Ron Gallo

{{Infobox musical artist

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| alt = 2016 Ron Gallo portrait

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| birth_name = Ronald James Gallo III

| birth_place = New Jersey

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|mf=yes|1992|09|29}}

| origin = Philadelphia, PA, USA{{cite news|last=Rupp|first=Jacqueline|title=Ron Gallo Comes Home|url=http://www.philadelphiaweekly.com/music/ron-gallo-comes-home/article_bd127f4a-0257-5c98-a451-e80e3af7d2bc.html/|newspaper=Philadelphia Weekly|date=June 29, 2016}}

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Musician
singer-songwriter

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Vocals
guitar
bass guitar

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| years_active = 2014–present

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Kill Rock Stars{{cite news|title=Ron Gallo Releases a New Single on Kill Rock Stars|url=https://xpn.org/2022/09/06/ron-gallo-entitled-man-video/|newspaper=WXPN|date=September 6, 2022}}
New West Records{{cite news|last=Sacher|first=Andrew M.|title=Ron Gallo signs to New West, releasing album in 2017, has a new video|url=http://www.brooklynvegan.com/ron-gallo-signs-to-new-west-releasing-album-in-2017-has-a-new-video/|newspaper=Brooklyn Vegan|date=November 11, 2016}}
American Diamond Recordings

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| website = {{URL|rongallomusic.com}}

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Ronald James Gallo III{{cite web | url=https://www.npr.org/2016/12/15/505448397/songs-we-love-ron-gallo-please-yourself/ | title=Songs We Love: Ron Gallo "Please Yourself" | publisher=NPR | date=December 15, 2016 | accessdate=December 23, 2016 | author=Powers, Ann}}{{cite web|url=https://www.ascap.com/repertory#/ace/search/workID/901501656 |title=BACK RIDER |website=ASCAP |publisher=American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers |access-date=November 11, 2023}} is an American musician, singer, songwriter and artist. He began a solo career in 2014, after fronting various bands including Philadelphia-based band Toy Soldiers and since then has released five albums, Heavy Meta, Stardust Birthday Party, Really Nice Guys (EP), PEACEMEAL and FOREGROUND MUSIC.{{cite web|url=http://www.undertheradarmag.com/news/premiere_ron_gallo_put_the_kids_to_bed/ |title=Premiere: Ron Gallo – "Put the Kids to Bed" Plus, Gallo on Themes, Influences, & His American Diamond Recordings Label |publisher=Under the Radar |date=February 8, 2016 |accessdate=December 23, 2016}} Stylistically Gallo has shifted from release to release with his recent albums exploring art rock and garage punk.{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/ron-gallo-mn0002469081/biography |title=Ron Gallo Artist Biography |publisher=Mark Deming, AllMusic |date=February 20, 2016 |accessdate=July 2, 2017}} During live performances 2016 - 2019 Gallo was backed by bassist Joe Bisirri and drummer Dylan Sevey.{{cite web|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/ron-gallos-heavy-meta-is-fun-and-dark-and-garage-and-psychedelic-and-nice-as-hell/ |title=Ron Gallo's 'Heavy Meta' Is Fun and Dark and Garage and Psychedelic and Nice as Hell |publisher=Noisey|date=February 1, 2016 |access-date=July 2, 2017}}

Career

On December 15, 2016, NPR premiered a video for "Please Yourself" from Heavy Meta in which Gallo disrupts an intersection of downtown Nashville by performing on a truck bed. The article describes Gallo as an "insurgent poet and rock 'n' roll disruptor" and the album as a "burst of literate electricity" Heavy Meta was released worldwide on February 4, 2017, on New West Records. In support of the record, Gallo has toured nationally and internationally, sharing the stage with White Reaper, Twin Peaks, Thee Oh Sees, The Black Angels, The Gories, FIDLAR, and Hurray for the Riff Raff amongst others.{{cite web|url=http://larecord.com/photos/2017/06/28/white-reaper-ron-gallo-naked-giants-the-troubadour|title="White Reaper + Ron Gallo + Naked Giants @ The Troubador" |publisher=L.A. Record |date=June 28, 2017 |accessdate=July 22, 2017}}

Gallo has also received coverage from various national outlets including The Fader,{{cite web|url=http://www.thefader.com/2016/03/10/ron-gallo-kill-the-medicine-man-reverbnation/ |title=Garage Rocker Ron Gallo Premieres "Kill The Medicine Man" |publisher=The Fader |date=March 10, 2016 |accessdate=December 23, 2016}} and has performed at festivals such as Coachella, Bonnaroo,{{cite web | url=http://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwmusic/article/Ron-Gallo-to-Perform-at-This-Weekends-Bonnaroo-20160606 | title=Ron Gallo to Perform at This Weekend's Bonnaroo | publisher= Broadway World | date=June 6, 2016 | accessdate=December 23, 2016 | author=Music Desk}} Austin City Limits Music Festival,{{Cite web|url=http://www.aclfestival.com/artist/ron-gallo/|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160813060036/http://www.aclfestival.com/artist/ron-gallo/|archive-date = August 13, 2016|title = Ron Gallo – ACL Music Festival}} SXSW,{{cite web|url=http://www.grimygoods.com/2016/02/22/hot-new-music-stream-ron-gallos-new-single-put-the-kids-to-bed/ |title=Hot New Music: Stream Ron Gallo's New Single "Put the Kids to Bed" |date=February 22, 2016 |publisher=Grimy Goods |accessdate=December 23, 2016}} and Governors Ball Music Festival.{{cite web|url=https://www.timeout.com/newyork/blog/governors-ball-2017-lineup-is-here-010417|title=Governors Ball 2017 lineup is here|website=Timeout.com|date=January 4, 2017 |accessdate=May 16, 2018}}

On January 16, 2018, the Really Nice Guys EP was release via New West Records. It is a joke concept album about Gallo's experience in the music industry. The EP explores many different genres, from thrash punk to psychedelic pop to Indian influenced music. The EP also features a skit entitled, “The East Nashville Kroger Conversation” featuring Gallo and his two band members pretending to run into each other at a grocery store in Nashville. On the day of the release, the band filmed a mockumentary of the same title, following Gallo as he goes through an identity crisis as well as the band around town as they perform a series of unsuccessful release shows and showcasing for their record label. It was directed by Christian Gentry.{{cite web | url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/ron-gallo-thinks-youre-a-really-nice-guy-and-all/ | title=Ron Gallo Thinks You're a Really Nice Guy and All| publisher= VICE| date=December 14, 2017 | access-date=September 19, 2019 | author=Annalise Domenighini}}

On October 5, Gallo's second full-length “Stardust Birthday Party” was released. The record was a slight sonic shift from his previous work exploring more post-punk, and new wave influences while discussing his own spiritual path and asking a variety of existential questions. The 7th Level described the album genre as “Zen Punk” {{cite web | url=https://www.7thlevelmusic.com/?p=3928| title=Review: Ron Gallo – Stardust Birthday Party | publisher= 7th Level Music| date=November 12, 2018 | accessdate=September 19, 2019 | author=Nick Havert}}

The Guardian described the album as “Stardust Birthday Party brings the fruits of meditation to Nashville-based Gallo’s jams – a little like Bodhisattva Vow marked the influx of MCA’s Buddhism into the Beastie Boys.”{{cite web | url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/dec/09/ron-gallo-stardust-birthday-party-review| title= Ron Gallo: Stardust Birthday Party review – a post-punk philosophical rebirth| work= The Guardian| date=December 9, 2018 | accessdate=September 19, 2019 | author=Kitty Empire}}

On March 14 and 15, 2020, Gallo and a newly formed band performed two live stream performances from his home on Instagram live as result of the spread of Coronavirus and his appearance at MELTED festival in Columbus, OH being canceled. The performance was to make up for the lost show and to encourage people to stay home during the pandemic. This performance was one of the first of its kind in response to the virus.{{cite web | url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/livestreaming-concerts-coronavirus-967802/| title=Indie Artists Turn to Livestreaming as Coronavirus Crisis Unfolds | publisher= Rolling Stone| date=March 16, 2020 | accessdate=March 22, 2020 | author=Marissa R. Moss}}

Due to the success of the live streams, Gallo launched REALLY NICE FEST on March 18, 2020. Calling it "an ongoing, everchanging digital festival" named after a blog/online creative outlet REALLY NICE (http://reallynice.world) he started in December 2019. The digital festival features himself and other artists and friends from all over the world performing live stream sets, Q & A, DJ sets, talk show segments, tutorials, etc. The festival is planned to continue on through the duration of the Coronavirus quarantine period.{{cite web | url=https://glidemagazine.com/241713/ron-gallo-announces-ever-changing-digital-festival-really-nice-fest/| title=Ron Gallo Announces Ever Changing Digital Festival 'Really Nice Fest' | publisher= Glide Magazine| date=March 20, 2020 | accessdate=March 22, 2020 | author=Glide}}

On June 10, 2020, Gallo released a new single "You Are Enough", signaling a stylistic transformation into a more pop direction with influence from 90's R&B and Hip-Hop, following up with three more singles "Hide (Myself Behind)", "Wunday (Crazy After Dark)" and "Easter Island" and announcing a new album "Peacemeal" which was released March 12, 2021.{{cite web | url=https://floodmagazine.com/79747/ron-gallo-announces-peacemeal-lp-shares-wunday-crazy-after-dark-video-premiere/| title=Ron Gallo Announces New LP "Peacemeal," Shares Video for "Wunday (Crazy After Dark)" | publisher= Flood Magazine| date=Jul 24, 2020 | accessdate=August 29, 2020 | author=Mike LeSuer}}

On September 6, 2022, Gallo announced signing with label Kill Rock Stars and released the single, "Entitled Man".

On November 15, 2022, Gallo announced a new album entitled "FOREGROUND MUSIC", alongside a single and music video of the same title, to be released on Kill Rock Stars on March 3, 2023. The album was co-produced with his partner, Chiara D'Anzieri (also known as Santa Chiara (Musician) and features the already released singles "Anything But This" (co-written with Chiara D'Anzieri), "Yucca Valley Marshalls" and "At Least I'm Dancing".

On March 3, 2023 Gallo released “FOREGROUND MUSIC”, his first album for new label home, Kill Rock Stars.