About This:
RECOMMENDED BY YOUR MOM are a New Zealand based pop-punk band consisting of singer Matthew Johnston, 19, guitarist Josh Edmonds, 20, bassist Joel Tyrie, 19, and drummer Sam Edmonds, 19. They started in high school in 2008 and entered the schools national music talent search Smokefree Rockquest, and in 2009 they won their regional finals. In 2010 the band gigged extensively around the South Island of New Zealand, playing at high schools, clubs and festivals, with many other top NZ bands. By the end of 2010 the band had written, recorded and completed their first album, "Now We Are”. The album has received national airplay in NZ and in recent months the band won through to the final of a competition by radio station ZM to perform support to US band Good Charlotte.