Roll For Damage

Alejo Jackson	Keenan "KT" Thoreau	Echo West
Vocals	Bass	Drums

General

• Also referred to as RFD
• Perplex City's top selling band
• Seventh album Random Encounter exceeded one million mark in its first week of sales

• Eighth album, Take Initiative, was released on September 1st, 2005 at exactly midnight.
  • Was very well recieved by an adoring public.
  • Sales reached the one million mark within 4 days.
  • Is described as "a moodier, darker sound", as compared to earlier works.
  • The album was produced by bandmate Echo West
  • Tracklist includes Take Initiative, Hit Point, Fumble, Wisdom
  • The Sentinel manages to have an excellent Review of the album.

• Released under Hesh Records
• Helix Hesh supports the band immensely in anything they do.

• Played in the 2005 Summer Concert in the Park series at Azad Park.

• Was perfectly aware bandmember KT was a Reconstructionist; didn't see that it mattered

• Recipient of the City Star public awareness award
• Has a strong collective love of the city
• Encourages youth to take an active interest in public affairs

• Upon Theft of The Receda Cube, they worked right on, even though the rest of the city was in despair.

• Between albums, the band often breaks up to create their own experimental sounds.
  • They find when they get back together they have much more creative influences between them.

• Fandom of the band have tended to get a bit out of hand.
  • At a surprise show on-or-about 03-MAR-06 was beseiged by civil disruption, and the police had to be called in.
  • Similar dischord is feared at the next live event, 14-MAR-06.

People

Band members

• Alejo Jackson (vocals)
• Echo West (drummer)
• Keenan "KT" Thoreau (bassist)

Support Staff

• Lulu Hayashi - Hesh talent assistant
• Jinhing McGovern - Hesh sound engineer
• Cyrus Quinton - Hesh sound engineer
• Shane Cobalt - band's publicist
• Cheri Lindemann - president of RFD Fan Club

References

• Perplex City Sentinel
  • article, 28-MAR-05 "Joya to Wed" (link)
  • article, 05-APR-05 "RFD Back to Studio" (link)
  • article, 15-MAY-05 "Alejo Arrested" (link)
  • article, 08-JUN-05 "Holiday Fun Schedule" (link)
  • News In Brief, 01-JUL-05, "RFD Announces Album Date"
  • article, 04-JUL-05 "KT Shocker: 'I'm a Reconstructionist'" (link)
  • article, 13-JUL-05 "RFD Awarded City Star" (link)
  • news in brief, 01-SEP-05 "Take Initiative Out" (link)
  • letters, 01-SEP-05 "No Love Lost" (link)
  • article, 05-SEP-05 "Initiative Takes Off" (link)
  • article, 08-SEP-05 "View from Earth: Religious Freedom" (link)
  • article, 15-SEP-05 "Iona Interviews... Keenan Thoreau" (link)
  • article, 22-SEP-05 "Alejo Busted" (link)
  • article, 24-NOV-05 "Iona Interviews.... Helix Hesh" (link)
  • article, 26-JAN-06 "Iona Interviews... Alejo Jackson" (link)
  • article, 06-MAR-06, "Hesh Denies Security Troubles for RFD Performances" (link)
  • article, 09-MAR-06 "RFD to Play Free Show at Euler's Disk on Tuesday" (link)

• The Path of Least Time
  • blog 08-SEP-05 "The Break-In" (link)

• Anna Heath's Personal Web Site
  • blog 09-MAR-06 "Fleming Heath is plotting" (link)

• 08-FEB-06 - Alejo Jackson Chat