Rivers Monroe

Rivers Monroe has emerged as one of Philadelphia's most popular new bands and is supported by an increasingly fervent local and national fan-base. Defined by their energetic, driving, mainstream brand of music, flavored with a fresh, new, pop/rock and pop/punk mixture, they have captured the attention of thousands of listeners along the entire East Coast and beyond. With their highly anticipated “Meteors” album about to be released, the Philadelphia-based band has exceeded all expectations with their collection of hook-driven and inspiring songs. The band chose to collaborate and record with six-time Grammy winning producer Glenn Barratt of MorningStar Studios.

The Philadelphia based quintet began when keyboardist/vocalist, Mat Rivers, joined long-time friend and lead-singer Mike Monroe. The two singer/songwriters teamed up with guitarist, Doc, bassist, Kirby and drummer, Dan, to fill out their new pop/rock, pop/punk sound, infused with energy and emotion. Their poppy hooks, passionate lyrics and enthusiastic performances have landed them a national tour and a number of sponsorships including: Coca-Cola, Sunoco, Cerwin-Vega and Motel 6. The band has shared the stage with multi-platinum selling artists Jennifer Paige, Akon, Snoop Dogg, Ben Folds, Guster, AllStar Weekend and A Silent Film, as well as performances at the Radio 104.5 2012 Winter Jam opening for fun. and New Found Glory and a slot on the Philadelphia-leg of The Fearless Friends Tour, opening for Blessed The Fall, The World Alive, Motionless in White, Tonight Alive and Chunk! No, Captain Chunk! The band has received major radio support and air play from a number of Philadelphia area stations, including, Radio 104.5, 93.3 WMMR and 93.7 WSTW. They've had multiple TV and film placements on the Versus Network, NASCAR Network, Fox Sports TV and Speed TV, and their new single "Meteors" is featured in the 2011 NASCAR video game by Activision. Their music is distributed worldwide and can be downloaded on iTunes, Amazon.com and other digital music downloading sites. For future shows, news and updates, follow RM on Facebook, Twitter, Myspace, Youtube and other online networking sites.