Owen Evans

Owen Richard Evans, better known online as ROAR is an American solo musical project. He started the project in 2010 by releasing the extended play I Can't Handle Change.
==History==
Owen Evans was previously a member of the band Asleep in the Sea alongside Tom Filardo and Eli Kuner. The band debuted in 2004 and opened for The Spinto Band in 2005, but disbanded three years later in 2007. https://www.bornloser.org/single-post/roar-interview Evans returned to the music scene in 2010, creating Roar and releasing the project's debut extended play, I Can't Handle Change. https://under-therock.medium.com/roar-owen-evans-project-d07186336447 The EP was a response to Asleep in the Sea's disbandment. https://reallyrecords.com/roar.html 
During 2016, Evans joined the band AJJ (formerly known as Andrew Jackson Jihad) as their drummer. https://www.last.fm/music/AJJ/+wiki 
also during 2016, Mr. ROAR made an electronic instrumental side project for multiple charities called Marble Teeth. It stayed idle since the release of the album MNYMKR on band camp until April 29th of 2024 when he finally released the album to Spotify, but it was under the name Laptop Works 2016 - 2019 and had three other songs that weren't on the original bandcamp release. 
In 2019, the titular song from I Can't Handle Change gained popularity on the internet, especially media-sharing app TikTok. https://kcpr.org/2020/01/30/a-look-back-on-roars-i-cant-handle-change/ Evans left AJJ during 2021. 
In 2023, "Christmas Kids," a song from I Can't Handle Change, went viral on TikTok. https://www.tiktok.com/music/Christmas-Kids-6799293225149417474?lang=en The song's popularity led it to chart on the Irish Singles Chart and UK Singles Chart at 45 and 58, respectively; the entries marked Roar's first appearance on any international music charts. The song describes the abusive relationship between Phil Spectorad his wife Ronnie. https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/64367/roar/https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/the-dark-truth-behind-roars-christmas-kids-the-forgotten-indie-gem-going-viral-on-tiktok/
==Discography==
===Albums===
*Avenue (2007) 
*Impossible Animals (2016)
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*Pathétique Aesthétique (2018)
*Diamond Destroyer of Death (2021)
*Laptop Works 2016 - 2019 (2024)
*Knives for Aries (2024)
===Compilation Albums===
*Demos and Voice Memos (2019)
===Live Album===
*Live in the Secret Garden (2018)
===Extended Plays===
*Yay! O.K. Yeah? (2004)
*New-EP (2006)
*I Can't Handle Change (2010)
*Daytrotter Session (2011)
*I'm Not Here to Make Friends (2012)
*Recorded at a Record Store 2 (2015)
*MNYMKR (2016)
==Tours==
==References==
Category:Music YouTubers
Category:American YouTubers
Category:Users who joined in 2011