"Finally" was the first word to come to the mind of Rob Hampton when he saw Gibson Overbay perform in Tennessee while Rob and his band "Poptart Monkeys" were in town to perform at a local venue. "This guy is a superstar" says hampton, "on and off stage".
Hampton had been looking to put a new project together for some time but hadn’t found the right members. "I knew I wanted to be involved in a project with this guy”, stated Hampton, “and I'm just thrilled that he said yes when I called him a few weeks later".These two went on to enlist Jarrod and Bishop, who were also in "Goodspeed" and Ronnie Williams from NE Pa, who has performed with several National Recording artist over the years.
Jarrod, who is well known for his songwriting abilities, along with Bishop’s extremely unique guitar abilities and Ronnie’s incredible Bass and Vocal abilities. Rise Phoenix Rise is sure to be one of the hottest new acts on the music scene today.