Post by jptheprofessor on Sept 3, 2007 10:38:00 GMT -5
In Local Music News...
The band line-up has been set for next Sunday's Rock For The Troops outdoor concert, taking place at downtown Altoona's Heritage Plaza. The free concert, which begins at 10 AM, will feature performances from the Rock Brothers, Spirit Lost, Generation Gap, Silver Sunday, the Red Letter Band, Homer's Army, the Tony Mollick Project, Splink, Slacker Theory, and Felix & the Hurricanes. The acoustic outfit Friends Of Mine will perform between bands. Food and refreshments will be available. Those attending are invited to have their own special greetings and well-wishes recorded, to be included on special DVD/CD packages to be sent to local troops stationed in Iraq and Afghanistan. Donations will also be accepted, which will be used to help with productions costs for the DVD's, and to purchase phone cards for the troops.
On Monday, December 3, an AIDS benefit concert and silent auction will take place at the State Theatre in downtown State College. Doors will open for the silent auction at 6:30 pm and the concert will begin at 8 pm. All proceeds will go to "Until There's A Cure..." (www.until.org). The show will feature performances from a variety of regional bands and solo performers, including Rhyne McCormick, Hannah Bingman, Jason Thomas, Eric Himan, The Fatman Band, Heavy Radio, Scott Mangene and more. Tickets will go on sale sometime in September. They will be $20, reserved seating. They will be available online as well as through the State Theatre box office. The link for the State Theatre is www.thestatetheatre.org.
Former "Backyard Rocker" band guests, current Atlantic Records recording group Halestorm, will appear on national television next Friday night, Sept. 7. Halestorm will perform on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno; the show airs at 11:30 PM on NBC.
Two long-running bands are announcing their departures from the state's music scene. The Victory In Heaven Band has decided to cease operations as a band as of the end of September. The members of the band wish to thank everybody for their support over the past seven years. The individual members of the band will be moving on to other musical projects. Sterling and Kate Koch are working on a blues band that should debut next month and Larry Baudoin and Larry Adam are in discussions about a possible band as well. There will be more updates in the future as to the individual band members' musical projects.
One of the state's longest-running heavy rock bands is calling it quits. After a 21-year career that saw them nationally signed and playing on the Vans Warped Tour, the Reading-based band Anthrophobia is retiring at the end of November. The group's official farewell performance will take place at The Silo Nightclub in Reading on November 24. Ten different bands; including Spinebelt, Stuck In Kaos, Spitcan, Cloud Party, Johnny Action Figure and more, will kick off the evening by each performing Anthrophobia songs.
The band line-up has been set for next Sunday's Rock For The Troops outdoor concert, taking place at downtown Altoona's Heritage Plaza. The free concert, which begins at 10 AM, will feature performances from the Rock Brothers, Spirit Lost, Generation Gap, Silver Sunday, the Red Letter Band, Homer's Army, the Tony Mollick Project, Splink, Slacker Theory, and Felix & the Hurricanes. The acoustic outfit Friends Of Mine will perform between bands. Food and refreshments will be available. Those attending are invited to have their own special greetings and well-wishes recorded, to be included on special DVD/CD packages to be sent to local troops stationed in Iraq and Afghanistan. Donations will also be accepted, which will be used to help with productions costs for the DVD's, and to purchase phone cards for the troops.
On Monday, December 3, an AIDS benefit concert and silent auction will take place at the State Theatre in downtown State College. Doors will open for the silent auction at 6:30 pm and the concert will begin at 8 pm. All proceeds will go to "Until There's A Cure..." (www.until.org). The show will feature performances from a variety of regional bands and solo performers, including Rhyne McCormick, Hannah Bingman, Jason Thomas, Eric Himan, The Fatman Band, Heavy Radio, Scott Mangene and more. Tickets will go on sale sometime in September. They will be $20, reserved seating. They will be available online as well as through the State Theatre box office. The link for the State Theatre is www.thestatetheatre.org.
Former "Backyard Rocker" band guests, current Atlantic Records recording group Halestorm, will appear on national television next Friday night, Sept. 7. Halestorm will perform on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno; the show airs at 11:30 PM on NBC.
Two long-running bands are announcing their departures from the state's music scene. The Victory In Heaven Band has decided to cease operations as a band as of the end of September. The members of the band wish to thank everybody for their support over the past seven years. The individual members of the band will be moving on to other musical projects. Sterling and Kate Koch are working on a blues band that should debut next month and Larry Baudoin and Larry Adam are in discussions about a possible band as well. There will be more updates in the future as to the individual band members' musical projects.
One of the state's longest-running heavy rock bands is calling it quits. After a 21-year career that saw them nationally signed and playing on the Vans Warped Tour, the Reading-based band Anthrophobia is retiring at the end of November. The group's official farewell performance will take place at The Silo Nightclub in Reading on November 24. Ten different bands; including Spinebelt, Stuck In Kaos, Spitcan, Cloud Party, Johnny Action Figure and more, will kick off the evening by each performing Anthrophobia songs.