Ryland Steen

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Ryland Steen
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Steen with Reel Big Fish in 2014.
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Born (1980-08-31) August 31, 1980 (age 44)
Lincoln, Nebraska
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OccupationDrummer
Years active2000–present
Member of America
Formerly of

Ryland Steen (born August 31, 1980) is an American drummer who was drummer for ska punk band Reel Big Fish from 2005 to 2014 and is the current drummer for soft rock band America since 2014. He has also performed with Maroon 5, Kris Allen, and Phantom Planet. [1]

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Biography

Steen was born in Lincoln Nebraska on August 31, 1980. [2] [3] His father is Dave Steen, a former member of the 1980s power pop band Hawks and brother to drummer Drew Steen. [4]

Steen began playing piano at the age of 6 and drums at 13. [5] He moved to Orange County, California [6] at age 19 in 2000, [3] with pop/fusion group Square, which also featured vocalist/keyboardist Sean Beste and future Maroon 5 guitarist, James Valentine. [7] Square entered and won an Ernie Ball-sponsored band competition, [7] where Steen met the ska punk band Reel Big Fish. [3]

While in Orange County, Steen worked with various artists, including Audiovent, between 2003 and 2004, and their subsequent spin off band Agent Sparks. [8] He also played with The Elected, The Summer Obsession, Start Trouble, Phantom Planet, [9] Suburban Legends, Mt. Egypt, and TEA. [3] [10] He also briefly performed with Maroon 5 in 2004 as a touring substitute for Ryan Dusick. [11]

In 2005, Steen joined Reel Big Fish, [12] leaving Agent Sparks to do so. [8] He played on three studio albums with Reel Big Fish. He started touring with the band America in 2014, going on hiatus from Reel Big Fish to do so. Steen has stayed with America to the present day [13] with his position in Reel Big Fish being filled by Edward Beach of Suburban Legends. [14]

Discography

YearArtistTitleNotes
2000 Square This Magnificent Nonsense
2001 Suburban Legends Suburban Legendsadditional musician
2004Start TroubleEvery Solution Has Its Problem
2005 Mt. Egypt Perspectivespercussion in two tracks
2006 Reel Big Fish Our Live Album Is Better Than Your Live Album
The Elected Sun, Sun, Sun
Jeff LarsonSwimming In The Make Believedrums on one track
2007 Reel Big Fish Monkeys for Nothin' and the Chimps for Free
2008 Look Daggers Suffer In Styledrums and keyboards
2009Reel Big FishFame, Fortune And Fornicationdrums and backing vocals
Half Past TwoIt's About TimeMusic Consultant
Jeff LarsonHeart Of The Valleydrums on one track
2010 Free Moral Agents North Is Red vdrums
Reel Big Fish A Best Of Us... For The Rest Of Usdrums, cymbal, shaker, congas, tambourine, guera, backing vocals
2011 Low C'mon percussion
2012 Kris Allen Thank You Camellia drums on one track
Reel Big Fish Candy Coated Fury drums, percussion, vocals
2013 Suburban Legends Dreams Aren't Real, But These Songs Aredrums on three tracks
2016 Reel Big Fish Happy Skalidaysdrums, percussion
Gerry Beckley Carouseldrums
2017 Jeffrey Foskett You Remind Me Of The Sundrums, percussion on two tracks
2018 Reel Big Fish Life Sucks... Let's Dance! additional percussion, additional engineering, additional Digital Editing
2019 Gerry Beckley Horizontal Falldrums
America Lost & Founddrums on one tracks
Gerry Beckley Five Mile Roadadditional engineering
Jeffrey Foskett Love Songsdrums
America Live At The London Palladiumdrums, percussion, backing vocals
2021Half Past TwoHalf Past Twopercussion
SjöbeckSjöbeckdrums, arranging and production
2022 Gerry Beckley Auroradrums on two tracks

References

  1. ↑ "Ryland Steen on SoundBetter". SoundBetter. Archived from the original on 2023-02-03. Retrieved 2023-09-10.
  2. ↑ Reel Big Fish [@ReelBigFish] (Aug 31, 2013). "Happy Birthday to RBF drummer Ryland Steen! #reelbigfish #drummer #therabbit #rylandsteen…" (Tweet). Retrieved September 10, 2023– via Twitter.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Ryland Steen". Drummers Zone. Archived from the original on 2023-10-05. Retrieved 2023-09-10.
  4. ↑ Little, Michael R. (2015-05-18). "Native son: Drew Steen". Journal Star. Archived from the original on 2016-01-04. Retrieved 2023-09-10.
  5. ↑ "Ryland Steen America". www.vater.com. Archived from the original on 2022-08-17. Retrieved 2023-09-10.
  6. ↑ Kane, Rich (August 17, 2000). "What's that Sound? The buzz about Square". Orange County Weekly. Archived from the original on February 27, 2008.
  7. 1 2 Kane, Rich (August 17, 2000). "What's that Sound? The buzz about Square". Orange County Weekly. Archived from the original on February 27, 2008.
  8. 1 2 "Agent Sparks | Music City Insider". Archived from the original on 2014-11-29. Retrieved 2014-11-21.
  9. ↑ Drummer, Modern (2007-07-25). "Ryland Steen: Diversify And Thrive". Modern Drummer Magazine. Archived from the original on 2023-04-01. Retrieved 2023-09-15.
  10. ↑ Diggins, Mark (2013-11-06). "INTERVIEW: Ryland Steen - Reel Big Fish". The Rockpit. Archived from the original on 2022-12-17. Retrieved 2023-09-15.
  11. ↑ Visakowitz, Susan (April 22, 2007). "Radio success fuels Maroon5's "Wonder" years". Reuters. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved August 7, 2015.
  12. ↑ Lawler, Joe (March 19, 2014). "Cool Show: Reel Big Fish's Steen reaches for the ska". The Des Moines Register. Archived from the original on 2023-10-05. Retrieved 2023-09-15.
  13. ↑ "Classic Rock Band America Comes to New Brunswick". towntopics. February 22, 2023. Archived from the original on 26 March 2023. Retrieved 15 September 2023.
  14. ↑ "Reel Big Fish: Interview with Aaron". Stencil Mag. March 30, 2015. p. 103. Archived from the original on June 20, 2023. Retrieved July 7, 2021.
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