ROOM TO ROAM - "OBLIVIOUS"

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Room to Roam was a heavy alternative indie rock-n-roll band out of Fullerton, CA that was together from 1991 - 1996. They played a lot of shows in Southern California during that time. They were never signed to a record label and with some help from engineer Geoff Harrington they recorded and self-produced their full length album Oblivious at Saturation Studios in Costa Mesa, CA in November of 1994. The album was released the following year.

In 2003 The OC Weekly voted Room To Roam as number 20 in their "The 129 Greatest OC Bands Ever!" issue.

This is what they had to say about the band:

Published on June 26, 2003

Led by the brothers Gallagher, Pat and Paul, and backed up by Joel McDaniel and bassist Bryan Blume, Room to Roam were fiery, versatile and powerful (Paul even peed on some guy from Holland once). Pat Gallagher was way inspired by Paul Westerberg and Ray Davies, while Paul was more of a Hendrix and punk guy and McDaniel drummed like Keith Moon on crystal meth. The result was a very heavy but eminently listenable sound that covered the gamut from brooding metallic psychedelia ("Steel Woman" is one of the scariest fucking songs ever) to "Fall Again," one of the best pop songs most of us have never heard. Room to Roam could make you groove in unison with the latest in-touch cosmic mind one moment and then have you seriously contemplating homicide the next. If you can get your hands on a copy of the band's album Oblivious, hang on to it. Better yet, play it over and over.


Track Listing:

1. Breeding Ground *
2. Steel Woman
3. Spotlight
4. Slow Burning Fire
5. Oblivious
6. Color Of Blood
7. Jane Rides
8. Amber Waves *
9. Nicotine Tan
10. Fall Again *
11. Sleep And Sedatives ~

Paul Gallagher guitar/vocals
Pat Gallagher guitar/vocals/percussion
Bryan Blume bass
Joel McDaniel drums

Recorded Oct. 94 at Saturation Studios by Jeff Harrington
Produced by Room to Roam
Mixed by Eric Garten
except for * by Curtis Mathewson and ~ by Jeff Harrington
Mastered at Studio One by Ian Miller and John Vestman

backing vocals on "Breeding Ground" by Michelle Walker (Relish)
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Room To Roam - "Oblivious"