked on a Sold-Out tour of Japan in support of Michael Jackson Guitarist "Orianthi" in December of 2010. Mike is currently recording songs that he will pair with selected songs from “Damage Control” to release as a solo album in 2012.
Cinder Road
played many shows for the US military. (See press section.)
Pop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...
-rock
Rock music
Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...
artist.
History
Baltimore, MD bred Michael Ruocco is a singer, songwriter. Inspired by the likes of Def Leppard to get up on stage, he started his first band, PLUNGE, at age 12 with school friends. The band took their budding career seriously and grew into one of the busiest cover/original bands in the mid-atlantic music scene. PLUNGE first signed to European and Japanese labels before releasing their album “Hometown Hero” independently in the USA. Shortly after “Hometown Hero” came out, Mike was invited to join another hometown act, SR-71 – recently signed to RCA RecordsRCA Records
RCA Records is one of the flagship labels of Sony Music Entertainment. The RCA initials stand for Radio Corporation of America , which was the parent corporation from 1929 to 1985 and a partner from 1985 to 1986.RCA's Canadian unit is Sony's oldest label...
. He joined the band as a bassist/background vocalist while maintaining work with PLUNGE in his time off. In 2004 Mike returned to PLUNGE and the band signed with Union Entertainment Group (Nickleback, Hinder
Hinder
Hinder is an American rock band from Oklahoma that was formed in 2001 by drummer Cody Hanson, guitarist Joe Garvey, and singer Austin Winkler. The band was inducted into the Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame in 2007.-Formation and early history:...
, Candlebox
Candlebox
Candlebox is an American alternative rock band from Seattle, Washington. Since their debut, the group has released four studio albums, which have achieved multi-platinum and gold certification, as well as numerous charting singles, a compilation, and a CD+DVD....
) manager John Greenberg. They shortly thereafter signed a deal with Columbia Records
Columbia Records
Columbia Records is an American record label, owned by Japan's Sony Music Entertainment, operating under the Columbia Music Group with Aware Records. It was founded in 1888, evolving from an earlier enterprise, the American Graphophone Company — successor to the Volta Graphophone Company...
. Mike then began co-writing with different artists and producers such as Stacy Jones
Stacy Jones
Stacy Jones is an American musician, songwriter, and record producer. He is currently the singer, songwriter, and guitarist for American Hi-Fi.-Life and career:...
, SR-71 singer Mitch Allan
Mitch Allan
Mitch Allan, is the lead singer, songwriter and guitarist of punk rock band SR-71, and the lead guitarist and backing vocalist of power pop project Satellite.-Biography:...
, Holly Knight
Holly Knight
Holly Knight is a songwriter, vocalist and musician of pop and rock music.- Biography :She was born in New York City and started playing classical piano as a young child. She soon became interested in rock music, and left home at about sixteen to pursue her dreams...
, Jack Blades
Jack Blades
Jack Martin Blades is an American musician. He has worked in several bands: Rubicon, Night Ranger , and Damn Yankees . He also recorded with Tommy Shaw under the name Shaw/Blades, and has done work alongside TMG, the Tak Matsumoto Group...
, Jani Lane
Jani Lane
Jani Lane , born John Kennedy Oswald, later changed to John Patrick Oswald, was an American recording artist and the lead vocalist, frontman, lyricist and main songwriter for the hard rock band Warrant....
, Duff McKagan
Duff McKagan
Michael Andrew "Duff" McKagan is an American musician and writer. He is best known for his twelve-year tenure as the bassist of the hard rock band Guns N' Roses, with whom he achieved worldwide success in the late 1980s and early 1990s...
, Matt Sorum
Matt Sorum
Matthew William Sorum is an American rock drummer and percussionist. Sorum is most famous for his 7-year stint in Guns N' Roses and supergroup Velvet Revolver , which is comprised in part of former Guns N' Roses members Duff McKagan and Slash .-Early career :Matt Sorum was born Matthew William...
, John Corabi
John Corabi
John Corabi is a heavy metal singer and guitarist who has worked with such bands as Angora, The Scream, Mötley Crüe, Union and ESP , Ratt , Twenty 4 Seven , Zen Lunatic, Brides of Destruction, and Angel City Outlaws John Corabi (born on April 26, 1959 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is a heavy...
and many others. His collaborations with Aerosmith
Aerosmith
Aerosmith is an American rock band, sometimes referred to as "The Bad Boys from Boston" and "America's Greatest Rock and Roll Band". Their style, which is rooted in blues-based hard rock, has come to also incorporate elements of pop, heavy metal, and rhythm and blues, and has inspired many...
Producer/Co-writer Marti Frederiksen
Marti Frederiksen
Martin Harold Frederiksen is an American songwriter, record producer, and musician. He writes and produces music primarily in rock, country, and pop...
created a lasting musical bond. Changes at Columbia Records
Columbia Records
Columbia Records is an American record label, owned by Japan's Sony Music Entertainment, operating under the Columbia Music Group with Aware Records. It was founded in 1888, evolving from an earlier enterprise, the American Graphophone Company — successor to the Volta Graphophone Company...
prevented their debut album from ever being made. Their move to EMI Records
EMI Records
EMI Records is the flagship record label founded by the EMI company in 1972 and launched in January 1973 as the successor to its Columbia label. The EMI label was launched worldwide...
was made through Chairman David Munns himself. Mike and Frederiksen began work on “Superhuman” in 2006. Upon its completion in 2007, Cinder Road
Cinder Road
Cinder Road is a rock band from Lutherville, MD. Formerly known as Plunge, the band changed their name to Cinder Road. The band took their name from the street where they grew up...
was born. They toured with Kiss
KISS (band)
Kiss is an American rock band formed in New York City in January 1973. Well-known for its members' face paint and flamboyant stage outfits, the group rose to prominence in the mid to late 1970s on the basis of their elaborate live performances, which featured fire breathing, blood spitting,...
and Chris Daughtry
Chris Daughtry
Christopher Adam "Chris" Daughtry is an American musician best known as the lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist for the rock band Daughtry and as the fourth-place finalist on the fifth season of American Idol, from which he was eliminated on May 10, 2006...
, among others.
In 2009 Mike was signed to a publishing deal at Bug Music in LA where he works as a staff songwriter. With Producer/Song Writer Scott Stevens (Formerly of The Exies
The Exies
The Exies are an American rock band from Los Angeles, California, formed in 1997. Their name, "The Exies", is short for "The Existentialists". Their two Virgin Records releases, Inertia and Head for the Door , have sold over 400,000 copies combined.-History:The Exies formed in 1997 when singer and...
) he recorded the follow up album entitled "Damage Control" with his CINDER ROAD
Cinder Road
Cinder Road is a rock band from Lutherville, MD. Formerly known as Plunge, the band changed their name to Cinder Road. The band took their name from the street where they grew up...
cohorts and it was released in Japan only in 2010. The band embarked on a Sold-Out tour of Japan in support of Michael Jackson Guitarist "Orianthi" in December of 2010. Mike is currently recording songs that he will pair with selected songs from “Damage Control” to release as a solo album in 2012.
Cinder Road
Cinder Road
Cinder Road is a rock band from Lutherville, MD. Formerly known as Plunge, the band changed their name to Cinder Road. The band took their name from the street where they grew up...
played many shows for the US military. (See press section.)
In SR71
| Date of release | Title | Label | US Billboard peak | US sales |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 22, 2002 | Tomorrow Tomorrow (SR-71 album) Tomorrow is the second album by rock band SR-71 featuring the Top 30 hit "Tomorrow". It was the first to feature John Allen on drums, since Dan Garvin left after Now You See Inside. "My World" would later be re-recorded by Bo Bice for his debut album The Real Thing, in which frontman Mitch Allan... |
138 | ||
| May 4, 2004 | Here We Go Again Here We Go Again (SR-71 album) Here We Go Again is the third album by pop punk band SR-71, recorded during 2003 and released on May 21, 2004. It wasn't released outside Japan, although it was available on the band's website through a Japanese import.... |
Crown Japan |
As Plunge
- Understand (2002)
- "Understand" - 3:01
- "Hope" - 3:21
- "If I" - 3:03
- "Through Your Eyes" - 3:27
- "Better Days" - 3:41
- "The Way" - 3:03
- Hometown Hero (2004)
- "Running Away" - 2:53 (Crown, 2004)
- "Wasted on Your Love" - 3:37 (Crown, 2004)
- "Hometown Hero" - 3:06 (Crown, 2004)
- "Part Time Girlfriend" - 3:05 (Crown, 2004)
- "Scared" - 3:35 (Crown, 2004)
- "Fall Into One" - 3:24 (Crown, 2004)
- "Ordinary Girl" - 2:36 (Crown, 2004)
- "One More Time" - 3:13 (Crown, 2004)
- "Stuck in Madison" - 2:39 (Crown, 2004)
- "Understand" - 2:59 (Crown, 2004)
- "Hope" - 3:03 (Crown, 2004)
- "Heaven" - 3:57 (Crown, 2004)
- "Stiff Competition" - 4:04 (Bonus Track)
As Plunge and Cinder Road
- Stand in Our Way EP (2007)
- "Everything You Are" - 3:37
- "Stand in Our Way" - 4:09
As Cinder Road
- Superhuman (2007)
- "I'm So Sorry" - 3:12
- "Bad Excuse" - 3:20
- "Back Home to You" - 3:36
- "Should've Known Better" - 3:39
- "Get In Get Out" - 3:49
- "Learning to Love" - 3:39
- "Feels So Good to Me" - 3:32
- "Superhuman" - 3:39
- "One" - 4:17
- "Drift Away" - 3:50
- "Don't Be Scared" - 3:35
- "Sleeping With The Enemy" * - 3:12
- "Complete Me" * - 2:47
- "Stand In Our Way" * - 4:08
- "Everything You Are" * - 3:35
- "#1 Fan" * - 3:47
- * = bonus track on Japanese edition
- Damage Control (2010) - Can be Ordered from CinderRoadMusic.com > "Merch"
- 1. "The Worst Way" - 3:29
- 2. "Sex Addict" - 3:39
- 3. "Losing Ground" - 3:32
- 4. "It Hurts" - 3:34
- 5. "Save Me" - 2:58
- 6. "More" - 3:28
- 7. "Giving Up" - 3:47
- 8. "Breaking Me" - 3:13
- 9. "2 Hearts 2 Break" - 3:34
- 10. "Tennessee" - 3:33
- 11. "I Don't Wanna" - 3:42
- 12. "The Devil Made Me Do It" - 3:12
- 13. "Without You" - 4:00
Press
- MAY THE ROCK BE WITH YOU interview with Mike-
- CINDER ROAD PLAY FOR THE MILITARY –
- Mike's TUNELAB interview –