The single charted in the top 100 national radio airplay chart for the Hot/AC format in February 2007. Unfortunately, however, the band unexpectedly disbanded while in the middle of the tour and before the album was ever officially released. In late 2009, Martino was selected by ASCAP as only one of only fourteen up and coming songwriters out of several hundred submissions nationally to partake in their prestigious annual Lester Sill Songwriter's Workshop. Due to injury, Martino was on hiatus from the music industry from late-2010 until re-emerging in late 2016 with news of new music. In late 2017, debuted a new music video for a song called "Just A Ride We're On" that was briefly available on Youtube under the project name "The Rarest Kind" and of which the online music blog "A&R Factory" gave a positive review. As of March 2019, Martino is in Nashville recording the debut album for a new project called "The Rarest Kind, " with some of the early tracks having already been mixed by renowned engineer/producers Mark Needham (Imagine Dragons, The Killers, Fleetwood Mac, etc.) and Brian Malouf (Michael Jackson, Pearl Jam, Madonna, etc.), and with Brad Pemberton, formerly of Ryan Adams & The Cardinals, guesting on drums. Martino is also writing songs for other artists. Discography Studio albums 'New Beginnings (2004) Unofficial ReleasesHope in Isolation'' (2007) References External links http://www.therarestkind.com https://www.facebook.com/TonyMartinoMusic/ http://www.myspace.com/rarestkind Living people American male singer-songwriters American pop musicians American rock guitarists American male guitarists American rock singers American rock songwriters Record producers from Illinois Singers from Chicago Year of birth missing (living people) Guitarists from Chicago Singer-songwriters from Illinois