The Story

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=100 BGCOLOR="#CCCCFF" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="12e00640egdysm.jpg"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#000066" FACE="Arial" ><B>Sonic Roach Destruction Unit</B></FONT><FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#000099" FACE="Arial" ><B> </B></FONT><B>    |     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Sonic Roach Destruction Unit"><U><B>home</B></U></A></div> <div>                                                   </div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=200 BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <div> <B><U><IMG SRC="1f3aa860.jpg" border=0 width="170" height="134" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></B></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.fortunecity.com/tinpan/rioroad/1023/id21.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.fortunecity.com/tinpan/rioroa"><U><B><U>Press Clippings</U></B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.fortunecity.com/tinpan/rioroad/1023/id19.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.fortunecity.com/tinpan/rioroa"><U><B><U>Meet the Roaches</U></B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="http://srdu.dmusic.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://srdu.dmusic.com"><U><B><U>The Music (MP3)</U></B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.fortunecity.com/tinpan/rioroad/1023/id24.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.fortunecity.com/tinpan/rioroa"><U><B><U>Cornucopia of Fliers</U></B></U></A></div> </td> <td valign="top" height=380 BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <div> <I>The Story</I></div> <div> <B>Sonic Roach Destruction Unit (SRDU) </B>is a Columbus, Ohio band that has been performing slanted and heavy pop/rock since 1997.  SRDU was formed by songwriting brothers Dave and Jim LaRosa.  Guitarist Tim Leftwich was also a founding member.  Soundman and guitarist Douglas Leed joined the band in 1999.  We have two self-released studio CD's "Dead Man's Answering Machine" (Little Matters Records 1999) and "Opus Roachus Maximus" (Little Matters Records 2003) and a limited release live CD.  Opus Roachus Maximus is available online at <A HREF="http://www.gemm.com/q.cgi?forseller=galaxy&wild=gml757656025" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.gemm.com/q.cgi?forseller=gala"><U>GalaxyCD's.com</U></A>.  SRDU has gigged in the Columbus, Ohio area including such notable hotspots as;  Bernies Distillery, Little Brothers, Cafe Bourbon Street, Scarlet and Gray Cafe, High 5, and the Northberg</div> <bR> <div> Our First CD, "Dead Man's Answering Machine", was reviewed favorably by the <U>Columbus Alive</U> weekly newspaper (a copy is provided under Press Clippings).  <A HREF="http://www.cdreviewnetwork.com/cgi-bin/compfinder.cgi?bands&1033145797" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.cdreviewnetwork.com/cgi-bin/c"><U>CDreviewNetwork.com</U></A> included our song "Mammoth FM Radio Icons" on it's compilation "College-Alternative Volume 1".  Another song off of our first CD, "Buckle-Up" was featured on internationally syndicated radio program "Car Talk" April 2003.  We currently have three songs in rotation at Midwestbands.com Radio (on the internet).  Our IUMA webpage <A HREF="http://sonicroachdestructionunit.iuma.com/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://sonicroachdestructionunit.iuma.co"><U>http://sonicroachdestructionunit.iuma.com/  </U></A></div> <div> received well over 2000 hits in the past year.</div> <bR> <div> SRDU has more material than could be presented in a single gig or CD.  You can check out additional unreleased recordings at our IUMA website.  </div> <bR> <div> Thank you and enjoy the songs!</div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>