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as one of "five up-and-coming jam bands that could draw audiences to the festivals of tomorrow", Roster has toured nationally and played over 550 gigs in the last four years. The band's music blends elements of a wide variety of genres, including

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, although the band describes its sound as "Funky Reggae Dance Rock". After the departure of founding member Drew Preiner, the band renamed themselves "Night Phoenix." Night Phoenix (Steele, Mullenburg, Peterson, and Daum) played a handful of shows in the winter of 2013–2014, before breaking up in early-mid 2014. Their final show was performed on May 10, 2014, and was held at The Popcorn in

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Kickstarter campaign

Roster used

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to jumpstart its latest album ''Through Space & Time''. Through an innovative campaign that included

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the recording process, the band raised over $10,000 from fans to complete the album.

Name-your-price downloads

In an homage to

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, the band provides their albums as "name-your-price" downloads on their website.

Discography

Studio

*Contradicting Gravity EP (2006) *The Rhythm/The Elements (2007) *Through Space & Time (2010)

Live

*Live at the Cabooze (2008) *Live at the Cabooze Vol. II (2011) *Wow, Neat Sounds! (2012)

References

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