# Rustic Overtones > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Rustic_Overtones > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Rustic_Overtones.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rustic_Overtones > Source revision: 1355105453 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|American rock band}} {{Multiple issues| {{BLP sources|date=July 2015}} {{Update|date=March 2026}} }} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2023}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Rustic Overtones | image = Rustic Overtones at Maine Lobster Festival.jpg | caption = Rustic Overtones at the 2007 Maine Lobster Festival | background = group_or_band | origin = [Portland, Maine](/source/Portland%2C_Maine), United States | instruments = {{hlist|Guitar|bass guitar|keyboards|drums|baritone sax|trombone|alto sax|tenor sax}} | genre = [Rock](/source/Rock_music){{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/music/artist/rustic_overtones/artist.jhtml|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120906151620/http://www.mtv.com/music/artist/rustic_overtones/artist.jhtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 6, 2012|title=Rustic Overtones|work=MTV Artists|accessdate=July 5, 2015}} | years_active = 1993–2002, 2007–present | label = {{hlist|Ripcord|[Arista](/source/Arista_Records)|[BMG](/source/Bertelsmann_Music_Group)|[Tommy Boy](/source/Tommy_Boy_Records)|[Warner Bros.](/source/Warner_Bros._Records)|[Velour](/source/Velour_Records)}} | current_members = Dave Gutter
Jon Roods
Lucas Desmond
Jamie Colpoys
Gary Gemmiti
Jason Ward{{cite web|author1=Charlotte Dillon, William Ruhlmann, Rovi|title=Rustic Overtones: Biography|url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/369325/rustic-overtones/biography|publisher=Billboard|accessdate=July 5, 2015}} | past_members = Spencer Albee
Tony McNaboe
Ryan Zoidis
Dave Noyes }} '''Rustic Overtones''' is an American [rock](/source/Rock_music) band from [Maine](/source/Maine), United States, active between 1993 and 2002 and from 2007 to the present. They were the first group to perform live on [XM Satellite Radio](/source/XM_Satellite_Radio), and their 2007 album ''[Light at the End](/source/Light_at_the_End)'' was the fastest-selling local disc ever in the state of [Maine](/source/Maine).[http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/story.php?id=123981&ac=PHfea Die-hard fans cheer Rustic Overtones' reunion | Portland Press Herald] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081210001544/http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/story.php?id=123981&ac=PHfea |date=December 10, 2008 }} ==History== ===Early years: 1993–2002=== Rustic Overtones started in the early 1990s as a three-piece cover band known as Aces Wild with Dave Gutter, Jon Roods, and then-drummer and close friend Matthew Esty, playing small bars. This lineup produced the very rare ''Smile'' album. Rustic Overtones gained popularity during the mid to late 1990s in the Portland, Maine, music scene, although it had many self-financed tours throughout the country, mostly the northeastern states. After the release of the band's 1998 album ''[Rooms by the Hour](/source/Rooms_by_the_Hour)'', major record label [Arista](/source/Arista_Records) signed the band spurred on by then-president [Clive Davis](/source/Clive_Davis). The signing led to "Hardest Way Possible," a song from ''Rooms By The Hour'', being featured on the soundtrack of the [Rob Schneider](/source/Rob_Schneider) film ''[The Animal](/source/The_Animal)''. Arista hired legendary producer [Tony Visconti](/source/Tony_Visconti) to produce what became the band's 2001 release, ''[¡Viva Nueva!](/source/%C2%A1Viva_Nueva!)'' However, after disagreements with the label, and a shakeup at Arista that saw the band's primary supporter, Clive Davis, depart, the record deal fell through. The band was shortly picked up afterward by [Tommy Boy](/source/Tommy_Boy_Records) and released the album in 2001, which featured guest appearances by [Funkmaster Flex](/source/Funkmaster_Flex), [Imogen Heap](/source/Imogen_Heap), and [David Bowie](/source/David_Bowie). However, Tommy Boy's deal with Warner Bros. Records ended in 2002, which once again left the band without a record label. The disappointment of two major record deals falling through proved too much for the band members, and they went their separate ways in 2002. Its final performance was a three-hour show at the State Theatre on May 11, 2002. ===Break-up and solo careers: 2002–2007=== During the five years that the Rustic Overtones went their separate ways, most of the band members pursued a side project. Dave Gutter and Jon Roods met up with one-time Overtones drummer Marc Boisvert, and formed [Paranoid Social Club](/source/Paranoid_Social_Club), another band that enjoyed success, with its single "Wasted" appearing in the soundtrack to the movie ''[Beerfest](/source/Beerfest)''. Spencer Albee joined with other local musicians including guitarist Zach Jones, drummer Brian Higgins, and bassist Haché and formed Rocktopus (later [As Fast As](/source/As_Fast_As), replacing Higgins with drummer Andrew Hodgkins), whose album ''[Open Letter to the Damned](/source/Open_Letter_to_the_Damned)'' received a 4.5/5 rating from music critic giant [Allmusic](/source/Allmusic). Tony McNaboe served as a touring drummer for [Ray LaMontagne](/source/Ray_LaMontagne), and released an [R&B](/source/R%26B) solo album in 2003 entitled ''Destination''. In addition, saxophonist Ryan Zoidis split his time between [Lettuce](/source/Lettuce_(band)) and [Soulive](/source/Soulive), baritone saxophonist Jason Ward played with several local bands, and trombonist Dave Noyes joined local group [Seekonk](/source/Seekonk_(band)). ===Reunion and ''Light at the End'': 2007–2008=== In early spring of 2007, drummer Tony McNaboe began the process of reuniting the band, calling each former member separately, and telling them that everyone else had already agreed to a reunion.{{Cite web|url=http://ledger.southofboston.com/articles/2007/12/15/life/life02.txt|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090815133627/http://ledger.southofboston.com/articles/2007/12/15/life/life02.txt|title=Rustic Overtones find the light and a new beginning | Patriot Ledger|archivedate=August 15, 2009}} In May 2007, Tony McNaboe, Spencer Albee, and Jon Roods made a surprise announcement on Portland's [WCYY](/source/WCYY) that the entire band did indeed plan to reunite, and were in the process of scheduling local reunion shows. On May 29, they announced that they would play two reunion shows at Portland club The Asylum, on July 28 and 29, 2007. In addition, after a month of rumors and gossip, the band also announced that they had been working on a new album of previously unreleased material and newly written music, eventually titled ''[Light at the End](/source/Light_at_the_End)'', which was released independently in late July 2007 coinciding with the two reunion shows. Although the band originally made it clear that the reunion would only last for the summer, and the members would turn their attention back to their post-Overtones projects after the two shows and the release of the album, Gutter confirmed in an article for the ''[Portland Press Herald](/source/Portland_Press_Herald)'' that "reunions will become a regular thing" and that the band is "here to stay."[http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/story.php?id=111579&ac=PHfea Rustic Reunites | Portland Press Herald] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090815030336/http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/story.php?id=111579&ac=PHfea |date=August 15, 2009 }} Furthermore, during one of the band's reunion shows, [Spencer Albee](/source/Spencer_Albee) proclaimed, "we're never going to leave you again, we're sorry".{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGwzJtkc3_I |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/YGwzJtkc3_I| archive-date=December 12, 2021 |url-status=live|title=Rustic Overtones - Car Sick (LIVE) ROCKLIKEWAR.COM|publisher=[YouTube](/source/YouTube)}}{{cbignore}} Also, during an interview on a local news station on July 18, 2007, with Gutter and Albee, the two were asked what the future plans are with the band. Gutter responded with "we've got a couple more huge endeavors planned for Rustic Overtones" and Albee stated that "there's no reason to not be together".[http://www.wcsh6.com/life/lifestyle/207/article.aspx?storyid=66531]{{dead link|date=July 2015}} On September 8, 2007, the band announced on their [MySpace](/source/MySpace) page that they were in the process of filming a "feature film documentary," though they did not announce a release date or filming timetable. On November 24, 2007, Spencer Albee announced to the crowd at an Asylum concert that the band would soon re-release the albums ''[Long Division](/source/Long_Division_(Rustic_Overtones_album))'' and ''[Light At The End](/source/Light_At_The_End)'' on a national record label to get the albums out to the masses. Two days later, the band announced on MySpace that the label they had signed with was [Velour Records](/source/Velour_Records), and hinted that their entire back catalog of albums would soon be released. ===Spencer Albee's departure and ''The New Way Out'': 2008–2009=== On September 17, 2008, the band unexpectedly announced on Myspace that Spencer Albee, their keyboardist since 1995's ''Long Division'', had left the band. Drummer Tony McNaboe explained that Spencer was parting ways on good terms, and that work on a new album would continue as planned with multi-instrumentalist Nigel Hall from Lettuce filling in on keyboards. Hall toured as a normal member of the band until he became too busy with other projects to continue as a full-fledged member, still contributing to the recording of the album. On tour the band began to alternate between Hall and Tyler Quist as keyboardists, playing some shows without a keyboardist at all, or having Ryan Zoidis and Dave Noyes take over keyboardist duties on certain songs. The band continued work on their album in their self-built studio, Limited Productions Limited, throughout 2008 and 2009, and on November 11, 2009, ''[The New Way Out](/source/The_New_Way_Out)'' was released. ===Death of Noyes and ''Self Titled'': 2019=== On February 23, 2019, the band posted a short clip of a song titled "Black Shirt" to their Instagram account with an announcement of their forthcoming album. On March 7, trombonist Dave Noyes died unexpectedly. Hailed as an essential member of the band, he was called the "glue that held the band together."{{cite web |title=Dave Noyes, trombonist for the Rustic Overtones, dies unexpectedly at 45 |url=https://www.pressherald.com/2019/03/07/rustic-overtones-trombonist-dave-noyes-dies-unexpectedly-at-45/ |website=www.pressherald.com |date=March 8, 2019 |accessdate=March 8, 2019}} Multiple benefit shows were performed in his honor, as well as to raise funds for his bereaved pregnant wife and young child. On November 29, 2019, they released a self-titled album based on what Noyes had recorded before he died.{{cite news|last=Ponti|first=Aimsel|date=November 25, 2019|title=Rustic Overtones' new album realizes vision of late trombone player|url=https://www.pressherald.com/2019/11/25/rustic-overtones-new-album-realizes-vision-of-late-trombone-player/|newspaper=[Portland Press Herald](/source/Portland_Press_Herald)|access-date=January 9, 2020}} ==Styles and influences== {{BLP unsourced section|date=July 2015}} In its earliest days, Rustic Overtones was mostly classified as a rock and soul band, citing as their heaviest influences artists such as [Earth, Wind, and Fire](/source/Earth%2C_Wind%2C_and_Fire) and [Tom Waits](/source/Tom_Waits), and playing with a raw sound. However, by ''[Rooms by the Hour](/source/Rooms_by_the_Hour)'', the band refined and diversified its sound, with much more of a jazz influence on songs such as "Pink Belly" and "Machine Maker," and an [alternative rock](/source/alternative_rock) feel on songs such as "The Heist" and "Kicking and Screaming". By the late '90s and into the early 2000s, the band had become heavily influenced by [hip hop](/source/hip_hop), leading to the heavy production of the entire album, a collaboration with hip-hop veterans [Naughty by Nature](/source/Naughty_by_Nature) that appeared on the rap group's 1999 album, and the ''[¡Viva Nueva!](/source/%C2%A1Viva_Nueva!) ''song "Smoke", which when played sometimes featured a guest rapper friend of the band who rapped over an extended outro to the song. Many believe that this radical switch of style contributed to the band's fallout with their Arista record deal, as the company apparently believed that the band's sound on the album would be similar to that of their older material. The album [Light at the End](/source/Light_at_the_End) sounds most similar to the production and style of ''Rooms by the Hour'', although the album draws from various other phases of the band's musical evolution as well. ==Members== {{col-begin}} {{col-2}} '''Current''' * Dave Gutter — Vocals, [electric guitar](/source/electric_guitar) (1993–2002, 2007–present) * Jon Roods — [Bass](/source/Bass_guitar) (1993–2002, 2007–present) * Jason Ward — [Baritone Saxophone](/source/Baritone_Saxophone) (1995–2002, 2007–present) * Gary Gemmiti — [Drums](/source/Drum_Kit) (2015–present) * Lucas Desmond — [Alto Saxophone](/source/Alto_Saxophone), [Tenor Saxophone](/source/Tenor_Saxophone) (2019–present) * Jamie Colpoys — [Trombone](/source/Trombone), [Backing Vocals](/source/Backing_Vocals) (2019–present) {{col-2}} '''Past''' * Matthew Esty — [Drums](/source/Drum_kit) (1993) * Tony McNaboe — [Drums](/source/Drum_kit) (1993–2002, 2007–2010) * Dave Noyes — [Trombone](/source/Trombone) (1994–2002, 2007–2019; died 2019) * Spencer Albee — [Hammond B2 Organ](/source/Hammond_B2_Organ), [Fender Rhodes](/source/Fender_Rhodes), Synth (1995–2002, 2007–2008) * Ryan Zoidis — [Alto Saxophone](/source/Alto_Saxophone), [Tenor Saxophone](/source/Tenor_Saxophone) (1995–2002, 2007–2008) * Nigel Hall — [Keyboard](/source/Keyboard_instrument) (2014) * Mike Taylor — [Fender Rhodes](/source/Fender_Rhodes), Keyboards (2015–2019) * Kyle Hardy — [Alto Saxophone](/source/Alto_Saxophone) * Marc Boisvert — [Drums](/source/Drum_kit) {{col-end}} ===Timeline=== {{#tag:timeline| ImageSize = width:1000 height:auto barincrement:20 PlotArea = left:100 bottom:100 top:5 right:10 Alignbars = justify DateFormat = mm/dd/yyyy Period = from:01/01/1993 till:12/31/2022 TimeAxis = orientation:horizontal format:yyyy Colors = id:Vocals value:red legend:Lead_vocals id:Guitar value:green legend:Guitar id:Keys value:purple legend:Keyboards,_piano id:Bass value:blue legend:Bass id:Alto value:skyblue legend:Alto_saxophone id:Tenor value:tan2 legend:Tenor_saxophone id:Bari value:claret legend:Bari_saxophone id:Trombone value:coral legend:Trombone id:Drums value:orange legend:Drums,_percussion id:Studio value:black legend:Studio_album id:bars value:gray(0.95) Legend = position:bottom orientation:vertical columns:4 BackgroundColors = bars:bars ScaleMajor = increment:2 start:1993 ScaleMinor = unit:year increment:1 start:1993 LineData = layer:back color:Studio at:03/24/1994 at:11/17/1995 at:01/20/1998 at:06/05/2001 at:07/24/2007 at:11/11/2009 at:06/26/2012 at:11/25/2013 at:11/29/2019 BarData = bar:Gutter text:"Dave Gutter" bar:Roods text:"Jon Roods" bar:Albee text:"Spencer Albee" bar:Hall text:"Nigel Hall" bar:Taylor text:"Mike Taylor" bar:Zoidis text:"Ryan Zoidis" bar:Desmond text:"Lucas Desmond" bar:Ward text:"Jason Ward" bar:Noyes text:"Dave Noyes" bar:Colpoys text:"Jamie Colpoys" bar:Etsy text:"Matthew Esty" bar:McNaboe text:"Tony McNaboe" bar:Gemmiti text:"Gary Gemmiti" PlotData= width:3 textcolor:black align:left anchor:from shift:(10,-4) bar:Gutter from:start till:05/11/2002 color:Guitar bar:Gutter from:03/01/2007 till:end color:Guitar bar:Zoidis from:01/01/1995 till:05/11/2002 color:Tenor bar:Zoidis from:03/01/2007 till:03/07/2019 color:Tenor bar:Desmond from:03/07/2019 till:end color:Tenor width:11 textcolor:black align:left anchor:from shift:(10,-4) bar:Gutter from:start till:05/11/2002 color:Vocals bar:Gutter from:03/01/2007 till:end color:Vocals bar:Roods from:start till:05/11/2002 color:Bass bar:Roods from:03/01/2007 till:end color:Bass bar:Albee from:01/01/1995 till:05/11/2002 color:Keys bar:Albee from:03/01/2007 till:09/17/2008 color:Keys bar:Hall from:01/01/2014 till:12/31/2014 color:Keys bar:Taylor from:01/01/2015 till:end color:Keys bar:Zoidis from:01/01/1995 till:05/11/2002 color:Alto bar:Zoidis from:03/01/2007 till:03/07/2019 color:Alto bar:Desmond from:03/07/2019 till:end color:Alto bar:Ward from:01/01/1995 till:05/11/2002 color:Bari bar:Ward from:03/01/2007 till:end color:Bari bar:Noyes from:01/01/1994 till:05/11/2002 color:Trombone bar:Noyes from:03/01/2007 till:03/07/2019 color:Trombone bar:Colpoys from:03/07/2019 till:end color:Trombone bar:Etsy from:start till:06/01/1993 color:Drums bar:McNaboe from:06/01/1993 till:05/11/2002 color:Drums bar:McNaboe from:03/01/2007 till:12/31/2014 color:Drums bar:Gemmiti from:01/01/2015 till:end color:Drums }} == Discography == === Albums === * ''[Shish Boom Bam](/source/Shish_Boom_Bam)'' (1994) * ''[Long Division](/source/Long_Division_(Rustic_Overtones_album))'' (1995) * ''[Rooms by the Hour](/source/Rooms_by_the_Hour)'' (1998) * ''[¡Viva Nueva!](/source/%C2%A1Viva_Nueva!)'' (2001) * ''[Light At The End](/source/Light_At_The_End)'' (2007) * ''[The New Way Out](/source/The_New_Way_Out)'' (2009) * ''Let's Start a Cult'' (2012) * ''Let's Start a Cult Part 2'' (2013) * ''Rustic Overtones'' (2019) === EPs === * ''My Dirt'' (1996) * ''Check/Girl Germs'' (1997) * ''Volume Up'' (1999) === Singles === * "Check" (1997) * "Combustible" (2001) * "C'Mon" (2001) * "Light at the End" (2008) * "Downside of Looking Up" (2009) * "Martyrs" feat. Eric krasno (2014) * "The Show Must go on" featuring Sara Hallie Richardson (2014) * "Black Shirt" (2019) === Promotional recordings === (This is only a partial listing) * ''This Is Rock N' Roll'' (promo tape) (2000) * ''Viva Nueva! Album Advance'' (2001) * ''Live on XM Satellite Radio'' (2001) * ''Promotional Pre Release Viva Nueva!'' (Date Unknown — boilerplate Tommy Boy inserts are labeled 1997 and 1998, although they were with another label in '97/'98) * ''Selections from the Album Viva Nueva!'' (2001) ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== * {{Official website}} === Live recordings === * [https://archive.org/details/RusticOvertones Rustic Overtones collection] at the [Internet Archive](/source/Internet_Archive)'s live music archive {{Rustic Overtones}} {{Spencer Albee}} {{Authority control}} Category:Indie rock musical groups from Maine Category:Musical groups from Portland, Maine Category:Arista Records artists Category:Tommy Boy Records artists Category:Musical groups established in 1993 --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Rustic Overtones](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rustic_Overtones) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rustic_Overtones?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.