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"ABIES IN ,IMBO PAINTS ITS MURAL OF MUSIC "Y '%/2'% !534).
*OSEPH 7HIPP VOCALIST AND GUITARIST FOR "ABIES IN ,IMBO SAID THE MEMBERS OF HIS BAND WANT THEIR MUSIC TO BE LIKE A BIG MURAL %VERY TIME THEY APPRECI ATE THE ART THEY WANT THEIR LIS TENERS TO SEE SOMETHING NEW h7E RE BASICALLY TRYING TO DO THINGS DIFFERENTLY ALL THE TIME v !DAM -EDEIROS DRUMMER AND PERCUSSIONIST FOR "ABIES IN ,IMBO SAID h7E TRY DIFFERENT SOUNDS .OTHING SOUNDS THE SAME v "ABIES IN ,IMBO CONSISTS OF 7HIPP -EDEIROS BASSIST "RIAN 6IVEIROS AND #ONNOR A GUITAR IST 4HE BAND WAS STARTED AT THE 5NIVERSITY OF -ASSACHUSETTS AT $ARTMOUTH FOUR YEARS AGO h) WAS JUST INTRIGUED WITH THE DIRECTION THAT THE BAND HAD v 7HIPP SAID OF WHY HE JOINED "ABIES IN ,IMBO h4HIS BAND HAD MORE SUBSTANCE THAN OTHER BANDS v "EFORE #ONNOR JOINED "A BIES IN ,IMBO WAS A THREE PIECE PROGRESSIVE MUSIC BAND WITH ONE GUITARIST "UT 6IVEIROS SAID HE WANTED TO HAVE THE mEXIBIL ITY THAT A BAND WITH TWO GUITARS ALLOWS 3O #ONNOR WAS ADDED TO THE BAND THREE YEARS AGO h)T GIVES US MORE AVENUES TO EXPRESS OURSELVES v 6IVEIROS SAID h4HERE S MORE YOU CAN DO WITH TWO GUITAR PLAYERS )T S LIKE ADDING ANOTHER mOOR TO YOUR HOUSE v #ONNOR AND 7HIPP ALSO BOTH HAVE SOME VERSATILITY THAT HELPS
THE BAND DO OTHER THINGS 4HEY BOTH PLAY KEYBOARDS AND OTHER ELECTRONIC INSTRUMENTS "ABIES IN ,IMBO DOES NOT GO WITH THE STANDARD BRIDGES AND CHORUSES IN THEIR SONGS #ONNOR SAYS THE MUSIC "ABIES IN ,IMBO PLAYS IS AGGRESSIVE (E SAID THE BAND DOES NOT WANT TO RESTRICT ITSELF WITH WHAT IT PLAYS h7E DON T WANT TO lT IN ANY WHERE v 7HIPP SAID h7E JUST WANT TO MAKE OURSELVES HAP PY v "ABIES IN ,IMBO HAS A #$ CALLED h%TERNITIES IN #OLORv THAT IT RELEASED ON *AN OF THIS YEAR #ONNOR SAID THE ALBUM HAS LOOSE CONCEPTUAL PIECES THAT HAVE THEMES WITHIN THEM THAT PEOPLE CAN lGURE OUT IF THEY RE ALLY LISTEN TO THE LYRICS AND MU SIC 4HE MEMBERS OF THE BAND FEEL LISTENERS WILL APPRECIATE THE MUSIC WAY MORE THAN IF THEY KNOW WHAT THE SONGS ARE ABOUT BEFOREHAND h4O ME THE FEELING OF A SONG CAN MEAN MORE THAN THE WORDS THAT ARE IN IT v #ONNOR SAID "ABIES IN ,IMBO RECORDED THE ALBUM AT 3TUDIO ' IN #RAN STON WITH PRODUCER *ONATHAN 'RANOFF 4HERE IS AN ARCADE NEXT TO THE STUDIO WHERE THE MEM BERS OF THE BAND SPENT THEIR BREAKS )T TOOK ABOUT A YEAR TO COMPLETE THE ALBUM WHICH HAS TRACKS ON IT ! FEW OF THE SONGS HAVE A @ S PROG ROCK TYPE FEEL AS THE LISTENER CAN NOT TELL WHERE THE TRACK CHANGES -EMBERS OF "ABIES IN ,IM BO DID NOT WANT TO MENTION BY
!24 2/#+%23 -EMBERS OF "ABIES IN ,IMBO WANT THEIR AUDIENCE TO LOOK AT THEIR MUSIC LIKE A MU RAL HEARING SOMETHING SOMETHING DIFFERENT EACH TIME NAME THEIR MUSICAL INmUENCES h/UR PLAYING STYLES ARE DIFFER )T S NOT THE CROWD v "UT #ONNOR 4HEY SAY THEY BRING TOGETHER ENT v -EDEIROS SAID h4HAT S THE SAID THE BAND lNDS REINFORCE PROGRESSIVE CLASSICAL MARCHING FUNNEST PART v MENT IN ITS MUSIC WHEN PEOPLE BAND MUSIC HEAVY METAL AND "ABIES IN ,IMBO BOOKS AS COME UP TO MEMBERS OF "ABIES ART ROCK #ONNOR AND -EDEIROS MANY SHOWS AS POSSIBLE IN IN ,IMBO AFTER THEIR SHOWS AND ARE INTO FUSION AND MUSIC THAT SOUTHEASTERN -ASSACHUSETTS TELL THEM HOW MUCH THEY EN MAKES PEOPLE THINK 6ERMONT .EW 9ORK AND -AINE JOYED IT h)T S MORE OF LIKE AN ATTITUDE 4HE MEMBERS OF THE BAND ARE h#LUB OWNERS AND SOUND THAT INSPIRES YOU RATHER THAN FROM THE .EW "EDFORD -ASS GUYS ALWAYS HAVE A POSITIVE RE THE ARTISTS THEMSELVES THE AND 0ROVIDENCE 2 ) AREAS SPONSE v #ONNOR SAID h7E RE MINDSET OF THE ARTISTS v #ONNOR h7E RE MORE EXCITED ABOUT NOT THE TYPE OF BAND THAT IS SAID BEING UP THERE PLAYING THAN THE GOING TO DISRESPECT SOMEONE S "ABIES IN ,IMBO ONLY PLAYS PEOPLE WATCHING US v -EDEIROS CLUB 7E RE PROFESSIONAL -OST ORIGINAL MUSIC 4HE BAND DOES SAID h7E RE PUTTING ON A SHOW AUDIENCES TEND TO APPRECIATE NOT PLAY ANY COVER TUNES AT THEIR BUT WE RE ALL THERE AND WE RE ALL IT )T S NOT THE TYPE OF MUSIC THAT SHOWS FEEDING OFF EACH OTHER S ENERGY ANYONE WILL LATCH ON TO v
"RITANNICA FOCUSES ON BANDS FROM ACROSS THE POND "Y '%/2'% !534). !N ENCYCLOPEDIA OF "RITISH BANDS 4HAT S WHAT 4ED 3OLOVICOS PROVIDES HIS AUDIENCES WITH HIS BAND CALLED "RITANNICA h) WAS ALWAYS IN BANDS WRITING MY OWN MUSIC AND PLAYING 4OP BUT ) WANTED TO DO A COVER BAND WITH THE BANDS ) LIKE 4HE +INKS THE -OODY "LUES THE BANDS ) GREW UP WITH v 3OLOVICOS SAID 3OLOVICOS A GUITAR PLAYER AND SINGER STARTED "RITANNICA LAST SUMMER WITH %D -C.IFF ON BASS AND VOCALS 2ICHARD -EADER ON KEYBOARDS AND VOCALS AND 4OM 0ISCHETTO ON DRUMS h4HIS BAND IS REALLY IN ITS IN FANCY v 3OLOVICOS SAID h7E RE JUST STARTING OUT 7E RE ALL IN OUR LATE S EARLY S 7E WANTED TO DO THE MUSIC THAT WE GREW UP WITH v 3OLOVICOS HAS BEEN PLAYING IN BANDS SINCE (E WAS GIVEN THE STAGE NAME h'RATEFUL 4EDv WHEN HE WAS BAR HOPPING AS A SOLO
! 6%4%2!. /& 4(% "/34/. -53)# 3#%.% 4ED 3OLOVICOS HAS OPENED UP FOR SUCH INTERNATIONAL ACTS SUCH AS "ON *OVI ,ES LIE 7EST AND )AN (UNTER ARTIST (E SAID HE ACTUALLY HATES LIKE HIMSELF WHO PLAYS LEFT HAND THAT NAME AND IS NOT A BIG 'RATE ED "ECAUSE HE IS A SOUTHPAW HE FUL $EAD FAN BUT IT RHYMED AND SAID HE HAD TO LEARN HOW TO PLAY PEOPLE HAVE KNOWN HIM BY THAT A GUITAR ALMOST UPSIDE DOWN AND NAME FOR THE LAST YEARS (E HAS HAD TO CHANGE THE STRINGS AROUND BEEN PLAYING GUITAR SINCE ON THE INSTRUMENT (E SAID HE 3OLOVICOS SAID IT DIFFICULT TO FIND ALSO HAD TO PAY EXTRA MONEY FOR HIGH QUALITY GUITARS FOR SOMEONE LEFTY GUITARS AND USUALLY HAD TO
HAVE THEM CUSTOM MADE BECAUSE MOST LEFT HANDED GUITARS HE SAW IN STORES WERE NOT OF HIGH QUALITY (E SAID HE CAN FIND MORE HIGH QUAL ITY GUITARS FOR LEFTIES ONLINE TODAY BUT CAN T PLAY THEM BEFORE HE BUYS THEM 3OLOVICOS WAS IN A HARD ROCK BAND IN THE S THAT OPENED UP FOR "ON *OVI AT 4HE 0ARADISE IN "OS TON WHEN THAT SUPER GROUP HAD ITS FIRST ALBUM 3OLOVICOS SAID HE AND THE GUITAR PLAYER IN HIS BAND SPLIT A CASE OF BEERS WITH *ON "ON *OVI AND 2ICHIE 3AMBORA 3OLOVICOS SAID THE FOUR MUSICIANS ACTUALLY HIT IT OFF AND "ON *OVI ASKED THEM TO GO ON TOUR WITH THEM (OWEVER 3OLOVICOS SAID HIS BAND HAD CON TRACTS THAT IT COULD NOT GET OUT OF AND HAD TO TURN DOWN THE OFFER (E SAID "ON *OVI ASKED ONE OF THE NEXT BANDS IT PLAYED WITH TO GO ON TOUR WITH THEM IN *APAN h4HAT WAS ONE OF THE BIGGEST MISTAKES OF OUR LIFE NOT TOURING WITH THEM v 3OLOVICOS SAID 3OLOVICOS WRITES HIS OWN MUSIC
BUT SAID HE PAYS HIS BILLS BY PLAY ING COVER SONGS (E SAYS HE IS A h-OODY "LUES FREAKv AND A h"EA TLES FREAKv WHEN IT COMES TO PLAY ING OUT "ACK IN THE LATE @ S BE FORE &- RADIO STARTED DOMINATING THE LOCAL MUSIC INDUSTRY HE NO TICED THAT A LOT OF THE GREAT SONGS THAT WERE BEING PLAYED WERE FROM "RITISH BANDS h)T WAS JUST VERY CATCHY v 3O LOVICOS SAID h4HE MELODIES AND HARMONIES WERE GREAT v 3OLOVICOS ALSO LIKED BANDS LIKE 4HE 2OLLING 3TONES 4HE 7HO AND "AD &INGER (E IS A VERY BIG +INKS FAN (E SAID 4HE +INKS AND 4HE "EATLES HAD SIMILAR ALBUMS FROM TO AND SAID 4HE +INKS WERE HUGE IN POPULARITY DURING THAT TIME WHEN THEY WERE BANNED IN THE 5NITED 3TATES AND DIDN T GET THE AIRPLAY THAT THE "EATLES DID h2AY $AVIES IS LIKE THE BEST SONGWRITER EVER v 3OLOVICOS SAID h&OR MELODIES AND LYRICS THERE S NOBODY LIKE HIM v
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#!2/,).% ",5% LEFT TO RIGHT *OHNNY 3NIPER BASS VOCALS *OE "OYLE DRUMS AND 7AYNE 7 *OHNSON VOCALS GUITAR SONGS ON IT h) COULDN T ASK FOR A BETTER GUY TO WORK WITH v *OHNSON SAID OF 0ATNODE h(E WAS VERY EASY TO WORK WITH )T WAS A VERY GOOD ENVIRONMENT v "EFORE MAKING h.OT FOR THE )NNOCENT v #AROLINE "LUE HAD PUT OUT AN %0 CALLED h3LAVES FOR
THE (OURGLASS v *OHNSON PLAYED BASS IN A BAND FOR lVE YEARS (E HAS PLAYED GUITAR FOR VARIOUS BANDS #AROLINE "LUE IS THE lRST BAND WHERE HE HAS DONE MAJOR VOCAL WORK )N OTHER BANDS HE HAD DONE BACK UP VOCALS OR SANG A SONG OR TWO
*OHNSON SAID HE IS LOOKING FORWARD TO FUTURE RECORDINGS WITH #AROLINE "LUE BASSIST AND VOCALIST *OHNNY 3NIPER *OHNSON SAID SOME OF THE SONGS ON THE #$ HAVE GOTTEN SOME RADIO AIRPLAY (E SAID HE IS JUST STARTING TO PUSH THE ALBUM (E SAID h0AIN v h,OVE -E OR ,EAVE -E v h3TAY v AND h.OTH ING 7OULD 3ATISFY 9OUv ARE THE SONGS ON THE ALBUM THAT HAVE BEEN GETTING THE MOST POSITIVE RESPONSE h0AINv IS A HEAVIER SONG WHILE h3TAYv IS MORE ON THE LIGHTER SIDE h7E BASICALLY PLAY IN CLASSIC +)33 STYLE BUT SOMETIMES GO A LITTLE LIGHTER OR HEAVIER v *OHN SON SAID /N THE NEW ALBUM *OHNSON WROTE ALL THE LYRICS AND A MAJOR ITY OF THE MUSIC -ONSTER -IKE MADE SOME SUGGESTIONS ON THE MUSIC FOR THREE OR FOUR OF THE SONGS #AROLINE "LUE WAS START ED IN AND HAS HAD SOME LINEUP CHANGES SINCE THAT TIME 3NIPER JOINED THE BAND IN *OHNSON HAS BEEN WRITING ALL OF THE SONGS FOR THE BAND BUT
3NIPER HAS BROUGHT SOME MA TERIAL IN FOR THE NEXT ALBUM AND WILL BE BRINGING MORE *OHNSON SAID HE HAS A BACKLOG OF SONGS THEY WILL BE WORKING ON (E SAID HE WILL ALSO WRITE NEW MATERIAL 4HE BAND S NEW DRUMMER IS *OE "OYLE *OHNSON SAID #AROLINE "LUE JUST PLAYED A SHOW WITH THE NEW LINEUP AND THE PERFOR MANCE WENT WELL *OHNSON SAID THE MEMBERS OF THE BAND WANT TO TAKE IT AS FAR AS THEY CAN (E SAID THE BAND HAS MADE MU SIC VIDEOS SOLD SOME ALBUMS IN OTHER COUNTRIES AND WANTS TO KEEP BUILDING ON THAT *OHN SON LIKES THE CREATIVE ASPECT OF BEING ABLE TO COME UP WITH AN IDEA FOR A SONG IN HIS HEAD PUT TING IT ON PAPER AND THEN SEE ING IT COME TO REALITY ON A #$ &OR THE MOST PART *OHNSON WHO IS FROM 3YRACUSE . 9 IS A SELF TAUGHT GUITARIST AND BASS IST (E HAS A BACHELOR S DEGREE IN MUSIC FROM /SWEGO #OLLEGE BUT SAID HE LEARNED HOW TO PLAY THE INSTRUMENTS MOSTLY THROUGH MAGAZINES MAIL ORDER COURSES AND FROM FELLOW MUSICIANS
4HE WIDE RANGING MUSICAL REPERTOIRE OF THE $OOM "UGGIES "Y '%/2'% !534). 7HEN IT COMES TO THEIR MUSICAL INFLUENCES 4HE $OOM "UGGIES LIST A VERY WIDE RANGE OF BANDS FROM 4HE 7HO TO 4HE 2AMONES TO @ S ARENA ROCK h7E HAVE SOME METAL 7E HAVE SOME -ONKEES POP 7E HAVE SOME FUNK v "RUCE !LLEN VOCALIST AND GUITARIST FOR 4HE $OOM "UG GIES SAID h)T DEPENDS UPON WHAT WE FEEL LIKE v 4HE $OOM "UGGIES CONSIST OF !LLEN DRUMMER AND VOCALIST !LEX ,EACOK BASSIST #ARL "IANCUCCI AND GUITARIST AND VOCALIST #HUCK &REEMAN !LLEN SAID 4HE $OOM "UGGIES GET COMPARED TO A LOT OF GARAGE ROCK AND RETRO BANDS 4HE $OOM "UGGIES WERE ESTAB LISHED YEARS AGO !LLEN WAS IN ANOTHER BAND CALLED 0OP 'UN (E HIT IT OFF WITH A DRUMMER FROM AN OTHER BAND HIS BAND PLAYED WITH 7HEN THE DRUMMER DECIDED TO LEAVE HIS BAND HE AND !LLEN START ED A NEW BAND "IANCUCCI WAS IN A LOT OF GARAGE ROCK BANDS WHEN THEY WERE BIG IN "OSTON 4HE $OOM "UGGIES ORIGI NALLY HAD ANOTHER BASS PLAYER FOR FIVE OR SIX YEARS WHO DECIDED TO GO BACK TO SCHOOL AND GET MARRIED "IANCUCCI HAD SEEN 4HE $OOM "UGGIES PLAY A NUMBER OF TIMES AND WANTED TO HELP KEEP THEM TO GETHER SO HE OFFERED TO PLAY BASS GUITAR h! LOT OF THOSE OLD SCHOOL "OSTON
GUYS LIKED OUR MUSIC AND SO THEY WOULD COME TO OUR SHOWS v !LLEN SAID h3OME OF THEM STILL DO v 4HE NEW SELF TITLED #$ OF 4HE $OOM "UGGIES WHICH WAS RE LEASED IN .OVEMBER OF LAST YEAR AT THE )NTERNATIONAL 0OP /VERTHROW &ESTIVAL HAS RECEIVED A GOOD LOCAL RESPONSE 4HE $OOM "UGGIES HAVE GOTTEN AIRPLAY ON A LOT OF THE LARGER "OSTON AND COLLEGE RADIO STATIONS 4HE SONG h.IGHTMAREv HAS BEEN PLAYED A LOT AND THE #$ IS AVAIL ABLE AT THE BAND S SHOWS .EWBURY #OMICS AND ONLINE AT CDBABY COM AND I4UNES COM 4HE BAND STARTED RECORDING THE #$ IN 6ERMONT WITH PRODUCER +EITH 7EISS OF 6ERDANT 3TUDIOS !LLEN SAID THE STUDIO IS hIN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHEREv IN THE 'REEN -OUNTAIN STATE BUT SAID THE BAND CAN STAY AT THE STUDIO FOR THE WEEK END WHEN IT GOES THERE !LLEN SAID IT TOOK ABOUT THREE YEARS TO MAKE THE #$ h7E HAD A LOT OF MATERIAL WE HAD TO GO THROUGH REWORK AND RE FINISH v !LLEN SAID h4HEN WE HAD TO MASTER IT v !LLEN SAID 4HE $OOM "UG GIES IS WORKING ON SIX NEW SONGS AND GOT A NEW GUITAR PLAYER SO IT IS A FOUR PIECE BAND INSTEAD OF A THREE PIECE GROUP !LLEN SAID HE HAS WONDERED WHAT IT WOULD BE LIKE TO ADD A SECOND GUITAR PLAYER TO THE BAND AND SO &REEMAN WAS OFFERED A PLACE IN 4HE $OOM "UG GIES ABOUT SEVEN MONTHS AGO !LLEN SAID IT TOOK A LITTLE BIT OF EF
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"Y '%/2'% !534). 7ITH THE SUCCESS OF THE BAND OVER THE LAST YEARS $REAM 4HEATER HAS CEMENT ED ITS PLACE IN THE MUSIC WORLD .OW THE BAND IS TRYING TO HELP OTHER PROGRESSIVE ROCK GROUPS TO HAVE SOME SUCCESS 4HAT IS PART OF THE GOAL OF THE 0ROGRESSIVE .A TION 4OUR THAT $REAM 4HEATER HAS EM BARKED ON THIS YEAR h) WANTED TO PROVIDE SOMETHING FOR FANS OUT OF THE MAINSTREAM v -IKE 0ORT NOY DRUMMER FOR $REAM 4HEATER AND THE BRAINCHILD FOR THE TOUR SAID h4HERE S A WHOLE WORLD OF PROGRESSIVE BANDS THAT DON T GET THE ATTENTION THEY DESERVE v $REAM 4HEATER /PETH "ETWEEN THE "URIED AND -E AND 4HREE WERE THE LINE UP OF PROGRESSIVE BANDS THAT FANS ON THE 0ROGRESSIVE .ATION 4OUR GOT TO SAMPLE 7HILE $REAM 4HEATER DOES NOT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT SELLING TICKETS TO ITS SHOWS SINCE THE BAND HAS A WORLDWIDE FOLLOW
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ING 0ORTNOY SAID HE WANTS TO ASSIST PRO GRESSIVE BANDS THAT DON T DRAW BIG AUDI ENCES AT THEIR SHOWS 0ORTNOY SAID HE WOULD LIKE TO MAKE THE PROGRESSIVE ROCK BILL AN ANNUAL EVENT FOR MUSIC FANS THAT IS DIFFERENT FROM OTH ER MUSIC FESTIVALS h)T S BEEN GREAT v 0ORTNOY SAID h)T S BEEN A TOTAL SUCCESS !LL FOUR BANDS ARE GETTING ALONG GREAT HAVING A GOOD TIME TOGETHER v !S FAR AS ADVICE HE WOULD GIVE UP AND COMING BANDS TODAY 0ORTNOY SAYS NOT TO SIGN THEIR CAREERS AWAY TO SOMEONE ELSE (E SAID MUSICIANS ARE NOT AS MUCH AT THE MERCY OF THE RECORD COMPANIES AS THEY ONCE WERE h)T S NOT LIKE THAT IN ANYMORE v 0ORTNOY SAID h4HEY RE ALL FOLDING 4HEY RE AT THE MERCY OF THE ARTISTS lNALLY v !FTER THIS TOUR 0ORTNOY SAID $REAM 4HEATER WILL BE WORKING ON A NEW AL BUM
)F YOU WENT TO SEE $REAM 4HEATER IN THE SAME CITY ON THE 0ROGRESSIVE .ATION 4OUR AS YOU DID ON THE BAND S LAST TOUR YOU WOULD HAVE SEEN A DIFFERENT SET LIST 0ORTNOY ACTUALLY GOES OVER THE SETLISTS THAT WERE PLAYED DURING THE LAST TOUR IN EACH CITY TO MAKE SURE $REAM 4HEATER GIVES ITS FANS A DIFFERENT SHOW (E SAYS HE DOES A LOT OF RESEARCH $REAM 4HEATER HAS PLAYED CONCERTS WITH A LOT OF WELL KNOWN BANDS OVER THE YEARS INCLUDING 9ES )RON -AIDEN -EGA DETH $EEP 0URPLE AND 1UEENSRYCHE h7E VE TOURED WITH EVERYONE WE D LIKE TO EXCEPT 2USH AND -ETALLICA v 0ORTNOY SAID h7E RE STILL WAITING FOR THE PHONE CALLS FROM THEM v $REAM 4HEATER HAS ITS ROOTS IN THE %AST #OAST 4HE MEMBERS OF THE BAND ARE FROM .EW 9ORK BUT 0ORTNOY BASSIST *OHN -YUNG AND GUITARIST *OHN 0ETRUCCI ATTENDED THE "ERKLEE #OLLEGE OF -USIC IN "OSTON
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h7E WERE JUST SOME TEENAGERS WHO WANTED TO PLAY MUSIC v 0ORTNOY SAID OF THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE BAND h7E DIDN T START THIS TO BECOME RICH AND FA MOUS v 0ORTNOY SAID THE MEMBERS OF THE BAND ARE LIKE BROTHERS NOW h7E VE BEEN TOGETHER FOR MORE THAN HALF OUR LIVES AT THIS POINT v 0ORTNOY SAID h.OW WE RE IN OUR @ S WITH WIVES AND CHILDREN v 0ORTNOY SAID HE IS ALSO LOOKING FOR WARD TO WORKING WITH 0ETRUCCI $REAM 4HEATER BANDMATE AND KEYBOARDIST *ORDAN 2UDESS AND 4ONY ,EVIN KNOWN FOR HIS GIGS WITH 0ETER 'ABRIEL AND +ING #RIMSON IN THE ,IQUID 4ENSION %XPERI MENT h4HAT WILL BE A LOT OF FUN v 0ORTNOY SAID h7E HAVEN T PLAYED THOSE SONGS IN A LONG TIME )T S GOING TO TAKE A LOT OF WORK TO PUT THOSE SHOWS TOGETHER BECAUSE THEY ARE SO INTENSE v
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4HE MODERN JAZZ OF THE "RUCE 'ERTZ 1UINTET "Y '%/2'% !534).
2%.!)33!.#% -!. "RUCE 'ERTZ IS AN ACCOMPLISHED COM POSER WHO HAS BUILTA REPUTATION AS A VERSATILE PLAYER AND SOLOIST ON BOTH ACOUSTIC AND ELECTRIC BASS (E IS ALSO A PROFESSOR AT "ERKLEE #OLLEGE OF -USIC
4HE MEMBERS OF THE "RUCE 'ERTZ 1UINTET HAVE STRONG ROOTS IN TRADITIONAL JAZZ "UT WHEN THEY ARE MAKING THEIR ORIGINAL MUSIC THEY MAKE IT RELATE IT TO TODAY h)T S KIND OF LIKE MODERNIZING THE SPACE SHUTTLE TO MOVE INTO THE RD CENTURY v 'ERTZ SAID 4HE LATEST VERSION OF THE QUINTET CONSISTS OF 'ERTZ ON BASS *ERRY "ERGONZI ON SAXOPHONE +EN #ERVENKA ON TRUMPET 'ABRIEL 'UERRERO ON PIANO AND 4IM (ORNER ON DRUMS 'ERTZ AND "ERGONZI HAVE BEEN WELL KNOWN MUSICIANS AROUND THE "OSTON AREA FOR MANY YEARS BUT ALSO HAVE PLAYED AROUND THE WORLD IN %UROPE AND !USTRALIA 'ERTZ SAID THE QUINTET HAS A MA TURE SOUND AND SAID THE MEMBERS OF THE GROUP ALL GET ALONG WELL TOGETHER AND LIKE TO PLAY TO HAVE A GOOD TIME h) THINK IT S A FANTASTIC CHEMISTRY v 'ERTZ SAID h4HE BASS AND DRUMS FORM A PERFECT UNITY OF GROOVE 4HERE S A LOT OF LISTENING AND COMMUNI CATION 4HE PIANO PLAYER ADDS BEAUTIFUL COLOR 4HE SAX PLAYER IS ONE OF THE BEST IN THE WORLD AND THE SAME WITH THE TRUMPET PLAYER v )N ORDER TO COME UP WITH A MORE CONTEMPO RARY SOUND 'ERTZ SAID THE QUINTET USES RHYTH MIC VARIATIONS AND DIFFERENT TIME METERS AND SIGNATURES h7E ALSO USE MODERN HARMONY v 'ERTZ SAID h7E DO THINGS WITH FORM AS WELL 7E ALTER
FORMS v 'ERTZ SAID THE MEMBERS OF THE QUINTET COM POSE ON STAGE WHILE THEY PLAY AND DISCOVER NEW SOUNDS !LL OF THE MEMBERS OF THE QUINTET WRITE THEIR OWN MUSIC h)T S A BAND OF COMPOSERS v 'ERTZ SAID h)T S VERY TYPICAL OF VERY HIGH LEVEL JAZZ IMPROVISA TION TO BE OF A COMPOSITION STYLE THAT S VERY TYPICAL OF TODAY S DAY AND AGE v "RUCE 'ERTZ S MUSIC GOES BACK TO WHEN HE MET #ERVENKA IN A CLASS AT THE "ERKLEE #OL LEGE OF -USIC IN 4HEY MET DRUMMER 4IM (ORNER IN THE MID S AND DID A SWING DANCE GIG AT A HOTEL 'ERTZ MET "ERGONZI IN THE MID TO LATE S THROUGH A MUTUAL FRIEND "ERGONZI 'ERTZ AND #ERVENKA FORGED A MUSICAL RELATION SHIP THAT HAS LASTED MANY YEARS 'ERTZ SAID HE MET 'UERRERO AT A GIG WHERE HE WAS AMAZED AT HOW THE PIANIST PLAYED h(E HAS THAT ,ATIN FLARE BUT HE ALSO HAS BRIL LIANT JAZZ ABILITY v 'ERTZ SAID 'ERTZ PLAYS OUT FOUR NIGHTS A WEEK FREELANC ING AS A BASSIST h-Y GROUP ) WOULD LIKE TO WORK OUT MORE BUT IT S NOT EASY TO PROMOTE v 'ERTZ SAID h)T S DIFFERENT THAN ROCK 4HE MORE COMPLEX THE ART FORM THE SMALLER THE AUDIENCE 4HAT S ONE OF THE PROBLEMS WITH JAZZ v 'ERTZ STARTED A NEW INDIE LABEL CALLED /PEN -IND *AZZ LAST YEAR (IS FIRST RECORD FOR THE LABEL WAS CALLED h)T 7ASN T -E v 4HE QUINTET S LATEST #$ IS h2EPTILIAN &ANTASIES v WHICH 'ERTZ SAID
FEATURES SOME REAL EXCITING RHYTHMIC FORMS AND EXPRESSIONS SIMILAR TO THE -IDDLE %ASTERN STYLE OF 3HAKIRA BUT STAYING WITHIN THE JAZZ FORMAT 'ERTZ SAID 'UERRERO LENDS A ROMANTIC #OLOMBIAN TANGO STYLE FLAVOR TO THE MUSIC 'ERTZ SAID ONE OF THE REAL GOOD PIECES ON THE DISK INCLUDES h3NAKE 3HOT v WHICH IS PLAYED IN TIME BUT IS VERY DANCEABLE AND PLAYFUL 4HE #$ WAS RELEASED AT 3CULLERS *AZZ #LUB IN #AMBRIDGE 4HE #$ IS AVAILABLE AT CDBABY COM AND OTHER PLACES ON THE WEB 'ERTZ SAID SOME OF HIS INFLUENCES INCLUDE *OHN #OLTRANE 7AYNE 3HORTER *OE !NDERSON $AVE (OLLAND AND -ILES $AVIS 'ERTZ IS GOING INTO HIS ND YEAR AS A PRO FESSOR OF MUSIC AT "ERKLEE WHERE HE TEACHES IN THE BASS DEPARTMENT !T "ERKLEE HE SAID THE NEW WAVE OF PLAYERS IS VERY STRONG BECAUSE THE SCHOOL HAS CAPPED THE ENROLLMENT ONLY AC CEPTING PERCENT OF THE APPLICANTS /N TODAY S JAZZ SCENE 'ERTZ SAID HE IS FIND ING MUSICIANS FROM 3LAVIC COUNTRIES AND 'REECE WHO ARE BRINGING COMPLICATED MUSIC FROM THEIR COUNTRIES TO THE 5NITED 3TATES h) THINK WHAT IS REALLY POPULAR IN JAZZ NOW IS ODD TIME SIGNATURES AND ) THINK THE REASON FOR THAT IS WE HAVE A GLOBAL WORLD v 'ERTZ SAID "UT HE SAYS HE IS GOING TO BE A STUDENT OF JAZZ FOR LIFE h) M TRYING TO GROW IN MY MUSIC AND THE MORE ) GROW THE SMALLER THE AUDIENCE GETS v 'ERTZ SAID
"UGGIES ! (ELLO -AHALO MAKES DEBUT VIDEO IN .EW 9ORK WIDE RANGE OF MUSIC "Y '%/2'% !534).
#/.4).5%$ &2/- #AMEO (E HAS ALSO BEEN IN ACOUS TIC AND BLUES BANDS (E SAID THE MEMBERS OF 4HE $OOM "UGGIES ARE OPEN TO PLAYING DIFFERENT STYLES OF MUSIC !LLEN SAID THE MEMBERS OF THE BAND COME FROM DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS ,EACOCK HAS BEEN IN PUNK AND PROGRESSIVE ROCK BANDS !LLEN SAID HE LIKES HIS DRUMMER S VERSATILITY IN HIS PLAYING (E SAID ,EACOCK IS ALSO A VERY GOOD SINGER WHO DOES A LOT OF BACKGROUND VO CALS &REEMAN WAS IN A PRETTY WELL KNOWN PROGRESSIVE PUNK BAND CALLED 4HE -OVING 4ARGET h7E RE NOT A SPECIFICALLY ONE GENRE BAND v !LLEN SAID
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! LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ENJOY THE MUSIC OF (ELLO -AHALO THROUGH RADIO STATIONS OR LISTENING TO THEIR DEBUT #$ "UT NOW THERE IS A NEW MEDIUM THROUGH WHICH THEY CAN APPRECIATE THIS MOD ERN ROCK BAND 7ITH ITS SONG h$AWNING $AYS v WHICH HAS BEEN PLAYED ON OVER COL LEGE RADIO STATIONS (ELLO -A HALO HAS MADE ITS lRST VIDEO h7E RE HOPING A LOT OF OUR FANS WILL BE EXCITED TO SEE THE IMAGERY FOR THE SONG v $ILINI &ERNANDO THE BAND S MAN AGER SAID 4HE 0ROVIDENCE 2 ) BAND WHICH CONSISTS OF *USTIN *OYCE ON VOCALS AND BASS *ARED 0IZ ZARO ON GUITAR *USTIN (ARDY ON GUITAR AND 4OM 3TANWOOD ON DRUMS SHOT THE VIDEO IN "ROOKLYN . 9 4HE VIDEO ALSO CONTAINS LIVE FOOTAGE FROM A PERFORMANCE OF (ELLO -AHALO AT ,UPO S IN 0ROVIDENCE 2 ) 4HE VIDEO HAS A SPY THEME WITH TWO DETECTIVES CHASING AFTER THE BAND 4HE STORY LINE DOES NOT ALLUDE TO WHAT THE BAND HAS DONE TO WARRANT AN INVESTIGATION &ERNANDO SAID ONE OF THE UNIQUE ASPECTS OF THE VIDEO IS THE USE OF GREEN SCREENS WHICH
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30%#)!, 3(/7).' (ELLO -AHALO PREMIERED THEIR DEBUT MUSIC VIDEO FOR THE SONG h$AWNING $AYSv AT #LUB (ELL IN 0ROVIDENCE 2 ) LAST MONTH -AHALO WILL BE GOING ON A MAKE CERTAIN MOMENTS ANI TOUR h&OR EXISTING FANS IT S A NICE MINI TOUR FOR DAYS GOING MATE AND COME ALIVE 4HE PRODUCER OF THE VIDEO THANK YOU v &ERNANDO SAID OF DOWN TO THE #AROLINAS AND WAS "AT 3HEVA "AND3TAND,IVE THE VIDEO h)T S SOMETHING FUN THEN WORKING THEIR WAY BACK 0RODUCTIONS OF 4AUNTON -ASS )T S SOMETHING THEY LL ENJOY THROUGH 0ENNSYLVANIA AND THE DID THE TECHNICAL WORK ON THE &OR NEW FANS SURlNG THE WEB MID !TLANTIC STATES IT WILL ENGAGE THEM v 7HILE SHE HOPES THE BAND VIDEO 4HE BAND WILL BE PLAYING WILL MAKE -46 SOME DAY ! PREMIERE FOR THE VIDEO WAS AIRED AT #LUB (ELL IN 0ROVI SOME SHOWS THIS SUMMER IN &ERNANDO SAYS THE VIDEO FOR DENCE 2 ) IN -AY BUT THE CLUDING A *ULY DATE AT THE h$AWNING $AYSv WILL BE RE VIDEO HAS NOT BEEN OFlCIALLY 0ROVIDENCE 0IERS CONCERT ON LEASED TO THE PUBLIC THROUGH RELEASED TO THE PUBLIC &ERNAN THE WATER WITH :OX AND THE THE )NTERNET DO SAID SHE HOPES TO HAVE THE 3UBLIME TRIBUTE BAND "ADlSH h&ANS WILL BE ABLE TO SEE IT VIDEO OUT FOR THE PUBLIC IN THE AS PART OF THE 7"25 CONCERT ON -Y3PACE AND DIFFERENT ON FALL TO COINCIDE WITH THE BAND S SERIES )N EARLY !UGUST (ELLO LINE OUTLETS v &ERNANDO SAID
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4HE MONTH IS OVER FOR *ANUARY $ESIGN "Y '%/2'% !534).
)N THE SHORT TIME IT HAS BEEN AROUND THE 0ROVIDENCE 2 ) AREA BAND *ANUARY $ESIGN HAS WRITTEN SOME ORIGINAL MUSIC PUT OUT AN %0 AND PLAYED IN SOME BIG VENUES BUT HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO GET A RECORD DEAL h)N THESE TWO YEARS WE VE ACCOMPLISHED PRETTY MUCH WHAT EVERYONE WANTS TO ACCOM PLISH WITHOUT BEING SIGNED v 'EOSHIE (ARRI SON VOCALIST FOR THE BAND SAID *ANUARY $ESIGN IS MADE UP OF (ARRISON GUITARIST $OUG #AHOON BASSIST 0AUL +ETTELLE AND DRUMMER *AKE "OUCHARD #AHOON SAID THE AGGRESSIVE GUITAR DRIVEN BAND WHICH CAN ALSO BE MELODIC AT TIMES WAS STARTED WHEN HE SENT AN ONLINE MESSAGE TO +ETTELLE #AHOON WRITES MOST OF THE MUSIC AND LYRICS FOR THE BAND WHILE (ARRISON FILLS THE SONGS IN #AHOON SAID THE BAND HAS EIGHT TO ORIGINAL SONGS THAT ARE GENRE SPECIFIC TO *ANUARY $ESIGN 3OME OF THE BAND S INFLUENCES INCLUDE 7U 4ANG #LAN $EATH #AB FOR #UTIE AND -INUS THE "EAR h7E REALLY LIKE RAP v "OUCHARD SAID h3ADLY WE RE NOT JOKING v #AHOON SPENDS HIS DAYS PLAYING EITHER BASEBALL OR GUITAR +ETTELLE SPEAKS FLUENT 0OR TUGUESE "OUCHARD PAINTS CARS FOR A LIVING (ARRISON ATTENDS THE .EW %NGLAND )NSTITUTE OF 4ECHNOLOGY WHERE HE STUDIES DIGITAL RECORD ING ARTS +ETTELLE IS AN ASSISTANT MANAGER AT :OO9ORK A HIP HOP CLOTHING STORE 4HE MEM BERS OF *ANUARY $ESIGN HAVE DECIDED TO TAKE A BREAK TO FOCUS ON THEIR OWN LIVES (ARRISON AND #AHOON HAVE DECIDED TO GO BACK TO SCHOOL #A HOON HAS HIS OWN ACOUSTIC SIDE PROJECT CALLED (AUNTING THE 'HOST (ARRISON IS IN 4HE 4HANK 9OU A TECHNO INDEPENDENT SOUNDING BAND REMINISCIENT OF *OHNNY #ASH AND 4HE 0OSTAL 3ERVICE &OR ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF *ANUARY $ESIGN PLAYED EIGHT TO SHOWS A MONTH 4HE
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4(% *!.5!29 $%3)'. LEFT TO RIGHT 'EOSHIE (ARISON VOCALS SCREAMS 0AUL +ETTELLE BASS *AKE "OUCHARD DRUMS AND $OUG #AHOON GUITAR BAND HAS TOURED A GOOD PART OF THE %AST #OAST GETTING A GOOD RESPONSE TO ITS MUSIC AND SELL ING A LOT OF MERCHANDISE $URING THE MIDDLE OF THAT TOUR THE VAN BROKE DOWN IN .EW *ERSEY AND THE BAND HAD TO GET THE ALTERNATOR FIXED h7E JUST HAVE FUN PLAYING MUSIC ENJOYING THE SHOWS AND MEETING PEOPLE v #AHOON SAID
+ERRI #OLETTA OF +AY3EE 0ROMOTIONS WAS AT A *ANUARY $ESIGN CONCERT AT #LUB (ELL IN 0ROVIDENCE RECENTLY h4HEY HAVE A LOT OF ENERGY ON STAGE v #O LETTA SAID h4HEY RE BALLING OUTRAGEOUS 4HEY PUT A LOT INTO IT EMOTIONALLY 9OU CAN SEE THAT THEY RE HAVING FUN EVEN IF THEY ARE OFF KEY v
(ARRISON SAID THE BAND HAS ALWAYS ENJOYED THE SHOWS AND PLAYED EACH ONE LIKE IT WAS THE LAST (E SAID IF THE MEMBERS OF *ANUARY $ESIGN NEVER PLAY TOGETHER AGAIN THEY HAD A GOOD TIME h) M SURE WE LL REMAIN FRIENDS v (ARRISON SAID
*ANUARY $ESIGN HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO PLAY IN THE 7EBSTER 4HEATRE A SEAT VENUE IN #ONNECTICUT OPENING UP FOR 3AOSING &AIL AND !LEXISONFIRE 4HE BAND GOT TO MEET THE #ANADIAN SINGER $ALLAS 'REEN h4HAT WAS AN AMAZING EXPERIENCE v +ETTEL LE SAID
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7HEN THEY ARE NOT MAKING PIZZAS THEY MAKE MUSIC "Y '%/2'% !534). )F YOU GO INTO THE 0IZZA 0LACE IN 7ESTERLY 2 ) YOU CAN FIND MOST OF THE MEMBERS OF THE BAND 4HE 0ARTING 'IFT 6OCALIST -ARTY -AR TINEZ DRUMMER $AVE 2EEVES AND GUITARIST 'LENN "ASALE ALL WORK IN THE RESTAURANT WHILE THEIR BASSIST 2ICKY #HAMPLAIN WORKS IN CON STRUCTION 2EEVES IS THE MANAGER OF THE RESTAURANT WHILE -ARTINEZ AND "ASALE ARE COOKS "UT THEY SAY SOME DAY THEY WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A LIVING WITH THEIR MUSIC h)T MEANS A GREAT DEAL TO US AND WE WANT IT TO MEAN SOMETHING TO A LOT OF PEOPLE v -ARTINEZ SAID OF THE BAND 4HE 0ARTING 'IFT ACTUALLY BEGAN BECAUSE OF A MUTUAL EX GIRLFRIEND 4HAT S HOW 2EEVES MET "ASALE 4HEY WENT TO "OSTON AND HUNG OUT TOGETHER AND FOUND OUT THEY BOTH LIKED MUSIC 2EEVES AND #HAMPLAIN HAD PLAYED IN BANDS THEIR WHOLE LIVES 2EEVES AND -AR TINEZ HAD JUST LEFT ANOTHER BAND 4HE BAND HAS BEEN TOGETHER FOR ABOUT A YEAR h7E RE ALL BEST FRIENDS v 2EEVES SAID h)T ALL CAME VERY NATURALLY v 4HE BAND HAS A LOT OF ENERGY AND JUST JAMS ON STAGE h7E HONESTLY JUST PLAY v 2EEVES
SAID h4HAT S OUR NATURAL STYLE 4HAT S WHAT COMES OUT OF US v -ARTINEZ ENJOYS LISTENING TO #IRCA 3URVIVE -INUS THE "EAR AND )RON -AIDEN h%ACH ONE OF US BRINGS WHATEV ER INFLUENCE WE HAVE TO THE TABLE AND IT JUST COMES TOGETHER v -AR TINEZ SAID 2EEVES #HAMPLAIN AND "ASALE WERE IN A TRIBUTE BAND h"UT NONE OF OUR MUSIC SOUNDS LIKE v "ASALE SAID 4HE 0ARTING 'IFT HAS PUT FIVE SONGS ON AN %0 4HEY WORK TO GETHER ON WRITING THE SONGS "A SALE WRITES THE GUITAR PARTS OF THE SONGS -ARTINEZ BRINGS WHATEVER HE CAN TO THE TABLE VOCALLY "ASALE ALSO CHIPS IN SOME IDEAS FOR LYRICS 3PENDING SO MUCH TIME TOGETHER AND BEING SUCH GOOD FRIENDS HELPS THEM TO BE OPEN ABOUT CRITIQUING EACH OTHER S IDEA FOR SONGS -ARTINEZ SAID THAT WRITING SONGS TOGETHER HAS ALSO HELPED THE FOUR MEN TO STRENGTHEN THEIR RELATION SHIPS h)T S EASY TO TELL SOMEBODY YOU DON T LIKE SOMETHING WHEN YOU RE COMFORTABLE WITH SOMEONE RATHER THAN SOMEONE YOU DON T KNOW v "ASALE SAID 3OME OF THEIR SONGS ARE CALLED h0 IS FOR 0ERCOCET v h) $O "UT )
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4(% 0!24).' ')&4 LEFT TO RIGHT 2ICKY #HAMPLAIN BASS $AVE 2EEVES DRUMS -ARTY -ARTINEZ VOCALS AND 'LENN "ASALE GUITAR SCREAMS $ON T v AND h3AW 'REEN ,IGHTS v SONGS ARE A JOKE v -ARTINEZ SAID h! LOT OF TIMES THE NAMES OF OUR h4HEY DON T NECESSARILY GO ALONG
WITH THE SONG OR THE VOCALS v *AMIE 4OSCANO IS THE MANAGER OF 4HE 0ARTING 'IFT "ASALE HAS BEEN PLAYING MUSIC SINCE HE WAS FOUR YEARS OLD (E STARTED WITH THE PIANO AND THEN PLAYED THE SAXOPHONE AND THEN MOVED TO THE GUITAR 2EEVES START ED PLAYING DRUMS YEARS AGO AND HAS BEEN IN AND OUT OF BANDS (E HAS GOTTEN MORE SERIOUS ABOUT HIS DRUMMING THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS (E TOOK LESSONS FOR ABOUT FOUR YEARS #HAMPLAIN AND "ASALE ARE SELF TAUGHT MUSICIANS -ARTI NEZ IS A SELF TAUGHT VOCALIST WHO HAS BEEN SINGING SINCE HE WAS A TEENAGER (E SAID THE MEMBERS OF 4HE 0ARTING 'IFT CHALLENGE EACH OTHER WITH THEIR MUSIC h4HIS BAND HAS MADE ME A BET TER SINGER v -ARTINEZ SAID h#OM PARED TO THE LAST COUPLE OF BANDS ) VE BEEN IN ) VE STRETCHED MYSELF MORE ) M DOING THINGS ) NEVER THOUGHT ) COULD v -ARTINEZ SAYS #HAMPLAIN AND 2EEVES ARE THE CORE OF THE BAND (E SAID "ASALE BRINGS SOMETHING DIFFERENT TO THE BAND WITH HIS EN ERGETIC UNCONVENTIONAL hSUPER FUN v CATCHY STYLE h(E DOES WHAT FEELS GOOD TO HIM AND DOESN T HOLD BACK AT ALL v -ARTINEZ SAID
-AMADOU S MUSIC HAS IMPACT ON PEOPLE ALL OVER THE WORLD "Y '%/2'% !534). 3OME PEOPLE MAY PLAY MU SIC FOR THE ENJOYMENT OF THE ART /THERS MAY USE THEIR MUSIC TO MAKE A LIVING "UT FOR -AMA DOU $IOP HE WANTS HIS MUSIC TO HAVE AN IMPACT ON PEOPLE -AMADOU USES HIS MUSIC TO HELP PEOPLE IN WHAT IS NOW HIS HOME COUNTRY IN THE 5NITED 3TATES AND IN !FRICA WHERE HE IS ORIGINALLY FROM -AMADOU WHO IS A 3ALEM -ASS RESIDENT IS THE PRESIDENT OF ! $ !FRICAN $EVELOPMENT THROUGH $RUM AND $ANCE (E IS CALLED AN ETHNOMUSICOLOGIST WHO INTRODUCES !FRICAN DRUM MING CULTURE STORIES AND DANCE TO THOUSANDS OF CHILDREN AROUND .EW %NGLAND (E IS DEDICATED TO HELPING !FRICA AND !FRICAN IMMIGRANTS IN THE 'REATER "OS TON AREA h)N MY COUNTRY WE SAY YOU MAKE HISTORY OR YOU ARE HIS TORY v -AMADOU SAID h) WANT TO MAKE HISTORY BY TOUCHING SOME PEOPLE S LIVES v 4HE DIFFERENCE THAT -AMA DOU MAKES WITH HIS MUSIC HAS BEEN NOTICED (E WAS NOMI NATED FOR A (UMANITARIAN OF THE 9EAR !WARD FROM THE !RT OF ,IVING &OUNDATION LAST YEAR "UT -AMADOU SAYS AWARDS ARE NOT
WHY HE PLAYS MUSIC h) NEED TO BE ME v -AMADOU SAID h) DO WHAT ) FEEL AND WHAT ) LIKE DOING )T S NOT THE PAPER 4HAT PAPER DOESN T MAKE ME DO WHAT ) DO v %VERY YEAR HE PLAYS A CHAR ITY SHOW FOR AN ORGANIZATION THAT HELPS ABUSED WOMEN AND CHILDREN )N -AMADOU BROUGHT SEWING MACHINES AND COMPUTERS TO A SCHOOL SYSTEM IN !FRICA (E HAS HELPED TO RAISE MONEY FOR $ARFUR (E PLAYS FOR !FRICAN STUDENTS AT (ARVARD 5NIVERSITY AND "OSTON 5NIVER SITY WHO WANT TO HELP CAUSES IN THEIR HOME COUNTRIES h) PLAY FOR MANY NON PROlT ORGANIZATIONS FOR FREE v -AMA DOU SAID h!NY NON PROlT OR GANIZATION THAT WANTS TO HELP PEOPLE ) WILL DONATE MY TIME TO HELP THEM RAISE MONEY v -AMADOU WAS BORN IN 3EN EGAL AND HIS AUDIENCES SEE THAT INmUENCE IN HIS MUSIC h) TRAVEL WITH MY CULTURE v -AMADOU SAID h) TEACH THE DRUM ) HAVE A DRUM CLASS ) TEACH ) HAVE WORKSHOPS ) DO IN THE SCHOOL SYSTEMS v -AMADOU HAS BEEN PLAYING MUSIC FOR YEARS (E IS A SELF TAUGHT MUSICIAN (E NEVER TOOK MUSIC LESSONS AT A SCHOOL !T YEARS OLD WHILE HE WAS LIVING IN
!FRICA HIS MOTHER GAVE HIM A GUITAR AND HE LEARNED TO PLAY IT FROM PEOPLE ON THE STREETS h) HAVE THE GIFT v -AMADOU SAID h) VE BECOME VERY GOOD ON GUITAR v -AMADOU SAID THE DRUM PLAYING HE DOES RE mECTS SELF EXPRESSION -AMADOU PLAYS ORIGINAL WORLD MUSIC THAT HE WRITES AT HIS SHOWS (E HAS SEVEN PEOPLE IN HIS BAND AND SOMETIMES MORE IF THERE ARE DANCERS !T HIS SHOWS HE lNDS THE RIGHT RHYTHM TO CONNECT WITH HIS AUDIENCE h0EOPLE DON T COME TO SEE MY MUSIC TO WATCH OR TO SIT AND LISTEN v -AMADOU SAID h4HEY COME THERE TO DANCE 4HEY FEEL VERY SPECIAL 4HEY FEEL HAPPY AND IT S A WONDERFUL REACTION v !S A PROFESSIONAL MUSI CIAN -AMADOU HAS TRAVELED THROUGHOUT !FRICA %UROPE THE 5NITED 3TATES AND #ANADA -AMADOU CAME TO THE 5 3 IN (E SAID IT HAS BEEN A CHALLENGE TO lND AUDIENCES FOR HIS MUSIC IN THIS COUNTRY BE CAUSE MORE PEOPLE ARE INTER ESTED IN ROCK JAZZ OR SALSA "UT HE GETS THEM TO UNDERSTAND HIS MUSIC -AMADOU WILL RELEASE A #$ OF HIS ORIGINAL MUSIC IN /CTOBER (E HAS BEEN WORKING ON IT FOR
7/2,$ 42!6%,%2 /RIGINALLY FROM 7EST !FRICA 3ENEGAL -AMA DOU $IOP NOW RESIDES ON THE .ORTH 3HORE -ASS AND PERFORMS WORLD MUSIC WITH HIS BAND -AMADOU SIX MONTHS HAVE SONGS ON IT h4HAT #$ WILL BE COMPLICATED h! LOT OF PEOPLE TRY TO GET ME BECAUSE ) PLAY ALL KINDS OF MUSIC TO CHANGE MY MUSIC v -AMADOU FROM !FRICAN MUSIC TO REGGAE TO SAID h) WON T LET THEM DO THAT ) ROCK v -AMADOU SAID WANT TO BE WHO ) AM )T S A #$ TO -AMADOU SAID HIS NEW #$ ASK PEOPLE TO ACCEPT ME FOR WHO WILL BE CALLED h) !M -Ev AND WILL ) AM NOT TO CHANGE ME v
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3ATURDAY AT .INE HAS ENJOYED SOME EARLY SUCCESS "Y '%/2'% !534).
&OR BANDS IN THE 0ROVIDENCE 2 ) AREA PLAYING AT ,UPO S IS A MILESTONE THEY ASPIRE TO AS IT IS ONE OF THE BIGGER VENUES KNOWN FOR MUSIC IN THE .EW %NGLAND CITY 3O IT USUALLY TAKES AWHILE "UT NOT FOR THE BAND 3ATURDAY AT .INE WHICH WAS ABLE TO LAND A GIG AT ,UPO S IN ITS lRST YEAR 3ATURDAY AT .INE WITH "RIAN 6ENDITELLI ON SAXOPHONE -ARK 'OULD ON GUITARS AND VOCALS DRUMMER !LEX ,ACROIX TROM BONE PLAYER *OSH "ANNON AND BASSIST 3TEVE &ASSBENDER PLAYED AT THE 7HITE .OISE #OMPILATION #$ RELEASE PARTY AT ,UPO S LAST $ECEMBER WITH A GROUP OF LO CAL BANDS THAT DREW ABOUT PEOPLE h! LOCAL BAND PLAYING AT ,U PO S IS A LOCAL BAND S DREAM v 'OULD SAID h4HAT S THE BIGGEST PLACE IN 0ROVIDENCE 9OU WORK HARD EVERY DAY TO GET THAT OP PORTUNITY )T S SOMETHING NOT A LOT OF BANDS GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO v 4HE PUNK SKA 3ATURDAY AT .INE BAND HAS A -IGHTY -IGHTY "OSSTONES "LINK TYPE FEEL h)T S A GENRE WHERE YOU DON T HAVE HAVE TO WEAR THE RIGHT CLOTHES OR WEAR GIRLY PANTS v 'OULD SAID h)T S PROBABLY THE LEAST CONFORMING STYLE OF MUSIC THERE IS 7E DON T DO WHAT IS JUST POPULAR 4HAT S WHAT SKA IS v 4HE BAND WHICH WAS STARTED AS A GARAGE BAND WITH 'OULD ,ACROIX AND "ANNON BEFORE 6ENDITELLI AND &ASSBENDER WERE ADDED PLAYED ITS lRST SHOW AT A
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"EANTOWN NATIVE LOVES WHAT HE IS DOING "Y )!. !"2%5 "OSTON BASED ROCK MUSICIAN #HAD 0ERRONE JUST LOVES MUSIC 7HETHER IT BE IN FRONT OF HUN DREDS IN .EW 9ORK #ITY OR IN FRONT OF IN A "OSTON NIGHTCLUB THE YEAR OLD FRONT MAN JUST WANTS TO KEEP PERFORMING h) DON T NECESSARILY HAVE A MES SAGE WHEN ) PERFORM BUT ) CER TAINLY SHOW THAT ) LOVE WHAT ) M DOING v SAID 0ERRONE WHO S BEEN PERFORMING LIVE GIGS NOW FOR OVER YEARS h)F IT S IN FRONT OF PEOPLE GREAT IF IT S IN FRONT OF FIVE THAT S FINE TOO ) JUST WANT TO SHOW PEOPLE THAT NUMBERS MEAN NOTH ING WHEN IT COMES TO PASSION v 7ITH THE RELEASE OF HIS SECOND ALBUM THIS PAST -AY h7AKEv IS COMPRISED OF SONGS ALL OF WHICH ARE ORIGINAL MATERIAL 4HE ,0 WAS RELEASED BY HIMSELF WITHOUT THE HELP OF A MAJOR RECORD LABEL h)T CAME OUT EXACTLY TWO YEARS AND A DAY FROM THE RELEASE OF MY
FIRST ALBUM h5SED TO $REAMv SO IT WAS GREAT TO GET ANOTHER RECORD OUT THERE v EXPLAINED A MODEST 0ERRONE h4HE RESPONSE HAS BEEN GREAT BUT IT S BEEN TOUGH TO TELL HOW THE SALES ARE GOING BECAUSE MY MUSIC IS AVAILABLE ALL OVER THE INTERNET SUCH AS -Y3PACE AND )TUNES v $UE TO AN INFLUX OF MUSIC DISTRI BUTION OVER THE INTERNET 0ERRONE FEELS THAT THERE IS NO NEED TO PUSH FOR AIR TIME ON THE RADIO WAVES h) M NOT PUSHING FOR RADIO TIME BECAUSE IT ISN T WHAT IT USED TO BE WITH THE INTERNET BEING WHAT IT IS AND ALLv HE SAID h!LL OF THESE AV ENUES ON THE INTERNET CAN EVEN HURT YOU SOMETIMES TOO BECAUSE IT CAN CREATE AN OVER ABUNDANCE AS OPPOSED TO JUST ONE OR TWO SITES CARRYING YOUR PRODUCT v /N *UNE 0ERRONE APPEARED ON THE h"ACKSTAGE WITH 3ARA %DWARDSv SHOW ON #OMCAST #. WHICH HE PERFORMED THREE CUTS OFF HIS LATEST ALBUM (E WAS GRATEFUL FOR THE OP
PORTUNITY h)T WAS REALLY NICE ) HAD DONE IT BEFORE AND THE REACTION WE GOT FROM DOING IT WAS FANTASTIC v HE SAID h7E PERFORMED @-ADISON @7ANTING -ORE AND @3INCE 9OU 4HEY RE OUR SINGLES IF YOU EVEN WANT TO CALL THEM THAT v .OW THAT THE ALBUM IS OUT THE "EANTOWN NATIVE WANTS TO HIT THE CLUBS AND TEST OUT HIS LATEST RELEAS ES WITH HIS AUDIENCE h) WANT TO GO OUT AND TEST THE WATERS AND SEE WHAT THE REACTIONS WILL BE TO MY NEW SONGS v SAID 0ER RONE h4HEN ONCE ) VE GOT A FEEL FOR HOW PEOPLE HAVE RECEIVED IT ) LL START GETTING ITCHY AGAIN TO GO BACK INTO THE RECORDING STUDIO v !LTHOUGH THE NAME OF THE GROUP IS NAMED AFTER HIMSELF 0ER RONE REALIZES THE IMPORTANCE OF HIS BAND MATES $ENNIS #ARROLL PIANO BACKING VOCALS 3TEVE "EL LEVILLE BASS MANDOLIN BACKING VOCALS -AX :EMANOVIC DRUMS AND "RIAN 0ACKER GUITAR ALL PLAY
PIVOTAL ROLES IN THE BAND S DISTINCT SOUND h4HEY RE ALL VERY IMPORTANT TO HOW WE SOUND 4HESE GUYS PLAYED ON THE MAJORITY OF MY LATEST RECORD SO WHAT YOU HEAR ON THE ALBUM IS WHAT YOU LL HEAR ON STAGE v HE DESCRIBED h7E HAVE A GREAT CORE GROUP HERE 7E REHEARSE TOGETHER PERFORM TOGETHER RECORD TOGETHER AND HASH OUT MUSIC TOGETHER IT S REALLY A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT v 0ERRONE DEFINES HIS STYLE OF MUSIC AS SINGER SONGWRITER BASED POP ROCK AND HAD AN INNUMERA BLE AMOUNT OF MUSICAL INFLUENCES GROWING UP h!NY AND EVERYTHING ) HEARD GROWING UP INSPIRED ME REALLY 7HETHER IT WAS MY MOTHER LISTEN ING TO SOME EASY LISTENING MUSIC WHILE SHE WAS CLEANING THE HOUSE OR MY FATHER LISTENING TO SOME "RUCE 3PRINGSTEEN ) STARTED LOV ING IT ALL v HE SAID h) GREW UP IN THE S SO ) M ALSO A SUCKER FOR A BAL LAD WITH A HOOKY CHORUS v
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WORKS VERY SCIENTIFICALLY AND HAS A REALLY GOOD TEAM OF PEOPLE WORK ING FOR HIM (E S A COOL GUY (E S VERY PERSONABLE v "UT "ENSON S WORK ALONE WAS NOT THE SOLE REASON THEIR DEBUT ALBUM WENT PLATINUM FOR SALES OF ONE MILLION COPIES 5NLIKE SOME BANDS THAT HAVE OTHER ARTISTS WRITE SONGS FOR THEM &LYLEAF WRITES ALL THEIR OWN MUSIC AND THEY DO SO AS A TEAM h-OSTLY IT IS A COLLABORATIVE EF FORT v SAID 3EALS h5SUALLY ,ACEY OR 3AMEER AND SOMETIMES MYSELF WILL HAVE AN IDEA FOR A SONG SORT OF A SEED OR A SKELETON 7E BRING IT TO THE GROUP AND THEY PUT THE MEAT ON THE BONES *AMES WILL ADD THIS OR *ARED WILL ADD THAT 7E TRY TO FIT IT TOGETHER )T STARTS OUT ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS BUT THE SONGS ARE WRITTEN AS A GROUP )T S A LITTLE OLD SCHOOL IN THAT WAY v 3EALS WHO GREW UP LISTENING TO ,ED :EPPELIN .IRVANA AND THE &OO &IGHTERS PRIDES &LYLEAF S ABILITY TO RESIST THE URGE TO MIMIC WHAT OTHER BANDS DID BEFORE &LY LEAF BECAME A GROUP 4HEY DO THEIR BEST TO KEEP THEIR MUSIC FRESH AND ORIGINAL AND DO NOT CITE JUST ONE SINGLE BAND THAT MOTIVATED THEM TO BECOME MUSICIANS h7E DON T HAVE ONE INFLUENCE THAT INSPIRED US TO DO IT AS A BAND v SAID 3EALS WHO CREDITS LEAD SINGER -OSLEY FOR GIVING THEIR YOUNGER FANS COURAGE h) VE BEEN ON 9OU 4UBE AND LOOKED UP @&LYLEAF AND ALL THESE KIDS MOSTLY GIRLS WILL PLAY OUR #$ AND RECORD THEM SELVES SINGING ALONG WITH THE #$ TO THE CAMERA )T REMINDS ME THAT WHAT WE DO DOES INFLUENCE PEOPLE AND A LOT OF LITTLE GIRLS LOOK UP TO ;-OSLEY= ) THINK THAT S REALLY IM PORTANT ,ACEY S A GOOD INFLUENCE BECAUSE SHE S NOT SELLING WHAT IS BEING SOLD TO CHILDREN THESE DAYS 3HE S NOT TRYING TO BE THIS @IT GIRL TYPE PERSON WHOSE VALUES ARE SELF PROPELLING 3HE STANDS FOR SOME THING MORE v -OSLEY AND THE REST OF &LYLEAF OPENLY INVITE THEIR FANS TO BE CON FIDENT HOPEFUL AND hFULLY ALIVE v 4HEY DO THIS BY NEVER FORGETTING THAT THEIR BIGGEST INFLUENCE IS 'OD h'OD GAVE US EVERYTHING WE HAVE AND IT S ENTWINED IN OUR NA TURE TO TRY TO TALK ABOUT (IM AND MAKE (IM KNOWN v SAID 3EALS )NTERESTINGLY ENOUGH THE NAME OF THEIR BAND EVEN IS A BIT SPIRI TUAL h) VE COME TO REALLY LIKE THE NAME BECAUSE A FLYLEAF IS A BLANK PAGE IN THE FRONT AND BACK OF A BOOK WHERE YOU SIGN YOUR DEDI CATION v 3EALS SAID h)F YOU LOOK AT YOUR LIFE LIKE A STORY THAT BLANK PAGE IS LIKE A MOMENT OF CLARITY
2)3).' 34!23 7ITH THEIR DEBUT ALBUM CERTIlED PLATINUM FOR SALES OF ONE MILLION COPIES &LYLEAF WILL HEADLINE THE )NSIDE /UT 3TAGE AT 3OULFEST ON &RIDAY !UGUST 4HE THREE DAY FESTIVAL WILL TAKE PLACE AT THE 'UNSTOCK -OUNTAIN 2ESORT IN 'ILFORD . ( BEFORE YOU ARE BORN AND AFTER YOU THING AND SHE JUST KIND OF READ IT THE LAST SIX SHOWS OF THE TOUR AND DIE )T S KIND OF YOUR MOMENT WITH OFF BUT OUR MANAGER LOVED IT v CAME HOME 3HE S GOING WELL 3HE 'OD A MOMENT THAT TOUCHES ETER !NOTHER BIG DECISION &LYLEAF HAS A DOCTOR IN 0ITTSBURG THAT S NITY v WAS RECENTLY FORCED TO MAKE WAS HELPING HER RE LEARN HOW TO USE 3EALS SAID THEY DECIDED TO CALL CANCELING THE LAST SIX SHOWS THEY HER VOICE A LITTLE BIT )T S NOT AN EASY THEMSELVES &LYLEAF AFTER THEY WERE WERE SCHEDULED TO PLAY ON THEIR THING TO GO THROUGH BUT ) THINK FORCED INTO CHANGING THEIR FORMER TOUR ALONGSIDE 3EETHER BECAUSE SHE S GOING TO BE ALRIGHT v NAME DUE TO A CEASE AND DESIST -OSLEY S VOCAL CORDS HAD BEEN 7HILE -OSLEY S VOCAL CORDS HEAL ORDER BOTHERING HER FOR QUITE SOME &LYLEAF IS KEEPING BUSY BY WRITING h/NE OF US SAW @FLYLEAF IN A DIC TIME SONGS FOR THEIR UPCOMING ALBUM TIONARY OR THESAURUS v SAID 3EALS h3HE WAS FEELING / + BECAUSE h7E VE GOT FIVE SONGS WRITTEN h7E HAD BEEN WRITING DOWN WORDS THEY GAVE HER A BUNCH OF STEROIDS v RIGHT NOW v SAID 3EALS h7E HAVE A INSTEAD OF PRACTICING &LYLEAF WAS SAID 3EALS h"UT SHE DIDN T WANT TO LONG WAY TO GO BUT IT WILL HOPEFUL THE LAST WORD ON THIS LIST OF WORDS RUN THE RISK OF DAMAGING HER VOICE LY BE READY BY THE FALL !S A BAND THAT ,ACEY READ TO OUR MANAGER WHEN SHE COULDN T FEEL SHE WAS WE RE MORE THAN READY TO GET SOME 7E DIDN T THINK IT WAS COOL OR ANY DOING IT 3O WE JUST OPTED OUT OF NEW SONGS OUT THERE v
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9OU WILL NOT BELIEVE IT WHEN YOU SEE THEM LIVE "Y '%/2'% !534). 7HEN PEOPLE SEE "EYOND "LONDE PERFORM FOR THE lRST TIME THEY USUALLY JUST STARE AT lRST BECAUSE THEY ARE SURPRISED AT HOW MUCH ENERGY A BAND THAT IS COMPRISED OF MEMBERS WHO ARE TO YEARS OLD HAS ON STAGE h) LIKE TO PUT ON A GOOD SHOW AND ) VE BEEN TOLD ) M CHAR ISMATIC AND IT S ENTERTAINING TO WATCH OUR BAND v "EYOND "LONDE LEAD SINGER ,ISA &IRDA SAID 7HILE THEY MAY BE OLDER &IRDA SAID THE MEMBERS OF HER BAND HAVE JUST AS MUCH ENERGY ON STAGE AS lVE YEAR OLDS "EYOND "LONDE WAS NOMINATED FOR A BEST LIVE ACT AWARD BY A REGIONAL MAGAZINE &IRDA LIKES THE ADRENALINE SHE GETS ON STAGE WHEN SHE PLAYS LIVE FOR AN AUDI ENCE h4HE HIGH THAT YOU GET PER FORMING ) WOULD SAY IS BETTER THAN ANY DRUG YOU COULD TAKE v &IRDA SAID "EYOND "LONDE HAD ITS ORI GINS IN BUT THE LINEUP OF &IRDA DRUMMER $ONNA #OM POS GUITARIST AND VOCALIST 7IL LIAM h3UECKYv 3UKEFORTH AND BASSIST 6INNY $ !GOSTINO WAS SOLIDIlED IN h) WANTED TO START MY OWN PROJECT DOING ORIGINAL MUSIC AND SEE HOW IT WOULD GO v &IRDA SAID OF WHY SHE FOUNDED THE BAND 7HILE "EYOND "LONDE HAS BE COME KNOWN FOR ITS LIVE PERFOR MANCES THE BAND ITSELF HAS ALSO ENJOYED OPENING UP FOR SUCH BIG NAMES AS *OAN *ETT $ANNY +LEIN *OHN "UTCHER !XIS *AMES -ONTGOMERY AND *OEY -OLLAND OF "AD &INGER "UT THE HIGHLIGHT FOR &IRDA HAD TO BE PERFORMING WITH !EROSMITH LEAD SINGER 3TE
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SAID IF SHE GOT ENOUGH REQUESTS SHE WOULD REPRINT THAT ALBUM WHICH WAS RELEASED IN h7E WOULD LOVE TO COME OUT WITH A LIVE #$ v &IRDA SAID h7E RE TRYING TO lND THE RIGHT VENUE TO RECORD IT IN v &IRDA WROTE ALL OF THE SONGS FOR h&AMOUS ,AST 7ORDSv AND THE OTHER BAND MEMBERS PUT TOGETHER SOME OF THE ARRANGE MENTS "UT RECENTLY SHE COMES UP WITH IDEAS FOR SONGS AND BRINGS THEM TO 3UKEFORTH WHO CO WRITES THEM WITH HER AND THEN THEY BRING THE SONGS TO THE
BAND h7E TRY TO WORK TOGETHER AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE v &IRDA SAID &IRDA DESCRIBES "EYOND "LONDE S ORIGINAL MUSIC AS A COMBINATION OF BLUES AND ROCK WITH A LOT OF BLUES INmUENCE h) THINK A LOT OF OUR ORIGINAL MUSIC HAS AN ECLECTIC SOUND TO IT v &IRDA SAID h9ES YOU RE GO ING TO RECOGNIZE IT AS A "EYOND "LONDE SONG BUT NOT ALL THE SONGS SOUND ALIKE v !T THEIR LIVE SHOWS "EYOND "LONDE PLAYS A LOT OF ORIGINAL MUSIC ON TOP OF COVER TUNES
FROM BANDS LIKE !EROSMITH ,ENNY +RAVITZ 4HE 2OLLING 3TONES .ICKLEBACK AND -AR SHALL 4UCKER &IRDA HAS BEEN PLAYING A VA RIETY OF INSTRUMENTS SINCE SHE WAS YEARS OLD h) VE BEEN DOING IT A LONG TIME AND PLAYING WITH A LOT OF BANDS ORIGINAL BANDS COVER BANDS WEDDING BANDS v &IRDA SAID &IRDA SAID SHE HAS A WIDE VARIETY OF INmUENCES 3HE LIKES OLDER BLUES AND SOUTHERN ROCK h) M AN @ S ROCKER SO ) GREW UP WITH A LOT OF 3TONES !ERO SMITH 6AN (ALEN @ S HAIR BANDS v &IRDA SAID &IRDA SAID THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS HAVE BEEN TOUGH FOR THE BAND AS THE BASSIST HAD TO BE REPLACED AND #OMPOS WAS DIAG NOSED WITH CANCER -ICK #OSTE HAS BEEN BEHIND THE DRUM SET WHILE #OMPOS HAS BEEN TREATED FOR CANCER &IRDA AND 3UKEFORTH ARE THE ONLY TWO ORIGINAL MEM BERS OF THE BAND IN THE CURRENT LINEUP &IRDA SAID THERE WOULD NOT BE A "EYOND "LONDE IF IT WAS NOT FOR #OMPOS h3HE WILL ALWAYS BE A HUGE PART OF "EYOND "LONDE v &IRDA SAID h7E VE HAD UPS AND DOWNS BUT WE RE HOLDING IT TOGETHER v &IRDA SAID 4HREE OF "EYOND "LONDE S MEMBERS ARE FROM 2HODE )S LAND &IRDA IS ORIGINALLY FROM &LORIDA BUT CURRENTLY RESIDES IN 2HODE )SLAND &IRDA SAID THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE HEARD OF "E YOND "LONDE BUT HAVE NEVER SEEN THE BAND PLAY 4HOSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO CATCH THE BAND LIVE CAN DO SO AT PLACES IN 2HODE )S LAND SUCH AS 2USTY S 4HE "EACH (OUSE AND .OSTALGIA "EYOND "LONDE ALSO PLAYS IN A LOT OF FES TIVALS AND BENElT CONCERTS
4HEY WON T CHEAT YOU OUT OF A GOOD TIME "Y *%33)#! "/4%,(/ !S THEIR NAME DIRECTLY SUGGESTS #HEATER 0INT IS A BAR BAND WHO REFERS TO THEMSELVES AS hAN IN DEPENDENT BREWER OF CHOICE ROCK MUSIC v 0LAYING MOSTLY IN THE "OSTON AREA #HEATER 0INT BRINGS A FROTHY BLEND OF MUSIC TO THEIR FANS h) WOULD SAY WE RE A COMBINATION OF A LOT OF THINGS v SAID ,AURAN / .EAL THE BAND S FOUNDER AND FEMALE VOCALIST WHO GOES BY THE NICKNAME h0ICKLES v h7E RE A LITTLE BIT OF POP A LITTLE BIT OF PUNK EVEN A LITTLE GARAGE 7E CALL OURSELVES @4HE 0INT FOR SHORT WHICH WE LIKE BETTER v $RAWING FROM BANDS LIKE 4HE 2EPLACEMENTS 4HE 0IXIES AND 3UPERCHUNK / .EAL ORIGINALLY FORMED THE BAND SEVERAL YEARS AGO WITH A FEMALE 0(/4/ "9 ,): ,).$%2 BASS PLAYER AND TWO MALES 4HESE DAYS / .EAL IS #(%!4%2 0).4 LEFT TO RIGHT $AN 7EDDLE DRUMS 4ODD 'ILES THE ONLY WOMAN BACKED BY THREE MEN BASS ,AURAN / .EAL GUITAR VOCALS AND -ARK 3IMON GUITAR
h,AURAN HAS BEEN AROUND SINCE THE BEGINNING SO YOU MIGHT SAY SHE S THE ONLY ORIGINAL MEMBER BUT ) VE BEEN IN THE BAND FOR ABOUT FIVE YEARS NOW v SAID -ARK 3IMON WHO SHARES GUITAR DUTIES WITH / .EAL h,AURAN AND ) DEFIANTLY SHARE THE RE SPONSIBILITIES FOR RHYTHM AND LEADS ) DON T THINK WE REALLY MAKE A DISTINCTION IN THIS BAND BUT WE DO COMPRISE THE DUAL GUITAR ATTACK OF @4HE 0INT / .EAL AND 3IMON MET THROUGH A MUTUAL FRIEND A PAL WHO ACTUALLY USED TO BE IN THE BAND h) WAS BUDDIES WITH SOMEONE WHO WAS IN THE BAND BEFORE ;ME= AND ) DO WEBSITES AND GRAPH IC DESIGN SO ) BUILT THEIR ORIGINAL WEBSITE v SAID 3IMON h4HEN ) JOINED THE BAND (OW OR WHY IT HAPPENED ) DON T KNOW BUT THAT S HOW IT WENT 3EE #(%!4%2
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/RIGINALLY STARTING OUT AS A TWO PIECE BAND ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO 4HE &EW IS NOW A SOLID QUARTET WHO SAYS THEY ARE A BAND THAT IS HARD TO DEFINE 4HEY RESIST BEING PIGEONHOLED INTO ANY GENRE OF MUSIC AND CALL THEMSELVES hA BAND THAT LOVES TO KEEP IT REAL v AND PLAYS MUSIC THAT IS hHONEST SINCERE AND TO THE POINT BUT ALSO FUN AND CATCHY v 7ITH THEIR POSI TIVE VIBE AND FUNKY GROOVE THEIR INNOVATIVE SOUND COMES FROM AN ECLECTIC MIX OF CLASSIC ROCK REGGAE AND -OTOWN INFUSED WITH SMALL BURSTS OF BLUES FOLK AND COUNTRY 'UITARIST AND SINGER +EVIN -AC+ ENZIE WHO OFTEN PLAYS ON A &END ER *AZZMASTER HIS FATHER MADE FOR HIM FIRST FORMED THE BAND IN COL LEGE WITH KEYBOARDIST AND SINGER :EKE 0ANITZ (OWEVER FOR THE LAST TWO AND A HALF YEARS FEMALE SINGER *AIME 2IOUX HAS BEEN THE FRONT PERSON FOR 4HE &EW h) WAS CLASSICALLY TRAINED IN OPERA FROM THE TIME ) WAS UNTIL AGE v SAID 2IOUX h) STUDIED MUSIC THEATRE AT THE (ARTT 3CHOOL OF -USIC IN #ONNECTICUT FOR A COU PLE YEARS BUT DECIDED THAT WASN T THE ROUTE ) WANTED TO GO ) ACTUALLY ENDED UP AT "ERKLEE WITH +EVIN AND THAT S HOW ) MEET :EKE v !S A THREESOME THEY PLAYED THEIR FIRST SHOW IN -ARCH BE FORE ADDING A DRUMMER 3HEAMUS 3HEPARD TO THE GROUP 0ANITZ AND 3HEPARD CREATE A STRONG RHYTHM SECTION ALMOST MAKING IT EASY TO MISS THE FACT THAT THEY DO NOT HAVE A BASS PLAYER h! LOT OF PEOPLE DON T EVEN NO TICE WE DON T HAVE ONE AND WE DON T THINK IT TAKES AWAY FROM US AT ALL v SAID -AC+ENZIE h) THINK IT MAKES US UNIQUE -OST BANDS HAVE A BASS PLAYER AND WE DON T )T GIVES US A DIFFERENT SOUND v h)T CREATES SPACE SO WE CAN ALL PLAY AROUND A LITTLE MORE WHEN WE WANT TO v AGREED 3HEPARD 0LAYING AROUND WITH MUSIC IS ACTUALLY ONE WAY THEY WRITE THEIR ORIGINAL MUSIC 4HEY INFLUENCE ONE ANOTHER WHILE PRACTICING h7E ALWAYS START OUT WITH A JAM v SAID -AC+ENZIE h)T MAY BE 3HEAMUS JUST MESSING AROUND WITH SOMETHING ON THE DRUMS AND THEN :EKE STARTS PLAYING SOME THING AND ) JUMP IN OR VICE VERSA v -AC+ENZIE AND 0ANITZ ARE 4HE &EW S SONGWRITERS AND THEY HAVE BEEN WRITING ALL THE MATERIAL TO GETHER SINCE THEY FIRST STARTED THE GROUP h-OST BANDS ARE FORTUNATE TO HAVE ONE GOOD SONGWRITER v SAID 0ANITZ h7E HAVE TWO v !LONG WITH HAVING MORE THAN ONE WRITER THEY ALSO HAVE MULTIPLE SINGERS
h) THINK IT S GREAT BECAUSE WE CAN DO A LOT OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF SONGS v SAID -AC+ENZIE h*AIME CAN KILL THE *ANIS AND !RETHA AND OTHER STUFF WE WOULDN T BE ABLE TO DO WITHOUT HER 4HEN ME AND :EKE CAN DO THE ROCK BLUESY TYPE SONGS v -AC+ENZIE ALSO FEELS HAVING SEVERAL SINGERS IS A BONUS BECAUSE IT ADDS A DIFFERENT DIMENSION TO THEIR SONGWRITING 4HEY CAN OFTEN WRITE MUSIC AND VOCALS AROUND A SPECIFIC SINGER 0ANITZ THINKS IT GIVES THEIR FANS A WIDER RANGE OF ENTERTAINMENT AND BIGGER VARIETY OF MUSICAL STYLES h7HEN WE RE PLAYING LIVE IT S RE ALLY GOOD BECAUSE WE CAN SWITCH OFF VOCALS v SAID 0ANITZ h3O IF WE RE PLAYING A LONGER SHOW THAT S THREE OR FOUR HOURS IT MEANS THE PEOPLE IN THE AUDIENCE AREN T HEARING THE SAME VOCAL 4HEY ARE GETTING THREE DIFFERENT ONES v $URING THOSE LONGER SHOWS THEY PERFORM MANY ORIGINALS AS WELL AS A GOOD AMOUNT OF COVER SONGS h"UT IF WE RE PLAYING FOR MINUTES OR AN HOUR WE DO PER CENT ORIGINALS v SAID 0ANITZ h7E LL ONLY DO ONE OR TWO COVERS v 7HEN PERFORMING THEIR OWN MATERIAL THEY FREQUENTLY PLAY SONGS FROM THEIR DEBUT ALBUM h3OUTH 3IDE OF 3OMEWHERE v AS WELL AS SONGS FROM THEIR RECENT RELEASE h-ORNING 3TATIC v 4HEY ALSO RIP THROUGH COVERS LIKE /TIS 2EDDING S h(ARD 4O (ANDLE v #REEDENCE #LEARWATER 2EVIV AL S h"AD -OON v "ONNIE 2AITT S h3OMETHING 4O 4ALK !BOUT v AS WELL AS IMPRESSIVE VERSIONS OF *ANIS *OPLIN S h0IECE OF -Y (EART v !RETHA &RANKLIN S h2ESPECT v AND AN OLD BLUES TUNE CALLED h0ARCH MENT &ARMS v WHICH -AC+ENZIE STARTS OFF ON A HARMONICA 2IOUX SHAKES A TAMBOURINE ON SOME SONGS AND RATTLES A MARACA ON OTH ERS WHILE SINGING AND DANCING ON STAGE 7HEN PLAYING VENUES WITH DANCE FLOORS 2IOUX EVEN GETS OFF THE STAGE AND DANCES WITH THE AU DIENCE h)F DEFINITELY HELPS TO ENGAGE A CROWD v SAID 3HEPARD h0LUS SHE LOOKS WAY BETTER DANCING UP THERE THAN WE DO v ADDED -C+ENZIE h3HE DEFINITELY CAN ENGAGE THE CROWD WELL v 7HEN THE AUDIENCE SEES 2IOUX AND THE REST OF THE GROUP HAVING A GOOD TIME IT ONLY MAKES THEM WANT TO GET UP AND DANCE ALONG WITH THE BAND 0ANITZ THINKS WITH OUT 2IOUX THEY WOULD BE COM PLETELY DIFFERENT h)T S NOT BECAUSE *AIME S A GIRL IT S WHAT SHE BRINGS AS A MUSICIAN v HE SAID 2IOUX BELIEVES SHE BRINGS HER ORGANIZATIONAL SKILLS TO THE BAND
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LOOK LIKE HIM v SAID $ESTROY h)F YOU RE THAT IN TOUCH WITH THE MUSIC THE WAY WE ARE IT S JUST GOING TO HAPPEN v 7HETHER IT COMES NATURALLY OR NOT THEY DO LOOK A WHOLE LOT LIKE ,ED :EPPELIN h7E DO SORT OF TAKE A CUE FROM OUR RESPECTIVE GUYS v SAID 0AYNES h7E DON T COPY IT TOTALLY *IMMY DID WEAR SUITS SO ) HAD A COUPLE MADE v 5NLIKE *IMMY S VELVET SUITS WHICH WERE DECORATED WITH DRAGONS 0AYNES ADORNS ONES WITH BUTTERm IES AND ANOTHER WITH STARS ALL AROUND THE BELLS OF HER PANTS h)T S FUN TO HAVE THOSE VISUAL CUES v SAID 0AYNES h4HE AUDI ENCE GETS INTO IT ) HAVE A NEW ONE IN THE WORKS v -C,ELLAN ALSO EMULATES THE LOOK 3HE POSES JUST LIKE 0LANT DID JUTTING OUT HER PELVIS AND PLACING HER HAND ON HER HIP WHILE SINGING WITH AN ALLURING AUTHORITY 3HE USUALLY WEARS LOW RISE JEANS A TAN SUEDE BELT AND A BELLY BARING SHIRT 3HE AND THE OTHER WOMEN GET SOME OF THEIR STAGE CLOTHES BETWEEN SHOWS IN VARIOUS CITIES h)T S A COMBINATION OF US HAV ING THINGS MADE AND US SCOUR ING THROUGH VINTAGE STORES WHEN WE RE ON TOUR v SAID -C,ELLAN h3OMETIMES IT MAY BE STUFF FROM THE S SOMETIMES ITS NOT 7E RE NOT TRYING TO COMPLETELY IMITATE OR COPY WHAT THEY WERE DOING BUT WE RE TRYING TO BRING OUT THE ESSENCE OF THAT ERA v 4HEY BRING OUT THE SPIRIT OF THE S BY CAPTURING THE STRONG SEXUAL VIBE THE MUSIC HAD AT 3EE ,%: :%00%,).
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3TITCHING THEMSELVES TOGETHER AND PREPARING THE FUTURE "Y *%33)#! "/4%,(/ &EMALE VOCALIST +RISTEN (UB BARD AND BASS PLAYER 2OBB .YE MET EACH OTHER JUST OVER A YEAR AGO VIA -Y3PACE BEFORE FORMING $EVIL !MONG THE 4AILORS h"ASICALLY ) WAS BORED AT WORK ONE DAY AND ) WAS ON -Y3PACE v SAID .YE h) STUMBLED UPON +RIS TEN S SOLO ACOUSTIC STUFF THAT SHE HAD DONE SO ) SHOT HER A MESSAGE AND ) WAS LIKE @(EY ) REALLY LIKE YOUR VOICE AND ) LIKE YOUR SONGS $O YOU NEED A BASS PLAYER BY ANY CHANCE 3HE SHOT ME A MESSAGE BACK SAYING @7ELL ) NEED A WHOLE BAND v (UBBARD WHO ALSO PLAYS PIANO IN ADDITION TO RHYTHM GUITAR HAS BEEN WRITING MUSIC SINCE SHE WAS YEARS OLD 4HE YEAR OLD CRED ITS *EWEL %VANESCENCE AND HER FA THER AS HER PRIMARY INFLUENCES h-Y DAD ACTUALLY PLAYED MUSIC HIS WHOLE LIFE SO THAT S PRETTY MUCH HOW ) GOT INTO MUSIC AND BEING INVOLVED IN IT v SHE SAID 4HE BAND S LEAD GUITARIST .ICK 4RUDEL ALSO CITES HIS FATHER AS A MAJOR INFLUENCE h-Y DAD SANG ALL THE TIME AND THEN ) PICKED UP GUITAR PROBABLY WHEN ) WAS IN TH OR TH GRADE v SAID 4RUDEL WHO WAS FORMERLY IN A BAND WITH .YE ABOUT SEVEN YEARS AGO h.ICK AND ) USED TO PLAY IN A BAND TOGETHER BACK IN v ADDED .YE h(E AND ) KIND OF WENT OUR SEPARATE WAYS FOR A WHILE BUT AT THE END OF !UGUST ; = THE THREE OF US GOT TOGETHER v !BOUT SIX MONTHS LATER DRUM MER %VAN 'IANOULIS JOINED THE BAND TO SOLIDIFY THE RHYTHM SEC TION AND COMPLETE THEM AS A FOUR PIECE BAND 4HE "OSTON BASED QUARTET FEELS THEY DO NOT REALLY FIT NEATLY INTO JUST ONE GENRE OF MUSIC 2ATHER THEY THINK THEIR STYLE COMES FROM THE WIDE VARIETY OF MUSIC THEY ALL LISTEN TO h!S FAR AS ) CAN TELL FROM ANYONE IN THE BAND NO ONE REALLY LIMITS WHAT THEY LISTEN TO WHICH IS GOOD v
SAID 'IANOULIS h) THINK ASKING US WHICH GENRE WE PLAY IS THE HARD EST QUESTION TO ANSWER BECAUSE IN A SENSE WE DON T REALLY LIMIT OUR SELVES TO WHAT WE RE GOING TO PLAY WE JUST KIND OF PLAY IT )T IS WHAT IT IS )T CHANGES FROM EVERY SONG )F PEOPLE WANT TO CALL US POP THEY CAN CALL US POP /R IF THEY WANT TO CALL US PROG ROCK THEY CAN CALL US THAT TOO v *UST AS THEY DO NOT WISH TO BE CATEGORIZED INTO A SPECIFIC STYLE OF MUSIC THEY ALSO DO NOT WANT TO BE PIGEONHOLED INTO BEING A COVER BAND h)T SEEMS IN THIS DAY AND AGE YOU CAN GET TRAPPED INTO DOING THE COVER BAND ROUTINE EVEN IF YOU RE PLAYING HALF ORIGINALS AND HALF COVERS v SAID .YE h! LOT OF CLUB OWNERS JUST WANT BANDS THERE FOR BACKGROUND NOISE 7E RE DEFINITELY TRYING TO PLAY SHOWS WHERE PEOPLE ARE COMING TO HEAR THE MUSIC v "ECAUSE OF THIS THEY LIKE PLAY ING IN PLACES THAT PROMOTE BANDS LIKE THEM 4HEY THINK HAVING A FE MALE IN THE MIX IS GOOD FOR THEM AS A WHOLE AND LETS THEIR AUDIENCE KNOW THEIR SHOW IS GOING TO BE NOTHING BUT A GOOD TIME h3OME OF THE CLUBS WE VE BEEN PLAYING IN ARE LOOKING FOR PEOPLE FRIENDLY BANDS v SAID 'IANOULIS h7ITH THE METAL BANDS ) WAS IN BEFORE ) D BE PLAYING IN SOME STRIP CLUB "UT NOW WITH A FEMALE SING ER PEOPLE KNOW IT S GOING TO BE A LITTLE LESS INVASIVE )T S A MORE MAR KETABLE PRODUCT v 4RUDEL AGREES WITH 'IANOULIS )N FACT 4RUDEL THINKS HAVING A WOMAN IN THE BAND HAS OPENED A LOT OF PEOPLES MINDS TO MUSIC INCLUDING HIS OWN BUDDIES h) HAVE FRIENDS WHO ARE SO PROUD OF ME FOR BEING IN A BAND WITH A FEMALE LEAD SINGER FOR SOME REA SON v HE SAID h&OR ME IT S NO REAL DIFFERENCE )T S JUST GOOD MUSIC +RISTEN S GOT A GREAT VOICE AND WE JUST DO IT v .YE ALSO FEELS HAVING A WOMAN IN THE BAND HELPS THEM LURE IN FANS BUT HE BELIEVES THEIR TALENT IS A KEY FACTOR AS FAR AS DRAWING IN A
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!T P M SHARP 6IXEN .EIL -ISTRESS -ARS .IKITA 3EIS AND 4AWNY ,EE TOOK THE STAGE AND ATTRACTED THE ATTENTION OF THE CROWD WITH THEIR FIERCE PRESENCE FOR CLOSE TO HOURS 'IRLS 'IRLS 'IRLS OPENED THE SHOW WITH THE #RUE S POPULAR STRIP CLUB ANTHEM OF THE SAME NAME THEN SUNK THEIR TEETH INTO 3EE ')2,3 ')2,3 ')2,3
SONG ABOUT SOME EXPLETIVE "UT ) DEFINITELY THINK WE ATTRACT GUYS TOO BECAUSE EVERYBODY S LOOKING FOR SOMETHING TO HOLD ON TO v (OWEVER HAVING AN ATTRACTIVE FEMALE ON STAGE IS ONLY PART OF WHAT MAKES THEM A GREAT BAND 4HEIR STRONG ABILITY TO WRITE MUSIC TOGETHER IS A MAIN FACTOR IN WHAT THEY THINK WILL MAKE THEM SUC CESSFUL h+RISTEN COMES UP WITH THE BASE IDEA FOR IT AND WE ALL COME IN AS A GROUP v 'IANOULIS SAID h&ROM THE GET GO +RISTEN HAD A TON OF ACOUSTIC SONGS v ADDED 4RUDEL h.OW WE RE GETTING TO THE POINT WHERE %VAN WILL COME UP WITH A BEAT 2OBB WILL COME UP WITH A BASS LINE ) LL COME UP WITH A GUITAR TRACK AND +RISTEN WILL HAVE WORDS WRITTEN !S FAR AS LYR
ICS +RISTEN COMES UP WITH THEM v &OR (UBBARD WRITING THE WORDS IS SIMPLY A WAY TO HAVE THEIR FANS RELATE TO THEM h,YRICALLY IT S SORT OF ABOUT BEING ANGRY AND GETTING OVER THINGS v SHE SAID h)T S ABOUT A LOT OF RELATIONSHIP STUFF v 4HEIR FOUR TRACK %0 h4AKE )T 0ERSONALLYv FEATURES SONGS CALLED h0URGATORY v @7ALK !WAY @7ATER )NTO 7INE AND @3YMPTOMS 4HAT &OLLOW )T WAS PRODUCED BY +EVIN &EDERICO AND RECORDED AT 4Y 3TU DIOS IN -ILFORD .EW (AMPSHIRE &OR NOW THEY ARE HAPPY WRITING SONGS TOGETHER PLAYING OUT AND KEEPING THEIR FINGERS CROSSED FOR A PROMISING CAREER IN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY h) LOVE THIS v SAID 4RUDEL h4HIS IS THE BEST THING ) VE EVER DONE WITH MY LIFE v
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"Y '%/2'% !534). !S THEY SIT AROUND A BIG TABLE FOR AN INTERVIEW WITH A WRITER #ANDACE "ROOKS JUST SITS BACK AND LETS A LOT OF THE OTHER MEMBERS OF HER BAND DO THE TALKING 3HE S THE LEAD SINGER AND THE BAND IS NAMED AFTER HER BUT SHE DOES NOT WANT THE SPOTLIGHT JUST SHINING ON HER 3HE WANTS TO GIVE CREDIT TO EVERYONE IN THE BAND FOR THE EXHILARATING PERFORMANCES THAT 4HE #ANDACE "ROOKS "AND GIVES EVERY NIGHT h-Y NAME IS THE BAND BUT ) LIKE TO GIVE MY FELLAS A VOICE v "ROOKS SAID h) LET THEM TALK OVER THE MIKES ) DON T WANT THE ATTENTION TO BE ON ME v 4HE #ANDACE "ROOKS "AND HAS BEEN GETTING SOME AIRPLAY ON 7(*9 2ADIO IN 0ROVI DENCE WITH ITS UPBEAT CATCHY SONG CALLED h"EAUTIFUL $ECEP TIONv OFF ITS ADDICTIVE h,IFE !F TER -Ev %0 h)T S ALMOST KIND OF PUNKY v SAID BASSIST !LLAN &URTADO OF THE SONG h) WOULD SAY THAT WAS OUR l RST TRUE ROCK SONG v "EFORE THIS ELECTRIC LINEUP WAS FORMED "ROOKS WAS PLAY ING ACOUSTIC GUITAR AND SINGING SOME GIGS "UT SHE WOULD EVEN TUALLY FORM A BAND WITH ELECTRIC GUITAR PLAYER .EAL #HISTOLINI DRUMMER "RIAN $ECOTEAUX AND BASSIST !LLAN &URTADO 4HE CURRENT LINEUP HAS BEEN TOGETHER FOR A YEAR 4HEY RE HEARSE IN THE BASEMENT OF THE HOUSE WHERE "ROOKS S MOTHER LIVES h"ASICALLY AS A BAND WE HAVE A REALLY GOOD THING GOING v "ROOKS SAID h7E HANG OUT OUTSIDE OF THE BAND 7E RE LIKE BEST FRIENDS 7E RE FRIENDS l RST AND BANDMATES SECOND 7HEN YOU COLLABORATE THAT HELPS TO HAVE THAT RESPECT v "EFORE #HISTOLINI JOINED THE BAND THEY WERE GETTING A FEW GIGS HERE AND THERE "UT AFTER HE JOINED THE BAND THEY STARTED PLAYING OUT REGULARLY AT 0ROVI DENCE METRO CLUBS SUCH AS #LUB 'ALLERY AND -ARDI 'RAS AND RECORDED AN %0 4HE BAND PLAYS BOTH ORIGINAL MUSIC AND COVER TUNES "ROOKS SAYS THE SONGS MAY BE SAD SOMETIMES BUT SHE IS SMILING WHEN SHE IS SINGING THEM AND THE AUDIENCE IS TAPPING THEIR FEET h) WANT OUR ORIGINAL MUSIC TO BE SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE LIS TEN TO AND THEY IDENTIFY WITH v "ROOKS SAID h7E LOVE SHOWS WHEN PEOPLE ARE DANCING AND MOVING 7E JUST WANT TO BE A HOUSEHOLD NAME AND FOR PEO PLE TO LIKE US FOR WHO WE ARE v
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4HEY WILL START IN 0ENNSYLVANIA AND WORK THEIR WAY .ORTH TO WARD -AINE FOR DAYS "ROOKS WHO WENT TO #RANS TON 7EST (IGH 3CHOOL STARTED PLAYING GUITAR WHEN SHE WAS YEARS OLD h-Y BROTHER BROUGHT HOME A GUITAR AND TOLD ME NOT TO TOUCH IT SO ) DID v "ROOKS SAID "ROOKS TOOK SOME GUITAR LESSONS AND WHEN SHE WAS YEARS OLD STARTED TO PLAY AT OPEN MICS $ECOTEAUX STARTED PLAY ING DRUMS IN THE l FTH GRADE (E WAS IN SCHOOL BANDS GROW ING UP AND WHEN HE WAS A SE NIOR HIGH SCHOOL STARTING GET TING INTO ROCK BANDS &URTADO AND $ECOTEAUX HAD A MUTUAL FRIEND WHO PLAYED GUITAR 4HAT FRIEND HAD A GIRLFRIEND WHO PLAYED BASS 4HE FRIEND STOLE HIS GIRLFRIEND S BASS AND GAVE IT TO &URTADO TO TRY 7HEN THEY BROKE UP &URTADO HAD TO GET HIS OWN BASS &URTADO AND $E COTEAUX PLAYED IN A BAND TO GETHER THEIR SENIOR YEAR IN HIGH SCHOOL AND BOTH HAVE BEEN IN
OTHER BANDS AS SIT INS #HISTOLINI WHO WENT TO 7ESTl ELD (IGH 3CHOOL AND STUDIED PSYCHOLOGY AND BUSI NESS AT 0ROVIDENCE #OLLEGE STARTED PLAYING GUITAR AROUND THE AGE OF YEARS OLD "EFORE THAT TIME HE HAD PLAYED VIOLA AND &RENCH HORN (E PLAYED BASS FOR A BAND CALLED +ILL 3WITCH AND 'UAGE AND WAS ALSO IN A MOTOWN BAND h4HAT S HOW ) GOT MY STYLE v #HISTOLINI SAID h) M A RHYTHM l RST PLAYER AS OPPOSED TO AN ELECTRIC LEAD PLAYER v &URTADO SAID PEOPLE WILL TRY TO PIGEONHOLE WHAT THE BAND S MUSIC SOUNDS LIKE BECAUSE OF ITS FEMALE SINGER (E SAID THE BAND WANTS PEOPLE S OPINIONS ABOUT ITS MUSIC #HISTOLINI SAID THE MEMBERS OF THE BAND ARE ALL PRETTY VER SATILE MUSICIANS (E SAID THEIR MUSIC IS INm UENCED BY NEW WAVE INDE ROCK &URTADO LIKES JAM BANDS $ECOTEAUX LIKES CLASSICAL AND JAZZ BANDS #HIS TOLINI LIKES JAZZ AND NEW WAVE h) LISTEN TO ANYTHING AS LONG
AS IT HAS A GOOD BEAT AND A GOOD RHYTHM v "ROOKS SAID h) JUST LOVE MUSIC v 4HE INm UENCES OF THE BAND INCLUDE "EN &OLDS &IVE -USE ,IFEHOUSE AND SOME "RITISH BANDS h) THINK INDIVIDUALLY WE HAVE ALL DIFFERENT TASTES AS FAR AS WHAT WE LISTEN TO ON THE SIDE v "ROOKS SAID h7E ALL HAVE DIFFERENT INm UENCES BUT WE PLAY WELL TOGETHER v "ROOKS IS A CALL COUNSELOR FOR !!! &URTADO IS A TRACTOR TRAILER DRIVER #HISTOLINI PROCESSES CAR LOANS AND $ECOTEAUX IS A SU PERVISOR AT AN INVENTORY COM PANY AND IS A COLLEGE STUDENT "ROOKS SAID THEY TAKE THEIR MUSIC VERY SERIOUSLY 3HE SAID IT IS A hWORK l RST PLAY LATERv AP PROACH "ROOKS SAID THE BAND IS NOT ASPIRING TO BE ON -46 #OURTNEY #OSTA SAYS SHE DOES NOT MISS A SHOW FROM 4HE #ANDACE "ROOKS "AND h) M A &ALL 2IVER HIP HOP GIRL AND ) LOVE HER v #OSTA SAID OF "ROOKS h(ER MUSIC IS SICK )T MAKES YOU WANT TO MOSH v
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3HRYNE PLAYS MOSTLY ORIGINAL MUSIC WITH SOME COVER TUNES THROWN IN h) DESCRIBE IT AS LATE @ S STYLE POP ROCK WITH ENOUGH OF TODAY S SENSIBILITY TO BE VERY LISTENABLE TO THE MODERN EAR v "RENNAN SAID "ACK IN "RENNAN WANT ED TO START A BAND AND HAD TWO GROUPS OF FRIENDS WHO WERE IN TERESTED #RUZ 3HARP AND .ICK / .EILL BECAME PART OF THE LINE UP WITH "RENNAN AT THAT TIME "RENNAN SAID THOSE MUSICIANS CLICKED IMMEDIATELY "UT IN &EBRUARY OF
"RENNAN WAS GOING WITH / .EILL TO A 'REAT 7HITE CONCERT AT 4HE 3TATION NIGHTCLUB / .EILL WAS ONE OF THE PEOPLE WHO DID NOT MAKE IT OUT OF 4HE 3TATION THAT NIGHT WHEN THE NIGHTCLUB CAUGHT lRE "RENNAN WROTE A SONG CALLED h4HE (ERE AND 4HE .OWv ABOUT WHAT HE WAS GOING TO DO AFTER 4HE 3TATION lRE TRAG EDY h4HE REFRAIN OF THE SONG IS SPEAKING PRETTY MUCH TO .ICK ASKING ME HOW TO BE AT THIS POINT AND WHAT TO DO NOW THAT HE IS NOT HERE ANYMORE v "REN NAN SAID
"RENNAN SAID THE BAND TOOK A YEAR AND A HALF OFF TO TRY TO GET THINGS BACK TOGETHER AGAIN AFTER / .EILL DIED ! YEAR AND A HALF LATER 4IRRELL CAME INTO 3HRYNE 4HE BAND WENT ON FOR TWO YEARS WITH THAT LINEUP 3HARP WAS THE RHYTHM GUITARIST AND "REN NAN WAS THE LEAD GUITARIST ! LITTLE OVER A YEAR AGO -ATTERA WAS BROUGHT ON BOARD AND THIS GROUP OF MUSICIANS FOR 3HRYNE SEEMS TO BE WORKING TOGETHER VERY WELL h7E VE HAD LIKE THE BEST CHEMISTRY WE VE EVER HAD BASI CALLY v "RENNAN SAID
#RUZ SAID THE BAND HAS MU SICAL DIVERSITY "RENNAN LIKES +ELTIC ROCK -ATTERA LIKES A LOT OF INDEPENDENT MUSIC #RUZ LIKES BANDS WITH DIFFERENT TIME SIGNATURES LIKE $REAM 4HEATER 3HARP GOES FOR #AT 3TEVENS AND *AMES 4AYLOR AND 4IRRELL IS INTO &LEETWOOD -AC h7E ALL KIND OF PULL IN TOGETH ER A DIFFERENT COLLECTION OF INmU ENCES v 4IRRELL SAID h)T S PRETTY INTERESTING v 3HRYNE HAS BEEN PLAYING SHOWS AROUND SOUTHEASTERN -ASSACHUSETTS AND 0ROVIDENCE 2 ) #RUZ WHO WORKS IN RETAIL SER VICE SAID A HUGE LOAD IS TAKEN OFF HIS CHEST WHEN HE COMES TO PRACTICE WITH 3HRYNE (E HAS BEEN A PERCUSSIONIST FOR YEARS SINCE HE WAS EIGHT YEARS OLD h4HIS IS WHAT ) WANT TO MAKE INTO MY CAREER v #RUZ SAID h)F MUSIC IS INVOLVED ) M THERE v 4HE NAME OF THE BAND CAME FROM #RUZ S COUSIN 3HRYNE USED TO BE CALLED &ORGOTTEN "LISS WHICH LATER BECAME ONE OF 3HRYNE S SONGS 4HE MEMBERS OF THE BAND HAVE SOME DIVERSE INTERESTS AND BACKGROUNDS 3HARP PLAYS lFE AND DRUM MUSIC 4IRRELL IS CLASSICALLY TRAINED IN PIANO AND VOICE "RENNAN HAS PERFORMED IN THE THEATER -ATTERA WHO IS THE NEWEST AND YOUNGEST MEM BER OF THE BAND JUST WRITES SONGS ALL DAY h7HEN HE CAME TO THE BAND IT KIND OF GAVE US THE SPARK WE HAD YEARS AGO WITH THE BAND v "RENNAN SAID OF -ATTERA h)T FELT REALLY GOOD v
AS SHE GOT READY TO TAKE PICTURES 3HE TOOK PHOTOGRAPHS OF THAT SHOW NOT FOR A PUBLICATION BUT FOR HERSELF h4O ME THAT WAS A BIG WAY FOR ME TO PROVE TO MYSELF THAT THIS WAS DEFINITELY SOMETHING ) COULD DO v 0IERSON RECALLED RECENTLY 0IERSON SAID SOME OF HER FA VORITE BANDS TO PHOTOGRAPH HAVE BEEN 6ELVET 2EVOLVER AND +ORN 3HE WAS EXCITED ABOUT TAKING PIC TURES OF 3COTT 7EILAND AND 3LASH 3HE IS LOOKING FORWARD TO PHOTO GRAPHING SOME OF THE OLDER BANDS THAT ARE COMING BACK h%VERY SHOW ) SHOOT GIVES ME AN ADRENALINE RUSH WHETHER IT S A LOCAL BAND PLAYING IN FRONT OF PEOPLE TO A VENUE WITH PEOPLE v 0IERSON SAID h%ACH SHOW IS UNIQUE IN IT S OWN WAY v 0IERSON SAID SHE HAS MET SOME GREAT PEOPLE AND SOME NOT SO GREAT PEOPLE DURING HER TIME AS A
MUSIC PHOTOGRAPHER h) GUESS ) COULD SAY ) VE ALWAYS BEEN AMBITIOUS ANYWAY v 0IERSON SAID h4HE ONLY WAY A PERSON CAN FAIL IS IF THEY GIVE UP AND DON T TRY IT )T YOU DEVOTE YOURSELF YOU CAN DO WHATEVER YOU WANT TO DO v 0IERSON SAID SHE WAS A hGRUNGE CHICKv GROWING UP 3HE LISTENED TO !LICE IN #HAINS 3OUNDGARDEN AND 0EARL *AM 3HE SAID OUT OF THOSE BANDS SHE WOULD HAVE LIKED TO HAVE PHOTOGRAPHED THE LATE ,AYNE 3TALEY FROM !LICE IN #HAINS 3HE WAS LOOKING FORWARD TO TAKING PIC TURES OF THE 3TONE 4EMPLE 0ILOTS AND &ILTER TWO BANDS SHE GREW UP LISTENING TO THIS SUMMER h&OR ME ) DIDN T KNOW ) WAS GOING TO BE DOING THIS OR YEARS AGO SO FOR ME THAT S GOING TO BE REALLY EXCITING v 0IERSON SAID "EFORE BECOMING A PHOTOGRA PHER 0IERSON WORKED AS A HAIR STYLIST AND IN HEALTH CARE /N TOP
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GERS IN A SILHOUETTE BACKSTAGE OF 4HE 3TATION BENEFIT CONCERT 3HE CAUGHT *OHN -OYER OF $ISTURBED SPITTING WATER OUT ON STAGE DURING A CONCERT AT THE $UNKIN $ONUTS #ENTER IN 0ROVIDENCE h) VE BEEN TOLD BY SOME PEOPLE THAT ) CAPTURED THEIR SOUL THROUGH THE EYES OR A SPECIAL MOMENT v 0IERSON SAID h3OMEONE TOLD ME THAT A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO !ND IT ONLY TAKES ONE SHOT v "ANDS DON T POSE FOR THE CAM ERA AT CONCERTS SO 0IERSON SAID SHE ALWAYS HAS TO HAVE HER CAMERA READY AND NEVER HAS HER BACK TO THE STAGE h4HE BEST PART OF IT IS ) LIKE THE ADRENALINE RUSH ) GET WHEN ) SHOOT v 0IERSON SAID h7HAT MAKES ME FEEL THE BEST AFTER IS IF ) GET THAT GOOD RESPONSE FROM THE FANS WHO ENJOY THE PICTURES OR IF ) HAVE AN ARTIST CONTACT ME AND SAY ) LIKE THE PICTURES v
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FUTURE TO BE MORE LIKE THE CURRENT )RON -AIDEN LINEUP ESPECIALLY IF THE TRIBUTE BAND DECIDES TO DO MORE NEW MATERIAL h.OW IT WORKS WITH TWO GUITARS AND IT HAS THE REALLY CLASSIC SOUND v (ENNEMUTH SAID (ENNEMUTH SAID "EAST /VER "OSTON HAS BEEN TRYING TO GET )RON -AIDEN S SOUND DOWN AND WEARS THE BANDANAS AND SLEEVELESS SHIRTS (E SAID THE BAND HAS BEEN WORKING ON USING SIMILAR TYPE LIGHTS AND SMOKE THAT THE ORIGINAL BAND USES (ENNEMUTH LIVES IN 7ALTHAM AND THE OTHER MEMBERS OF THE BAND LIVE AROUND "OSTON 4HEY REHEARSE AT !LVAREZ S STUDIO IN THE BASEMENT OF HIS HOME IN (YDE 0ARK (ENNEMUTH SAID "EAST /VER "OSTON HAS PLAYED SEVEN OR EIGHT SHOWS (ENNEMUTH SAID ALREADY HAV ING SONGS TO PLAY MAKES IT EASIER TO PUT TOGETHER A TRIBUTE BAND THAN AN ORIGINAL BAND "UT HE SAID "EAST /VER "OSTON COULD EVOLVE INTO A BAND THAT PLAYS ORIGINAL MUSIC (ENNEMUTH USED TO SING IN OTHER BANDS AND HE SAID THE OTHER MEM BERS OF "EAST /VER "OSTON HAVE PLAYED IN OTHER BANDS (ENNEMUTH HAS BEEN PLAYING GUITAR FOR YEARS (E BOUGHT HIS FIRST GUITAR OFF SOMEONE HE WORKED WITH IN A RESTAURANT h) NEVER TOOK ANY GUITAR LES SONS v (ENNEMUTH SAID h7HEN ) WAS REALLY YOUNG ) TOOK PIANO LES SONS BUT ) DIDN T LIKE WHAT IT FELT LIKE v
! QUESTION AND ANSWER SESSION WITH .IGHTRAIN BAND RATHER THAN FORM A BAND THAT CREATES ORIGINAL MATERIAL 'UNN VOCALS 7ELL ) PERSONALLY THOUGHT SINGING FOR A 'UNS . 2OSES TRIBUTE BAND COULD GARNER ME A LOT OF ATTENTION IF ) COULD DO IT WELL .OT A LOT OF PEOPLE CAN SING PE RIOD NEVER MIND IMITATING !XL ) WAS FOR TUNATE ENOUGH TO HAVE HAD A GREAT VOCAL TEACHER EARLY ON THAT TAUGHT ME HOW TO RELAX AND NAIL THAT UPPER REGISTER 0LUS 'UNS . 2OSES HAS A HUGE FOLLOWING AND THERE SEEMED TO BE A MARKET FOR IT 3MASH /NE DAY AFTER DOING THIS FOR QUITE ,- 7HY DID YOU DECIDE TO FORM THE A WHILE ) LL INCORPORATE SOME ORIGINAL STUFF INTO THIS BAND BAND 3MASH ) VE BEEN STUDYING 'UNS . 2OSES AND ESPECIALLY 3LASH SINCE ) HAVE BEEN ,- (AS ANY MEMBERS OF .IGHTRAIN BEEN DUPLICATING THE MUSIC EVER SO CLOSE TO THE IN OTHER TRIBUTE BANDS OR ORIGINAL BANDS BE REAL THING )T S A LOT OF FUN .OT ONLY LISTENING FORE TO THE MUSIC AND FIGURING OUT HOW TO PLAY "UFF BASS 9ES SEVERAL ORIGINAL BANDS IT BUT ALSO WATCHING COUNTLESS LIVE PERFOR PROJECTS 4HIS IS MY FIRST TRIBUTE BAND MANCES AND REALLY SPENDING THE TIME TO THOUGH 3MASH ) WAS IN A -ETALLICA TRIBUTE BAND WATCH (/7 HE PLAYS THE SONGS )T S A LOT OF FUN BEING IN THIS TRIBUTE TO ONE OF THE BEST SEVERAL YEARS AGO 9ES ) GO AFTER THE HARD STUFF BANDS OF ALL TIME 'UNS . & . 2OSES
,IMELIGHT -AGAZINE ,- (OW LONG HAS .IGHTRAIN BEEN TOGETHER 3MASH GUITAR &UNNY YOU ASK ) STARTED THE BAND IN 3INCE THEN ) HAVE AUDI TIONED AND WORKED WITH COUNTLESS NUM BERS OF PEOPLE 4HE THING THAT MAKES MY JOB TOUGH IS THAT THE NAME 'UNS . 2OSES IS SO POPULAR THAT IT ATTRACTS WAY TOO MANY PEO PLE FOR AUDITIONS SO YOU HAVE TO WEED OUT THE WEAKLINGS MORE OF THE TIME THAN YOU GET TO ACTUALLY JAM "UT THIS VERSION OF THE BAND HAS BEEN AROUND ABOUT A YEAR NOW
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"AND LOOKS AND SOUNDS LIKE :: 4OP "Y '%/2'% !534). 7HEN +EN ,IOTTI WENT TO A :: 4OP CONCERT FOR THE lRST TIME AT THE "EACON 4HEATRE IN .EW 9ORK HE HAD SEATS IN THE FRONT ROW (E HAD SEEN CONCERTS FROM OTHER BANDS LIKE 6AN (ALEN WHO HE SAID COULD NOT MATCH THE SIMPLICITY STYLE GRACE AND BIG SOUND OF :: 4OP 7HAT HE SAW IN FRONT OF HIM THAT NIGHT INSPIRED HIM SO MUCH THAT HE DECIDED TO START A TRIBUTE BAND TO THE VETERAN ROCKERS h) WAS SO BLOWN AWAY THAT ) JUST THOUGHT IT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA TO DO IT AND IT S TAKEN OFF v ,IOTTI SAID OF HIS BAND WHICH IS CALLED #HEAP 3UNGLASSE:: #HEAP 3UNGLASSE:: NOT ONLY SOUNDS LIKE :: 4OP BUT THEY ALSO GO FOR THE LOOK LONG BEARDS AND ALL COSTUMES AND CHOREO GRAPHED MOVES OF THE 4EXAS HARD ROCK BAND WHICH IS ONE OF THE FEW BANDS THAT HAS HAD THE SAME ORIGINAL LINEUP FOR ABOUT YEARS "UT EVERYTHING IS NOT EXACTLY THE SAME h7E DO IT IN THE SPIRIT OF :: 4OP v ,IOTTI SAID h7E ARE A TRIB UTE BUT WE PUT OUR OWN STAMP ON IT AS WELL v ,IOTTI WENT TO THAT lRST :: 4OP CONCERT IN .EW 9ORK WITH HIS BASS PLAYER $EREK $AVID SON WHO WAS INSPIRED BY $USTY (ILL 4HE TWO OF THEM FORMED #HEAP 3UNGLASSE:: 4HEY PUT AN ADVERTISEMENT IN THE NEWS PAPER LOOKING FOR A DRUMMER )N THE AD THEY SAID THEY WERE
LOOKING FOR A &RANK "EARD REFER RING TO THE DRUMMER FROM :: 4OP 4HEY GOT $ARRO h3PARKIEv 3ANDLER TO BE THEIR DRUMMER AND PERCUSSIONIST AND "RYAN :IEGLER TO PLAY GUITAR AND SING VOCALS ,IOTTI WHO PLAYS GUITAR AND SINGS VOCALS ALSO DID SOME RE SEARCH INTO THE TYPE OF EQUIP MENT THAT :: 4OP USES TO PLAY ITS MUSIC (E HAS AN AMPLI lER CALLED h4HE /RANGE #RUSHv WHICH IS ONE OF ONLY ABOUT IN THE WORLD (E HAS A GUITAR IN THE SHAPE OF THE MAP OF THE 5NITED 3TATES 4HERE IS A GREEN SEE THROUGH ACRYLIC GUITAR (E ALSO OWNS ONE OF GUITARS CALLED h4HE *OKERv WHICH IS LI CENSED BY $ # #OMICS (E HITS A NOTE AND THE GUITAR LAUGHS LIKE 4HE *OKER IN "ATMAN h) M A VINYL COLLECTOR v ,IOTTI SAID h) HAVE THE ENTIRE :: 4OP COLLECTION ON VINYL AND ) COLLECT GUITARS TOO LIKE "ILLY 'IBBONS v #HEAP 3UNGLASSE:: HAS BEEN PLAYING OUT FOR TWO YEARS ,I OTTI SAID THERE ARE NOT MANY :: 4OP TRIBUTE BANDS LIKE #HEAP 3UNGLASSE:: IN THE AREA SO THE BAND GETS GIGS PRETTY EASILY 4HEY HAVE PLAYED AT THE " " +ING #LUB IN .EW 9ORK AND HEADLINED THE -YRTLE "EACH BIKER FESTIVAL CALLED h3UCK "ANG "LOW v "Y TRADE ,IOTTI IS A DIRECTOR (E WROTE A MOVIE CALLED h4HE 7AITING 'AME v (E IS A TEACHER IN THE lLM SCHOOL OF .EW 9ORK 5NIVERSITY
"Y )!. !"2%5 -OST TRIBUTE BANDS PRIDE THEM SELVES ON PERFORMING THE HITS OF THAT PARTICULAR BAND &OR LACK 3AB BATH THAT S NOT SO MUCH THE CASE )NSTEAD OF PUSHING THE SAME OLD hRADIO FRIENDLYv HITS DOWN THE THROATS OF THEIR AUDIENCE THEY CONCENTRATE MUCH OF THEIR PLAY LIST ON THE LESSER KNOWN SONGS OF "LACK 3ABBATH WHICH RECEIVE LITTLE TO NO AIRPLAY h7HEN YOU TALK TO MANY PEOPLE WHO CONSIDER THEMSELVES @CLASSIC ROCK FANS THEY DON T KNOW MUCH OF "LACK 3ABBATH S CATALOG OTHER THAN THE HITS 4HAT S WHY WE RE HERE v SAID THE GROUP S CO FOUNDER AND DRUMMER 4HOMAS +EDDY WHO HANDLES THE ROLE OF "ILL 7ARD WHILE ON STAGE h9OU NEVER SEE TRIBUTE BANDS COVERING MORE OBSCURE ACTS LIKE 3ABBATH AND IF THEY DO THEY ONLY PLAY THE SAME OLD SONGS LIKE @)RON -AN AND @0ARANOID 7HEN YOU LOOK AT THE HISTORY OF ROCK N ROLL IT S AMAZING AS TO HOW UNDERRATED THIS BAND REALLY IS v &ORMED IN /CT LACK 3AB BATH S MAIN AUDIENCE HAS ODDLY ENOUGH BEEN THE YOUNGER CROWD NOT THE MIDDLE AGED DEMOGRAPH IC WHO GREW UP LISTENING TO THE VOCALS OF /ZZY /SBOURNE AND THE RIFFS OF 4ONY )OMMI BACK IN THE S h4HE PEOPLE WHO COME TO OUR SHOWS ARE YOUNG PROBABLY IN THEIR LATE TEENS OR EARLY S v SAID +EDDY WHO RESIDES IN #HELMS FORD -ASS h) THINK IT S BECAUSE /ZZY IS STILL SUCH A HUGE NAME WITH THE YOUNGER GENERATION 4HE SHOW HE USED TO HAVE ON -46 CERTAINLY HELPED IN HIS POPULAR ITY AND OF COURSE HAVING /ZZFEST COME AROUND HERE LOCALLY EVERY YEAR PLAYS A HUGE FACTOR v 4HE GROUP S PASSION FOR "LACK 3ABBATH S PARTICULAR BRAND OF HEAVY METAL IS WHAT NOT ONLY MO TIVATES THE MEMBERS OF LACK 3AB BATH BUT HUMBLES THEM TO STRIVE FOR EXCELLENCE AS WELL h7E ALL LOVE 3ABBATH SO MUCH AND BECAUSE WE RE SO PASSIONATE WE OFTEN FIND OURSELVES SITTING
,!#+ 3!""!4( LEFT TO RIGHT %MMANUEL /RDING AS 'EEZER "UT LER BASS $AVID "AUMAN AS 4ONY )OMMI GUITAR 4HOM +EDDY AS "ILL 7ARD DRUMS AND 3AM 0ITINO AS /ZZY /SBOURNE VOCALS HERE ASKING OURSELVES HOW WE STILL DO THIS BETTER SO WE CAN SOUND AS CLOSE TO THE REAL THING AS POSSIBLE v EXPLAINED +EDDY h7E JUST WANT TO KEEP DOING THIS TRIBUTE THING IT S FUN AND THAT S WHAT WE RE ALL ABOUT HAVING A GOOD TIME v %MMANUEL /RDING OF 7ALTHAM -ASS IS LACK 3ABBATH S BASSIST AND HAS THE FORMIDABLE TASK OF MODEL ING HIMSELF AFTER LEGENDARY BASSIST 'EEZER "UTLER h(E HAS SUCH GREAT EARS AND AN AMAZING DEDICATION TOWARDS THIS BAND v SAID +EDDY OF /RDING h(E HAS EVERY NUANCE OF 'EEZER DOWN AND CAN MAKE REALLY HARD SONGS LIKE @3UPERNAUT SEEM EASY v $AVID "OUMAN OF $EDHAM -ASS WHO PLAYS THE PART OF GENRE DEFINING GUITARIST 4ONY )OMMI HAS
BEEN PLAYING THESE TUNES FOR WELL OVER YEARS h(E S BEEN DOING ALL THESE GREAT 3ABBATH SONGS FOR YEARS AND HE S GOT THEM DOWN TO A SCIENCE v DESCRIBED +EDDY h)T S AMAZING TO SEE HIM AT WORK (E S GOT ALL THE IDIOSYNCRASIES OF )OMMI S SOLOS COPIED TO A TEE v 4HE GROUP IS LASTLY ROUNDED OUT BY VOCALIST AND !CTON -ASS NA TIVE 3AM 0ITINO WHO MIGHT HAVE THE MOST DIFFICULT TASK OF ALL TRY ING TO MATCH NOT ONLY /SBOURNE S WIDE VOCAL RANGE BUT ALSO HIS OVERALL PERSONA ON STAGE h&OR THE MOST PART HE S PRETTY CLOSE TO /ZZY VOCALLY v SAID +EDDY h)T S A MAJOR CHALLENGE TO PLAY HIM ON STAGE AND HE S BEEN STEPPING UP WITH A STRONG WORK ETHIC v
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&INALLY A BAND THAT PAYS TRIBUTE TO 4HE "AND "Y '%/2'% !534). 7HILE 4HE "AND HAD SOME VERY WELL KNOWN MUSICIANS AS SOCIATED WITH IT THERE HAVE NOT BEEN A LOT OF TRIBUTE BANDS DEDICATED TO THE GROUP "UT LAST YEAR A TRIBUTE BAND WAS STARTED IN 2OCKLAND #OUNTY . 9 CALLED 4HE "AND "AND 7HEN THAT BAND lRST FORMED THE MEM BERS WERE JUST GOING TO PLAY AT A PARTY AND A FEW GIGS AND HAD NO INTENTION OF PLAYING REGULARLY "UT THE TRIBUTE BAND CAUGHT ON AND STARTED BOOKING SHOWS ALL OVER (UDSON 6ALLEY 7ITH THE ORIGINAL BAND NOT HAVING DONE ANYTHING IN NINE YEARS AND NOT MANY TRIBUTE BANDS AROUND IT SEEMED THERE WAS A HUNGER FOR THE MUSIC OF 4HE "AND WHICH AT ONE TIME WAS ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR GROUPS IN THE WORLD h) VE FOUND THERE S BEEN A MARKET FOR IT v 'ARY 3OLOMON BASS PLAYER FOR 4HE "AND "AND SAID h4HE "AND FANS HAVE BEEN COMING OUT OF THE WOODWORK TO HEAR THIS STUFF WHICH IS GREAT FOR US v 3OLOMON HAS BEEN A FAN OF 4HE "AND SINCE HE WAS A TEEN AGER (E PLAYED IN A NUMBER OF BANDS WITH *ACK +RAFT WHO WAS ALSO A FAN OF 4HE "AND 4HEY WERE MESSING AROUND IN A BASE MENT WITH SOME SONGS FROM 4HE "AND AND DECIDED TO PUT A TRIB UTE BAND TOGETHER 4HEY KNEW SOME SONGS FROM 4HE "AND BUT STARTED TO STUDY THE GROUP MORE 3OLOMON SAID 4HE "AND "AND
CLICKED FROM THE lRST REHEARSAL 4HE OTHER MEMBERS OF 4HE "AND "AND INCLUDE -IKE #ORBIN ON GUITAR 0AT *ONES ON GUITAR AND 6INNY .ICOSIA ON DRUMS 3OLOMON SAID THE BAND HAD hA UNIQUE THINGv WITH MUSI CIANS WHO COMPLEMENTED EACH OTHER SO WELL (E SAID THEY WERE MUSICAL GENIUSES ESPECIALLY 'ARTH (UDSON (E SAID +RAFT REALLY UNDERSTANDS (UDSON S STYLE 4HE BASS PLAYER IN THE BAND WAS VERY ORIGINAL AND UNIQUE AND WAS THE ENGINE FOR 4HE "AND 2OBBIE 2OBERTSON A GUITAR PLAYER AND PIANIST FOR 4HE "AND LAID LOW IN THE BAND AND THE PIANO PLAYER TIED IT TOGETHER 3OLOMON SAID HE NEEDED SOME GOOD MUSICIANS TO REPLICATE 4HE "AND S SOUND h)T S DECEPTIVELY COMPLEX v 3OLOMON SAID OF 4HE "AND S MU SIC h)T WAS REALLY QUITE INTRICATE AND TAKES A LOT OF STUDYING AND LISTENING AND PAYING ATTENTION TO DETAILS WITH THEM v 4HE "AND HAD THREE LEAD SINGERS WITH DIFFERENT VOICES BUT 3OLOMON SAID THEY BLENDED WELL h6OCALLY WE ALL SING v 3OLO MON SAID OF THE TRIBUTE BAND MEMBERS h4HE "AND HAD THREE SINGERS 7E HAVE lVE 4HEIR VO CALS ARE A TALL ORDER TO COVER BUT WE DO IT v 3OLOMON SAID THE ORIGINAL MEMBERS OF 4HE "AND PLAYED A DOZEN INSTRUMENTS AND SWITCHED AROUND WHO WAS PLAY ING WHAT 3OLOMON SAID MEM
4(% "!.$ "!.$ LEFT TO RIGHT 0AT *ONES 'UITAR MANDOLIN VOCALS 'ARY 3OLOMON BASS PIANO lDDLE VOCALS 6INNY .ICOSIA DRUMS VOCALS *ACK +RAFT KEYBOARDS ACCORDION VOCALS AND -IKE #ORBIN GUITAR PIANO BASS VOCALS MAKE UP 4HE "AND TRIBUTE BAND BERS OF 4HE "AND "AND ALSO ARE MULTI INSTRUMENTALISTS WHO SWITCH AROUND THE INSTRUMENTS THEY PLAY AND SO CAN GET THE AU THENTIC SOUND 3OLOMON PLAYS BASS PIANO AND lDDLE *ONES PLAYS GUITAR AND MANDOLIN #ORBIN PLAYS GUITAR KEYBOARDS AND THE BASS /NE UNIQUE AS PECT OF 4HE "AND WAS THAT IT HAD TWO KEYBOARD PLAYERS 4HE "AND "AND HAS ONE KEYBOARD PLAYER WHO COVERS TWO PARTS IN SOME SONGS AND ON SOME OF THE OTHER SONGS THE OTHER PLAYERS IN THE BAND COVER THE KEYBOARD PARTS 4HE "AND WHICH CONSISTED OF (UDSON 2OBERTSON BASS GUITAR
PLAYER 2ICK $ANKO DRUMMER ,EVON (ELM AND PIANIST 2ICHARD -ANUEL WAS KNOWN AS A BACK UP GROUP FOR 2ONNIE (AWKINS AND WAS HIRED BY "OB $YLAN WHEN HE WENT ELECTRIC "UT AF TER GOING ON THE ROAD TO WORK FOR OTHER SINGERS MEMBERS OF 4HE "AND DECIDED TO START THEIR OWN ENDEAVOR AND FROM TO WAS ONE OF THE MOST POP ULAR BANDS IN THE WORLD 4HE "AND ALSO WAS ACTIVE FROM TO 4HE AGE RANGE OF MEM BERS IN 4HE "AND "AND IS TO YEARS OLD 3OLOMON SAW THE BAND PLAY MANY TIMES AND WAS AT THE LAST CONCERT AT 7INTERLAND
!RENA IN 3AN &RANCISO $YLAN %RIC #LAPTON AND -UDDY 7ATERS WERE SOME OF THE LEGENDS WHO ALSO ATTENDED THAT CONCERT 4HE "AND "AND DOES NEARLY EVERY SONG OFF THE lRST THREE ALBUMS OF 4HE "AND AND MANY OTHERS OFF SOME OF THEIR OTHER ALBUMS 4HE "AND S lRST THREE ALBUMS WERE h-USIC FROM "IG 0INK v h4HE "ANDv AND h3TAGE &RIGHT v h7E COVER A MAJORITY OF THEIR MATERIAL CERTAINLY THEIR MOST WELL KNOWN MATERIAL BUT WE RE EXPANDING OUR REPERTOIRE AS WE DIG INTO THEIR " SIDES v 3OLOMON SAID
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-ADISON 3QUARE 'ARDEN CONCERT INSPIRATION FOR 3CHISM "Y '%/2'% !534). +EITH 7ILLIAMS WAS FAMILIAR WITH 4OOL S MUSIC BUT HE WAS NEVER RE ALLY A BIG FAN OF THE BAND (E DIDN T BUY ANY OF THE 4OOL ALBUMS "UT AN OPPORTUNITY PRESENTED ITSELF TO HIM IN -AY OF TO GO TO A 4OOL CONCERT AT -ADISON 3QUARE 'AR DEN !ND THAT CHANGED HIS WHOLE OUTLOOK ON THE BAND 7ILLIAMS WENT TO THAT SHOW WITH THREE OF HIS FRIENDS WHO WERE MUSICIANS 7HEN THE CONCERT STARTED 7ILLIAMS SAW SINGER -AY NARD *AMES +EENAN AND DRUMMER $ANNY #AREY AT THE BACK OF THE STAGE WHILE GUITARIST !DAM *ONES AND BASSIST *USTIN #HANCELLOR WERE AT THE FRONT BEFORE THEY STARTED PLAYING MUSIC THAT HE DESCRIBED AS BEING LIKE hHEAVY METAL MEET ING 0INK &LOYD v $URING THE INTER MISSION INSTEAD OF DISAPPEARING OFF THE STAGE AS MOST NATIONAL ACTS DO THE MEMBERS OF 4OOL SAT ON THE MIDDLE OF THE STAGE AND DRANK BEERS h4HIS WAS A TOTAL SHOW THAT WAS ABOUT THE MUSIC AND THE ART v 7IL LIAMS SAID h)T WASN T ABOUT THE FLUFF .EEDLESS TO SAY IT WAS VERY POWERFUL v !S THEY WERE WALKING OUT OF -ADISON 3QUARE 'ARDEN THAT NIGHT THE FIRST THING 7ILLIAMS SAID TO HIS THREE FRIENDS WAS THAT THEY HAD TO START A 4OOL TRIBUTE BAND 7ILLIAMS SAID THAT 4OOL IS NOT AN EASY BAND TO REPLICATE (E SAID HE AND HIS FRIENDS THOUGHT THEY WOULD JUST DO A TRIBUTE TO 4OOL PRIVATELY "UT THEN THEY DECIDED TO TRY A GIG AND FOUND OUT THAT A FULL FLEDGED TRIBUTE BAND TO 4OOL MAY NOT BE A BAD IDEA 7ILLIAMS STEPPED UP TO BE THE BOOKING AGENT AND MANAGER OF THE BAND 4HERE WERE NOT MANY IF ANY 4OOL TRIBUTE BANDS AROUND AT THAT TIME -ANY HAVE POPPED UP SINCE "UT
4(%9 (!6% 4(% $)34).#4)/. 3CHISM MAY BE THE LONGEST RUN NING 4OOL TRIBUTE BAND ACCORDING TO +EITH 7ILLIAMS 7ILLIAMS SAYS 3CHISM IS PROBABLY THE LONGEST TOURING 4OOL TRIBUTE BAND IN WHAT HAS BECOME A SUB CULTURE OF BANDS THAT WANT TO SOUND LIKE 4OOL h.OW THERE S A WHOLE NEW GENRE OF PEOPLE WHO WANT TO HEAR THIS MUSIC AND WANT TO SEE IT v 7IL LIAMS SAID h"UT IT S VERY DIFFICULT MUSIC TO PLAY 7E WANT TO PERFECT THIS MUSIC AND PLAY IT JUST LIKE IT IS ON THE ALBUM AND ) THINK WE RE PRETTY DAMN CLOSE v 3CHISM DOES THE TYPE OF MULTI MEDIA SHOW WITH THE MUSIC THAT 4OOL IS FAMOUS FOR 7ILLIAMS SAID THE LIGHTING LINKS WITH THE MUSIC TO CREATE A MOOD AND AN EXPERI ENCE AT THE SHOW 7ILLIAMS SAID IT TAKES A LOT OF REHEARSALS HARD WORK AND COMMITMENT TO REPRO DUCE THE POLYRHYTHMIC DRUM MING DIFFERENT TIME SIGNATURES AND HARMONIES THAT ARE CONTAINED IN 4OOL SONGS THAT HE DESCRIBES AS hMATHEMATICAL MASTERPIECES THAT
BLEND TOGETHER v (E SAID WHAT 4OOL RECORDS ON ITS ALBUMS IS WHAT THE BAND S AUDIENCES WILL HEAR LIVE DURING THE CONCERTS h2IGHT NOW ) FEEL WE RE AS CLOSE TO 4OOL ON A LOCAL LEVEL AS YOU RE EVER GOING TO SEE IT v 7ILLIAMS SAID OF HIS .EW 9ORK BAND 7ILLIAMS SAID THAT EVEN AFTER PLAYING 4OOL S SONGS OVER AND OVER FOR THE LAST EIGHT YEARS THE MEM BERS OF 3CHISM NEVER GET SICK OF THE MUSIC "UT HE SAID AS FAR AS CONCERTS GO 3CHISM HAS NEVER P L A YE D T H E SAME SET DUR ING ITS EIGHT YEARS ON STAGE 7ILLIAMS SAID T H E S O N G S T H E Y P L A Y EACH NIGHT A R E B A S E D ON FEEDBACK F R O M T H E I R FANS 3CHISM
4HEATER lLLS THE SUMMER VOID WITH @,ES -ISERABLES "Y )!. !"2%5 .%7 "%$&/2$ -ASS &ROM ,ABOR $AY IN 3EPTEMBER THROUGH -EMORIAL $AY IN -AY THEATER PATRONS THROUGHOUT .EW %NGLAND CAN ENJOY TOP NOTCH PRODUCTIONS AT THE #ITI 0ERFORMING !RTS #ENTER IN "OS TON THE 0ROVIDENCE 0ERFORMING !RTS #EN TER IN 2HODE )SLAND THE (ANOVER 4HEATRE IN 7ORCESTER AND THE :EITERION 0ERFORMING !RTS #ENTER IN .EW "EDFORD -ASS /NCE THE SUMMER ROLLS AROUND HOW EVER THESE SAME THEATER GOERS ARE SUBJECT TO A VERY SPECIAL TREAT THE .EW "EDFORD &ESTIVAL 4HEATRE WHICH OVER THE LAST YEARS HAS PERFORMED CLASSIC "ROADWAY HITS SUCH AS h#ATS v h&IDDLER ON THE 2OOF v h!NNIE v AND h4HE 3OUND OF -USICv JUST TO NAME A FEW
h"OSTON AND 0ROVIDENCE THEATER S USU ALLY DON T SCHEDULE ANYTHING IN THE SUM MERS THAT S WHERE WE COME IN v SAID .EW "EDFORD &ESTIVAL 4HEATRE %XECUTIVE 0RO DUCER !RMAND 2 -ARCHAND WHO HAS HELD THE POSITION SINCE h7E HELP FILL THE VOID FOR THESE PEOPLE SO THEY LL HAVE SOME THING TO COME SEE IN THE SUMMER v 4HIS YEAR S PRODUCTION WILL BE 3CH N BERG AND "OUBLIL S CLASSIC &RENCH MUSICAL h,ES -IS£RABLES v WHICH WILL BE PERFORMED ON *ULY AND !UGUST WITH A TOTAL OF NINE PERFORMANCES AT .EW "EDFORD S :EITERION 0ERFORMING !RTS #EN TER !LTHOUGH THE .EW "EDFORD AUDIENCE MAKES UP MUCH OF THEIR FOLLOWING THE 3EE ,%3 -)3%2!",%3
HAS PLAYED WHOLE 4OOL ALBUMS OR SET LISTS FROM THE BAND THEY ARE PAYING TRIBUTE TO AT THEIR CONCERTS h4HEIR OUR BOSSES THE FANS v 7ILLIAMS SAID 7ILLIAMS SAID A BAND IS LIKE A CAR YOU NEED ALL FOUR WHEELS WORKING AT THE SAME TIME (E SAYS HE HAS FOUND THE RIGHT GUYS FOR THE JOB WITH -ICHAEL 2AMPLEY ON BASS !NGELO 2IVERA ON VOCALS AND DRUMMER $ONALD 0USATERI 7ILLIAMS SAID THE BAND ABOUT BREAKS EVEN ON ITS EXPENSES 4HEY DO NOT PLAY FOR THE MONEY 7IL LIAMS SAID IT IS A CHANCE TO GET OUT OF THE HOUSE AND PLAY THE MUSIC THEY LOVE h%VERYONE S ON THE SAME PAGE v 7ILLIAMS SAID h%VERYONE LOVES THE WORK %VERYONE WANTS TO MAKE THE BAND BETTER v !LL OF THE MEMBERS OF THE BAND ARE PROFESSIONALS IN THEIR WORKING LIVES 2IVERA SELLS HEATING VENTILA TION AND AIR CONDITIONING UNITS 7ILLIAMS WHO IS THE GUITARIST FOR THE BAND WORKS AS A CHIROPRAC TOR 2AMPLEY AND 0USATERI TEACH AT THE 3CHOOL OF 2OCK 7ILLIAMS SAID THERE IS A MARRIAGE TO SUCH A BAND BECAUSE SO MUCH TIME HAS TO BE SPENT ON THE MUSIC h) TRY TO MAINTAIN BEING A DOCTOR BY DAY ROCK STAR AT NIGHT A MOD ERN #LARK +ENT v 7ILLIAMS SAID 7ILLIAMS SAID 4OOL HAS BECOME
HUGELY POPULAR WITHOUT COMMER CIALISM (E SAID 3CHISM WANTS TO STAY STRONG WITH THE INTEGRITY OF THE MUSIC OF 4OOL BUT UNLIKE THE BAND THEY ARE PAYING TRIBUTE TO PROMOTION HAS TO BE DONE h0EOPLE KNOW OUR NAME NOW AND THEY RE INTERESTED IN WHAT WE RE DOING v 7ILLIAMS SAID h7E HAVE TO GET OUR NAME OUT THERE BE CAUSE OF OUR COMPETITORS v 3CHISM WAS BOOKED TO PERFORM BY AN ARTIST THAT WORKS FOR 4OOL 7ILLIAMS SAID HE HAS MET #HAN CELLOR AND HAD A BEER WITH HIM /N 3EPT 3CHISM WILL PLAY AT THE ,UCKY $OG -USIC (ALL IN 7ORCESTER -ASS 4HAT IS THE VENUE WHERE THE BAND FIRST TOOK OFF 3CHISM HAS OPENED UP FOR !LICE IN #HAINS AND PLAYED SIDE BY SIDE WITH THE "EASTIE "OYS 4HEY VE PLAYED AT THE 4WEETER #ENTER AM PHITHEATER IN -ANSFIELD -ASS THE (AMMERSTEIN "ALLROOM IN .EW 9ORK " " +ING S (OUSE OF "LUES AND AT THE THIRD LARGEST NIGHTCLUB IN THE WORLD IN )NDIANA (E SAID PEOPLE FLOCK TO SUCH VENUES TO SEE 3CHISM WHICH IS A REAL EGO BOOSTER FOR THE BAND AND IS QUITE AMAZ ING CONSIDERING THEY ARE PLAYING SOMEONE ELSE S MUSIC h) M RELIVING A CHILDHOOD FAN TASY OF BEING ABLE TO PLAY IN FRONT OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE v 7ILLIAMS SAID
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WHAT COUNTS THE MOST v ,EAD GUITARIST -ARK 4HOMPSON AGREED WITH THAT SENTIMENT h7ITHOUT *OHNNY WE WOULDN T BE HERE TODAY DOING WHAT WE LOVE TO DO AND THAT TRULY HUMBLES US v HE EXPRESSED h7E HAVE SO MUCH FUN PLAYING HIS SONGS AND ITS FUN TO BRING HIS STYLE OF MUSIC TO SO MANY PEOPLE YOUNG OR OLD v 7HEN THE GROUP FIRST STARTED OUT OVER FOUR YEARS AGO THEIR SET LIST ONLY INCLUDED ABOUT SONGS NOW IN THEY HAVE ENOUGH MATERIAL COVERED TO PERFORM FOR TWO AND A HALF TO THREE HOURS STRAIGHT
h5SUALLY EVERY TIME WE PLAY LIVE WE AR RANGE OUR SHOW SO THAT WE PLAY HIS SONGS IN THE CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER IN WHICH THEY CAME OUT v ADDED +IRBY h3O WE LL START WITH SOME OF HIS MUSIC FROM THE 3UN 2ECORD ,ABEL DAYS AND WORK OUR WAY DOWN v 2EALIZING THAT ALMOST EVERY MAJOR BAND HAS ITS TRIBUTE COUNTERPART BOTH +IRBY AND 4HOMPSON FELT THAT A *OHNNY #ASH TRIBUTE BAND WAS LONG OVERDUE h2IGHT AFTER *OHNNY HAD JUST DIED ) THOUGHT TO MYSELF THAT SOMEONE SHOULD DO THIS AND PUT TOGETHER A BAND HIGHLIGHTING HIS MUSIC v SAID +IRBY A RESIDENT OF .EW
"EDFORD -ASS h7HEN ) FIRST HAD THIS IDEA ) WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ALWAYS KEPT THE MUSIC RAW JUST LIKE HE DID 9OU VE GOT TO KEEP IT REAL WHEN YOU RE DOING #ASH THERE S NO OTHER WAY v h4HE MOVIE THAT CAME OUT BACK IN 7ALK 4HE ,INE CERTAINLY GOT PEOPLE INTO HIM AGAIN AND THAT IN ITSELF SORT OF CREATED THE NEED FOR US TO DO THIS v SAID 4HOMPSON WHO CALLS THE h'ATEWAY #ITYv OF 7AREHAM -ASS HIS HOME "ESIDES +IRBY AND 4HOMPSON THE GROUP 3EE 7!,+ 4(% ,).%
#HEATER "OSTON BAND GIVES AUDIENCE THEIR BREW OF ROCK MUSIC #/.4).5%$ &2/- DOWN v $AN 7EDDLE PLAYS DRUMS FOR #HEATER 0INT AND 4ODD 'ILES IS THE BASSIST 7EDDLE JOINED BY ANSWERING AN AD / .EAL POSTED ON #RAIG S ,IST IN -ARCH AND 'ILES JOINED THE GROUP LAST FALL !LL THREE MEN HAVE A VERY HIGH OPINION OF THEIR FEMALE LEAD SINGER )N FACT THEY EACH POSSESS A LARGE AMOUNT OF RESPECT AND ADMIRATION FOR / .EAL AND EVEN CREDIT HER FOR BEING THE HEART AND SOUL OF @4HE 0INT h/UR BAND WOULD NOT BE WITH OUT OUR FEMALE v SAID 'ILES h3HE IS THE REASON THE BAND IS v h5NLIKE A LOT OF OTHER WOMEN IN ROCK BANDS SHE REALLY IS THE
BAND v AGREED 3IMON h)T S HARD TO DESCRIBE WHAT THAT MEANS BUT WHAT SHE BRINGS TO THE TABLE IS EVERYTHING SHE S GOT 3HE LEADS THE BAND IN SPIRIT IN STYLE AND THE WAY WE APPROACH OUR WORK AS A BAND )N THAT SENSE A LOT OF OTHER BANDS HAVE A SORT OF FIGUREHEAD THAT S NOTHING MORE THAN JUST THAT THERE S OTHER PEOPLE PULLING THE STRINGS 4HAT S NOT THE CASE WITH US v 7EDDLE WHO CITES HARD HIT TING DRUMMERS LIKE *OHN "ON HAM +EITH -OON AND 3TEWART #OPELAND AS HIS MAJOR INFLU ENCES FEELS EXACTLY THE SAME WAY 3IMON DOES (E ACKNOWL EDGES THE FACT THAT HAVING A FE MALE FRONTING THE BAND IS A HUGE PART OF WHAT MAKES THEIR MUSIC
OUT OF NOT HAVING ANY PRE CON CEIVED IDEAS /BVIOUSLY INFLU ENCES ARE VERY IMPORTANT BUT ) DON T THINK WE EVER SET OUT TO BE THIS TYPE OF BAND OR THAT TYPE OF BAND ) THINK ONCE IT CAME TOGETHER WE ENDED UP BEING THE TYPE OF BAND WE ARE IF THAT MAKES SENSE v !S MUCH AS / .EAL CONTRIB UTES TO THE GROUP SHE REFUSES TO TAKE ALL THE CREDIT 7ITH ALL FOUR MEMBERS SUPPLYING VOCALS AND THEIR RESPECTIVE INSTRUMENTS / .EAL SAYS THEY INFLUENCE HER AS WELL h-ARK S REALLY GOOD AT GET TING IT TO SOUND BETTER AND HAVE SOME MELODY v SHE SAID 7EDDLE ALSO PLAYS A BIG PART IN HELPING OUT MUSICALLY (E PRO
VIDES HIS ABILITY TO STRETCH THE HARMONIES AS WELL AS HIS VIBRAN CY ON STAGE AND HIS OPENNESS TO / .EAL AND 3IMON S IDEAS WHILE 'ILES NOT ONLY BRINGS HIS BASS SKILLS BUT ALSO HIS PLAYFUL PER SONALITY TO THE BAND ADDING TO THE FUN THEY LIKE TO HAVE WHILE PERFORMING LIVE h7E RE REGULAR PEOPLE WE HAVE JOBS WE RE NOT TRYING TO MAKE IT AS ROCK STARS v SAID 3IMON h7E D LIKE TO TRAVEL FOR TOURS BUT WE DON T WANT IT TO BE OUR LIFESTYLES v h7E RE HAVING FUN v REITER ATED 7EDDLE h7E RE NOT WE DON T HAVE DELUSIONS 7E ARE ALL GOOD PEOPLE BALANCING LIFE WITH THIS PASSION CALLED ROCK )S THERE ANYTHING BETTER v
#/.4).5%$ &2/- THE POWER OF SUCH AMAZING SONGS 7E ALSO LOOK FORWARD TO OFFERING SOME ORIGINAL MATERIAL AS A SPECIAL FEATURE IN OUR FUTURE SETS "OB 7E ALL HAVE YEARS OF EXPE RIENCE PLAYING IN BANDS THAT PER FORMED ORIGINAL MATERIAL AS WELL AS PLAYING IN @TRADITIONAL COVER BANDS 4O FOCUS ON PLAYING THE MUSIC OF ONE BAND IS A NEW EXPE RIENCE FOR ALL OF US &OR ME PERSON ALLY ) VE BEEN FOLLOWING *OURNEY SINCE ) WAS AROUND EIGHT YEARS OLD RIGHT AROUND THE TIME h#APTUREDv CAME OUT ) REMEMBER LISTENING TO THAT ALBUM OVER AND OVER AGAIN 3IMPLY PUT IT S PRETTY COOL TO BE PLAYING THEIR MUSIC SO MANY YEARS LATER
,- 7ERE YOU A FAN OF THE 3TEVE MUSIC WITH SOUL POWER AND PRECI THE POWER AND RANGE OF HIS VOICE /UR FOLLOWING IS RAPIDLY GROWING !UGERI ERA *OURNEY SION IS UNMATCHED "OB ) LIKED THE MATERIAL THEY AND OUR SCHEDULE IS QUICKLY FILLING DID WITH 3TEVE !UGERI !GAIN ) ,- (OW HAVE PEOPLE REACTED UP THINK IF YOU TRY AND NOT COMPARE TO 4HE 'REAT %SCAPE SO FAR *ASON 0AULINO VOCALS )N THE ,- (AVE YOU EVER SEEN *OUR HIM TO 3TEVE 0ERRY YOU CAN BETTER SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME WE VE BEEN NEY LIVE AND WILL YOU BE GOING TO APPRECIATE WHAT HE BROUGHT TO THE PLAYING OUT WE VE HAD A FANTASTIC SEE THEM ON THEIR SUMMER TOUR BAND *ASON ) WAS A FAN OF 3TEVE !U RESPONSE 7E RE QUICKLY BUILDING WITH (EART AND #HEAP 4RICK A LOYAL FOLLOWING /UR SCHEDULE IS "OB ) HAVE SEEN *OURNEY LIVE GERI WHEN HE FRONTED THE BAND ALSO FILLING UP RATHER QUICKLY IN MOST RECENTLY A FEW YEARS BACK 4ALL 3TORIES 3O ) DID APPRECIATE HIS CLUDING A VERY HIGH PROFILE SHOW WHILE THEY WERE TOURING WITH WORK WHILE FRONTING *OURNEY )T S THAT WE RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT 3TEVE !UGERI ) DON T THINK YOU UNFORTUNATE HE WASN T ABLE TO CON 2ICH /UR ABILITY TO PLAY MUSIC CAN EVER COMPARE THE 3TEVE 0ERRY TINUE WITH THEM WITH PRECISION IS ONLY CHALLENGED FRONTED VERSION OF THE BAND WITH BY THE NUMBER OF DRINKS THAT AR ANY OF THEIR MORE RECENT SING ,- 7HAT DO YOU ENJOY MOST RIVE AT THE FOOT OF THE STAGE COUR ERS 7ITH THAT SAID WHEN ) SAW ABOUT PERFORMING ON STAGE IN TESY OF OUR GENEROUS AUDIENCE )T S THEM WITH 3TEVE !UGERI IT WAS AN FRONT OF AN AUDIENCE A GREAT FEELING TO SEE PEOPLE SING ENJOYABLE SHOW 4HE SHOW WAS AT "OB 7ATCHING OUR AUDIENCE ING ALONG AT OUR SHOWS SLOW DANC A SMALLER VENUE AND THEY DIDN T ING TO THE BALLADS AND AIR GUITAR HAVE AN OPENING ACT THEY PLAYED 7HAT WE MEAN BY THAT IS IT S A GREAT FOR ALMOST THREE HOURS AND THEY FEELING WHEN THOSE FIRST CHORDS ING DURING THE SOLOS "OB 4HE REACTION SO FAR HAS SOUNDED GREAT ) DO PLAN ON SEEING OF THAT NEXT SONG ARE PLAYED AND BEEN NOTHING SHORT OF AMAZING THEM THIS SUMMER AS WELL AS PICK YOU SEE HEAR THE REACTION FROM /F COURSE THE BEST COMPLIMENT ING UP THEIR NEW MULTI #$ $6$ THE AUDIENCE 9OU THINK OF ALL THE IS WHEN WE RE TOLD HOW MUCH WE PACKAGE ) AM CURIOUS TO SEE !RNEL TIME AND EFFORT YOU VE PUT INTO RE SOUND LIKE *OURNEY 7HEN THE AU 0INEDA PERFORM LIVE AND HEAR HEARSING PROMOTION AND TRYING DIENCE FIRST HEARS *ASON S VOCALS THEIR NEW MATERIAL ) M SURE LIKE TO BOOK THAT NEXT GIG 7HEN YOU THEY RE BLOWN AWAY NOT JUST THE MANY OTHER *OURNEY FANS ) VE BEEN MAKE THAT CONNECTION WITH YOUR SIMILARITY TO 3TEVE 0ERRY BUT ALSO CATCHING hSNEAK PEEKSv ONLINE AUDIENCE IT S TRULY THE BEST
,- $O YOU HAVE ANY FUTURE GOALS FOR THE BAND
GREAT h4HE SONGS ARE REALLY GROWN OUT OF A FEMALE POINT OF VIEW v HE SAID h%VEN THOUGH MALES CAN SING SUCH SONGS WHEN YOU HEAR THE HUMOR FROM A GENDER PER SPECTIVE ALONG WITH THE NOTES AND HARMONIES MALES JUST WOULDN T DO THE SONGS JUSTICE IN MY HUMBLED OPINION v 0RAISE FOR h0ICKLESv DOES NOT STOP THERE 3IMON THINKS SHE INSPIRES HIM AND THE REST OF THE BAND WITH HER UNIQUE GUITAR RIFFS AND SOUND h0ICKLES IS A PROFOUND INFLU ENCE ON ME BECAUSE SHE COMES UP WITH ALL THESE KOOKY IDEAS WHICH ARE GREAT v SAID 3IMON h3HE IS A VERY INNOVATIVE GUITAR IST AND THAT JUST SORT OF COMES
2EVELATIONS *OURNEY TRIBUTE BAND IS DEVELOPING A FOLLOWING
,- 7HAT SETS 4HE 'REAT %SCAPE APART FROM ALL THE OTHER *OURNEY TRIBUTE BANDS IN .EW %NGLAND 2ICH 7E RE FORTUNATE TO HAVE ONE OF THE MOST TALENTED VOCAL ISTS ON THE SCENE IN *ASON AND WE BELIEVE THAT OUR BAND S ABILITY TO CONVEY THE MAJESTY OF *OURNEY S
2ICH 7E PLAN TO MAKE OUR NAME h4HE 'REAT %SCAPEv SYNONYMOUS WITH THE ULTIMATE *OURNEY TRIBUTE EXPERIENCE THIS SIDE OF THE COUNTRY FOR STARTERS 7E ALSO LOOK FORWARD TO INTRODUCING ORIGINAL MUSIC THAT WILL HOLD IT S OWN NEXT TO THE IN CREDIBLE *OURNEY TUNES AND OTHER COVER MATERIAL IN OUR SET "OB 7E ARE IN THE EARLY STAGES OF WHAT WE FEEL WILL BE AN INCRED IBLE @JOURNEY PARDON THE PUN BUT ) COULDN T PASS THAT ONE UP 7HEN *ASON AND ) STARTED TALKING ABOUT THIS NEARLY MONTHS AGO WE HAD NO IDEA WHAT TO EXPECT COULD WE FIND THE RIGHT GROUP OF PEOPLE NOT JUST IN TERMS OF TALENT WHICH NO DOUBT WAS IMPORTANT BUT ALSO IN TERMS OF PERSONALITY AND CHEM ISTRY 3OUNDS CLICH£ BUT WE VE GOT THE CAMARADERIE WHERE WE FEEL SKY S THE LIMIT 7E WANT TO THANK EVERYONE WHO HAS SUPPORTED US AND LOOK FORWARD TO WHAT THE FU TURE WILL BRING
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4HE CULTURE OF 2ICK S -USIC 7ORLD "Y '%/2'% !534). )NSIDE HIS BUSINESS 2ICK 3AN TOS HAS CREATED NOT JUST A MUSIC STORE BUT A MUSIC CULTURE )T S A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE CAN COME AND BUY INSTRUMENTS BE EDU CATED ABOUT HOW TO PLAY THEM TALK WITH OTHER ARTISTS PERFORM AND HAVE SOMETHING TO EAT AND DRINK )T IS A COMMUNITY FOR PEOPLE WHO LIKE MUSIC h7E THOUGHT IT WAS KIND OF LIKE THE NEW MILLENNIUM MUSIC STORE FOR THE ST CENTURY v 3AN TOS SAID !N OPEN MIC NIGHT HAS BEEN HELD AT THE STORE WHICH IS LO CATED AT .EW 3TATE (IGHWAY IN 2AYNHAM -ASS FOR YEARS h7E JUST FELT THERE WAS A NEED FOR PEOPLE TO HAVE A PLACE TO PLAY ALSO v 3ANTOS SAID /N THE NIGHTS THAT THE OPEN MIC IS HELD THERE CAN BE ANY WHERE FROM TO PEOPLE IN THE STORE WITH TO PERFORM
ERS h)T S REALLY BECOME A WON DERFUL THING AND THE NEAT THING ABOUT IT IS WE HAVE ALL AGES v 3ANTOS SAID h9OUNG PEOPLE CAN HONE THEIR CRAFTS /LDER PEOPLE CAN FEEL COMFORTABLE COMING HERE v 7ITH &IRST &RIDAY &EATURES 3ANTOS INVITES THREE SINGER SONGWRITERS TO HIS STORE 4HEY EXPLAIN TO PEOPLE HOW THEY WROTE SONGS HOW THEY WERE INSPIRED AND THEN PERFORM THE PIECE h)T GIVES THE SONGWRITERS A VENUE TO PLAY RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF A MUSIC STORE v 3ANTOS SAID ! MONTHLY CLINIC WITH A WELL KNOWN MUSICIAN IS ALSO HELD AT 2ICK S -USIC 7ORLD 4HE MUSI CIANS PERFORM FOR PERCENT OF THE TIME AND ANSWER QUESTIONS THE OTHER PERCENT THAT HE OR SHE IS IN THE STORE 4HE MUSI CIANS TELL ASPIRING YOUNG ARTISTS HOW TO GET THEIR MUSIC OUT THERE IN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY
4HE CAFE IS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STORE 0EOPLE CAN BUY BAK ERY PIZZA 0ORTUGUESE CHOURICO ROLLS BAGELS BROWNIES COOKIES DESSERTS SNACKS GOURMET COF FEE AND OTHER DRINKS 4HERE IS ALSO AN ART GALLERY IN THE STORE THAT 3ANTOS S WIFE 2OBIN ORGANIZES WITH LOCAL ART ISTS 4HE NEXT ART EXHIBIT WILL CONSIST OF AUTOGRAPHED PIECES FROM FAMOUS BANDS 3ANTOS SAID HE IS BIG ON MU SIC EDUCATION ,ESSONS ON MANY DIFFERENT INSTRUMENTS ARE OF FERED IN LEARNING STUDIOS BY SOME OF .EW %NGLAND S lNEST INSTRUCTORS 0ARENTS CAN WAIT FOR THEIR CHILDREN WHO ARE TAK ING LESSONS IN A LOUNGING AREA WHERE THERE IS A LARGE SCREEN 46 3ANTOS SAID HIS BUSINESS HAS BEEN HEAVILY INVOLVED WITH THE INSTALLATION OF AUDIO AND VIDEO IN PLACES LIKE THE 5NIVERSITY OF -ASSACHUSETTS AT $ARTMOUTH CHURCHES OR WHATEVER VENUE NEEDS IT (E ALSO SELLS SPEAKERS
,)6).' ! $2%!- &ROM LEFT 2ICK AND 2OBIN 3ANTOS ARE THE OWN ERS OF 2ICK S -USIC 7ORLD IN 2AYNHAM -ASS PLASMA TELEVISIONS AND HOME THEATERS 2ICK S -USIC 7ORLD RECENTLY CELEBRATED ITS TH ANNIVERSARY 4HE BUSINESS STARTED WHEN 3AN TOS BOUGHT A SMALL MUSIC STORE IN 3EEKONK IN (E HAD BEEN WORKING AT A BANK THAT WAS LO CATED NEAR THE MUSIC STORE 3AN TOS HAD A BACKGROUND IN MUSIC HAVING PLAYED OUT IN A BAND FOR OVER YEARS 3ANTOS WAS A LEAD SINGER AND GUITAR PLAYER IN A BAND THAT PLAYED AT A LOT OF WEDDINGS AND CONVENTIONS !T YEARS OLD HE DECIDED TO TAKE THE PLUNGE INTO THE MUSIC STORE BUSINESS WITH HIS WIFE AND THEIR SIX MONTH OLD BABY h)T WAS A GREAT EXPERIENCE GROWING UP v 2ICK SAID h-USIC
WAS DElNITELY MY LIFE 4HAT S FOR SURE "UT ) NEVER THOUGHT ) WAS GOING TO OWN A MUSIC STORE 4HAT WAS AN INTERESTING TWIST v 2ICK S -USIC 7ORLD HAS DRAWN ATTENTION FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY 4WO NATIONAL MAG AZINES HAVE DONE ARTICLES ABOUT THE STORE 2ICK RECENTLY GAVE A SPEECH FOR THE .ATIONAL !SSO CIATION OF -USIC -ERCHANTS AT A TRADE SHOW IN #ALIFORNIA WHERE HE TALKED ABOUT hCREATING A MU SIC CULTURE IN YOUR MUSIC STORE v 7HILE A LOT OF OTHER INDEPEN DENT MUSIC STORES ARE HAVING A DIFlCULT TIME STAYING IN BUSINESS THESE DAYS 2ICK SAID THAT HAVING SUCH A VARIETY FOR HIS CUSTOMERS HELPS HIM TO SURVIVE h7E VE KIND OF MADE A UNIQUE CONCEPT HERE v 2ICK SAID
4(% (%!24"%!4 /& 4(% -53)# #/--5.)49 "ESIDES SELL ING A WIDE VARIETY OF MUSIC INSTRUMENTS AND OFFERING MUSIC LES /0%. -)# .)'(4 2ICK S -USIC 7ORLD IN 2AYNHAM -ASS HOSTS AN /PEN -IC EVERY 4HURSDAY SONS 2ICK S -USIC 7ORLD IN 2AYNHAM -ASS HAS A CAFÏ AND NIGHT OFFERING PERFORMANCE OPPORTUNITIES TO THEIR STUDENTS AND LOCAL MUSICIANS STAGE IN THE CENTER OF ITS STORE
,EZ :EPPELIN "AND HAS CREATED A NAME FOR ITSELF AROUND WORLD
#/.4).5%$ &2/- THAT TIME 4HE GIRLS MAKE THEIR LIVE SHOWS STRONGER BY TUNING INTO THEIR SENSUAL SIDES 4HEY KNOW THEIR SENSUALITY IS ON DIS PLAY AND THEY DON T REALLY MIND h&OR EVERY MAN OUT THERE WATCHING US THERE S A GIRL WATCH ING US v SAID -C,ELLAN h)T S ROCK AND ROLL v 4HE WOMEN KNOW FEELING THE MUSIC HELPS THEM DRAW FANS IN h.OT ONLY ARE THEY HEARING THIS
WONDERFUL MUSIC THEY ARE REALLY GETTING OFF ON THE VIBE WE ARE CREATING ON STAGE v SAID "RIGAN TINO h4HEY KNOW WE RE HAVING A GOOD TIME AND THAT S VERY PLEAS ING TO THEM v h4HEY FEEL A PART OF SOMETHING BIGGER THAN THEIR EVERYDAY LIVES )T S KIND OF THE SAME FOR US 7E ARE INSPIRED AND INFLUENCED BY EACH OTHER S PERFORMANCE AND ABILITY v AGREED -C,ELLAN h!ND ) THINK THAT REALLY COMES ACROSS
AND ENABLES OTHER PEOPLE ESPE CIALLY FEMALE MUSICIANS TO BE INSPIRED BY WHAT WE RE DOING AND GO OUT THERE AND START THEIR OWN BANDS OR JUST HAVE THE CON FIDENCE TO KNOW THEY CAN DO IT AT ANY LEVEL THEY WANT TO 4HERE S NO CEILING TO WHAT THEY CAN DO AS FEMALE MUSICIANS v ,EZ :EPPELIN IS PROOF OF THAT "ECAUSE THEY ARE SUCH A SOLID TRIBUTE BAND THEY WERE ASKED TO PERFORM AT THIS SUMMER S FOUR
DAY "ONNAROO -USIC &ESTIVAL IN -ANCHESTER 4ENN ALONGSIDE ACTS SUCH AS 2OBERT 0LANT AND !LISON +RAUSS -ETALLICA AND 0EARL *AM h)N HISTORY "ONNAROO HAS NEVER HAD A TRIBUTE BAND PLAY IN THEIR SET AND TO BE THE FIRST BAND THEY OFFERED A SPOT TO IS A HUGE HONOR v SAID -C,ELLAN 4HEY WERE ALSO HONORED WHEN THEY FOUND OUT *OHN 0AUL *ONES HAS HEARD OF THEM 0AYNES MET
*ONES WHEN SHE TRAVELED TO ,ON DON S / !RENA TO SEE ,ED :EP PELIN FOR THEIR FAMOUS REUNION SHOW AND WAS INTRODUCED TO HIM h) WAS STUNNED ENOUGH TO MEET HIM AND THEN HE STARTED TALKING TO ME ABOUT ,EZ :EPPELIN SAY ING @/H ) WANT TO SEE YOU GIRLS v 0AYNES SAID h4HEN HE ASKED ME @WHICH ONE ARE YOU THEN (E KNEW ALL ABOUT US (E WAS SO DOWN TO EARTH v SAID 0AYNES
'RANATA GOING TO "ERKLEE 7EST 7ARWICK 2 ) GUI TARIST *OE 'RANATA HAS BEEN ACCEPTED BY THE "ERKLEE #OL LEGE OF -USIC h) DECIDED THAT ) WANTED TO DO THIS BACK IN TH GRADE IN HIGH SCHOOL v 'RANATA SAID OF STUDYING AT "ERKLEE h) KNEW FOR A WHILE THAT IT WAS THE RIGHT SCHOOL FOR ME v 'RANATA WILL STUDY PER FORMANCE AT "ERKLEE BUT HE SAID HE LIKES THE DIVERSITY OF OFFERINGS THAT THE SCHOOL OF FERS MUSICIANS (E SAID HE WOULD LIKE TO STUDY A LOT OF MUSIC THEORY AND JAZZ AT THE SCHOOL h9OU CAN GO TO "ERKLEE AND STUDY MORE THAN JUST JAZZ CLAS SICAL AND ROCK v 'RANATA SAID h9OU CAN STUDY MULTIPLE STYLES OF MUSIC AND THAT IN MY OPIN ION IS WHAT MAKES IT THE BEST MUSIC SCHOOL v !T "ERKLEE 'RANATA SAID HE WILL BE WORKING ON DEVEL OPING MORE THAN JUST GOOD GUITAR TECHNIQUES (E ALSO WANTS TO HAVE HIS MUSIC AN ALYZED 'RANATA SAID IT WILL TAKE HIM TWO TO THREE YEARS TO GRADUATE FROM "ERKLEE h) LL STILL BE WRITING MY OWN MATERIAL AND PERFORM ING HOPEFULLY IN THE "OSTON AREA v 'RANATA SAID
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-USIC ART POOL AND ALL KINDS OF ENTERTAINMENT "Y '%/2'% !534). 7HEN YOU GO IN TO !CCU "IL LIARDS YOU SEE WHAT THE NAME SUG GESTS A POOL HALL WITH LOTS OF TABLES "UT WHEN YOU WALK INTO THE BACK OF THE BILLIARDS HALL YOU FIND A CLUB WHERE OWNER "ILL $UGAN AND BOOK ING AGENT *ASON -EDINA HAVE BEEN HOSTING ALL KINDS OF ENTERTAINMENT FOR CUSTOMERS -EDINA RUNS A TRAVELING ROAD SHOW CALLED 4RANSIENT !UTHORITY WHICH HAS FOUND A REGULAR STOP FOR ITS ENTERTAINMENT AT !CCU "ILLIARDS IN .EW "EDFORD $URING ONE NIGHT PATRONS CAN LOOK AT AN ART EXHIBIT THAT HE HAS SET UP LISTEN TO A LIVE BAND AND THEN DANCE TO THE MUSIC AS HE PROVIDES HIS DISC JOCKEY SER VICES h4HERE ISN T A PLACE AROUND HERE RIGHT NOW THAT WILL PROVIDE AN ENVI RONMENT AND AN ATMOSPHERE THAT WE ARE WILLING TO CREATE AND *ASON DOES IT ALL HERE v $UGAN SAID h)T S A TAG TEAM ) TRUST HIM (E TRUSTS ME AND IT WORKS v 7ITH HIS BUSINESS -EDINA HAS ALSO HOSTED MOVIE PREMIERES AND HAS RUN VIDEO GAME TOURNAMENTS /N &RIDAY NIGHTS AT !CCU "ILLIARDS -EDINA FOCUSES ON MUSIC 4HERE HAVE BEEN MIXED ROCK SHOWS WITH INDEPENDENT HEAVY METAL AND ELECTRONICA BANDS h) KIND OF PRIDE IT ON SWITCHING GENRES THAT ARE DIFFERENT v -EDINA SAID -EDINA HAS BEEN BOOKING BANDS
FOR !CCU "ILLIARDS SINCE .OV OF LAST YEAR "ECAUSE OF THE BANDS THAT ARE BROUGHT IN !CCU "ILLIARDS DOES NOT JUST DRAW REGULAR BAR OR POOL CUSTOMERS BUT MUSIC FANS -EDINA SAID HE HAS BANDS BOOKED FOR THE PLACE UNTIL !UGUST !ND BE CAUSE THE PEOPLE WHO COME TO THE CLUB HAVE SUCH AN APPRECIATION FOR MUSIC HE SAID HE CAN DO THINGS LIKE HAVE A LIVE HEAVY METAL BAND AND THEN PLAY MUSIC FROM -ARVIN 'AYE AND PEOPLE STILL HAVE A GOOD TIME -EDINA IS KNOWN FOR THE HAND MADE POSTERS AND FLYERS THAT HE MAKES TO PROMOTE MUSICIANS -ANY OF THEM HANG ON A WALL IN !CCU "ILLIARDS h) DON T USE ANY COMPUTERS FOR IT v -EDINA SAID !CCU "ILLIARDS WHICH HAS POOL TABLES HAS A PRIVATE .EW "EDFORD EIGHT BALL POOL LEAGUE ON 4HURSDAY NIGHTS AND 7EDNESDAY NIGHT NINE BALL LEAGUE 4HE !MERICAN 0OOL !S SOCIATION %IGHT "ALL 4OURNAMENT IS HELD AT THE .EW "EDFORD LOCA TION WITH THE CHANCE TO ADVANCE IN THE COMPETITION UNTIL PLAYERS GET TO THE FINALS IN ,AS 6EGAS 4HAT TOURNAMENT IS HELD IN CONJUNCTION WITH LOCAL BARS IN THE .EW "EDFORD AREA !CCU "ILLIARDS WHICH HAS BEEN IN BUSINESS FOR YEARS HOSTS THE STATE TOURNAMENT FOR THE !MERICAN 0OOL !SSOCIATION #HARI TABLE4E XAS (OLD @%M TOURNAMENT FOR UP TO
,ES -ISERABLES *UST IN TIME FOR SUMMER #/.4).5%$ &2/- &ESTIVAL 4HEATRE IS STILL SUPPORTED WELL BY THOSE WHO LIVE OUTSIDE THE IMMEDIATE AREA h4HE PEOPLE WHO COME TO OUR SHOWS AND SUPPORT US ARE ALWAYS ENTHUSIASTIC FANS OF THE THEATER v SAID -ARCHAND h/UR CORE GROUP OF SUPPORT DOES COME FROM .EW "EDFORD BECAUSE THAT S WHERE WE RE LOCATED 7E DO HOWEVER GET PEOPLE WHO COME FROM ABOUT A MILE RADIUS OUTSIDE THE CITY 4HAT GOES TO SHOW THAT OUR PROMOTIONAL WORK IN THE "OSTON AND 0ROVIDENCE MARKETS IS PAY ING OFF v #O DIRECTOR 'EORGE #HARBONNEAU COULDN T BE MORE EXCITED FOR THIS YEAR S PRO DUCTION h/UR TWO LEADING MEN $AVID 7EITZER AND 3TEVE !SCIOLLA HAVE WORKED TOGETHER WITH US IN THE PAST AND HAVE A GREAT CHEM ISTRY TOGETHER v EXPLAINED #HARBONNEAU OF THE DUO WHO WILL TAKE ON THE DYNAMIC ROLES OF *EAN 6ALJEAN AND *AVERT h4HEY ARE WON DERFUL PEOPLE AND SUCH A PLEASURE TO WORK WITH v (AVING THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK AGAIN WITH WORLD RENOWNED CHOREOGRAPHER -I CHAEL 3USKO HAS ALSO PLAYED A MAJOR ROLE IN KINDLING #HARBONNEAU S SPIRITS h7E WORKED TOGETHER LAST YEAR IN @ ND 3TREET LAST YEAR AND GET ALONG GREAT v DE SCRIBED #HARBONNEAU OF HIS CO DIRECTOR AND CHOREOGRAPHER h(E HAS SUCH A GREAT RESUME AND WE RE SO HAPPY TO HAVE HIM BACK (E S ONE OF THE BEST AROUND v 7HEN THE ACTORS AND ACTRESSES START AR RIVING AT THE END OF *UNE IT LL BE TIME TO BEAR DOWN AND GET TO WORK
,%3 -)3%2!",%3 0RODUCER !RMAND -ARCHAND LEFT AND $IRECTOR 'EORGE #HARBONNEAU WILL PRESENT THE MUSICAL AT .EW "EDFORD &ESTIVAL 4HEATRE h! PLAY LIKE THIS IS SO MASSIVE BUT WE VE GOT THE TALENT THIS YEAR TO DO IT v SAID -ARCHAND OF THIS YEAR S CAST h7HEN THEY ARRIVE OUR CAST WILL BE REHEARSING SIX DAYS A WEEK TO MAKE SURE WE VE GOT THIS DOWN )T S SUCH A DAUNTING PRODUCTION v !S FAR AS NEXT YEAR IS CONCERNED -ARCH AND HAS TAKEN THE MODEST ROUTE ONLY CONCENTRATING ON THIS YEAR S PLAY AND THIS YEAR S PLAY ONLY h) AM IN CONFERENCE WITH SEVERAL LICENS ING FIRMS FROM .EW 9ORK AS WE SPEAK )T S AT THE BEGINNING STAGE THAT S ALL ) LL SAY v HE SAID WITH A LAUGH h) CAN TELL YOU THIS NO MATTER WHAT WE END UP CHOOSING IT LL BE THE BEST OF "ROADWAY DELIVERED AT YOUR FRONT DOOR BECAUSE THAT S WHAT WE DO YEAR IN YEAR OUT 4HIS YEAR IT S @,ES -I S£RABLES v &OR ORDERING INFORMATION LOG ON TO TICKETS ZEITERION ORG OR YOU CAN ALSO CALL THE BOX OFFICE AT
(!2$ 7/2+).' 34!&& &ROM LEFT !CCU "ILLIARDS OWNER "ILL $U GAN -ICHELE 0EDRO 3HERI $UGAN AND *OSH !BREU WILL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO ASSIST YOU AT THEIR BILLIARDS AND ENTERTAINMENT FACIL ITY IN .EW "EDFORD PLAYERS AND POOL TOURNAMENTS CAN ALSO BE HELD AT !CCU "ILLIARDS "IRTHDAY PARTIES CAN ALSO BE HELD AT THE CLUB !CCU "ILLIARDS ALSO SERVES FOOD WITH A MENU THAT SPECIALIZES IN 0ORTUGUESE FOOD HAMBURGERS SANDWICHES PIZZA CHICKEN WINGS FISH CAKES CHEESE STICKS AND ICE CREAM 4HE ENTERTAINMENT JUST KEEPS COMING AT !CCU "ILLIARDS 4HEY HAVE HAD STAND UP COMEDY KARAOKE AND THE @ S BAND ,IKK WILL BE COMING IN FOR A BIG (ALLOWEEN SHOW 4HERE IS ALSO AN )NTERNET
JUKEBOX IN THE POOL HALL WITH A CHOICE OF SONGS TO PLAY !ND $UGAN HAS BEEN MAKING PHYSICAL IMPROVEMENTS TO THE PLUS CLUB AS WELL SUCH AS PUTTING IN A NEW DANCE FLOOR SOUND SYS TEM LIGHTS STROBES AND STAGE 4HE CLUB HAS A PROJECTOR SO PEOPLE CAN WATCH $6$S ON A SIX FOOT BY EIGHT FOOT SCREEN ! SHOW GOING ON IN THE CLUB CAN BE SEEN IN A SCREEN IN THE POOL HALL h) THINK IT S A REALLY NICE CLUB v $UGAN SAID h)T S GOING TO GET BIG GER )T S GOING TO GET BETTER v
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ALLY BACK TO MUCH OF ITS ORIGINAL GRANDEUR v 4HE ARCHITECT FOR THE PROJ ECT WON AN AWARD FOR RESTO RATION OF A HISTORIC THEATER 4HE STAGE WAS EXPANDED TO AC COMMODATE WORLD CLASS "ROAD WAY SHOWS h! LOT OF PEOPLE WHEN THEY CAME ON OPENING NIGHT THOUGHT IT WAS LIKE STEPPING INTO A .EW 9ORK THEATER BUT IT S IN 7ORCESTER v #ONDIT SAID "ESIDES A FULL "ROADWAY SHOW SEASON THE THEATER HAS HAD PER FORMANCES FROM MAGICIAN $AVID #OPPERFIELD AND THE LATE COME DIAN 'EORGE #ARLIN 4HE #OUNT "ASSIE /RCHESTERA 2IVER $ANCE AND $ISNEY 0LAYHOUSE ARE ON THE SCHEDULE TO COME TO THE THEATER 4HE 2USSIAN "ALLET WILL BE COMING TO THE THEATER NEXT YEAR FOR A PER FORMANCE OF 3WAN ,AKE h/UR SLOGAN REALLY IS "ROADWAY MUSIC AND MORE v #ONDIT SAID #ONDIT SAID ORGANIZERS HAD A GOAL OF RAISING MILLION TO RESTORE &2/- 4(% ).3)$% !N INTERIOR VIEW OF THE (ANOVER 4HEATRE IN THE THEATER BUT HAVE RAISED MILLION 3HE SAID CORPORATIONS 7ORCESTER -ASS THE BUILDING WERE MAINTAINED h7E VE BEEN ABLE TO RESURRECT THE ORIGINAL PLASTER WORK v #ONDIT SAID h7E HAVE THE ORIGINAL GRAND CHANDELIER 7E RESTORED THE STAGE 7E RESTORED THE LOGE BOXES )T S RE
FOUNDATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS MADE DONATIONS FOR THE THEATER 4HE THE ATER ALSO GOT A MILLION TAX CREDIT BECAUSE IT IS RESTORING AN ORIGI NAL ENTRANCE WAY TO THE BUILDING #ONDIT SAID THAT WORK WILL BE DONE IN *ULY 4HE (ANOVER 4HEATRE IS PART OF THE 7ORCESTER #ENTER FOR THE 0ER FORMING !RTS A NON PROFIT ORGANI ZATION (ANOVER )NSURANCE IS THE NAMING SPONSOR #ONDIT SAID THE THEATER S BOARD OF DIRECTORS HOPE THE NEW VENUE WILL BRING IN MORE REVENUE FOR THE CITY AND MORE JOBS 3HE SAID THE 7ORCESTER #OL LEGE #ONSORTIUM HAS BEEN VERY SUPPORTIVE BUYING TICKETS FOR STU DENTS AND STAFF 4HE THEATER HAS SEATS )T ORIGINALLY HAD SEATS BUT MORE RESTROOMS WERE PUT IN AND THE STAGE WAS ENLARGED SO SOME SEATS HAD TO BE TAKEN OUT h)T S NICE BECAUSE YOU VE GOT THE TRADITION AND THE HISTORY THERE BUT ALL THE MODERN BELLS AND WHISTLES THAT IMPROVE ON THE OVERALL SOUND QUALITY AND THE COMFORT OF THE AU DIENCE v #ONDIT SAID
4HE THEATER HAD A GRAND OPEN ING ON -ARCH WITH A BLACK TIE AFFAIR THAT INCLUDED "ERNADETTE 0ETERS AND THE 2HODE )SLAND 0HIL HARMONIC /RCHESTRA AS THE ENTER TAINMENT #ONDIT SAID A BLACK TIE AFFAIR WILL BE HELD AT THE THEATER EVERY -ARCH $URING THE SUMMER THE (A NOVER 4HEATER IS OFFERING A NIGHT CLUB EXPERIENCE WHERE PEOPLE CAN COME INTO THE STAGE ENTRANCE AND ENJOY COCKTAILS BANDS PLAY ING DANCING ON THE STAGE AND FOOD FROM A GOURMET RESTAURANT #ONDIT SAID THE STAGE OFFERS AN IN TIMATE ATMOSPHERE FOR PEOPLE TO ENJOY SUCH ACTIVITIES #ONDIT SAID THE THEATER HAS PRO VIDED AN ALTERNATIVE TO PEOPLE IN THE 7ORCESTER AREA SO THEY DO NOT HAVE TO TRAVEL FAR TO SEE "ROADWAY QUALITY SHOWS 3HE SAID IT HAS ALSO EXPOSED SUCH ENTERTAINMENT TO PEOPLE IN THE #ENTRAL -ASSACHU SETTS AREA WHO HAD NEVER BEEN TO SUCH A SHOW h/UR "ROADWAY SERIES HAS BEEN ENORMOUSLY POPULAR v #ONDIT SAID
7ALK 4HE ,INE 0AYING TRIBUTE TO #ASH #/.4).5%$ &2/- IS ROUNDED OUT BY BASSIST "OB 'I ROUARD OF !CUSHNET -ASS AND PERCUSSIONIST +EVIN -EDEIROS OF -ASHPEE -ASS h4HE CHEMISTRY OF THIS BAND IS EXCELLENT v STATED 4HOMPSON h7E HAVE SUCH GREAT DEDICATION %VERY 7EDNESDAY WITHOUT FAIL WE RE PRACTICING TO MAKE OURSELVES BET TER )T S ALMOST LIKE WE RE MARRIED TOGETHER EXCEPT OUR MARRIAGE IS
ALWAYS AT THE BEGINNING v &OR THE GROUP S FRONT MAN NOTHING IS BETTER THAN LOOKING OUT IN A CROWD AND SEEING HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE DANCING AND SINGING ALONG WITH HIS WORDS h)T FEELS GREAT ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU KNOW YOU VE GOT THEM HOOKED IN v SAID +IRBY h7E DRESS THE PART AND EVERYTHING ) FEEL THAT GIVES PEOPLE A LITTLE EXTRA EXCITEMENT WHEN THEY SEE US v
&OR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE 7ALK 4HE ,INE "AND VISIT THEIR WEBSITE AT WWW MYSPACE COM WALKTHELINEBAND OR CONTACT +IRBY AT FOR ALL YOUR BOOK ING INQUIRIES h)F A CLUB OR BAR OWNER WANTS PEOPLE TO COME TO HIS OR HER ES TABLISHMENT AND BUY BEER THEN HAVING US PERFORM FOR THEM IS THE RIGHT CHOICE v SAID A LAUGHING 7!,+ 4(% ,).% 0ICTURED ABOVE ARE MEMBERS OF THE *OHNNY +IRBY #ASH TRIBUTE BAND
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#%,%"2!4).' 9%!23 )N ADDITION TO SELLING ALL KINDS OF MUSI CAL INSTRUMENTS SUCH AS THE GUITARS PICTURED ABOVE 4* S -USIC IN &ALL 2IVER ALSO OFFERS PROFESSIONAL MUSIC LESSONS
-AKING MUSIC LESSONS EXCITING "Y '%/2'% !534). !T 4 * S -USIC IN &ALL 2IVER STU DENTS DO NOT SIT DOWN WITH A PAD FULL OF SHEET MUSIC LEARNING HOW TO READ NOTES BEFORE THEY REALLY GET INTO PLAYING MUSIC /WNER 4ODD 3ALPIETRO WANTS THEM TO START WITH THE FUN ASPECTS OF MUSIC RIGHT AWAY AND SO HE TAKES A HANDS ON APPROACH h)T S THE LESSONS THING THAT REALLY PUT US ON THE MAP v 3ALPIETRO SAID OF HIS MUSIC STORE 3ALPIETRO SAID HE HAS VERY STRONG INSTRUCTORS WHO WORK FOR HIM WHO MOTIVATE YOUTHS TO WANT TO PLAY MUSIC (E SAID THE CHILDREN REALLY GET INTO THEIR LESSONS h9OU CAN SEE IT ON THEIR FACES WHEN THEY COME IN v 3ALPIETRO SAID h4HEY ARE PSYCHED v 3ALPIETRO TEACHES DRUMS (E SAID LEARNING HOW TO READ NOTES IS IMPORTANT BUT WITH VIDEO GAMES AND -46 HE SAID CHILDREN WANT TO PLAY MUSIC (E SAID WHEN HE GIVES MUSIC LESSONS THE EXPERIENCE IS VERY BENEFICIAL BOTH TO THE STU DENT AND HIMSELF (E SAID HIS IN STRUCTORS PERSONALIZE THEIR LESSONS TO THE INDIVIDUALS h9OU HAVE TO MAKE IT REALLY FUN AND EXCITING AND YOU HAVE TO GIVE THEM THE MUSIC THEY RELATE TO v 3ALPIETRO SAID h)F THEY LIKE METAL YOU GIVE THEM METAL )F THEY LIKE RAP YOU GIVE THEM RAP v 2AY 6ASCONCELLOS 0HIL -A COMBER AND -IKE %RICKSON TEACH GUITAR "ILL &ERRI IS A BASS AND PIANO INSTRUCTOR /THER TEACHERS INCLUDE *ON &RANCIS $AN 2APOZA -IKE $ICESERO +ELSEY *ACOBSON #RAIG 7OODAKER
"Y '%/2'% !534). .%7 "%$&/2$ -ASS ˆ !T THE 2OCKFEST THAT HAS HAS BEEN HELD AT THE .EW 7AVE #AFE DURING THE PAST YEARS 0AULO -ENDES GETS A LOT ACCOM PLISHED h)T S A GREAT TIME v -ENDES SAID h)T SUPPORTS A LOT OF THINGS )T SUPPORTS THE BANDS IT SUPPORTS THE LOCAL BUSINESSES IT SUPPORTS CHARITIES v -ENDES SAID OF THE FESTIVAL 4HE TH !NNUAL 2OCKFEST WILL BE HELD FROM *ULY TO *ULY AT THE CAFE 4HE 2OCKFEST HAS GONE FROM A ONE DAY EVENT TO TWO DAYS AND THIS YEAR FOR THE lRST TIME WILL BE THREE DAYS /N THE lRST NIGHT A REUNION OF BANDS THAT HAVE PLAYED AT THE .EW 7AVE #AFE IN THE PAST BUT HAVE BROKEN UP WILL TAKE THE STAGE FROM P M TO P M 4HE SECOND NIGHT WILL FEATURE BANDS THAT HAVE RECENTLY BEEN PLAYING AT THE CAFE FROM P M TO P M /N THE 3UNDAY OF THE 2OCKFEST ACOUSTIC MUSICIANS AND JAM BANDS WILL BE PER FORMING FROM P M TO P M h)T S ALL ORIGINAL BANDS v -ENDES SAID h7E DON T HAVE THE COVER BANDS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT v 0ART OF THE GOAL OF THE 2OCKFEST IS TO GIVE LOCAL ORIGINAL BANDS THE CHANCE TO PLAY ON A STAGE IN FRONT OF A LARGE AUDIENCE OF BETWEEN PEOPLE AND PEOPLE BECAUSE THEY USUALLY DON T GET SUCH OPPORTUNITIES -ENDES SAID IT MAKES HIM HAPPY THAT HE CAN GIVE LOCAL BANDS A CHANCE TO PLAY IN SUCH A VENUE h!LL THE BANDS GET mYERS AND POSTERS TO PRO MOTE v -ENDES SAID h)T GETS YOUR NAME OUT THERE v -ENDES SAID BECAUSE THE CAFE SUPPORTS ORIGI NAL MUSIC HE GETS CALLS FROM BANDS AROUND THE COUNTRY WHO WANT TO PLAY THERE (E SAID HE UN DERSTANDS HOW DIFlCULT IT IS FOR ORIGINAL BANDS TO MAKE IT AND SAID IT IS SATISFYING TO HIM THAT HE CAN GIVE THEM A PLACE TO PLAY h) FEEL THAT ) M ACTUALLY HELPING v -ENDES SAID h"USINESS IS ABOUT MAKING MONEY BUT ) M NOT JUST ABOUT MAKING MONEY ) M ABOUT ORIGINALITY v 7HILE THE CAFE MAY BE A SMALL VENUE THAT HOLD ABOUT PEOPLE -ENDES HAS A BIG STAGE THAT IS USUALLY NOT FOUND IN SUCH PLACES h4HAT S WHAT MAKES A DIFFERENCE TOO v -ENDES SAID h)T S UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL WHEN THE BANDS ARE HERE ) THINK THAT S WHAT MAKES IT A GREAT THING v )N 2ON 0OITRAS THE ORIGINAL BANDS ALSO GET A TOP NOTCH SOUND MAN TO WORK WITH AT THE .EW 7AVE #AFE 0OITRAS PLAYED IN A BAND CALLED 4HE
'LUE /NS THAT WAS VERY POPULAR IN THE S -ENDES SAID A "OSTON BAND THAT RECENTLY PLAYED AT THE CAFE SAID 0OITRAS WAS THE BEST SOUND MAN THEY HAVE WORKED WITH INCLUDING ALL THE PLACES AROUND "OSTON WHERE THEY HAVE PLAYED h7E CATER TO THEM v -ENDES SAID OF THE BANDS h7E MAKE THEM FEEL COMFORTABLE )F THEIR MICRO PHONE FALLS OFF THE STAGE WE PICK IT UP FOR THEM v -ENDES ALSO MAY HAVE AN ARTIST DISPLAYING WORK AT THE 2OCKFEST 0EOPLE ARE ENCOURAGED TO BRING BEACH CHAIRS AND BLANKETS TO THE 3UNDAY SHOWS &OOD WILL BE SERVED ON ALL THREE DAYS OF THE 2OCKFEST 4HERE WILL BE AN OUTDOOR BARBECUE AND VENDOR BOOTHS AT THE FESTIVALS WHERE BUSINESSES CAN EITHER SELL THEIR PRODUCTS OR EDUCATE PEOPLE ABOUT WHAT THEY DO )N THE PAST SOME OF THE BUSINESSES HAVE INCLUDED CELLULAR TELEPHONE COMPANIES TANNING SALONS AND TATTOO SHOPS .ON PERISHABLE FOOD ITEMS WILL BE COLLECTED AT THE 2OCKFEST TO HELP LOCAL FOOD PANTRIES "ANDS ARE SELLING TICKETS FOR THE 2OCKFEST AND THEY CAN ALSO BE PURCHASED AT THE CAFE &OR PEOPLE WILL BE ADMITTED TO ALL THREE DAYS OF THE 2OCKFEST 4HE PRICE AT THE DOOR WILL BE EACH DAY BUT ANY ONE WHO BRINGS lVE NON PERISHABLE FOOD ITEMS WILL BE GIVEN lVE DOLLARS OFF THAT PRICE ! RAFmE IN WHICH WORTH OF PRIZES WILL BE GIVEN AWAY WILL ALSO BE HELD AT THE 2OCKFEST -ON EY THAT IS RAISED FROM THE RAFmE WILL BE DONATED TO THE 3OUTH %ND 9OUTH !THLETIC !SSOCIATION OF .EW "EDFORD 4HE .EW 7AVE #AFE SPONSORS A TEAM IN THAT ASSOCIATION h) KNOW THAT THEY NEED HELP v -ENDES SAID h4HEY NEED TO REPLACE BATHROOMS DOWN THERE 4HEY NEED CERTAIN THINGS v 4HE .EW 7AVE #AFE IS A FAMILY OWNED BUSI NESS -ENDES AND HIS SISTER !DELIA $OMINGOS ARE THE PROPRIETORS !S FAR AS HIS TASTES IN MUSIC -ENDES SAID HE LIKES TO LISTEN TO ROCK REGGAE BLUES AND JAZZ THE MOST h7E SUPPORT ALL TYPES OF ORIGINAL MUSIC NOT JUST METAL v -ENDES SAID OF THE TYPES OF BANDS THAT HE ACCEPTS AT THE CAFE 'IFT BAGS WITH ITEMS FROM THE BUSINESSES THAT SPONSOR THE 2OCKFEST AND THE BANDS ARE ALSO GIV EN TO THE lRST PEOPLE WHO COME IN THE DOOR EACH NIGHT h)T MIGHT HAVE A LIGHTER IN IT v -ENDES SAID h)T MIGHT HAVE A PEN )T MIGHT HAVE A #$ 4HERE S SOMETHING FOR EVERYBODY v
h4HE INSTRUCTORS THAT WE HAVE ARE ALL DOING SOMETHING ON THEIR OWN WITH SOME OF THE BEST BANDS IN THE AREA AND SOME OF THEM PLAY IN TWO THREE OR FOUR BANDS v 3ALPI ETRO SAID 3ALPIETRO HAS BEEN PLAYING DRUMS SINCE HE WAS EIGHT YEARS OLD (E STUDIED WITH A LOT OF IN STRUCTORS INCLUDING SOME "ERKLEE #OLLEGE OF -USIC PROFESSORS 3AL PIETRO SAID HE HAS BEEN IN SOME GOOD BANDS THAT PLAYED COVERS OR ORIGINAL MUSIC (E IS CURRENTLY IN A 0ANTERA TRIBUTE BAND CALLED 4RENDKILL 4 * S -USIC STARTED AS A DRUM SHOP #USTOMERS STARTED ASKING 3ALPIETRO IF HE COULD GET GUITAR STRINGS FOR THEM "EFORE HE KNEW IT 3ALPIETRO HAD A FULL MUSIC STORE h)T WAS BASICALLY A DREAM v 3AL PIETRO SAID OF OPENING THE STORE h) VE BEEN PLAYING MUSIC ALL MY LIFE AND WAS TOTALLY INTO IT SO ) WANTED TO BE MORE CONNECTED v 3ALPIETRO SAID 4 * S -USIC IS LIKE A MINI BOX STORE h7E DON T SELL JUST LIKE GUITARS v 3ALPIETRO SAID h4HERE S GUITARS IN HERE 7E HAVE A DOZEN DRUM KITS SET UP HERE v ! LOT OF REPAIRS ON DRUMS ELEC TRONICS AMPLIFIERS AND OTHER EQUIPMENT IS DONE AT 4 * S -USIC 'REG &ARIS REPAIRS GUITARS IN THE STORE (E IS AN AUTHORIZED REPAIR CENTER FOR &ENDER h(E DRAWS A LOT OF PEOPLE HERE v 3ALPIETRO SAID h! LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW HIM v )NSTRUMENTS AND SOUND EQUIP MENT CAN BE RENTED 3ALPIETRO SAID HIS STAFF FOCUSES ON GOOD CUSTOM ER SERVICE (E IS IN THE STORE SEVEN 2/#+&%34 4HE .EW 7AVE #AFE IN .EW "EDFORD WILL HOLD ITS ANNUAL CONCERT EVENT THAT ATTRACTS THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE IN *ULY 0ICTURED ABOVE ARE SOME OF THE STAFF MEMBERS OF THE CAFE DAYS A WEEK
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4HE TH "RISTOL HAS LONG HISTORY OF PROVIDING ENTERTAINMENT IN CITY "Y '%/2'% !534). .%7 "%$&/2$ -ASS ˆ 7HETHER YOU ARE A MEMBER OF 4HE TH "RISTOL OR A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC YOU CAN COME INTO THE CLUB EVERY WEEK TO ENJOY THE DIF FERENT MUSICAL ENTERTAINMENT THAT IS OFFERED THERE IN A CLASSY ATMO SPHERE h7E DON T ALLOW NO FOOLISHNESS v # 4OBY 'AUTHIER MANAGER OF 4HE TH "RISTOL SAID h7E HAVE SECU RITY HERE .OBODY COMES IN UN LESS THEY RE DRESSED RIGHT 7E JUST RUN IT RIGHT 4HAT S WHY WE VE BEEN AROUND SINCE v 4HE TH "RISTOL OFFERS LIVE ROCK BANDS ON &RIDAY AND 3ATURDAY NIGHTS A ONE MAN BAND WHO SINGS AND PLAYS THE SAXOPHONE AND DRUMS AND KARAOKE ON 7EDNES DAY NIGHTS 4HE TH "RISTOL WILL BE CELEBRATING ITS TH ANNIVERSARY THIS YEAR 4HE CLUB WAS STARTED IN BY MEN 'AUTHIER A FOR MER PRESIDENT OF THE CLUB HAS AN UNCLE 'US #ORMIER WHO WAS ONE OF THE FOUNDERS OF THE CLUB h)T WAS A SOCIAL CLUB v 'AUTHIER SAID h4HERE WAS POLITICS INVOLVED AND THEY RAN A BAR v 4HE CLUB WILL CELEBRATE ITS AN NIVERSARY WITH A DINNER ON *ULY 4HE TH "RISTOL HAS MEM BERS WHO INCLUDE LAWYERS DOCTORS AND JUDGES
h7E DO HAVE A NICE CROWD HERE v 'AUTHIER WHO HAS BEEN A MEM BER OF THE CLUB SINCE SAID h7E HAVE A LOT OF BUSINESS PEOPLE WHO OWN THEIR OWN BUSINESSES A LOT OF SCHOOL TEACHERS A LOT OF PO LICE OFFICERS AND FIREMEN 7E HAVE A WELL ROUNDED CROWD v 'AUTHIER SAID THE MEMBERSHIP HAS GROWN OVER THE YEARS h7HEN ) CAME ABOARD WE ONLY HAD ABOUT MEMBERS v 'AUTHIER SAID h.OW WE HAVE MEM BERS v 'AUTHIER SAID THERE IS A LIMIT TO HO%ACH YEAR THE CLUB HOLDS A CELEBRITY BARTENDER NIGHT WHERE THE MAYOR OF .EW "EDFORD "RIS TOL #OUNTY SHERIFF AND MEMBERS OF THE #ITY #OUNCIL AMONG OTHER WELL KNOWN PEOPLE PARTICIPATE !LL OF THE MONEY MADE THAT NIGHT IS DONATED TO A CHARITY h7E RAISE MORE MONEY FOR NEEDY FAMILIES THAN ANYONE IN THE CITY v 'AUTHIER SAID "UT DURING REGULAR HOURS 0ATTY !LPHONSE IS AN ASSISTANT MANAGER AND REGULAR BARTENDER h3HE IS ONE OF THE FASTEST AND BEST BARTENDERS IN THE CITY v 'AUTHIER SAID 4HE MENU AT THE TH "RISTOL $ISTRICT THESE DAYS IS MOSTLY 0OR TUGUESE FOOD WITH h,ITTLE *OEv $U ARTE DOING THE COOKING h)T S A CLUB ATMOSPHERE TYPE EATING v 'AUTHI ER SAID h)T S NOT FORMAL v
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.EIL ENCOURAGED THE CROWD TO GET OUT THEIR LIGHTERS 7ITH STRANDS OF CRIMPED HAIR RED LIPS AND A FIST FULL OF ATTITUDE 6IXEN INVITED FANS TO GET CLOSER TO THE STAGE AND SAID hYOU GET A MUCH BETTER VIEW AND YOU CAN SMELL US TOO v ,EAD GUI TARIST -ISTRESS -ARS NAILED EVERY SOLO ON A SPARKLY BLACK (AGSTROM AND BASSIST .IKITA 3EIS PROVIDED MOST OF THE BACKING VOCALS 4HE SELF PROCLAIMED hHOTTEST -OTLEY #RUE BAND YOU LL EVER SEEv PLAYED WITH RAW TENACITY AND FINISHED THEIR SET WITH h+ICKSTART -Y (EART v 4HEIR THREE SONG ENCORE INCLUDED A PIPED OVER VERSION OF h)N THE "E
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