A Baltimore-based band that considers their style of music to be in the genres of Rock & Roll and Reggae, Railaway has finally settled into their niche. The line up includes: Chris DIller (lead vocals, guitar), Brian Diller (bass), Anthony Oliver (lead guitar), Alex Waicker (drums) and Gordon Covington (keyboard). With the addition of two new band members, the former trio has developed into a professional act capable of drawing large crowds to concert venues throughout the Mid-Atlantic.
In the beggining, becoming a band was never in the thought process. Chris, Brian, and Anthony, the three founding members, would jam in the basement, passing around a couple guitars. After writing a few original tunes, they were encouraged by friends and family to perform at open-mics and talents shows. After a series of successful outings, the band jumped into recording their first demo. The result was a six song E.P. combining the styles of artists such as Dave Matthews Band, Dispatch and Sublime. This independently released, self-titled E.P., debuted in October of 2007 and sold well over 1000 copies in just over a year.
The group continued to play shows on a regular basis, but in November of 2008, Alex and Gordon seamlessly stumbled into Railaway’s weekly basement practice sessions. Anthony, who played mostly drums for the trio, moved over to lead guitar in the arrival of the band's new drummer. Their enthusiasm, musical ability, and spunk of personality instantly clicked with the three original members and Railaway became the five-piece they are known as today.
In the most recent years, Railaway has followed a rigorous touring schedule. While hard at work writing new material, the Band has ended up on the bill supporting local and national acts such as Can’t Hang, Ballyhoo!, and Badfish. Not to mention, playing every gig from bars, college house parties and giagantic fundraising events up and down the Mid-Atlantic.
Despite having to side-step a few speed bumps such as replacing thousands of dollars worth of stolen equipment, and the band van catching on fire, the group finally raised enough money to record independently. The band has a revamped repertoire of new material and plan to release the new ablum, “Dirty Water,” on July 22, 2011 with a kick off show at the Recher Theatre in Towson, Maryland.
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