It came from All Rivers End. Just the idea that a river is symbolic of the flow of life. It was something that you can't really label as a genre-specific name and you can interpret it anyway you want.

We play live around the Hudson Valley in New York and Also in Connecticut. Every moment we play a show is special. We like to have lots of energy and a lot of space, so we can jump and run and move all over. PJ happens to be a very high jumper.

The internet has allowed us to expose our music to many more people without the help of a label. Being able to share all different kinds of media is great. We are also very happy to have fans of our music from Europe and Asia. This wouldn't have been possible, even in the 90s.

Not at this point in time. We want as much control of the music as possible. We're currently looking at about 20 mid-sized labels.

In the middle of 2002, a Poughkeepsie, NY band called The Getaway signed to Epitaph Records and and was forced to change it's name. At the same time a band called Last Kyd Picked from Connecticut was about 5 months old and had been invited to play 3 dates on the Goldfinger, Story of the Year and Allister tour. LKP played melodic hardcore similar to New Jersey's Kid Dynamite. As the Getaway was signed and became Matchbook Romance, they asked PJ Manzo (current Rivers End guitarist) to leave. A couple months later, PJ joined up with LKP who became Rivers End a year later. Gian, the original drummer, and Difran, one of the guitarists, left to pursue other projects. The newest member, Steve, became the drummer in July of 2004.

Funeral for a Friend, Good Riddance, AFI, Alkaline Trio, Lifetime, Avenged Sevenfold, Kid Dynamite, As I Lay Dying, Anti-Flag, Bad Religion, From Autumn to Ashes, Grade, Coheed and Cambria, Much the Same, Break the Silence, Boys Night Out, Silverstein.

The Chance in Poughkeepsie is always fun to play. We always have great support from the kids.

It varies, but we usually use - Gibson SG guitars, Fender Jazz Basses, Pearl Drums w/ Zildjian Cymbals