The Rockfords Biography

The Rockfords Formed

Formed 1999, [277] Seattle, WA, United States

The Rockfords Band Members

Carrie Akre (vocals), Mike McCready (guitar), Chris Friel (drums), Danny Newcomb (guitar), Rick Friel (bass, vocal)

The Rockfords were a Seattle project band formed by five friends who had already tasted success with their respective bands: Carrie Akre, Chris Friel and Danny Newcomb of Goodness; Pearl Jam guitarist Mike McCready; and Rick Friel of Jodie Watts.

The group had originally existed, minus Carrie Akre, as Shadow, during the mid 1980s in Seattle. After a couple of attempts at breaking into the Los Angeles scene, the group broke up and went their separate ways. Mike McCready would go on to co-form Pearl Jam in 1990, and sometime as early as June 20, 1998, Chris Friel and Danny Newcomb of Goodness would invite McCready to play with Goodness onstage prior to a Pearl Jam set. They soon decided to put the old band back together, adding Carrie Akre of Goodness as their new vocalist.

Their self-titled studio album was released on Epic in 2000. Produced by John Goodmanson, it featured Nancy Wilson (of Heart) contributing guest vocals on the track "Riverwide". The band would go back to their regular work for some time after playing at least five shows together in the Seattle area in 2000.

In 2003, the band got together again, playing several more shows around Seattle and writing several new songs. An EP containing the new songs, Waiting... (again produced by Goodmanson), was released in 2003. A live album, Live Seattle, WA 12/13/03, was released on Kufala Recordings in 2003 as well.

Source: en.wikipedia.org

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