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Rocky Votolato Is An American Singer-Songwriter. He Was Born In Dallas Texas On March 8 1977. He Was Raised In A Small Town Called Frost Roughly 50 Miles South Of Dallas Until The Age Of 13. After His Parents Were Divorced His Mother Remarried And Moved The Family To The Pacific Northwest In 1991 Where He Attended Inglemoor High School In Kenmore Washington. Citation Needed Alienated By His Southern Roots The Isolation Lead Him To Focusing All Of His Attention On Learning To Play Guitar And Writing Songs. Inspired By Seeing Many Punk Shows Including Bands Like Jawbreaker And Fugazi He Started Several Different Musical Projects While In High School. When His Former Band Lying On Loot Disbanded In 1996 Rocky Votolato Along With Friends Rudy Gajadhar Drums And Andrew Hartley Bass Started Playing Under The Name Waxwing. Rocky's Younger Brother Cody The Blood Brothers Soon Joined The Band On Second Guitar And The Band Recorded Their Debut 7" For Henry's Finest Recordings. In 1999 Second Nature Recordings Released Their First Full-Length Entitled For Madmen Only. Blending Straight-Up Rock With Elements Of Post-Hardcore And Cody's Metal Reminiscent Guitaring Waxwing Soon Established A Strong Local Following. The Band Then Signed With Second Nature Recordings Out Of Kansas City MO. The Band Then Released Three Full Length Albums For Madmen Only In 1999 One For The Ride In 2000 And Nobody Can Take What Everybody Owns In 2002. In This Time The Band's Profile In The Seattle Music Scene Had Grown Substantially Consistently Selling Out Local Clubs Like The Crocodile Cafe And The Paradox Theater. In 1999 Rocky Votolato Branched Out From His Work With Waxwing Having Written A Handful Of Songs Which Did Not Really Fit In With Their More Aggressive Fast-Tempo Style. Along The Way He Has Toured With The Likes Of Damien Jurado Small Brown Bike The Get Up Kids The New Amsterdams Owen And The Casket Lottery Members Of The Latter Having Provided Assistance As Backing Musicians On Occasion. His Studio Albums Have Also Been Littered With Appearances From Some Of Seattle's Finest Musicians Including Players In The Bands Red Stars Theory Sharks Keep Moving The Blood Brothers Death Cab For Cutie Pedro The Lion And Sub Pop Solo Artist Rosie Thomas . On The Production Side Votolato Has Worked With Matt Bayles Pearl Jam Botch Murder City Devils Hayden Along With Chris Walla Of Death Cab For Cutie . It Is A Creative Input Which Has Helped See Rocky Progress Stylistically With Every Release From His Low Key Self-Titled Album Released In 1999 - All Pretty Much Recorded Live Right Through To His Recent Alt-Country Folk-Esque Offering Makers. A Video Was Shot For The First Track Of Makers "White Daisy Passing" A Song Which Also Appeared On An Episode Of The Popular TV Show "The OC". Rocky Also Starred In The Film The Edge Of Quarrel Which He Worked On With Dave Larson From Excursion Records. It Also Includes Members Of The Murder City Devils And Botch And Is About A Gang War Between Straightedgers And Punk Rockers Where He Tries To Achieve Peace Between The Two Opposing Groups. He Has Been Married To His Wife April Votolato For Over 10 Years And They Live In Seattle With Their Two Children. read less