BLACK HAND
Our debut studio album “Second Helpings” is expected to be out by late September. Check us out live at one of our shows over the next few months… Thank you for coming and enjoy the show!
JAMES MATTERN
JAMES MATTERN is a Nationally Headlining Comic and Radio personality, who has fast become one of the most beloved Emcee’s in NYC. JAMES has appeared on several television programs including Fox Sports One’s “Garbage Time with Katie Nolan”, The WWE Network’s “The List”, MSG Networks “The Bracket”, and “”The Artie Lange Show.”
As the former audience warmup for FOX SPORTS ONE’s “Crowd Goes Wild”, he worked with the legendary Regis Philbin. Additionally, James has appeared on “THE MOJO SHOW” on CBS SPORTS RADIO; and was a “man on the street” for “FERRALL ON THE BENCH” on SIRIUS-XM.
CLIFF VMIR
CHANELLE TRUVILLION
SHEGO TURBO
Emerging from the vibrant streets of Chicago, SheGo Turbo is more than just a hip-hop artist; she’s a dynamic force reshaping the genre. Her music fuses traditional hip-hop elements with modern influences, creating an electrifying blend of hard-hitting beats and infectious hooks. Her lyrics, delivered with raw intensity, reflect her deep emotional connection to her experiences, painting vivid portraits of urban life that resonate with listeners and draw them into her world. What sets SheGo Turbo apart is her storytelling ability. Each track showcases her effortless flow and captivating delivery, blending personal experiences with universal themes. Her music not only pays homage to hip-hop’s roots but pushes the genre into new territory. As she continues to break barriers and redefine norms, SheGo Turbo’s artistry resonates deeply with a generation navigating contemporary life, making her a key figure in the evolving hip-hop landscape.
NIA KAY
Nia Kay, a 17-year-old female rapper who calls herself “Duchess” was a participant on the reality show ‘The Rap Game – Season 2.’ She gained a lot of attention with her lyrical and freestyle talent.
She released her first solo on YouTube at the age of ten. Gaining all the spotlight in a very short time, she acquired almost two million views when she posted a compilation of her freestyle video on Facebook. Several rappers and reality show stars have shared her videos and have congratulated this young achiever.
She released her first solo on YouTube at the age of ten. Gaining all the spotlight in a very short time, she acquired almost two million views when she posted a compilation of her freestyle video on Facebook. Several rappers and reality show stars have shared her videos and have congratulated this young achiever.
Her message to teenagers is to “never give up because dreams do come true, you just have to have patience and work for it.” She says that she has never stopped dreaming and her dreams transformed into reality. She has the swagger to get a person of any age grooving to her lyrics and rap.
Her followers have reached 35K on Twitter and she has 1.1 Million fans on Instagram which is steadily growing. On YouTube she has 142K subscribers tuning into her channel.
QUEEN KEY
Queen Key is Rapper from Chicago, Illinois. whose singles such as “Hit A Lic,” “Baked as a Pie,” “Killa,” “Take Money,” and “Calling All Eaters” can be found with accompanying music videos on the YouTube channel Rayy Moneyyy Visions.
JON MCDONALD
SUNSHINE BOYS
Sunshine Boys are a Chicago-based trio of veteran recording and touring artists from some of the most revered bands in indie rock. Featuring Freda Love Smith (Blake Babies, Antenna, Mysteries of Life), Jacqueline Schimmel (Justin Roberts, Big Hello), and Dag Juhlin (Poi Dog Pondering, The Slugs), Sunshine Boys offer a propulsive, melodic take on pop rock.
OSCAR WILSON
The Cash Box Kings are bona fide blues royalty. Co-led by real-deal Chicago blues vocalist and songwriter Oscar Wilson and Madison, Wisconsin-based songwriter, harmonica giant and singer Joe Nosek, the band plays masterfully raw and unvarnished houserocking blues. Wilson’s huge, gritty vocals and Nosek’s powerhouse harmonica fuel their razor-sharp original songs. With their top shelf musicianship and trademark good humor, The Cash Box Kings are a one-of-a-kind blues band. In the words of MOJO magazine, the band is “flawless.”
RONNIE HICKS
THE JETBEATS
1962. A damp, sweaty cellar on a narrow cobblestone street
in Liverpool, England. You descend down a narrow staircase
and enter a wild new world of raucous, primitive Rock&Roll played
with reckless abandon to an enthusiastic mob. On the small stage
is a group of young upstarts in leather jackets and cuban-heeled boots, pounding away a relentless beat that drives the crowd into a frenzy. This was the birth of Rock&Roll in Britain. This was the launching of the British Invasion that would soon conquer America.
This is the inspiration for Grand Rapids quartet, The JetBeats. The band was formed in 2013 based on a shared infatuation with British Beat Rock of the early 60’s. Part Rhythm&Blues, part Rockabilly, part Pop – ALL Rock&Roll. Legends like The Beatles, The Kinks, The Who, The Stones, The Searchers, The Dave Clark Five, and modern groups like JD McPherson, The Fratellis, Arctic Monkeys and Oasis provide the musical lineage.
As opposed to other bands that claim the same influences, The JetBeats capture the magic of that early 60’s sound with their own originals – done to vintage spec. A JetBeats show is a rocket ride to the fabulous early 60’s, with a contemporary twist. The gear, the threads, the tone, the LOT. The JetBeats will remind you of a time when rock&roll was fresh, wild and unjaded.
Feel THE BEAT!
THE MONOCHROME SET
The Monochrome Set consist of, original Monochrome Set members, Bid (Guitar/Vocals) and Andy Warren (bass) with John Paul Moran (keyboards) and Mike Urban, who was previously in the band in the early 90s, on drums, The Monochrome Set formed in 1978, and were heavily influential in the ‘post-punk’ scene that evolved after the initial scorched earth of punk.
The band’s early releases were on the legendary Rough Trade Label before signing with Virgin offshoot Din Disc. They also released several albums on the Cherry Red label, making a notable appearance on that labels’ well known ‘Pillows and Prayers’ compilation.Though The Monochrome Set split in 1985 the next decade saw several reunions for both live gigs and further studio recordings, their album release count now being well into double figures.
After a hiatus of over a decade the band reformed full time in 2010 and have since toured all over the UK, Europe, Japan and the USA, whilst also releasing five new, critically acclaimed, studio albums, the most recent, ‘Maisieworld’, on the German ‘Tapete’ label in February this year.
2018 sees the 40th year since the band formed and they will be gigging worldwide to celebrate this.
AARON PORTER
AGENT J
MATT PLESS
Lyrical “hippie punk” folk rock……………………..
Matt Pless is a musician who can’t read music, an artist who can’t stand most aspects of the pretentious art community, and a writer who usually has fairly poor grammatical skills. All that aside, he creates some pretty cool stuff…check it out for yourself!
STRAIGHT LINE ARRIVAL
Folk Punk band from Fargo, ND. Once a solo project of guitar player and singer Sky Husebye. The band now includes Tim Julio on bass and Chris Holmes on drums.
LONG SOUGHT REST
~~// a few friends fighting for ourselves cause who the hell else will // stompy spooky queer folk punx w yelling and turnarounds and everything //~~
SUBURBAN DRUGDEALERS
JUST A BUNCH OF PUNKS TRYING TO PLAY COUNTRY
featuring members of various Stockholm punk garage and psychobilly bands
Ant – Vocals
Danne – Guitar
Jonis – Bango/Dobro
Rafal – Double Bass
Terry – Drums
SHE/HER/HERS
Lansing, MI based DIY band, She/Her/Hers is Emma grrrl and friends.
Gender is Boring.
Kill The Boy Band
HOLY LOCUST
Holy Locust is a five piece acoustic folk band, seamlessly blending the raw energy and ideals of punk music with refined folk traditions from around the world. Far flung from home and steeped in the myriad of their worldly adventures, Holy Locust, in sound, is the embodiment of chaos tamed. Anywhere from street corners in Mexico to pubs in Ireland, they bring a riveting collaboration of acoustic punk, New Orleans jazz, and traditional folk music, carrying with them the folk tradition of resistance and equality.
TIM SEISSER
Tim Seisser Bassist/Musician
VIO-LENCE
Formed in 1985 Dublin CA by Perry Strickland and Phil Demmel, later joined by Deen Dell, Sean Killian and Rob Flynn. Reformed in 2019 and in the process of writing a new EP for Metal Blade Records for March 2022 release with Bobby Gustafson on Guitar and Christian Olde Wolbers on bass.
LED ZEPPELIN “HOUSES OF THE HOLY”
Houses of the Holy is the fifth studio album by the English rock band Led Zeppelin. It was released on 28 March 1973 by Atlantic Records.
The album benefited from several band members installing studios at home, which allowed them to develop more sophisticated songs and arrangements, and expand their musical style. Several songs subsequently became fixtures in the group’s live set, including “The Song Remains the Same”, “The Rain Song” and “No Quarter”. Other material recorded at the sessions, including the title track, was shelved and released on the later albums Physical Graffiti and Coda. All instruments and vocals were provided by the band members Robert Plant (vocals), Jimmy Page (guitar), John Paul Jones(bass, keyboards), and John Bonham (drums). The album was produced by Jimmy Page, and it was mixed by Eddie Kramer.
NEKTAR
Derek “Mo” Moore – bass, vocals (1969-1978, 2002-2003, 2019 -)
Ron Howden – drums, percussion, backing vocals (1969-1978, 2003-2016, 2019 -)
Ryche Chlanda – guitars, lead vocals (1978, 2019 -)
Randy Dembo – bass, bass pedals, acoustic guitar, backing vocals (2003-2006, 2019 – )
Kendall Scott – keyboards (2019 -)
Mick Brockett – special effects, lights and lyrics (1969-1977, 2002, 2019 -)
Nektar’s contribution over the last 49 years has quite rightly earned them their place in any ‘Progressive Rock Hall of Fame’. But the band is much more than a ‘Prog Legend’, the Nektar brand of innovative composition, performance and visuals is simply unique.
Nektar’s history appeared to have been written when they finally split in the early eighties. Despite attempts to re-kindle the flame, the Nektar light, it seemed, was out . . . until that is, the year 2000.
The new millennium saw the long awaited reunion tour of the classic line up, to rave reviews and fantastic receptions. The light we thought was out, had in fact been kept aglow – by loyal fans across the globe.
Sixteen years on and the family has grown a little, but the classic Nektar spirit is still very much alive, building on the band’s rediscovered popularity. The Nektar family is determined to continue bringing Nektar music to you around the world.
KISS KISS BANG
Kiss Kiss Bang is a classic rock n’ roll quintet born and bred in the heart of western Kentucky. Trevor Smith, Andrew Hopper, Clayton Crowder, and Malcolm Warren form a powerhouse of a raw and electric modern slam band with monstrous guitars and Eagles-style vocals that carry near constant three part harmonies. Accompanied by a thundering rhythm section of groove running bass and wild n’ out, heavy hitting drum beats that act as a constant heartbeat to the already tight and locked in showmen, Kiss Kiss Bang have been one of the top tier, heavyweights of the Bowling Green, KY local music scene for only a few years. A complete renovation from the ground up in 2018 changed not only the sound of the band, but the soul itself. Sharing stages with multiple national acts over the last couple of years have helped the young bloods get a little more long in the tooth and more the wiser at just what it takes to not only get to the top, but f**king stay there!
JAYKARI
The Leviathan Of The 847, A modern day Daniel Desario, a shoulder too cold to cry on and the man who your aunt makes waffles for.
THE HOTS
The Hots are an Australian born, Los Angeles based hard rock band, formed by singer Foxie Kelly and guitarist Ronnie Simmons. In 2018, they released their debut EP produced by Mark Opitz (AC/DC, INXS, KISS, Rose Tattoo).
The Hots have been setting fire to the Los Angeles rock scene with their brand of youthful and aggressive rock ‘n’ roll. Playing the legendary list of venues that make up Hollywood’s honor roll, including The Whisky and The Viper Room, and opening for punk rock legends like Walter Lure (Johnny Thunders and The Heartbreakers) with Mick Rossi (Slaughter and the Dogs).
In 2019 The Hots filmed their second music video ‘Please Me’, an artistic tribute to motorcycle pop culture of the late ’60’s & early ’70’s with an emphasis on women’s empowerment. In order to capture the aesthetic and authenticity, working with creative director Meredith Devine, known for her Painted Lady series and photography work with brands like Harley Davidson. The video was brought to life by Giraffe Studios and with an all girl team. The ‘Please Me’ video was premiered at The House Of Machines in Downtown Los Angeles with artist Meredith Devine, in attendance were members of Guns N’ Roses and Nekromantix. Following the success of the video premiere, The Hots hit the road, touring the USA West Coast with Psychobilly super-group BAT! (feat. members of Nekromantix, Rezurex and Stellar Corpses).
In 2018 The Hots launched their Self Titled EP at the world famous Whisky A Go Go in Hollywood and were nominated as one of LA’s Top 100 Unsigned Bands of 2018 by Music Connection Magazine. The Hots filmed their debut single’s music video ‘Before You’ with acclaimed Producer/Director Vashti Rosenberg: MTV Classic Australia, Channel V, Blink 182, Good Charlotte, Nickelback and more. ‘Before You’ was premiered on US radio by the legendary Rodney Bingenheimer and since then has been added to rotation on over 90 radio stations across the USA and Canada, charting at #1 on the US College Radio charts three times. The Hots EP debuted at #1 in Washington PA on WNJR.
ROSE TATTOO
Rose Tattoo, the true rock and roll outlaws and first and last gang in town rumbled into existence in late 1976 with a New Year’s Eve debut at Sydney’s legendary Bondi Lifesaver.
The band was the vision of Pete Wells, former bassist with Sydney heavy metal kids, Buffalo, his master plan embellished by ex-Band of Light bassist, Ian Rilen.
With Wells on slide guitar and Rilen on bass, former Buster Brown singer, Angry Anderson was recruited along with rhythm guitarist Mick Cocks and drummer Dallas “Digger” Royal and they set about destroying eardrums and venues across Australia.
With the band’s enormous power came a level of internal combustion and in August 1977, Rilen left on the eve of the release of the band’s debut single for Alberts, Bad Boy For Love to form the soon to be equally infamous X
Geordie Leach who had played with Angry in Buster Brown stepped in to replace Rilen and the band’s classic self titled debut album produced by Vanda and Young was released in late 1978 with the killer singles, Bad Boy for Love, Rock n’ Roll Outlaw and One of the Boys.
Being one of the best live acts in Australia and offering up an album that made The Stones at their peak sound tame tragically wasn’t enough and Tattoo found the going tough in their homeland. Their banning from Countdown, the country’s top music TV show, allegedly after Angry and Mick Cocks appeared to kiss on camera, summed up their lot.
By 1979 Cocks and Leach had left and the band was down to a four piece with legendary Australian guitar maverick, Lobby Loyde on bass.
In an attempt to kick start the band’s career and trajectory, Loyde produced a second album in December 1979 titled Scarred but it remains unreleased.
Nothing seemed to work and one of the most unique bands on the planet was being damned out of existence.
Salvation was quietly at hand. Despite the outfit’s lack of success and recognition in Australia, their debut album was quietly gaining traction in France and Germany.
It was decided to reunite the line-up of Anderson, Wells, Cocks, Leach and Royal, record what would be the Assault and Battery album and unleash the band on audiences in the UK and Europe in 1981.
It was a masterstroke. In the northern hemisphere, Tattoo were finally showered with the respect and affection that had been cruelly withheld in Australia, their storming appearance at the Reading Festival in August 1981 a crowning achievement and powerful statement to all that the new metal gurus had arrived.
But mid way through the European tour, Mick Cocks left and was replaced by former Dallimore guitar beast, Rockin’ Rob Riley who brought with him a whole new level of volume and intimidation.
By that point, Tattoo were poised to be the clear and logical successors to AC/DC but the decision was made to return to Australia, record the Scarred For Life album and prepare for an all important American tour in late 1982.
While launching an assault on the UK and Europe had been a brilliant tactic, leaving before landing the killer blow was a critical miscalculation.
Despite doing dates with the likes of Aerosmith and ZZ Top, the Americans, more so than the Australians, didn’t know what to do when confronted with a bunch of beer swilling tattooed street toughs who played at skull splitting volume. Five years later Guns n’ Roses would take the world by storm with the ethos of Rose Tattoo but in 1982-1983, the US reaction to the Tatts was terror and confusion.
America effectively killed the band with Wells, Royal and Riley all leaving after they returned to Australia in early 1983.
Angry continued on with Leach and after recruiting new personnel made 1984’s Southern Stars album but much of the band’s original spirit was gone.
Anderson did the Beats from A Single Drum album in 1988 which was more of a solo effort and featured the hit, Suddenly and in 1990 released the Blood From Stone album, the Australian tour for which saw the singer reunite with Rob Riley to open for Aerosmith.
Pete Wells meanwhile was beginning to carve out an impressive solo career starting with 1991’s Everything You Like Tries To Kill You album.
In 1993, the stars aligned once more when the original line-up of Tattoo were asked to open for Guns n’ Roses to play two huge outdoors shows in Sydney and Melbourne before almost 100,000 people. Tatts’ drummer, Digger Royal had tragically passed in 1989 and so Oz rock veteran, Paul De Marco was drafted into the band.
The outfit kicked on powerfully from there including a near poetic appearance at Brisbane’s notorious Boggo Road prison.
Steve King, who like Rob Riley, always seemed destined to play with Tattoo, came in on bass on the eve of the band’s 2000 European tour with Kingys’ second gig a baptism of fire at the massive Wacken Metal festival in Germany which was immortalised on the 25 to Life album and also featured the return of Rob Riley.
The underrated Pain album followed in 2002 with the band’s most intimidating line-up of Anderson, Wells, Riley, King and De Marco.
But tragically Pete Wells was suffering from cancer – and he wasn’t alone.
Dai Pritchard filled in on slide guitar when Wells was too unwell to continue – he passed in 27 March 2006.
In a double blow, fellow founding member, Ian Rilen departed seven months later on 30 October after a bout with cancer himself.
With Mick Cocks back in the fold in place of Riley and now Pritchard permanently installed the Tatts soldiered on with 2007’s Blood Brothers album which included a killer version of Stevie Wright’s Black Eyed Bruiser.
When cancer also took Cocks on 22 December 2009, it seemed the Rose Tattoo circle had been permanently and irreparably broken.
But the body blows didn’t end there with drummer Paul De Marcos’ arrest in April 2014 and later imprisonment for alleged firearms offences curbing the band’s touring activity and placing the future in doubt.
A line-up of Tattoo however opened for Guns n’ Roses in Australia in February 2017 and stormed through an appearance at the Bang Your Head festival in Germany in July bathed in reverence from tens of thousands.
In the second half of 2017, after countless personnel changes in the preceding years, Rose Tattoo re-emerged like a phoenix from the ashes with their strongest line-up in more than a decade.
The outfit features early AC/DC bassist, Mark Evans who featured on so many of the band’s timeless Bon Scott era songs and former Finch, Skyhooks and Angels’ master axeman, Bob Spencer alongside Angry, long time Tatts’ slide guitar ace, Dai Pritchard and drumming giant, Jackie Barnes.
With the new lineup firing on all cylinders and making a space all their own, they decided to revisit history and what is sacred studio ground by re-recording and updating the band’s classic debut album from 1978 adding a few songs that should have had a place on the original record.
Mark Opitz, who handled the band’s original demos in the late seventies and engineered such landmark recordings as AC/DC’s Powerage and The Angels’ Face to Face, will produce the rebirthed album.
In March, the Tatts kick off a unique Australian tour with The Hard Ons and then in July, storm through Europe once more in their own right.
Honouring the past and striding proudly into the future, THE boys are back and right now, Rose Tattoo are as good as it gets and that’s no small statement.
Written by Murray Engleheart
MIDAS
Solid Gold Classic Metal from Detroit Rock City
THRONE OF IRON
Formed in the sweltering summer of 2018 in the wake of an alcohol-fueled love of the sounds of classic heavy metal and tomes of roleplaying past, Throne Of Iron is here to bring the wood paneled basement to YOU.
Originally a solo project of Tucker Thomasson (Thorr-Axe), Throne Of Iron released their 2018 Demo, with Tucker performing all instruments. The demo took off on Bandcamp, gaining the attention of writers on the site, BangerTV, and eventually No Remorse Records, who approached Tucker with a contract.
Thinking quick, Tucker gathered forces in the form of Corwin Deckard on guitar, his longtime drummer friend from Thorr-Axe, Jacob Lett, and the cleric Evan Pruitt on bass.
The four immediately descended into the basement to forge their debut full length, which is now in its final stages of formation, set to be released on No Remorse this spring.
RITUALIZER
Brooklyn-based, traditional metallers, RITUALIZER, crashed the sacrificial party in November, 2018 with the release of their debut EP, “Blood Oaths”.
The EP has been well received domestically and internationally and has sparked features through a range of broadcast and media outlets such as Dean Rispler’s
“Records of Ruin” (Gimme Radio), The Last Exit for the Lost, Metal Italia, The Mighty Decibel, New England Rock and Metal Radio, Powerslaves (Metal Messiah Radio),
Headbanger Reviews, Metal Euphoria, From The Pit, and Metal Crypt.
The band, fronted by vocalist PJ Berlinghof (formerly of Twilight Odyssey and Midnite Hellion), delivers a sonic barrage certain to please fans of iconic classic acts and contemporary retro metal alike.
Filling out the line-up are the infernal talents of drummer Luigi Gennaro (Shadow of Demise, S.A. Adams), guitarist Judson Belmont (Orsus) and bassist Devin Lavery.
After a successful run of Northeastern U.S. performances, the band continues to press forward with the release of a new single and upcoming live shows supporting such heavy metal masters as Warbringer, Enforcer, and Ross the Boss.
That strange shape hovering offstage may or may not be waiting to collect their souls.
STYGIAN CROWN
Stygian Crown is a doom metal band from Southern California that pays homage to bands like Candlemass, Solitude Aeturnus, and Black Sabbath. Featuring members of Morgion, Gravehill, and Morbid Eclipse.
DARK SUN
Hard Rock Band based out of northern IL
VIRULENT EXCISION
New Slamming Brutal Death Metal Band featuring members of Asphyxiator Bad Blood and Cannibal Abortion from Chicago, IL
EXTRACTION POINT
Death Punk Groove
LEVIN BROTHERS
LEVIN BROTHERS was founded by Pete and Tony Levin in 2013, After 5 decades of glorious career playing with virtually who is who in all genres of music – jazz, fusion, rock, pop and world music, and after guesting on each other’s projects, two brothers finally decided to have their own jazz band. Levin Brothers released 2 albums: the self-titled first album in 2014, and the follow up live album ’Special Delivery’ in 2017. The band has toured all over the USA, and has performed also internationally in Mexico, El Salvador, Bolivia, Chile, Argentina, Uruguay and Japan.
Since graduating from the Eastman School of Music, Tony Levin, one of the most recorded bass players in history of music, has become bass and Chapman Stick voice for Peter Gabriel and King Crimson. he has played on notable recordings for John Lennon, Pink Floyd, Lou Reed, Alice Cooper, Carly Simon, and many others, as well jazz artists Buddy Rich, Gary Burton and Chuck Mangione. He currently records and tours with Stick Men, King Crimson and Peter Gabriel.
After graduating from the Juilliard School, Pete Levin became a synthesizer specialist in the New York City recording studio scene. Over the years, he has graced hundreds of jazz and pop recordings and performances with many artists, including Gil Evans, Jimmy Giuffre, David Sanborn, Annie Lennox, Charles Mingus, Jaco Pastorius, Lenny White and Paul Simon. he has released nine solo albums.
A veteran of the New York Jazz scene, Jeff ‘Siege’ Siegel has worked with a virtual who’s-who of jazz artists. A member of Sir Roland Hanna’s Trio from 1994-1999, Jeff has performed and recorded with Jazz legends including Ron Carter, Kenny Burrell, Lee Shaw, Jack DeJohnette, Benny Golson, Frank Foster, Helen Merrill and Mose Allison.
Contemporary Jazz guitarist Jeff Ciampa has recorded and toured with some of the best known jazz, pop and rock stars, including Harry Belafonte, Jon Lucien, Dave Matthews, Mark Egan, Bill Evans, Al MacDowell, Ornette Coleman, Lew Solof, Pete Levin, Tony Levin, Lenny White.
VISCERAL DISGORGE
From the violence-ridden bowels of Baltimore emerges VISCERAL DISGORGE vomiting forth their debut album INGESTING PUTRIDITY. Serving up 9 bloody cuts that will captivate the enthusiasts of brutality everywhere!
CABAL
Chris, Sakhi, Malthe, Nikolaj, Andreas
KIDD KENN
PRISMATIX
Chi-town soul with a hip-hop twist. Welcome to Prismatix…you’ll be glad you came.
Taj McCoy – Vocals
Cesar Pino – Piano/keyboards
Andrii Shtandryk – Guitar
Mike Schultz – Bass
Nate Chatigny – Drums
NEVER BETTER
Never Better is an alternative/punk/rock band from the suburbs of Chicago, IL. Comprised of Michael Balzano (vox/bass), Ryan Erdmann (guitar/vox), Brian Paglia (guitar/vox), and Sabrina Cordero (drums)
BAD PLANNING
With a sound that encompasses equal amounts hardcore, skate punk, and pop-punk, Bad Planning is a band that truly does things their own way. The newest recruits of Jump Start Records have been writing together since they were freshmen in high school. Now all these years later, the band is still booking their own shows, playing gigs with some of their favorite bands, and making a name for themselves in the midwest. Bad Planning writes with a sound that runs in the same vein as their fellow Chicago-based influences such as Rise Against, Alkaline Trio, and The Lawrence Arms. In 2019 they released “Splitting Hairs” alongside Chicago band A Semester Abroad, bringing on a heavier side with singles “Be Brave” and “Actors”. The four-piece, consisting of Alex Crook, Jack Coombs, Kevin Levonyak and Laurence Bactat, teamed up with Jump Start Records in May 2021 sharing a strong DIY ethos and love for punk rock. The band looks to continue playing shows in and outside of their local scene, developing their sound for future releases.
LUH KEL
Turran Coleman known professionally as Luh Kel, is an American singer and songwriter. He gained popularity after releasing his first public song “Wrong” in 2019 which placed at number 37 in the Billboard Hot R&B / Hip-Hop Songs chart.
TOMB
“Pennhurst / Xesse” is a new collection of rare material from the shadowy black industrial outfit T.O.M.B., featuring their ultra-limited “Pennhurst” album and the tracks from the one-sided “Xesse” 12″ previously released on Prison Tatt. Featuring all new artwork and presented in a six-panel digipack, this full-length disc delivers over an hour’s worth of the band’s bizarre brand of vile electro-acoustic noisescapes, oppressive industrial drift and ghoulish vocalizations seemingly dredged up from the dank black bowels of some long-abandoned mausoleum
MORTIIS
After Mortiis left Emperor, the Norwegian black metal band he was part of starting, in late 1992, he started Mortiis as a solo project, and released a number of solo records between 1993 and 1999. Released mostly on the cold meat industry and Earache labels. Reinvented as a band, Mortiis released The Smell of Rain in 2001 (a 2002 remastered, feat remixes by Lustmord was released). Followed by The Grudge in 2004, and remix album Some Kind of Heroin in 2006 (feat In The Nursery, Gothminister, David Wallace, Funker Vogt, Velvet Acid Christ, The Kovenant etc) Disenfranchised with the brutality and hypocrisy of the music industry, Mortiis did not release the new album “Perfectly Defect” until 2010, – as a tour only CD, and a free download through their own website. The Great Deceiver was completed in 2013, but did not see the light of day until 2016 due mostly to events beyond the band´s control. The Great Deceiver was released in March 2016. April 2017 saw The Great Corrupter an album with over 20 reworks of songs from The Great Deceiver, by artists as Godflesh, Die Krupps, In Slaughter Natives, Chris Vrenna, John Fryer, Prurient, Merzbow, Apoptygma Berzerk, PIG, Rhys Fulber + remix projects with En Esch and Marc Urselli, etc. Mortiis has toured with among others: Danzig, Behemoth, Apoptygma Berzerk, Combichrist, Christian Death, Mushroomhead, Genitorturers, Deathstars, Mayhem, etc. Mortiis is currently working on his next album, tentatively titled “Tribes Of Dystopia”
SCOTT HENDERSON TRIO
Scott Henderson is one of the most important guitarists in the jazz history of the last 40 years.
Since the years of Tribal Tech into successful albums like “Well To The Bone” or the most recent “Vibe Station” (considered by many as his master piece), this guitar player from Los Angeles has always been at the top of his generation, being an inspiration for millions of musicians all around the world.
He is artistically in a special musical place equally close to jazz, rock, blues and fusion; He has the amazing use of the distortion and pedals of a rock player, but also the strong harmony background of a jazz guitar player. The rest, is talent and musicality.
Since 2013, Scott tours worldwide with his Scott Henderson Trio featuring the French musicians Romain Labaye and Archibald Ligonnière. Playing barely only Henderson’s music, the trio has joined a delightful interplay and dynamics that makes them enjoy being on the stage and present their fans with a fun, amazing and unexpected performance.
The trio is preparing a new album that will be released on 2018 and the goal is to go over 12,000 physical copies (sold only in one year of “Vibe Station”) plus thousands of downloads from major websites.
LAST NIGHT SAVED MY LIFE
Last Night Saved My Life is a culmination of five best friends enjoying the art of music, highlighting the enjoyment of living a true and purposeful life.
This isn’t about the prospect of fame, money or a never ending supply of Chipotle. This is simply about our connection to what music will, and continues to do for our lives, and spreading that hope and purpose to those that surround LNSML.
This is a community.
HIGH WIRE
Chicago, IL quartet High Wire formed in 2012, when Iowa natives Cameron Jones (bass, vocals), Mark Nussle (guitar, vocals), and Chris Rymer (guitar) migrated to Chicago together in pursuit of their musical ambitions. In 2019 Joe Corson (Drums) replaced founding member Adam Harrington. The band has made a name for themselves in a thriving Chicago punk scene establishing a dedicated fan base and sharing stages with the likes of Goldfinger, Real Friends, You Me and Everyone We Know, Sleep On It, Capstan, Anarbor and more.
With their latest release Different Places, the EP is very much a step in a new direction for the band with a handful of new songs, but still retains a familiar sound that fans have grown to love since their debut. Different Places, produced by Seth Henderson (Real Friends, Knuckle Puck, Sleep On It) is a collection of songs that tell a story of personal changes and growth. It’s the journey from who you were, molded by the irrevocable changes in relationships to where you are presently, and who you aspire to be in the future. The EP is a representation both literally and physically for the band and embodies where High Wire started, where the band is presently and where they’re headed in the future.
Vocals, Guitar / Mark Nussle
Vocals, Bass / Cameron Jones
Guitar / Chris Rymer
Drums / Joe Corson
Vocals, Bass / Cameron Jones
Guitar / Chris Rymer
Drums / Joe Corson
WORLD WAR ME
Chicago, Illinois have graced us with endless reserves of power-hitters from the pop-punk scene over the years, but recently left us overdue. Brace yourselves as Chicago natives, World War Me enter to take the world by storm with infectious melodies, catchy choruses and heavy-hitting riffs. Members Stephen Krypel (Vocals), Charlie Harris (Lead Guitar), Jonathan Watson (Rhythm Guitar), Sean Daly (Bass), and Joe Kus (Drums) mesh the nostalgia of the old with the revolutionary new wave of rebellion on their latest single “War Zone”. Prep yourselves for a New Found Glory and My Chemical Romance meets Chunk! No, Captain Chunk! baby.
World War Me are currently in the studio working on their Debut Full-Length, produced by Get Scared’s Nick Mathews, following the release of their newest single. Recently signed by fast emerging SharpTone Records, World War Me is here and ready for a fight!
HUCKLEBERRY FUNK
Huckleberry Funk is a high-powered Funk, R&B and Soul band based in Bloomington, Indiana. Their live shows have earned them a reputation as one of the most exciting and entertaining live performances in the Midwest.
Hailing from Long Island, Pittsburgh, Indianapolis and Bloomington, the members of Huckleberry Funk were brought together by their shared love for gritty, groove-centric music. After endless nights of self-reflection and some words of wisdom from a good friend, it became clear that “Funk” is much more than a genre – it’s an attitude. The diverse upbringings and musical styles of each band-member allows Huckleberry Funk to establish meaningful and memorable relationships with every audience they play for.
At the heart of a Huckleberry Funk show, the audience can expect powerhouse vocals, face-melting guitar solos, a touch of east coast horns, and rock-solid grooves. Drawing inspiration from artists like The Main Squeeze, James Brown, Anderson .Paak, and Miguel, their unique feel-good sound is equally funky, soulful, and hard-hitting.
Huckleberry Funk has made an impressive premiere into the live music circuit, drawing attention from national acts like The Main Squeeze, Khraungbin, Dumpstaphunk and the billboard charting, NOLA favorites, Water Seed. Huck funk continues to fill the rooms of top venues including The Bluebird (Bloomington, IN), The Vogue (Indianapolis), and Rockwood Music Hall (New York City, NY). Continuously writing new music and honing in on their live performances, Huckleberry Funk is rapidly building a loyal fan
base as they transition into a premier national act.
Lead Vocals // Dexter Clardy
Guitar, Bkg Vox // Mike Gronsky
Keyboards, Saxophone, Bkg Vox // Alex Dura
Bass, Keybass // Matt McConahay
Drums, Programming // Byron Boler
Manager // Chrisjaan LeMann Smith
CHAD THE BIRD
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BIG TIME
Big Time is a collective of veterans of the Chicago music scene having performed in tributes to Genesis, Jethro Tull, Porcupine Tree, and Kevin Gilbert as well as original recording artists Zip Tang, Nomadic Horizon, Sonus Umbra, Origin of Animal, and Big Picture. They are comprised of drummer Fred Faller, bassist Tom Heslin, keyboardist Mark Pieper, guitarist Rich Poston, keyboardist Paul Sladek, and vocalist Mike Sluis. Together they reproduce the music of Peter Gabriel including his hits and deep cuts from his solo discography.
WARDEHNS
Wardehns, a three-piece heavy metal/sludge crust band from small-town Wisconsin, is coming out swinging with their new full-length Now Cometh The Foul. Comprised of vocalist and guitarist Adam Geurink, bassist Brad Beilke, and drummer Thomas Sorbet, the trio delivers eight grimy, brick-wall tracks in this follow-up to their 2017 self-titled EP. As Blessed Altar Zine puts it, this is “brutal, sludge-laden riffage that has a somewhat melodic drive about it, yet can’t help but rip your head off.” Channeling the likes of Inepsy, High on Fire, 3 Inches of Blood, Converge, and many more divergent influences, Wardehns pummels listeners with just the right mix of groove and force.
The outstanding punk encrusted intensity of ‘Denim Dogs’ makes it clear WARDEHNS are not fucking around! Sound wise, Sludge may be the template but speed wise WARDEHNS are all about an emphasis on a dirty punkish crust style cadence with a take no prisoners attitude.. This rips!
The outstanding punk encrusted intensity of ‘Denim Dogs’ makes it clear WARDEHNS are not fucking around! Sound wise, Sludge may be the template but speed wise WARDEHNS are all about an emphasis on a dirty punkish crust style cadence with a take no prisoners attitude.. This rips!