Rubicon

Rubicon was originally formed in Auckland in 1999 after Paul Reid submitted a demo CD to the 96.1 radio song contest, which resulted in significant airplay and a deal in NZ, Australia and Japan with Wildside Records.

Rubicon released 4 singles between 2000 and 2002 (2 of them top 50) and in 2002 released the debut album Primary, which made it to #16 on the album charts in NZ. In NZ, Rubicon’s 2001 video for the single Funny Boy reached #1 on the Juice TV music charts as well as taking out the best indie video award. They repeated that success the following year taking out the award in 2002 with their video Happy Song.

In 2002 they headlined the Big Day Out festival in NZ alongside the Foo Fighters and System Of A Down. Rubicon have toured throughout NZ extensively headlining the Summer Hummer outdoor festival in 2003 as well as embarking on a very successful UK tour, and opening for Good Charlotte over a 5 date arena tour down under.

In Nov 2003 their song Rockstar made waves on US radio with it peaking at #8 in R and Rs Top 20 speciality artists chart where it sat alongside contemporaries such as AFI, Coheed and Cambria and The Strokes.

In mid 2004, after a radical line up change Reid recorded the 2nd Rubicon album The Way It Was Meant To Be in Hollywood.

Under the guidance of Bruce Witkin, who has worked with Foo Fighters and Steriogram, Reid, along with New York born Zant, played all the instruments and vocals on the 13 track album which marks a new level in production and song writing. After hearing the album in mid process, Zumo also hailing from NY, was hooked by the great melodies and exciting drumming and became the permanent drummer for the group

The three-piece band includes “world-famous-in-NZ” TV-Star Paul Reid who played Marshall Heywood on Shortland Street. Other bands Paul Reid have performed with include Loves Ugly Children and The D4. He has also drummed for The Managers and Growler.