Biography
Reverse Order captures their audience with emotion thriving melodies and memorable heart-touching lyrics; pair that with an explosive stage performance and these young musicians will have you off your feet in no time jumping and singing along. It doesn’t matter how large or small the venue or crowd, they’re there to have fun and leave the audience with a memorable experience. It’s what has caught the attention of industry professionals and helped them earn spots at Warped Tour, Bamboozle, The Quick Chek Balloon Festival and it’s what keeps the fans coming back for more.
The band was formed by John and Cruise Russo. They started out as child actors who worked on TV shows like As The World Turns and One Life to Live and in movies like, The Groomsmen. When their love turned to music, their living room turned into a rehearsal studio. Responding to things in his life John started writing meaningful personal lyrics. So while performing with the School of Rock band he decided he wanted to write and perform his own music. Cruise along with high School friends, Mike Spadafora and Justin Bylina heard and loved the music and joined the band. While the four members are uniquely individual, as a whole they come together with a chemistry that is clearly evident on and off the stage.
Besides originals they play a long list of covers; hits from the 60’s to the present. They have enough material to perform for hours. Check out their videos at www.myspace.com/reverseorderband and www.sonicbids.com/reverseorder .
Other highlights in their career include headlining at the PNC Arts Center’s Youth Extravaganza, being named WZZO’s 21 Annual Backyard band, appearing on My9 News, as well as getting to open for Peter Frampton and share the stage with Panic At The Disco, Fall Out Boy, Jimmy Eats World, Chiodos, No Doubt and Paul Rodgers. You can be totally confident having Reverse Order perform at your event or venue.
Instrumentation
John Russo - vocals, guitar, bass, harmonica, synthesizer, songwriter
Cruise Russo - Drums, vocals, bass
Mike Spadafora - Guitar, Keys, Bass
Justin Bylina - Bass
Discography
Our music has been played on college and local radio stations in NY, PA, NJ, Ct as well as a few internationally. Here is a partial list of the stations:WZZO, WNTI, WESS, WFDU, WDSR,Rockland World Radio, WRNJ, www.offthechartradio.co.uk, NJ Homegrown
Links
| Reverse Order Web Site |
| Myspace |