By: David Schultz

Usually it takes a couple decades before a band ends up in some version of someone's "Where Are They Now" column. Nowadays, when an act can be hyped up and inspire a backlash within a six month cycle, it's a less a "Where Are They Now?" and more of a "What Are They Up To?" Just three years ago, Pete Townshend became enamored with Colorado's Rose Hill Drive and on the heels of a spectacular sprawling self-titled debut album, Rolling Stone tabbed the hard rocking power trio as one of their bands to watch in 2007. They toured behind Moon Is The New Earth in 2008 and then . . .

Your guess is as good as mine on this one. With the exception of a mid-summer post to tout a song on Guitar Hero 5, their Web site and Myspace page seem frozen at the end of 08 and Leftover Salmon will be playing the Boulder Theater, the band's usual New Year's Eve haunt, at this year's end. Can anyone verify Rose Hill Drive's whereabouts? Did they get mauled by one of those mountain lions that periodically act up in the Rocky Mountains? If there's anyone out there that has an answer, let us all know.

WHILE WAITING FOR ROSE HILL DRIVE to reemerge, you can check out our interview from 2007 with drummer Nathan Barnes.

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