BIO

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Being born in Scotland, growing up in Canada and living almost a decade in Mexico, Laurence brings a diverse background of musical influence to his music. He has played in Los Angeles, New York, Chicago, Baltimore, throughout Southern Ontario and Jalisco Mexico and has performed with a variety of music legends such as Joe King Carrasco and Steve York (Bassist for Manfred Mann, Marianne Faithful, Elkie Brooks, Laura Branigan, etc.)

During the early to mid 1990’s, Laurence Roscoe was the front man vocalist and guitarist for several southern Ontario bands until 1995 when he joined with eight piece Canadian funk band Congress. After parting ways with Congress, Laurence founded and began solely operating Renaissance Sound Studios out of downtown Toronto. 

1997 brought Laurence back to performing live as he lent his guitar skills to Toronto based Brit-pop band Speed Orchid, as well as a bass position with  the Jeff Getty Band and Toronto based Ska band Spinecracker, formerly Skaface. The Jeff Getty Band completed 2 albums in addition to headlining major venues, television appearances, and opening for the likes of Colin James and Sue Foley. Laurence has also provided back up for a variety of bands such as Romney Getty, Mark Ripp and the Confessors and "Viva Los Chuyz" from Texas.

With 3 albums under their belt, Roscoe GT continues to perform throughout Southern Ontario, Canada after focusing on a full scale radio campaign, in partnership with Howard Rosen Promotion of California, of over 600 CHR/Top 40/HotAC radio stations within the United States. Howard Rosen successfully promoted many of the largest acts in the music business as Senior V.P. of Promotions at Casablanca, Elektra, Warner Brothers, Motown, and A&M Records from 1970-1985.