The Reigning Sound
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Founded by Memphis garage-punk legend Greg Cartwright, former member of the Oblivians. Featuring Cartwright on vocals and guitar, Jeremy Scott on bass, Greg Roberson on drums, and Alex Greene on keyboards and guitar, Reigning Sound made their recorded debut with a 7" in May of 2001; their first full-length album, "Break Up Break Down" was released a month later on Long Gone John's Sympathy for the Record Industry.
In August of 2002, the group released its second album, "Time Bomb High School", In the Red, 2002 and the group gained a well-known champion in Little Steven Van Zandt, who gave the band frequent airplay on his syndicated radio show. Alex Greene dropped out as a full-time group member by the time 2004's "Too Much Guitar" was released, though he did appear on the disc as a guest musician, and the band followed its release with more touring. In September 2005 Reigning Sound released Home for Orphans again on Sympathy for the Record Industry. It featured reworked versions of Too Much Guitar material along with some unreleased tracks, and marked the end of an era for the group, leaving Roberson, Scott and Greene in Memphis to live in Asheville, North Carolina. Cartwright reassembled what talent he could find there and recorded 2005's "Live at Goner", released by Oblivians Eric Freidl's imprint Goner Records. The band is currently working on a new recording with Shangri-las singer Mary Weiss, due to be released by Norton in March 2007.
