Saturday, January 3, 2026

SONG OF THE WEEK: 1-4-2026




SONG:  "Cheers To Another One"

ARTIST:  Rory

ALBUM:  "We're Up To No Good, We're Up To No Good"

YEAR:  2006

PLACE OF ORIGIN:  Altamonte Springs, Florida

YEARS ACTIVE:  1998 - 2007



WHAT I THINK THE SONG IS ABOUT:

"Cheers To Another One"'s meaning centers on themes of emotional numbness and the repetitive, almost medicinal nature of modern social or romantic interactions.

RORY DISCOGRAPHY (Full length albums only):

2006 - We're Up To No Good, We're Up To No Good (One Eleven Records)
* Did not chart on the Billboard 200

MY THOUGHTS ON RORY:

Rory is a Florida band that got it's start back in 1998. Not a lot of news out there on these guys. Their first release was an EP called "Always Right As In We Are", which dropped in 2004. Their first and only full length album was released in 2006, titled "We're Up To No Good, We're Up To No Good". This album was co-produced by Mark Hoppus of Blink 182. The band's only single that I know of came from this album, a song called "Deja Vroomier". The band broke up in 2007 with some members popping up in other projects but nothing major. Rory is a pop punk band. I definitely heard these guys around 2006. As I said in other "Song Of The Week" blogs, right around that time I called my "Taking Back Sunday" phase! I was really listening to a lot of pop punk/melodic rock type of bands at that time. Rory's one full length album isn't bad. It's a decent album. The band just never distinguished themselves amongst the top tier bands of that genre. Really, with only one album and one EP, it's kinda hard to leave a mark. 

SIMILAR ARTISTS:

Armor For Sleep
The Academy Is...
The Early November
Taking Back Sunday
Acceptance

TEN RORY SONGS YOU SHOULD CHECK OUT:

1. Deja Vroomier
2. The State Of Now
3. Cheers To Another One
4. This Could Have Been A Dance Revolution, But Now
5. Typical
6. Doing Lines Of Conga
7. Everybody Stabbed me And It Didn't Even Hurt
8. Deja Vroom
9. Conversations With Strangers
10. Nice Planet, We'll Take It