O.A.R（全名OF A Revolution）这支常在美国各大音乐新闻头条和Billboard榜单上出现的乐队最开始是一支来自俄亥俄州立大学的学生组合。一开始，他们的两张录音小样被人在大学里兜售，其原始摇滚风格以及其带有雷鬼节奏的欢快歌谣慢慢的在人们的口头谈论中散布开来。其官方网站的访问量开始达到每日数以千计。O.A.R的第三张CD: Risen， 由John Alagía制作，于2000夏季在新泽西洲Hoboken举行的Water Music录制，在乐队位于纽约Dumbo Studios的独立厂牌Everfine Records旗下发行。 by Robert HicksO.A.R. (aka Of a Revolution) converted from a local Ohio State University rock band to Billboard chartbuster and headliner at major venues across America. First, the bands two demo recordings were hawked at universities. Then, word-of-mouth news spread about the bands roots rock and reggae-inflected upbeat songs. Before long, the band got thousands of hits daily on its website at www.ofarevolution.com. O.A.R.s third CD, Risen, was produced by John Alagía (Dave Matthews Band, Ben Folds Five) and recorded in summer 2000 at Water Music in Hoboken, NJ, and at Dumbo Studios in New York City for the groups independent label, Everfine Records. Formed in 1996 in Rockville, MD, O.A.R. coalesced around lead singer/rhythm guitarist Marc Roberge, lead guitarist Richard On, saxophonist Jerry DePizzo, bassist Benj Gershman, and drummer Chris Culos. Roberge had known Culos since childhood in Rockville, MD, where he also became friends and played in local bands with On and Gershman. DePizzo, who hails from Youngstown, OH, met the others at Ohio State. O.A.R. first recorded The Wanderer independently as a demo in 1997. Many of the songs on O.A.R.s debut disc were written while Roberge and Culos were living in Israel. Two years later, the switch from student band to headliner started with the arrival of their popular song That Was a Crazy Game of Poker. (Many lyrics for the bands songs came from Roberges interest in literature, particularly Stephen Kings novel The Stand.) The group went back into the recording studio for a second demo, which was released independently as Souls Aflame in 1999. With the success of 2001s Risen, Roberge began writing songs for a new CD late that year. To appease their dedicated fan base, they released the live Any Time Now in the spring of 2002. O.A.R. signed with Lava/Atlantic for 2003s In Between Now and Then, and more touring followed. This led to the release of 34th & 8th, their second live offering. The band returned to recording again with 2005s Stories of a Stranger, which contained a pair of Top 20 Hot AC hits in Love and Memories and Heard the World. The Live from Madison Square Garden CD/DVD appeared in 2007.