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 You Oughta KnowAlpha Rev

You Oughta KnowAlpha Rev

Austin boys pour their souls into rock music they believe in.

About Alpha Rev

  1. If you asked this seven-piece band from Austin, Texas what their sound is all about, Alpha Rev would say they're just, "Seven people pouring their souls into rock 'n' roll music they truly believe in." Apt description for a band whose name in half Greek, half Latin loosely means the start of something new, according to frontman Casey McPherson. Inspired by experience and tragedy, McPherson mixes a range of musical influences from Beethoven to Pink Floyd. And singer/songwriter McPherson brings that vast musical taste to this pop-rock project -- a violin and cello round out their soulful sound in addition to the typical guitar, keyboard, bass, drum set up. Though the band first started getting notice with 2007/2008 debut "The Greatest Thing I've Ever Learned... Moreğ

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