Rosewood Ghosts Featured in Metromix

The Bill Owens Five died in December 2008, but they’ve returned as Ghosts. As the band notes on its Facebook page, 2009 will mark a new musical direction for the band formerly known as Bill Owens Five. The Hoboken-based rockers have a new lineup and a new name – Rosewood Ghosts. The group invited its fans to rename the band in its “Kill Bill Owens Five” contest, but in the end, it was the members themselves who came up with the new moniker. “Locking ourselves in a room and fighting over names brought us closer together,” said guitarist Saul Slotnick, who grew up in East Brunswick but now lives in New York City. The change came because of the band’s new direction and a general dislike for the former name. Who is Bill Owens anyway? READ THE FULL ARTICLE