Biography

Introduction

Rogue Wave is an indie rock band from Oakland, California, (formerly signed to Sub Pop, now to Brushfire Records), and headed by Zach Schwartz (a.k.a. Zach Rogue) who created the band after losing his job in the dot-com bust. Their first album was Out of the Shadow which was released privately in 2003 and re-released in 2004. In the fall of 2004 they went on a national tour of the United States. Their second album Descended Like Vultures was released in October 2005. Their newest album, Asleep at Heaven's Gate was released on September 18, 2007, though it was available one week earlier on iTunes.

Rogue Wave is featured on the Stubbs: The Zombie Soundtrack performing a cover of Buddy Holly's "Everyday". A live version of their Out of the Shadow track, "Every Moment", appeared on the soundtrack for the movie Napoleon Dynamite, but not in the movie itself. In addition, the song "Eyes" was featured in the movie Just Friends. Rogue Wave's songs have also appeared in episodes of Heroes, Friday Night Lights, Scrubs and Chuck. They also had their song "Kicking the Heart Out" on an episode of Weeds on Showtime. The Fox show The O.C. has used "Publish My Love", "California", and "Interruptions" as well as included "Publish My Love" on Music from the OC: Mix 5, a collection of songs used in the show. Most recently the song "Lake Michigan" was used in an ad for Microsoft's MP3 player Zune. Also, the third episode of season five Nip/Tuck featured "California". Their song "Harmonium" is used in an ESPN commercial for the UEFA Euro 2008. Their cover of Buddy Holly's "Everyday" scores a television commercial for the movie "Rachel Getting Married".

The current band lineup consists of Zach Rogue (vocals, guitar), Pat Spurgeon (drums, samples, guitar, vocals) and Patrick Abernethy (bass, vocals), who replaced Evan Farrell in 2007. Farrell himself had replaced original bassist Sonya Westcott in the fall of 2004. On the weekend of December 22-23, 2007 Farrell died in Oakland CA, suffering from "massive smoke inhalation" in an apartment fire caused by a dangerously obsolete gas fired floor furnace. [1]

Zach Rogue was previously a guitarist in the Bay Area band The Desoto Reds. Pat Spurgeon has played with bands Antenna, Stranded at the Drive In, Ramona the Pest, Brando, Steve Kowalski, Lessick, and has also released solo work as The Phantom Drummer. Gram LeBron has been involved in the bands Long and Golden, Schrasj, Sad Like Crazy, Conundrum, Jessica Six, All Transistor and has also released solo work as Golden Gram. Evan Farrell has played with The Japonize Elephants, Mega Mousse, Amaldecor, Big Mule, Hunted Haunted Bazergahn Klezmorchestra, Grande Rouge, Kentucky Nightmare, Mama HooHoo. Patrick Abernethy was formerly a keyboard player with Beulah before joining Rogue Wave.

Band members

Current:

Zach Rogue - vocals, guitar, wurlitzer (2002 - present)
Pat Spurgeon - drums, keyboard, samples, vocals (2002 - present)
Dominic East - guitar, pedal steel, vocals (2007 - present)
Cameron Jasper - bass (2009 - present)

Former:

Sonya Westcott - bass, vocals (2002 - 2004)
Evan Farrell - bass, vocals, keys (2004 - January 2007)
Patrick Abernethy - bass, piano, keyboard (2007 - 2008)
Gram LeBron - guitar, keyboard, vocals, drums (2002 - 2008)

Discography

Albums

Out of the Shadow (February 18, 2003; R: July 13, 2004) Responsive Recordings / Sub Pop Records
Descended Like Vultures (October 25, 2005) Sub Pop Records
Asleep at Heaven's Gate (September 18, 2007) Brushfire Records

EPs

10:1 (August 23, 2005) Sub Pop Records
The MySpace Transmissions (October 3, 2008) MySpace Records

Singles

Year	Song	U.S. Mod Rock	Album
2005	"10:1"	-	Descended Like Vultures
2006	"Publish My Love"	-	Descended Like Vultures
2006	"Eyes"	-	-
2007	"Lake Michigan"	29	Asleep at Heaven's Gate
2008	"Like I Needed"	-	Asleep at Heaven's Gate

Soundtracks

Napoleon Dynamite original soundtrack (2004, Lakeshore Records) song: "Every Moment (live)"
Music from the OC: Mix 5 (2005, Warner Bros./Wea) song: "Publish My Love"
Just Friends soundtrack (2005, New Line Records) song: "Eyes"
Stubbs the Zombie: The Soundtrack (2005) song: "Everyday" (Buddy Holly cover)
Music from the OC: Mix 6: Covering Our Tracks (2006, Warner Bros./Wea) song: "Debaser" (Pixies cover)
Cry Wolf original soundtrack (2005, Lakeshore Records) song: "10:1"
Cheese & Crackers (2006, Almost Skateboard Company) song: "Every Moment"
Spider-Man 3 Soundtrack (2007, Record Collection), song: "Sight Lines"
Heroes Episode 1.01: Genesis (2006) song: "Eyes"
For The Kids Three (2007, Nettwerk Music Group) song: "My Little Bird"
Weeds OST: Season 2 (2006) song: "Kicking The Heart Out"
CLIF GreenNotes Protect the Places We Play (2008) song: "Chicago X 12"
One Track Mind (2008) song: "Harmonium"
Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist soundtrack (2008, Atlantic Records) song: "Electro-Socket Blues"