Rascal Flatts Rascal Flatts in August 2005 Background information Genre(s) Country Label(s) Lyric Street Records Website http://www.rascalflatts.com/ Members Gary LeVox (lead vocalist) Jay DeMarcus (bass) Joe Don Rooney (electric guitar) Rascal Flatts is an American country music band comprised of lead vocalist Gary LeVox (real name: Gary Wayne Vernon, Jr.) (born July 10, 1970, in Columbus, Ohio), bassist Jay DeMarcus (born April 27, 1971, in Columbus, Ohio) and electric guitarist Joe Don Rooney (born September 13, 1975, in Baxter Springs, Kansas). LeVox and DeMarcus are second cousins. Contents 1 Group History 1.1 "I Melt" controversy 1.2 2006: Me And My Gang 1.3 Trivia 2 Discography 2.1 Albums 2.2 Singles 3 Videography 4 Awards 5 External links Group History After landing a record deal with Lyric Street Records the threesome released their eponymous debut in 2000. The band presently has released 4 full length albums. The band's records and live shows have found a relatively large fan following. "I Melt" controversy Rascal Flatts achieved notoriety in 2003 with their music video, "I Melt". Some fans objected to the video - which starred band member Rooney and model Christina Auria - because it contained brief nudity, and wanted the video banned from CMT and Great American Country (Ironically, Jay DeMarcus was a member of the Christian pop group East to West in the mid 1990s). Eventually, Rascal Flatts released an edited version of the video, which aired during daytime hours on CMT. [1] The song "I Melt" came from Rascal Flatts' second album, Melt, which contained the band's first number one country single, "These Days" (which reached the top spot of Billboard magazine's Hot Country Singles and Tracks chart in December 2002). The group released a music video for the song "Skin." The song - a hidden track from the album Feels Like Today - The song's video featured the Cirque du Soleil performers. 2006: Me And My Gang Rascal Flatts' latest album, Me And My Gang, was released on April 4, 2006. This album includes the band's new single, What Hurts the Most. The single originally was recorded by Mark Wills as an album track. But the song first became popular when it was recorded by ex-S Club 7 member Jo O'Meara and released in the UK in September 2005 as her debut solo single. On April 2, 2006, the Me And My Gang album was leaked on the Internet. The album sold more than 722,000 copies its first week on sale, hit No. 1 on the Billboard 200 charts and has been country music's best-selling release since Tim McGraw's Live Like You Were Dying in September 2004, which sold 766,000 copies. The group's current single, the title track from "Me and My Gang" is another song dedicated to the fans which have made Rascal Flatts the phenomenon that they have become. Trivia In May 2005 they performed their hit "Bless the Broken Road" live on the popular television program American Idol with contestant Carrie Underwood. Rascal Flatts weren't the first to record "Bless the Broken Road". It actually was written in 1994. In December 2005, Rascal Flatts' hit "Bless the Broken Road" was nominated for three Grammy awards including Song of the Year, Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal, and Best Country Song. They won in the Best Country Song category. In 2006, The group covered Tom Cochrane's "Life is a Highway" for the Disney animated movie "Cars". The movie was released on June 9, 2006. The name "Rascal Flatts" was suggested by someone who had a garage band by that name in the 1960s. "Rascal Flat" is the name of a geological formation near Catoosa, Oklahoma. Discography Albums Rascal Flatts 6 June 2000 2X Platinum (US) Melt 29 October 2002 2X Platinum (US) Feels Like Today 28 September 2004 4X Platinum Me and My Gang 4 April 2006 2X Platinum (US) Year Album Chart positions US US Country 2000 Rascal Flatts 43 3 2002 Melt 5 1 2004 Feels Like Today 1 1 2006 Me and My Gang 1 1 Singles Year Song Chart positions Album US Hot 100 US Country Pop 100 Hot Digital Songs Adult Contemporary 2000 "Prayin' for Daylight" 38 3 Rascal Flatts "Long Slow Beautiful Dance" 73 Rascal Flatts "This Everyday Love" 56 9 Rascal Flatts 2001 "While You Loved Me" 60 7 Rascal Flatts "I'm Movin' On" 41 4 Rascal Flatts 2002 "These Days" 23 1 Melt 2003 "Love You Out Loud" 30 3 Melt 2004 "I Melt" 34 2 Melt "Mayberry" 21 1 Melt "Feels Like Today" 56 9 Feels Like Today 2005 "Bless the Broken Road" 29 1 40 20 20 Feels Like Today "Oklahoma-Texas Line" 53 Feels Like Today "Fast Cars and Freedom" 38 1 70 65 Feels Like Today "Skin (Sarabeth)" A 42 2 74 B 66 Feels Like Today "Here's To You" 48 Feels Like Today 2006 "What Hurts the Most" 6 1 11 3 13 Me and My Gang "Pieces" D 57 Me And My Gang "Ellsworth" D 56 Me And My Gang "Backwards" D 54 Me And My Gang "Me and My Gang" C 50 6 71 63 Me and My Gang "Life Is a Highway" C 7 19 9 3 Cars Soundtrack "My Wish" C 63 17 78 Me And My Gang A "Skin (Sarabeth)" had originally charted earlier in 2005 as just "Skin", based on unsolicited play that brought it up to #38 on the Billboard country charts prior to the single's release. B Entered Pop 100 charts in 2006. C Currently active on charts. D Charted because of high radio play without being released as singles. Videography Rascal Flatts Live (2003) Recorded in Daytona Beach, Florida Awards 2002 - ACM for Song of the Year for I'm Movin' On 2003 - CMT Flameworthy Video Music Award for Group/Duo of the Year 2003 - CMA for Vocal Group of the Year 2003 - ACM for Top Vocal Group 2003 - ACM for Song of the Year 2004 - CMT Flameworthy Music Video Award for Group/Duo of the Year 2004 - CMA for Vocal Group of the Year 2005 - CMA for Vocal Group of the Year 2005 - ACM for Top Vocal Group 2006 - Grammy for Best Country Song for "Bless The Broken Road" 2006 - CMT Flameworthy Video Music Award for Group/Duo of the Year 2006 - ACM for Top Vocal Group External links Rascal Flatts Official Website Official Street Team of Rascal Flatts Rascal Flatts at MySpace Rascal Flatts Music Video Search Term: "Rascal_Flatts" Categories: Country music groups | Nashville bands | Grammy Award winners

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