Open main menu
Home
Random
Recent changes
Special pages
Community portal
Preferences
About Wikipedia
Disclaimers
Incubator escapee wiki
Search
User menu
Talk
Dark mode
Contributions
Create account
Log in
Editing
Rusted Root
(section)
Warning:
You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you
log in
or
create an account
, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.
Anti-spam check. Do
not
fill this in!
{{Short description|American rock band}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2022}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Rusted Root | image = Rusted Root.jpg | caption = Rusted Root in 2008 | image_size = | alias = | origin = [[Pittsburgh]], [[Pennsylvania]], U.S. | genre = [[Roots rock]],<ref name="bonfiglio"/> [[worldbeat]],<ref name="bonfiglio"/> [[alternative rock]], [[jam band]], [[Folk music|Folk]] | years_active = 1990–present (indefinite hiatus since 2015) | label = {{hlist|[[Mercury Records|Mercury]]|[[Island Records|Island]]|Touchy Pegg|Shanachie|Adrenaline Music}} | associated_acts = | website = {{url|rustedroot.com}} | current_members = Michael Glabicki<br />Patrick Norman<br />Liz Berlin | past_members = Jim DiSpirito<br />[[Jim Donovan (musician)|Jim Donovan]]<br />Jenn Wertz<br />John Buynak<br />Ethan Winograd<br />Preach Freedom<br />Colter Harper<br />Jason Miller<br />Cory Caruso<br />Dirk Miller }} '''Rusted Root''' is an American [[worldbeat]] [[Rock music|rock]] band formed in 1990 in [[Pittsburgh]], [[Pennsylvania]]<ref name="AllMusic">{{cite web|last1=Bush|first1=John|title=Biography|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/rusted-root-mn0000221844/biography|website=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=January 14, 2022}}</ref> by singer-guitarist Michael Glabicki, bassist Patrick Norman and percussionist Liz Berlin. The band got its start as the [[house band]] playing a weekly gig in Jack's Back Room on Pittsburgh's [[South Side (Pittsburgh)|South Side]]. The band achieved fame in 1994 with its platinum-selling album ''[[When I Woke]]'', which included the hit single "[[Send Me on My Way]]". The song has been featured prominently in many films and commercials. Rusted Root has sold more than three million albums.<ref name="bonfiglio">{{cite web|url=http://www.heraldpalladium.com/features/staying-connected-to-their-roots/article_342e33a6-b65b-5039-89aa-4349e0d077d9.html|title=Staying connected to their Roots|work=The Herald Palladium|first=Jeremy D.|last=Bonfiglio|date=July 6, 2014|access-date=August 8, 2017}}</ref> After releasing ''[[The Movement (Rusted Root album)|The Movement]]'' in 2012 and touring through 2015, the band went on an indefinite hiatus, with principal songwriter and vocalist Michael Glabicki forming the group Uprooted with former members of Rusted Root and continuing to tour with that group into the early 2020s.<ref name="we">{{Cite web |url=https://www.grunge.com/901252/whatever-happened-to-rusted-root/ |title=Whatever Happened to Rusted Root? |last=Homer |first=Aaron |date=2022-06-20 |accessdate=2023-01-27 |lang=en-US |publisher=[[Grunge.com]]}}</ref>
Edit summary
(Briefly describe your changes)
By publishing changes, you agree to the
Terms of Use
, and you irrevocably agree to release your contribution under the
CC BY-SA 4.0 License
and the
GFDL
. You agree that a hyperlink or URL is sufficient attribution under the Creative Commons license.
Cancel
Editing help
(opens in new window)