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Under the deal, the band may release noncommercial material such as Christmas albums or rock operas on the Redbird imprint. In October 2006, Ludo signed a five-album deal with Island Records that turned Redbird Records into an Island imprint. With increasing popularity, and major label interest, Ludo began touring with larger bands such as Relient K, Motion City Soundtrack, This Providence, House of Heroes, Sing It Loud, The Spill Canvas, and The Presidents of the United States of America. The opera proved to be so popular that several stage adaptations have been produced by various colleges and schools.
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On the subsequent tour, Ludo would perform Broken Bride in its entirety.
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The opening track, "Broken Bride: Part 1," was a song that originally stood alone before evolving into the full opera. In 2005, the band returned to the studio to record the EP Broken Bride, a rock opera about a man who travels backward and forward through time in an attempt to save his wife from dying in a car accident in 1989. These include HalLUDOween, A Very Ludo Christmas, and Cinco de Mustache. They began hosting regular themed concerts at The Pageant in St. This exposure brought them moderate indie success.Īs Ludo continued touring, they gained a reputation as an exciting live band. For the next few years, the band toured extensively with other Midwestern bands, including The Dog and Everything, Anything But Joey, Pomeroy and The Primetime Heroes. Ludo's first show as a full band was at a bar in Indianapolis on August 8, 2003. The album included several songs written and performed by Volpe's former band, Karate Lunchbox. Ludo posted an ad: "Bassist/drummer needed to help take over world." Bassist Marshall Fanciullo drove down to Tulsa from Omaha, Nebraska, to audition in summer 2003, and Matt Palermo left community college in Spring, Texas, to join the band on drums.Īfter playing together for only three weeks, Ludo recorded and released their self-titled debut album in August 2003 on their own indie label, Redbird Records. The three men performed together through early 2003, telling audiences they would return in the fall with a rhythm section and an album. Louis, was added to the band after Volpe watched him sing with an 80s cover band in Columbia, Missouri. Tim Convy, one of Ferrell's friends from St. In 2002, the pair moved to Tulsa, Oklahoma, after Ferrell graduated from Notre Dame and Volpe dropped out of Washington University's music program. Heltibrand soon left the band, but lead Volpe and Ferrell continued to play occasionally around St. The three adopted the name Ludo after a character in the film Labyrinth. Lead guitarist Tim Ferrell joined the band while home on break from the University of Notre Dame. Louis, Volpe formed a band with fellow John Burroughs graduate Dave Heltibrand. While sitting in his car in the local Schnucks supermarket parking lot after class, Volpe penned songs that would become some of Ludo's first, including their local breakout radio hit "Hum Along." After his sophomore year at Washington University in St. Ludo's origins can be traced to songs written while Andrew Volpe was attending John Burroughs School in Ladue, Missouri.