Luce

Luce
Tom Luce
Background information
Origin	San Francisco, California
Genres	Alternative Pop Rock
Years active	2000-present
Labels	Luce Records
Website	Official Luce Website Luce's Myspace Page
Members
Tom Luce Adam Rossi Steve Bowman Kevin White Dylan Brock
Former members
Larry Rigs

Luce is a rock band based in San Francisco, California. The band was founded in 2000 by lead singer Tom Luce and keyboardist/producer Adam Rossi. The band also features drummer Brian Zalewski, bassist Kevin White and lead guitarist Dylan Brock.

Luce's self-titled first album, released in 2001, met with success in the San Francisco Bay Area, winning the California Music Award for Outstanding Debut. It was promoted heavily on the San Francisco radio station KFOG; a single from the album entitled "Good Day" peaked at #39 on the Billboard Adult Top 40 chart.^[1] "Good Day" was heard in the movies 13 Going on 30 and How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days and TV shows The O.C. and Alias, and was also featured in commercials for American Leather and for northern California Toyota dealers. The band makes appearances all over northern California and the U.S.; one recent appearance of note was at Golden Gate Park for the finish of the 2005 Bay to Breakers race.

Luce's second album, Never Ending, was released April 19, 2005, and the first single, "Buy A Dog", was the most played song on at least 13 radio stations, including KFOG and WRLT in Nashville. On Nov. 6 of '05, Tom Luce and Adam Rossi sang the national anthem at Arrowhead Stadium before the Kansas City Chiefs hosted the Oakland Raiders.

In 2007 the band suffered from two set back backs; Tom Luce's house burnt to the ground and the trailer containing all their equipment was stolen while they were touring. For a short time the band broke up before regrouping and reassembling. In September, 2008 Luce went back into the recording studio to record an EP of cover songs; this exercise was a way for the band to improve their musicianship and to rejuvinate and inspire the band. In 2008, LUCE signed with Opus Music Ventures, a Bay Area record label. In 2009 they released their third CD, "Corner of the World".

Current members

• Tom Luce (vocals, guitar)
• Adam Rossi (keyboards)
• Brian Zalewski (drums)
• Kevin White (bass guitar)
• Dylan Brock (lead guitar)

Discography

• Luce (2001 - What Are Records?)^[2]
  • 1) Long Way Down
  • 2) Good Day
  • 3) Numb
  • 4) Electric Chair
  • 5) Life
  • 6) In the Middle There
  • 7) Sunniest of Weekends
  • 8) Bring Her In
  • 9) Here
  • 10) After Tomorrow

• Luce (2002 - Nettwerk Records)^[3]
  • 1) Long Way Down
  • 2) Good Day
  • 3) Numb
  • 4) Electric Chair
  • 5) Life
  • 6) In the Middle There
  • 7) Sunniest of Weekends
  • 8) Bring Her In
  • 9) Here
  • 10) After Tomorrow
  • 11) If I Had the Wind
  • 12) Hidden Track (Waiting)

• Never Ending (2005)
  • 1) From the World of the Lonely
  • 2) Buy a Dog
  • 3) Amsterdam
  • 4) The Sweetest Smile
  • 5) Fortunately, I
  • 6) Worth the Wait
  • 7) Wanna Be
  • 8) Interlude One
  • 9) Never Ending
  • 10) Outside of it All
  • 11) With a Kiss
  • 12) Diamond Lights (a.k.a. "Good Thing")
  • 13) Interlude Two
  • 14) Maria

• Songs from the Covers Catalogue (2007)
  • 1)Eleanor Rigby
  • 2) Anytime
  • 3) Somebody More Like You
  • 4) Bridge Over Troubled Water
  • 5) Better Things
  • 6) In Every Sunflower

• Corner of the World (2009)
  • 1) Corner of the World
  • 2) Always Will
  • 3) My Life Alone
  • 4) Gotta Live
  • 5) Tidal Waves
  • 6) Blue Violet Fade
  • 7) Empty Rooms
  • 8) Life for a Life
  • 9) Awake
  • 10) For You

Other contributions

• Live at the World Café: Vol. 15 - Handcrafted (2002, World Café) - "Long Way Down"

External links

• Official Luce Website
• KFOG
• Adam Rossi Music

References

1. ^ Billboard, Allmusic.com
2. ^ http://www.whatarerecords.com/luce/discography.html
3. ^ http://www.nettwerk.com/productions/cd.jsp?cd=3793

• San Francisco Chronicle – Sunday, February 17, 2002 – Tuned in to Luce – Local band skyrockets to success with the help of KFOG airplay – Joel Selvin, Chronicle Pop Music Editor
• Examiner - July 9th, 2009 - LUCE overcomes obstacles to release their third album - Ashley Ryan

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