Angie Aparo said he wants people playing air guitar and drums on their cars’ dashboards again, so he decided to create a new sound that is different from some of his past material.

“You get to these places that require the soundtrack of rock music, so you write a rock record,” Aparo said.

Angie Aparo and the Infidels will be playing tonight at Tasty World at 9:30 with Monster Zero.

Previously, Aparo and his band simply went by “Angie Aparo,” but he changed the name for the new material and the mostly new lineup.

While the new style will be heard at the show, Aparo’s earlier material will also be played.

“(The show) is rock ‘n’ roll D loud and proud,” he said. “It goes from full on rock band fun stuff, but I still break it down and do ‘Wonderland’ by myself. It still has elements of the acoustic thing, but it definitely hits a little harder.”

Aparo said the change came naturally.

“Art is so responsive to life,” he said. “If you try to force yourself into change or into reinventing yourself, you end up with things that do not feel honest. If you let yourself live, you end up naturally changing.”

Although the music may be different from Aparo’s past recordings, the songs will still feature his soaring tenor voice, which band members are proud to have.

“(Angie’s) voice is what people react to,” drummer Derek Murphy said. “We are lucky to capture that.”

Aparo said he has never had any formal training to develop his voice and wide vocal range.

“I was just born with pipes,” he said. “I think just touring develops your voice. Every singer learns his own way to do it. I was just blessed.”

Even though Aparo and Murphy, who have been playing together since 1999, have played small clubs and bars, they have also played on big stages for Music Midtown and similar festivals. However, the band has no preference on the size of the venue.

“We play to the people,” Aparo said. “At the end of the day, it is all about expressing something, whether it is for 10 people or 10,000.”

Murphy agrees, as long as the audience is into the songs.

Along with touring and writing new songs for the upcoming record, Aparo has also been writing songs for other musicians, like country artist Faith Hill, who recorded Aparo’s “Cry.”

He also may be working with Hill’s husband Tim McGraw, although Aparo is still getting used to co-writing songs, which he recently began this past year.

The band’s new songs can be heard on MySpace (www.myspace.com), until the record is put out at a later unknown date, which was originally scheduled for this summer.

“Because we have been shopping for a new (record) deal, (the release date) may be later,” he said.

He also said the band might create an EP if the release seems to be much later.