FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

YOUNG ROCK BAND “MORE LIKE ME” JOINS FORCES WITH VETERAN ROCK STARS FROM  SLAUGHTER, CINDERELLA, and WARRANT etc. FOR THE RELEASE OF THE BENEFIT SINGLE AND MUSIC VIDEO FOR “RUN AWAY” TO HELP SAVE THE LIFE OF A YOUNG BOY, AND FIND A CURE FOR A FATAL DISEASE. 

Earlier this year Sarah Burgess from American Idol contacted “More Like Me” asking the band to record the song “Run Away” that she wrote to help save the life of her little brother, and create awareness to find a cure for the fatal Muscular Dystrophy Disease “Duchenne”. The band asked several guest artists to join them on the song including: Mark Slaughter from Slaughter, Eric Brittingham from Cinderella, Robert Mason from Warrant & Lynch Mob, Doc Holladay from Doc Holladay & Tombstone, and Josh Nordlund & Daniel Donato from Robert M Knight’s Brotherhood of the Guitar. The song was recorded and produced by Ronnie Thomas, Bob Bullock, and Ricky Cobble who collectively have recorded numerous multi-platinum selling albums for everyone from Metallica to Shania Twain, etc. The Music Video is featured in the 79 Days of Duchenne Promotion for Cure Duchenne, and the song is a single to radio, and as a single for sale/download on iTunes, Amazon.com, etc. with all proceeds going directly to Cure Duchenne.

Here is the video for “Run Away”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=eH0fBHBbWn8


"Run Away" - with members of Slaughter, Cinderella, Warrant, etc

More Like Me is a 3-piece Rock band of identical triplet brothers, featuring Jared Roberts on guitar, Justin Roberts on bass, and Jordan Roberts on drums. All 3 sing both lead and harmony vocals. The band writes, records, and plays all it’s own material, and has co-written songs with multi-platinum selling artists such as Dave Rude (Tesla), Scott Moffatt (The Moffatts), Robert Mason (Warrant), and Noah Henson (Pillar/Brantley Gilbert), as well #1 selling Canadian Artist Patricia Conroy, Jaclyn Kenyon, the band Run 2 Cover, and top Nashville song writers including: Paul Sidoti (Taylor Swift’s Lead Guitarist) Doc Holladay (Voted Nashville’s #3 writer 2 years in a row), John Goodwin (Brad Paisley, Michael McDonald, Jeff Bridges), Deanna Walker (head songwriter for the show Chasing Nashville etc) and Tony Merz (Nashville writer) to name a few. Notable performances include: The Mercy Louge, The Rutledge, Two Old Hippies, Chattanooga’s Nightfall Concert Series, The Billy Block Show, The Brotherhood of the Guitar, Habitat For Humanity Benefit Concert, Music Cares (Grammys) Benefit Concert, Club Y.E.S. Benefit Concert, In The Studio With Joe, A Trip With Penny Lane, The NBC Show “3 Plus You”, The Nashville Amp Expo per request of legendary producer Michael Wagener (Metallica, Skid Row, Ozzy Osbourne, Alice Cooper, etc), and an amazing 5 performances at the 2014 NAMM Show in Anaheim California. The band endorses several companies including Fender Guitars, Breedlove Guitars, Bedell Guitars, Ernie Ball Strings, Presonus, CAD Audio, V-Picks, ToneRite, ARJ Percussion, Fantastix, Xcel Drum Sticks, Dennis F. Conte Designs, and Artist Relations. Being identical triplets the band has quite a visual impact and has had 3 photo shoots with Legendary Rock Photographer Robert M. Knight who is famous for his photos of Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, Eric Clapton, Stevie Ray Vaughn, etc. In mid 2014 the band was contacted by Sarah Burgess from American Idol. Sarah asked if they would record a song she wrote for her little brother who has a fatal disease called Duchenne to help raise awareness to find a cure. The band asked several friends to join them on the project including Eric Brittingham from Cinderella, Robert Mason from Warrant, Mark Slaughter from Slaughter, Doc Holladay from Doc Holladay & Tombstone, and Josh Nordlund & Daniel Donato from Robert M Knight’s Brotherhood of the Guitar. The song was produced by Ronnie Thomas (Metallica, Brooks & Dunn etc), engineered by Bob Bullock (Shania Twain, George Straight, Kenny Chesney etc) and Ricky Cobble (Tim Mcgraw, Toby Keith, Faith Hill, etc). The entire project was filmed for a music video. The single and video will both be released in July of 2014 and will be featured in a promotion for The Cure Duchenne Foundation called “The Run Away Project”. The band is currently working on material for their next release. 