Post by jptheprofessor on Oct 1, 2007 16:03:39 GMT -5
In Local Music News…
Altoona heavy metal rockers Dragon Fire have begun a five-week tour through the Midwest and South with Cleveland-based national recording act Mushroomhead. The 33-show tour kicked off this past Friday night in Detroit, makes one Pennsylvania stop at the Crocodile Rock Café in Allentown on October 14; and concludes November 3 with a Halloween concert at the Phantasy Theatre in Lakewood, Ohio. Video clips and updates of the tour can be seen on Dragon Fire’s Myspace website, www.myspace.com/fighttodefend, as well as The Underground Television’s Myspace site, www.myspace.com/ugtv.
Drummer Randy Wilson has parted ways with the band Bad Daze, to focus his energies on his original music project, Way Down East. Former Bad Daze drummer Harry Rainey is filling in behind their drum kit until a permanent replacement is found.
Bad Daze singer Rob Carolus has started a new acoustic duo project with Red Arrow bassist Big Jim Ricotta. The duo will begin playing on area stages in October.
A member of local 80’s hair-band rockers Hair Force One has achieved some attention in a national publication. The group’s keyboard player, Roman, going by the alias Michael Troy, has been interviewed in the October issue of Keyboard Magazine. The publication can be found in select music stores.
The line-up has been set for the annual Pennsylvania Musician Magazine-sponsored Toys For Tots benefit concert, which will take place during Thanksgiving weekend on Saturday night, November 24, at City Limits in Altoona. Bands performing at the benefit will include Spirit Lost, Kitty Whip, Tie Down, Nyne and Slacker Theory. More details about the show, which benefits the U.S. Marine Corps’ Toys For Tots program, will be announced in coming weeks.
The area music scene lost a member this past Monday with the passing of Carl Orr. Carl was the lead vocalist for the band Samara (the new incarnation of the former Inversion), and had previously fronted local metalcore band By Any Means Necessary. We at Q94 and the “Backyard Rocker” send our condolences to Carl’s wife, family, friends, present and past bandmates.
Altoona heavy metal rockers Dragon Fire have begun a five-week tour through the Midwest and South with Cleveland-based national recording act Mushroomhead. The 33-show tour kicked off this past Friday night in Detroit, makes one Pennsylvania stop at the Crocodile Rock Café in Allentown on October 14; and concludes November 3 with a Halloween concert at the Phantasy Theatre in Lakewood, Ohio. Video clips and updates of the tour can be seen on Dragon Fire’s Myspace website, www.myspace.com/fighttodefend, as well as The Underground Television’s Myspace site, www.myspace.com/ugtv.
Drummer Randy Wilson has parted ways with the band Bad Daze, to focus his energies on his original music project, Way Down East. Former Bad Daze drummer Harry Rainey is filling in behind their drum kit until a permanent replacement is found.
Bad Daze singer Rob Carolus has started a new acoustic duo project with Red Arrow bassist Big Jim Ricotta. The duo will begin playing on area stages in October.
A member of local 80’s hair-band rockers Hair Force One has achieved some attention in a national publication. The group’s keyboard player, Roman, going by the alias Michael Troy, has been interviewed in the October issue of Keyboard Magazine. The publication can be found in select music stores.
The line-up has been set for the annual Pennsylvania Musician Magazine-sponsored Toys For Tots benefit concert, which will take place during Thanksgiving weekend on Saturday night, November 24, at City Limits in Altoona. Bands performing at the benefit will include Spirit Lost, Kitty Whip, Tie Down, Nyne and Slacker Theory. More details about the show, which benefits the U.S. Marine Corps’ Toys For Tots program, will be announced in coming weeks.
The area music scene lost a member this past Monday with the passing of Carl Orr. Carl was the lead vocalist for the band Samara (the new incarnation of the former Inversion), and had previously fronted local metalcore band By Any Means Necessary. We at Q94 and the “Backyard Rocker” send our condolences to Carl’s wife, family, friends, present and past bandmates.