All-American Rejects - Tyson Ritter (vocals/bass) and Nick
Wheeler (guitar/programming) were in junior high school when music started to
influence them. Both were stuck in the ho-hum life of small-town America.
Stillwater, OK, wasn't exactly the most exciting place in the world, so
naturally the boys turned to music. While Ritter was staying up late, watching
music videos and rocking out to AC/DC, Wheeler was on the other side of town
raiding his sister's music collection of Def Leppard, Poison, and Bon Jovi
records. Wheeler soon picked up a guitar and later mastered the drums and piano.
By high school, both were music freaks and in their own little cliques. At a
party, Ritter spotted Wheeler; it's safe to say that the spiky rock fun of the
All-American Rejects was established right there. Mike Kennerty (guitar) and
Chris Gaylor (drums) were added to Wheeler and Ritter's rascal group by 2000 and
the band was official. With production work from Tim O'Heir (Sebadoh, Juliana
Hatfield, Superdrag), the All-American Rejects independently released their
self-titled debut on Doghouse in October 2002; several months later it was
reissued by DreamWorks. Move Along, which marked All-American Rejects' debut for
Interscope and hit the Top Ten, followed three years later. ~ MacKenzie Wilson,
All Music Guide
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