On the corner of 19th Avenue and Alder Alley is a quaint, unassuming house. In classic Eugene style, its small porch and white-blue wooden siding contrasts with the looming apartment complexes surrounding it.

The “Oregon” logo is painted in the living room. There’s a wall dedicated to music paraphernalia: old gig posters, audition posters, even letters from fans. It’s a commemoration to the group that calls it home: On the Rocks.

On The Rocks, UO’s all-male a cappella group, has made waves beyond singing fans, from success on NBC’s show The Sing Off to the notoriously entertaining Friday shows on campus.

A large part of the success stems from the tight-knit, brotherly community the members have formed. The On The Rocks house, a symbol of the energy they’ve forged as a team, serves as a backdrop for the group’s unity.

Having a house for OTR members to call their own had been a long-time goal for the group.

Before they had a designated space, the singers would meet at members’ apartments. But now, the just-off-campus house offers a place to relax between classes, to meet before shows and ultimately to unite as a group.

“It was a really pivotal point in the OTR history,” OTR member and Music Director Tom Dasso said. Every spring the newest members meet the OTR alumni, including the founder, who return to Eugene for a reunion with the group before the In The Dark performance.

“It is the first place where you get the vibe of what you’re in,” Dasso said. “As soon as you get into the group — and now it happens at this house, thankfully — you get to view the entire legacy in your first week.”

In fact, the OTR house was so important that the group chose to feature it on the cover of its newest album, Alder Alley, as a sort of commemoration to the space.

Jasper Freedom, a freshman music major in OTR, has been living in the house since last Fall term. He thinks the group would be different if it weren’t for the house.

“I don’t know how often we would all hang out outside of OTR stuff,” Freedom said. “Whenever we have a gig or anything where we have to meet beforehand, we meet at the house,” Freedom said.

As with OTR singers in general, Freedom considers the group a serious priority and commitment. But that’s not to say they take themselves too seriously. Dasso says it’s the members’ closeness and lighthearted nature that allows them to achieve the kind of success they have.

“The only reason we’re able to have a good time onstage in the way that we do …  is because we have this sort of brotherhood mentality where we’re constantly teasing each other,” Dasso said. “It’s like we’re hanging out, we just happen to be wearing ties.”

Dasso believes music can connect people at a deep level. But what sets OTR apart from other music groups, he says, is the ability of the members to be themselves and live it up onstage.

Being in OTR for three years, Dasso observed how the members come into their own with this attitude.

“That’s one thing the group really teaches you. You learn how to laugh at yourself and that’s something a lot of people don’t realize about the group,” Dasso said.

Day in and day out, the house continues to be a haven for the singers to come together. OTR house roommate Stephanie Camberg says that members hang out at the house almost every day.

“It brings them closer,” Camberg said. “They have somewhere they can all go that’s theirs.”