Search/Rescue
# Search/Rescue

Search/Rescue is a progressive rock band formed from the members of bands Gatsbys American Dream and Acceptance following their split-up. The band's debut album, titled The Compound was released on CD in Japan in early 2008 and digitally in the US via iTunes and Amazon MP3 on February 26, 2008.

## Line-up

* Ryan Van Wieringen - Vocals, guitar
* Bobby Darling - Guitar
* Kaylan Cloyd - Guitar
* Jerrod Bettis - Drums
* Ryan Zwiefelhofer - Guitar

## History

In a forum post at Gatsbys fansite Snicker At The Swine, Bobby stated the following on the band's decision to release the album in Japan first and the reason they aren't signed to a label in the US:

   Since there is a remote possibility that some people don't have a clue about what's going on in the music industry right now, I'll explain "search/rescue in Japan." The industry is all fucked up here. I mean obviously it's been fucked up for a long time, but it's reaalllly fucked right now. The labels are laying off staff, merging, dropping artists, whatever they can do so that the people still on board can get paid. Labels were retarded before, for the most part they're even more retarded right now. We wanted to make a record, but we didn't want to get in bed with labels here in the states and get dragged down the toilet with their careers, so we found a Japanese label that would pay for our recording and have no contractual rights to our music here in the states. It's a short-term one-off no-strings deal, exclusive to the territory of Japan. We came up with a creative way to fund the record we wanted to make with no long-term consequences, and now we own the record and we can do whatever the hell we want with it. We never had that opportunity in Gatsbys and it's what we always wanted. Freedom, creative, contractual, and financial freedom. If we take it to a label at some point, it'll be on our terms. So suck it haters. We came up with a creative solution to our "the music industry is fucked" problem. The record comes out in Japan in a week and a half, and we're releasing it ourselves here in the states through iTunes next month. Peace.

## Discography

* The Compound (2008)
