Question: Are the rock bands 12 Stones and The Rubens both from America?

Context articles: Anthem for the Underdog
The Only Easy Day Was Yesterday
Diana Meltzer
The Rubens
Bring Me to Life
Beneath the Scars
The Sports
Potter's Field (album)
12 Stones
12 Stones (album)

Anthem for the Underdog is the third album by the rock band 12 Stones.
 It was released on August 14, 2007.
 The first single "Lie to Me", was made available on 12 Stones' MySpace and official website along with the second single "Anthem For The Underdog", which was used in the movie "Never Back Down".
 Both singles charted in the top 30 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, while "It Was You" charted in the top 10 on Christian Rock charts.
 The third single, "Adrenaline", was the theme song for the Met-Rx World's Strongest Man competition in 2007.
 "Anthem for the Underdog" debuted at No. 53 on the "Billboard" 200, and stayed on the chart for four weeks.
The Only Easy Day Was Yesterday is an EP from the American rock band 12 Stones.
 It was released on July 20, 2010 by Wind-up Records and debuted at No. 103 on the "Billboard" 200.
 The album's title is a reference to the motto of the U.S. Navy SEALs.
Diana Meltzer is an American music industry executive.
 She is the owner of Monster Hits Music and was the co-owner of the world largest independent label Wind-Up Records with her ex-husband Alan Meltzer.
 She is primarily known for discovering and signing Grammy award winning band Creed, Evanescence, and other bands such as Alter Bridge, Seether, Drowning Pool, Finger Eleven, Beat The System, Company of Thieves, 12 Stones, Thriving Ivory, Bright Eyes, People in Planes.
 She first began her career as a fashion model.
 Later Diana owned a record store in Connecticut in the late 1980s before she was asked to assume the role of an A&R.
 In 2004 Diana Meltzer become the first woman to top HitQuarters' World Top 100 A&R Chart, a considerable achievement in what is traditionally a male dominated field.
 Other #1s have included Clive Davis, Tommy Mottola, Dr. Dre and Mark Williams.
 Diana is still known to be the ‘Woman with the Golden Ears’.
The Rubens are a five-piece alternative rock band originally from Menangle, New South Wales.
 The band comprises the three Margin brothers, Zaac, Sam and Elliott, and friends Scott Baldwin and William Zeglis.
 Their debut self-titled album "The Rubens" gained them domestic success with it reaching No. 3 on the ARIA Charts and being nominated for a J Award for Album of the Year.
"Bring Me to Life" is a song by American rock band Evanescence recorded for their debut studio album "Fallen" (2003).
 Wind-up released it as the lead single from the album on April 22, 2003.
 The track was written by group members Amy Lee, Ben Moody, and David Hodges and produced by Dave Fortman.
 It also features uncredited guest vocals from Paul McCoy of the band 12 Stones.
 "Bring Me to Life" is a nu metal, gothic metal and rap rock song.
 According to Lee, "Bring Me to Life" has several meanings and inspirations; its subjects are an incident in a restaurant, open-mindedness, and waking up to the things which are missing in the protagonist's life.
 Lee later revealed that the song was inspired by her long-time friend and husband Josh Hartzler.
Beneath the Scars is the fourth studio album by the rock music group 12 Stones.
 It was released on May 22, 2012.
 The album was produced by Skidd Mills, who produced the band's previous album "Anthem for the Underdog".
The Sports were an Australian rock group which performed and recorded between 1976 and 1981.
 Mainstay members were Stephen Cummings on lead vocals and Robert Glover on bass guitar, with long-term members as Paul Hitchins on drums, Andrew Pendlebury on lead guitar and vocals, and Martin Armiger on guitar.
 Their style was similar to both 1970s British pub rock bands (such as Brinsley Schwarz) and British new wave (such as Elvis Costello).
 The Sports' best known singles are "Boys (What Did the Detective Say?)"
 (March 1978), "When You Walk in the Room" (July), "Who Listens to the Radio?"
 (November), "Don't Throw Stones" (March 1979), "Strangers on a Train" (March 1980) and "How Come" (March 1981).
 Their top 20 releases on the Australian Kent Music Report Albums Chart are "Don't Throw Stones" (February 1979), "Suddenly" (March 1980) and "Sondra" (May 1981).
 In October 2010 "Don't Throw Stones" was listed in the book, "100 Best Australian Albums".
Potter's Field is the second album by American rock band 12 Stones.
 It was released on August 24, 2004.
 The album debuted on the "Billboard" 200 at number 29, making it the band's highest charting album.
12 Stones is an American Christian post-grunge band that was formed in 2000 in Mandeville, Louisiana.
 The band currently consists of Paul McCoy, Eric Weaver, David Troia and Sean Dunaway.
12 Stones is the eponymous debut album from the American rock band 12 Stones.
 It was released on April 23, 2002 by Wind-up Records.
 The album debuted on the "Billboard" 200 at No. 147.