Kevin Ridel

A child of 80’s music, such as the Cure, the Psychedelic Furs and U2, Kevin has played in bands since age 14. In 1989 he moved from Connecticut to Los Angeles with his band Avant Garde (featuring Rivers Cuomo of Weezer) to pursue a career as a rock singer and songwriter. Over the past 15 years, he has created a name for himself in the Los Angeles’ music scene with his bands Ridel High (A&M Records), Peel (Beyond Music) and AM Radio (Elektra Records). Kevin’s band AM Radio has toured t...

A child of 80’s music, such as the Cure, the Psychedelic Furs and U2, Kevin has played in bands since age 14. In 1989 he moved from Connecticut to Los Angeles with his band Avant Garde (featuring Rivers Cuomo of Weezer) to pursue a career as a rock singer and songwriter. Over the past 15 years, he has created a name for himself in the Los Angeles’ music scene with his bands Ridel High (A&M Records), Peel (Beyond Music) and AM Radio (Elektra Records). Kevin’s band AM Radio has toured the US, Canada and Japan extensively, supporting the bands Weezer, Third Eye Blind, Eve 6, Rooney, Ben Kweller and the Psychedelic Furs. Their song “I Just Wanna Be Loved” was featured on the Smallville soundtrack - Talon Mix, and also placed on an episode. Another song “Taken for a Ride” was featured on EA Sports’ John Madden Football 2003, placed on an episode of One Tree Hill, and used on a television trailer for FOX feature film The Girl Next Door. Another song “Pretty Stupid” was featured on the DVD for Wonderfalls. In the years that followed Kevin’s music career had become more concentrated overseas in Japan, with the release of AM Radio’s “Reactive” album on Fiveman Army (FAEC Inc.); and his signing with Sony Music Publishing (Japan), in which he co-wrote the song “en-dless” for the band Seventh Tarz Armstrong. Kevin also lent his voice to 4 songs on Nintendo’s US release of Elite Beat Agents and sang “You Really Got Me” (by The Kinks) for a national Japanese television ad for Soft Bank, featuring Brad Pitt. More recently, Kevin has altered his musical course towards Christian alternative rock, recording a 3 song maxi single for his song “Dust” and a 4 song EP entitled “Surrender”. He has reunited with friends and former band mates Juan Ramirez (drums), Paul Engel (bass) and Vince Phung (guitar) to promote his new self released singles “Light” and “Up Up And Away”. Stay tuned for more in 2011. God bless.