2017 BIOGRAPHY



Crown of Roses formed in the early Nineties and releasedtheir Debut album, First Water on August 29, 1994. The album was a Self-Issued EP. TheCrown of Roses founding members, James Anthony Jampo, who does most of the writing/composing/acoustic&electric guitars/vocals and William David Jampo, multi-instrumentalist ,piano/zither/bass/vocals/chello-midi/keys/drums/programming/engineering/mixing, etc., identical twinbrothers. The band is from east coastUSA band originally from the Philadelphia PA.USA, and now is in theNortheastern PA endless mountains. Crown of Roses sound- melodic, eclectic,harmonics, and resonates a commercial/alternative/inspirational light-rock sound.

Released in 2000, Second Taste has been one of the band’stop popular albums. It is a double CDcontaining 24 tracks, recorded at four different recording studios. There has been international charting singlesfrom the LP. The much acclaimed single,“Precious Blood”, has had popularity on Radio-Stations in Nashville, TN, IACIndependent Artist Company , MI, Internet Superstores, such as Rhapsody,iTunes, and EMusic, and in Africa on many Internet Radio Stations. “There WillCome a Day”, was #12 in Belgium, for February 2005 on the Playlist Radio Eagle107.9FM Report. Also, the single, “InEvery Moment”, AKA, “Holy Wounds”, wasreleased with Canadian/American Records. In Australia, it hit #4 on the ISONRadio International Network Playlist Report, and it remained on the Australiancharts for the entire year of 2006. It also was given a Pre-Grammy Nominationfor Best Gospel Song of the year.

The band then went back into the studio, in 2007, to recordan experimental album with Producer, Joseph Sturges. The album was an EP,called Fourth Journey, during the beginning of the Digital Era.

Through-out the year of 2013 to 2015, Crown of Roses hasbeen getting a lot of attention at many Internet Radio Stations such asiHeartRadio, Radio, Shazam, Mix Radio, and Jango FM.

Crown of Roses is an incredible live band and has alwaysenjoyed playing to big audiences. Theyhave mostly toured the east coast, USA in such states as NewYork, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware. Also in tourist citiesof PA, such as, Philadelphia, Gettysburg, Easton, Dushore, Quakertown,Williamsport, Allentown, and Bethlehem, Their Fans have always expressed suchgood feelings after hearing COR perform. Their 2005-2009 Café/Coffeehouse Tour was a big success. It was in support and promotion for their2010-2011, Crown of Roses, Third Sign LP album release. The Tour took the band in Central andSouthern New York, all through Northeastern Pennsylvania, Endless Mountains of Pennsylvania,and parts of New Jersey. The Tour was avery intimate and personal with their many loyal fans, with Tour dates beingstanding room only. During theCafé/Coffee House Tour, Crown of Roses really enjoyed the acoustic unpluggedvenues, as well as the larger Café Concerts Shows. The Third Sign LP has done rather well on theUK indie circuit and in the States, with different release of singles.

Official released lead singles have been , “Snowbound” and“Live Again”, released World-Wide by Canpult/TuneCore/GoldenSwan Records, and “Reasons” and “By Your Side”, Re- released in 2013 by SpolarRecords/Acquinas Publishing, BMI, with Legally Loaded. All four of these singles are from theband’s Sixth studio album, Third Sign, which had 16tracks and is a spiritual journey with a unique mix of song styles, ballads,light-rock, and melodies that will inspire and lift you up.

The band’s most recent release has been the Crown of Roses,Eighth Lenten EP. Released on March 4, 2014by Golden Swan Records, (available only digitally), an Easter-Time album originalsongs from the Holy days and events of Easter; a light-rock musical reflectionfor all. The Digital Release featuresthe cousins of the Jampo brothers, Nick Vinci, keyboards & woodwinds and LennyVinci, drummer, who have recorded and co-wrote with Crown of Roses on severalalbum projects.

The band looks forward to taking their music to greaterlevel of appreciation in the future, with the two follow-up new album releasesand Producers, Ben Chew and Michael Glines. Both new albums are the best musicianship, harmonies, producing, andco-writing the band has ever done. Withstrong drumming and piano, Philip Jampo, sturdy guitars, Jay Creed, andconsistent bass, William David Jampo and steady vocals of twin brother, JamesAnthony Jampo. Crown of Roses, FIRSTROSE-EP, Pop-Rock,(primary writer-James Anthony Jampo),(released April 19,2016) and Crown of Roses, World in the City-LP, (to be released-2017) Crown of Roses have been touring again, performing an acoustic-unpluggedshows featuring much of their new material from these albums. Radio-Stations such as AOL Radio (powered bySlacker), Jango, KAZ Radio, and iHeartRadio, etc…have been giving Crown ofRoses great Radio-Airplay.

Crown of Roses is Jay Creed-Lead Electric Guitars andBacking Vocals, Philip Jampo-Drums and Piano, James Anthony Jampo-Vocals,Electric and Acoustic Guitars,and Piano, Timothy Bennett-Canjen and Percussion,William David Jampo-Vocals, Bass, Zither, Piano, and additional Drums.

Fans can check out Crown of Roses Catalog of CD and Digitalalbum releases on most of your Online Internet Superstores such as, Itunes,TheOrchard, Spotify, Xbox Music, Google Play, AMAZON, Rhapsody, Emusic, CdUniverse,and CDbaby. Also in the United Kingdomat LastFM and 7 Digital.

For additional information updates, Touring, Photos, etc…find Crown of Roses @ ReverbNation, MySpace, Google, Twitter, Facebook, ,PureVolume, LinkenIn/williamjampo, Band Camp, IAC,Pinterst, Tumblr, andBandPage,etc… Also see their OfficialWeb-Page at www.crownofroses.net, www.williamjampo/facebook.com,and www.crownofroses/facebook.com.

For the Full Discography of the band’s LP album releases, EPalbum releases, Single releases, and Forthcoming new album Releases, go to AllMusic.com.