forever (always) oeuvre (a work of art)
FO was born in early 2007 organized by rachelle reneé (vox) and ronny paige (lead guitar) in cincinnati, ohio. after writing and demoing a few songs in their home, they brought in ryan sebastian on keys and backing vocals and pj meyer on bass. during their first acoustic show, jimi holscher was brought in to play a drum and and sing, as well. later, jimi became a full time member, playing rhythm guitar and singing backing vocals.
shortly after FO had started to establish themselves as an up and coming band in cincinnati, the band was put on a year hiatus while paige was asked to tour as the guitar player for the band "rev theory" on the 2007 "bad boys of rock" tour with hinder, buckcherry and papa roach. immediately following that tour, paige was then asked to join the band "fuel" as their bass player and was once again off touring for their "devils and angels" tour.
while paige was away on tour with "fuel", rachelle reneé, ryan (sebass) sebastian and pj wrote, wrote and well wrote some more, anxious for their lead guitar player to return.
finally, in early 2008 FO traveled to new jersey to record their EP "not finished" at david bendith's studio, 'the house of loud'. FO, still in need of a drummer, sought out friend, chad szeliga (drummer of "breaking benjamin") to track drums. "not finished" turned out to be a 5 song EP co-produced by ronny paige and kato kwandala.
with the EP finished (& a little irony attached), there was an un-official leak, which led to some ups and downs for the band. on the down side, the unmixed/unmastered EP began receiving bad reviews on the web, which quickly changed, once the real EP was placed in the blogger's hands. on an up note, a major rock radio station in NEPA "accidentally" or "intentionally" (by a fan) picked up FO's EP and began playing their single "first stone". (which led to being spun in regular rotation) in the beginning of this new demand for the little band who was just starting out, things were on the crazy and hectic side. however, with some seasoned members and a lot of support, (especially the radio stations and an army of new dedicated fans) FO began playing as many shows as they could handle and climbed to the number 1 spot on 97.9X (buzz cuts) in NEPA. soon after, FO was in high demand to play gigs anywhere they could get to, also amping other major radio in different states wanting to know WHO this unsigned band was and also began picking up on their top quality songs and electric members. (at the time, chad szeliga decided he loved the band so much, he wanted to become a full time member and brought in aaron bruch to play bass for FO for hire)
currently forever oeuvre's song "everything's perfect" can be heard on rock station, WEBN's morning show in cincinnati, ohio. (& many other stations, as the list keeps growing across the world)
after a year+ of playing shows, show casing for major and indie labels, the original members (reneé and paige) decided to make a few adjustments to the band. there were also mutual differences between some members, and others who had previous engagements with their other bands.
currently (2011) FO still has female vocalist, rachelle reneé, lead guitarist ronny paige, keyboardist & backing vocals ryan sebass, and now (new comer) guitarist & backing vocals, steve cummings. FO is in the studio working on their full length album and also making time to fit in a little touring action here and there.
after FO completes their album, a tour is planned and a surprise well known drummer (unable to be announced at this time) will hit the scene again, this time going full force unleashing their positive message on the world and making a statement with new powerful songs still sticking to their hard hitting beats, bone crushing riffs, catchy hooks and melodic/soulful melodies. forever oeuvre is not a force to be reckoned with over the very few years they have been a band, they have found what works and have made the best decisions possible to keep doing what they love. a chapter has been started, but the pages are just now beginning to be written
peace<3.
phil. 4:13
