CHICAGO — The band members of Of a Revolution, more commonly known as O.A.R., have gotten used to using Shure UHF-R wireless among the components responsible for capturing their sound.
“I love the wireless systems,” saxophonist and guitarist Jerry DePizzo said. “We did a small club show at the end of our summer tour last year, and my guitar tech handed me a hardwired guitar. I played it for half the show unplugged because I’m so used to being wireless. Plugging in a cable is just too much work for me these days.
“I’ve been using the UR stuff and Beta 98 for years,” DePizzo added. “It’s really been a part of my sound for almost the entire time I’ve been in the band.”
Drummer Chris Culos, who formed the band in 1996 with frontman Marc Roberge, noted that Shure maintains a regular presence on the drum riser as well.
“It seems like anything made by Shure has been on my drum set,” he said. “We’ve been using Beta 98s on toms for the past couple of years, and we’ve had great results with 57s on snares, both top and bottom, forever. We just haven’t missed with that. They come through our in-ears just sounding as natural as they do when I play in a room.”
O.A.R. has been touring across North America through spring and summer this year and is expected to wrap things up Sept. 5 in Toronto.
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