Roger Meade Clyne (born January 13, 1968) is the lead singer, primary songwriter, and rhythm guitar player for the

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rock band

Roger Clyne and the Peacemakers Roger Clyne and The Peacemakers is an American rock band from Tempe, Arizona. History Roger Clyne and The Peacemakers formed after a lineup shift of The Refreshments, a rock band active in the 1990s known for their top radio hit, " Banditos, ...

. His previous bands include The Refreshments and the Mortals. Clyne and the Peacemakers (also known as RCPM) released their eighth full-length studio album, "Native Heart", on June 30, 2017. His musical career has spanned three decades, including several hits with The Refreshments and penning the theme song for the animated television series ''

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''. He wrote and recorded the victory song for his hometown

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club, the

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, entitled ''The D-Backs Swing''. Much of Clyne's music throughout his career revolves around life in

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and Sonora, Mexico. He was born in

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and grew up in Tempe where he balanced life as a suburban kid while visiting his grandparents' ranch in southern Arizona, where, he rode horses, herded cattle and fixed fences. As a youth and young adult, his frequent trips south of the border to Mexico have influenced his music. Clyne attended college at

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, where he played with several bands. While at ASU, he did a Spanish immersion class and lived with a family in Enseñada, Mexico. During that same stay, he also did an ethnography for Anthropology credit of his choice of subject, Mariachis. This meant Clyne would follow them around town and interview them while buying them beers and gaining their trust. Every album since then that Clyne has written for both The Refreshments and RCPM have had mariachi horns on them. His love of a beach town on the Sea of Cortez in

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called Puerto Peñasco (Rocky Point) came through when he decided to have his band play there for a concert in 2000. What started as a one night, one band concert there, grew into what is now a 4 day annual music festival named, Circus Mexicus. The event brings over 5,000 people and two events, the Hot Dog & a Smile and the Rock & Beach Soccer tournament both raise money for charities based in Rocky Point. Clyne owns his own tour bus and tours all over the United States every year. His other interests include his own brand of ultra premium

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, named Roger Clyne's Mexican Moonshine Tequila, which was renamed Canción in 2021 He also is part owner of a bar in Puerto Peñasco calle
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Clyne and his wife, Alisa Nicole Clyne, live in Tempe; they have three children.

Discography

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'' (1994) (with The Refreshments) * '' Fizzy Fuzzy Big & Buzzy'' (1996) (with The Refreshments) * ''

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'' (1997) (with The Refreshments) * ''Honky Tonk Union'' (1999) * ''Real to Reel'' (2000) (Live) * ''Sonoran Hope and Madness'' (2002) * ''¡Americano!'' (2004) * ''Live at Billy Bob's Texas'' (2005) * ''Four Unlike Before'' (2006) (EP) * ''

No More Beautiful World ''No More Beautiful World'' is the fourth studio album released by Roger Clyne and the Peacemakers. It was released on 20 March 2007 and was produced by Clif Norrell, who had previously worked with Roger Clyne Roger Meade Clyne (born January 1 ...

(2007) * ''

Turbo Ocho ''Turbo Ocho'' is the fifth studio album released by Roger Clyne and the Peacemakers Roger Clyne and The Peacemakers is an American rock band from Tempe, Arizona. History Roger Clyne and The Peacemakers formed after a lineup shift of The R ...

'' (2008) * '' Glow in the Dark'' (2009) (Live) * ''Unida Cantina'' (2011) * ''The Independent'' (2014) * "Native Heart" (2017) * "Live at the Belly Up" (2017)

Cultural impact

In the 2011 novel ''Donations to Clarity'' by Noah Baird (Published by Second Wind Publishing), two characters were named after Roger Clyne- A newscaster 'Echo Clyne' and her cameraman 'Roger'. In 2016, Popmotion Pictures created a documentary of The Refreshments to celebrate their first album, "Fizzy Fuzzy, Big & Buzzy", turning 20 years old. Named
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Soundtracks

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'' 1997 "Psychosis" (as The Refreshments) *''

'' Theme song - "Yahoos and Triangles" (as The Refreshments)

References

External links

Roger Clyne and The Peacemakers
official site.
Long Ride Home Documentary

Video Interview in October 2008

Roger Clyne's Mexican Moonshine Tequila

Circus Mexicus music festival in Rocky Point, MX

Banditos; Refuge and Refreshment
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