User:Rickre1234/Recommended by your Mom

Recommended by your Mom is a pop punk band based in Nelson New Zealand. Formed in 2008 by 5 students at Queen Charlotte College in Picton, NZ, the original line-up consisted of Matt Johnston (vocals) brothers Josh Edmonds(guitar) and Sam Edmonds (drums) Callum Huntly (bass) and Shotaro Hattori (guitar). They entered the Marlborough Regional competition of Rock Quest and finished in third place. They returned to the competition the following year, and took out first place. In 2010, Shotaro left the band to pursue university studies, and the remaining four relocated to Nelson and began studying Contemporary Music as a band at the Nelson Malborough Institute of Technology, the first time a band had enrolled. Recommended by your Mom supported top NZ band Opshop at their concert in Nelson, and released their debut album, "Now We Are". Early in 2011, RBYM supported NZ band "Kids of 88" in a South Island mini-tour, before Callum Huntly left the band to pursue audio engineering studies in Wellington. Joel Tyrie then joined as the new bassist. RBYM entered a national competition run by ZM Radio to find the support act for US band "Good Charlotte" in their NZ concert at Hamilton in April. Of the 107 bands that entered RBYM made it to the top three, before missing out on the opening spot to Auckland's "Atlanta Fall". RBYM still played that weekend in Hamilton. After signing a distribution deal with DOIT Management, "Now We Are" was released on iTunes, and was made available word-wide. The band toured the South Island, New Zealand mid 2011, playing 11 venues and featuring as guest band at several Smokefree Rockquest Concerts. RBYM released their second album, a 5-track EP titled "Delayed Gratification" in May 2012. Currently the band are working on their third as yet un-named album, due to be released late 2012.