page_title: R5 (band)
section_title: 2009–2011: Formation and Ready Set Rock
hierarchical_section_title: R5 (band) / History / 2009–2011: Formation and Ready Set Rock
caption_attribution_description: English: Pop/Rock band R5 (featuring Ross Lynch of "Austin &amp; Ally"&amp;"Teen Beach Movie" and Riker Lynch of "Glee") performing their first east coast concert in Whitehouse Station, N.J. on July 29, 2012.
context_page_description: R5 was an American pop rock band formed in Los Angeles, California, in 2009.
  The band consisted of Ross Lynch, Riker Lynch, Rocky Lynch, Rydel Lynch, and Ellington Ratliff. They released their first EP Ready Set Rock March 9th, 2010, but it was removed once Ross got his role on the Disney Channel Show Austin and Ally. They then released the EP Loud on February 19th, 2013 Since releasing their debut album, Louder, on September 24, 2013, which peaked at #24 on the Billboard 200, they have toured across five continents. Their second album, Sometime Last Night, was released on July 10, 2015, and debuted at #6 on the Billboard 200 in the US, and in the top 20 in five other countries. They have also released five EPs, eleven singles, and a documentary called R5: All Day, All Night that was first released in theaters April 15, 2015.
  In 2018, it was announced that Ross and Rocky would be pursuing a different project under the name The Driver Era. All of the band's social media accounts under the handle "R5" were changed to "The Driver Era." Only Ross and Rocky are in The Driver Era.
context_section_description: R5 is made up of brothers Riker Lynch, Rocky Lynch, Ross Lynch, and their sister Rydel Lynch, all born and raised in Littleton, Colorado, and their family friend Ellington Ratliff, whom they met at a California dance studio called the Rage. About a year after meeting, they asked Ratliff to join the band. While living in Colorado, the Lynch siblings went to a performing arts school. They used to put on shows for their family and charged them at least a dollar to watch them perform in their basement. At age 16, Riker decided he wanted to move to Los Angeles to pursue an acting career. Their parents, Mark and Stormie, moved the entire family there in order to stay together. Shortly after the move, the siblings began appearing in commercials, while Rocky began teaching himself, Ross and Riker how to play guitar.
  In 2009, R5 officially started the band and debuted their YouTube web series, R5 TV, documenting the band's day-to-day life and career beginning. On September 5, they released their first music video, "Without You", directed by Riker. The band self-released a five-track EP entitled Ready Set Rock on March 9, 2010, consisting of songs written primarily by Riker, Rocky, Rydel, vocal coach Mauli B, and band coach E-Vega, who produced the EP. No official single was released from EP. On September 4 they released a music video for "Can't Get Enough of You" and, in the next month, for "Never". On July 26, 2011, the band released their debut promotional single, "Say You'll Stay". The music video was released on August 3. During these early years they played sets throughout Southern California at venues, including the Orange County Fair, the San Diego County Fair, the San Diego IndieFest, the Knitting Factory, and Six Flags Magic Mountain.
caption: Rocky, Ross and Riker at R5's first East Coast show in 2012 (New Jersey)
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