no such rules

“NOSUCHRULES” In 1999 teenage brothers Richard Yarwood, playing guitar since the age of 9 and Brendon Yarwood, playing drums since the age of 10, formed NSR with a local bass player.

In 2003 Richard and Brendon, as an “experiment,” added their talented sister, Bridgette, as the lead vocalist for a local ‘battle of the bands’ contest. With limited prior experience together, and, with only 3 weeks of rehearsal, NSR, with the stellar musicianship of the band and the dynamic vocals of Bridgette, they won the contest, which featured 18 bands. Almost immediately thereafter, with Bridgette voted in as a permanent member of the band, the song writing team of Richard, Bridgette and Brendon, started cranking out original songs.

Band member now consist of: Richard Yarwood 25 –guitars and backing vocals
Bridgette Yarwood 22 –lead vocals, guitar and piano
Brendon Yarwood 20 – percussion, backing vocals

In the fall of 2006, their first release, “Far Removed From”, was recorded at Greenhouse Studios in Vancouver, owned by Roger and Bruce Levens, where Nickelback and other major bands have recorded hit albums. The album was produced by talented producer Jay “Juice” Evjans, who has produced albums for “signed” bands, such as Wide Mouth Mason and The Odds.

The band has made numerous appearances on Global TV, has had “airplay” of some of their songs by DJ Scott Magregor on radio station Rock106 and on other stations. The members of NSR have played many gigs and shows. To their credit they have successfully opened for “The Trews", a band which has opened for such major artists as Robert Plant and Guns and Roses, as well, NSR has opened for “Social Code”, a band that has recently been signed by a major label.

NSR has just reached an agreement to open for a well known Canadian band called Grimskunk early in 2008.

As well as playing paid gigs, NSR has also volunteered their time to numerous events including:
Telethon from the Heart (to raise funds for the heart disease), Walk for Breast Cancer Research and for a local boy from Lethbridge, Alberta who needed a liver transplant.

The members of NSR are dedicated musicians and songwriters and are committed to “make it” and “go all the way”.

We believe in our music and ourselves.

We think our music is best described by the following statement: NSR is high energy Canadian rock with powerful female vocals. Our lyrics are written from the heart and are for all listeners and fans that have been told that “it can’t be done” –thus our name NSR stands for “nosuchrules”