What is "rooney"

Rooney may refer to:

• Rooney (surname), a surname (including a list of people with the name)
• Rooney (given name), a given name (including a list of people with the name)
• Rooney (band), an alternative rock group from Los Angeles
  • Rooney (album), a 2003 album by Rooney
• Rooney (UK band), a late-nineties lo-fi band from Liverpool
• Rooney (film), a 1958 British film by George Pollock
• Rooney family, of the Pittsburgh Steelers American football franchise

Rooney is the primary musical project of singer-songwriter Robert Schwartzman, evolving from its origin as an American rock band formed by high school friends in Los Angeles. Before Schwartzman decided to continue the project in a different direction, the band's most enduring line-up consisted of Schwartzman (lead vocals, guitar), Louie Stephens (keyboards, piano), Taylor Locke (lead guitar, backing vocals), Matthew Winter (bass guitar) and Ned Brower (drums, backing vocals). The band is named after Ed Rooney, the principal in Ferris Bueller's Day Off.

Their music is reminiscent of British Invasion rock and 1980s pop, and has been compared to The Beatles, The Cars, Jellyfish, Sloan and Queen. They have toured the nation with acts such as Weezer, The Strokes, Jane's Addiction, Travis, Keane, Audioslave, OK Go, and Queens of the Stone Age.

Rooney is the debut album by American alternative rock band Rooney. It was released on May 27, 2003, by Geffen Records. The cover features a recreation of the flag of California. The track "Bluside" was featured in the movie of The Princess Diaries. The track "I'm a Terrible Person" was used in a commercial of Carolina Herrera's perfume. The track "I'm Shakin" was featured in the series premiere of Royal Pains and also memorably featured in an episode of the first season of The O.C., in which the band appeared as themselves.

Rooney is an Irish surname. It is the surname of the following people:

Rooney is a 1958 British comedy film directed by George Pollock and starring John Gregson, Muriel Pavlow and Barry Fitzgerald. The film depicts the life of James Ignatius Rooney, a Gaelic sportsman at the weekends, and a Dublin rubbish collector during the week. It was based on a novel by Catherine Cookson.

Rooney the given name or common first name of the following people:

• Rooney Lee (1837–1891), American planter, military general and politician
• Rooney Mara (born 1985), American actress
• Rooney Massara, (born 1943) British rower and businessman
• Rooney Roon, former member of the hip hop group Ultramagnetic MCs
• Rooney Sweeney (1858 – after 1885), American baseball player

Rooney were a British lo-fi band, that released three albums between 1998 and 2000.