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oing back to the start, Mike Protich “No, I’m a guitar player.” He was like, “Well, if realized they wanted to start their own new
Gand Ryan Williams originally met at a you know anybody let me know. You look like project. They broke away from the band they
gas station. Mike explains, “I knew he was in a you could be in a band”. That’s what he said to were in and Red Sun Rising was born. They
band and they were looking for a singer. To be me. I don’t know what that means. So we ex- signed to a management company in Cleve-
honest with you, I didn’t really like his band that changed numbers. He actually lost my number. land, Ohio, but in order to get to radio were told
he was in. So when I saw him at the gas station I reached out to one of our mutual friends. “Are they needed to sign to another company. “It
I knew who he was. He didn’t really know who you still looking for a singer? Maybe I WILL try was G&G Entertainment, which is who we’re
I was. I said, “Hey man, I heard you guys are out. I’ve got nothing else going on right now.” with now,” says Mike. “So our management
looking for a singer,” just to say hi and strike up So we finally reconnected and I went down and company reached out to them; they kind of
a conversation. He said “Why? Do you sing?” tried out for his band. They ended up liking made a merger.”
Mike didn’t consider himself to be a singer, me.” G&G Entertainment also manage Pop Evil.
as he only played guitar back then. “I was like Ryan and Mike started writing together and “Of course the obvious choice as a new band

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