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| 3 piston ASS hamer | Band/Artist Website | New Rock band, going to rock you like that time in prison | Alt. Hard Rock |
| 40 Grit | Band/Artist Website | The group of four has grown such a reputation for their flawless, invigorating live performances that they have shared stages with heavy hitters such as Soil, Machine Head, Nothing Face, Meshuggah, Testament, Skinlab, and Soulfly | HARD ROCK |
| 420 | Band/Artist Website | Heavy Triptodelic Rock. That is the only way to describe the waves of sound that pulse from 420. | HARD ROCK |
| 500 Miles To Memphis | Band/Artist Website | Named after the distance from the band’s hometown of Cincinnati to Graceland, 500 MILES TO MEMPHIS plays rowdy, insanely catchy, sometime heartbreaking but always inspiring "country punk" on their debut SUNSHINE IN A SHOT GLASS. These songs are whiskey-soaked in bittersweet lament, but this is definitely not an alcohol-fueled pity party. Rather, it’s the slug of Jack Daniel’s you throw back before crawling on stage to sing your heart out. It’s the glass of liquid courage that dirty barroom brawls and back alley fistfights are brewed from. It’s the bottom of the bottle where fiery, drunken tirades aimed at ex-lovers are unleashed. It’s everything we’ve regretted from the night before but can only half-remember the next morning. It's knowing you’ll survive the hangover to raise hell yet another day. | Rock a billy |
| 56 Hope Rd | Band/Artist Website | A Jam band of melodies and sounds. To entertain your minds and create happy feet for you dance to. | Jam Band/pop |
| 5ive Style | Band/Artist Website | If Jimi Hendrix, The Funky Meters and Led Zeppelin had a kid, they would name it 5ive Style. | Rock |
| 7th Street All Stars | Band/Artist Website | Crazy Alt Country | Alt Country |
| 9mm solution | Band/Artist Website | hard rock n' roll | hard rock |
| A Dance Between Giants | Band/Artist Website | Steve Van Horn's new band...check em'! | Indie/Rock |
| A Harmonic Movement | Band/Artist Website | We consist of a duet of two Teners. We strive off thrilling chords to give you that tingle in your spine, imaculate harmonys to make your ears melt, and a groove in the pocket to get you on your feet. we are "A Harmonic Movement." Though still Fresh in the scene, we are already trying to streach out to california. So if you like what u hear, just ask, we'll send you some free music | Acoustic Folk/Rock |
| A New Revolution | Band/Artist Website | Music to get you through your day. | Rock N' Roll |
| Aaron Koppel | Band/Artist Website | The Aaron Koppel Quartet founded by Aaron Koppel in 2002 is made up of Chicago natives pianist Matt Nelson, bassist Graham Czach (Chicago Afrobeat Project), and drummer Robert Tucker (Matthew Santos). The Aaron Koppel Quartet includes the styles of jazz, bluegrass, soul, rock, Latin, and funk. | Jazz Jam soul rock |
| Aaron Whalen | Band/Artist Website | I started my music page to upload some of my own acoustic stuff i have been working on, and to get my shows in order for the three bands that i play in, which include Last Place You Look, 24 Elsinore, and Killing Abraham. | Rock-a-Billy and Alt |
| AC/DC Tribute Featuring the Gods of Rockford | Band/Artist Website | A Whoop A** AC/DC Cover Band made up of members of: The Snaggs, Dove Load, and T-Sex....Fronted by the Legendary Bert "Bon" Scott. | Brain Melting Rock |
| Adam & The Go Comets | Band/Artist Website | Energetic pop-rock from Chicago, or, more fun than a spork in the eye! Featuring members of the Fabulous Janes! | POP |
| Adem Tesfaye | Band/Artist Website | Solo Acoustic soul | Solo Acoustic soul |
| Afroman | Band/Artist Website | "The first tape I made was about my eighth-grade teacher," recalls the 30-year-old rapper, whose real name is Joseph Foreman. "She got me kicked out of school for sagging my pants, which was a big deal back then. So I wrote this song about her and it sold about 400 copies: it was selling to teachers, students, just about everybody. And I realized that, even though I wasn't at school, my song was at school, so in a way I was still there. All these people would come by my house just to give me comments about how cool they thought the song was." That episode was precisely the proverbial 'kick in the pants' Afroman needed to satisfy his burgeoning musical aspirations. Using a low-cost microphone, tape deck and mixer -- purchased by his parents to "keep him out of trouble" -- the novice rapper went from ragging on his teacher to crafting spirited tapes filled with his patented mixture of perceptive humor and straight-from-the-street sentiments. |
Hip Hop |
| after the fall | Band/Artist Website | rock, punk | |
| Agent Zero | Band/Artist Website | Fun, punk infused reggae rock, with influences veried from Sublime to HedPE. | ROCK/REGGAE |
| Agnus Jackson | Band/Artist Website | If you think the magic of live music is gone...you haven't seen he powerhouse trio of Agnus Jackson. A brand and style of their own, these individuals have a sound that is powerful and loyal to each others style and the roots of rock-n-roll and blues. They are most definitely a voice to be recogned with in the industry. Agnus Jackson forms a perfect recipe of how to make it happen. | ROCK |
| Airbag | Band/Artist Website | A great pure rock'n roll band. These guys are sure to entertain. | ROCK |
| All Fours | Band/Artist Website | Original, upbeat, high energy, tight Rock'n'Roll. | FUNK |
| All Things Lucid | Band/Artist Website | Folk/Rock/Indie | |
| Amazing Kilowatts | Band/Artist Website | ROCK | |
| Anderson | Band/Artist Website | On a warm day in August, two Dutch boys started songs. With their early home-recording-demo's they managed to get signed by the promising Dutch label Volkoren' which harbours bands like at the close of every day (NL/DK) and Sixteen Horsepower (USA). ANDERSON started to perform live in 2004; intimate shows with just 2 voices and acoustic guitars. But after a while they started to dress up their songs with electronic beats, samples and synths. Their music can now be described as 'electro-acoustic indie-pop' - Kings of Convenience meets The Postal Service. After just their second gig ANDERSON won the band contest 'the Grand Prix of South Holland' and in December 2004 they were elected by the audience as the best band at 'the Grand Prix of the Netherlands', the biggest Dutch band competition. |
Indie / Acoustic / |
| Andres Kapsalis | Band/Artist Website | Kapsalis learned to play with only his right hand, relearning all the scales and chords. After several months of practice, his right hand was able to do the work of two hands. When his left hand was freed from the cast, Kapsalis endured strenuous physical therapy and eventually regained full motion. His two hands incited a joyful reunion ever-present in his unique and clever approach to the guitar. | Instrumental Alt. |
| Andrew Jacob Holm | Band/Artist Website | Traditional fisherman... Folk Singer | Folk |
| Animal House Toga Party | Band/Artist Website | ||
| Anonymous American | Band/Artist Website | ?The band is to date best know for it?s energetic, honest, and intense live performances that see Whipkey and Carrig flailing around on stage and into the audience, Brekke living the part of a live action version of The Muppet?s drummer Animal, and Weber holding court with his stunning solo?s.? -Omaha City Weekly |
ROCK |
| Autumn Grey | Band/Artist Website | Josh from the Van Damits & Friends... from the new Acoustic Groups of cover songs you know and love.... |
Cover band |
| Avengers Assemble! | Band/Artist Website | Members of The Pipe Circus bring In your face Rock with a splash of Latin Spice!!!!! A Latin Melodic feel with some Celtic love. | Garage Jazz Rock |
| Awesome Car Funmaker | Band/Artist Website | "Awesome Car Funmaker is the best live show you will see from a local band. Hands down. The best... Awesome Car Funmaker manage to combine the chutzpah of Tenacious D with the swagger of Guns 'n Roses to make an amalgamation of rock 'n roll, cock rock and lullabies. It's dance rock without the pretentiousness." Core Weekly, 11/4/04 Madison WI. | PARTY ROCK |
| B2B | Band/Artist Website | Business to Business Networking. After hours networking events. Members enjoy Complimentary Drinks and Food! | |
| Backwards Zen | Band/Artist Website | Well if you know who Nez is, you'll understand that besides his backwards philosophy on life that Nez is just backwards zeN with a full band! | Pop Rock, Modern |
| Backyard Tire Fire | Band/Artist Website | Backyard Tire Fire is a rock & roll trio influenced heavily by blues, funk, & soul music. While the Tire Fire primarily focuses on the clever songwriting of guitar player/vocalist Ed Anderson, they have been known to cover everyone from Muddy Waters to the Beatles. | ROCK |
| Bended & Folded | Band/Artist Website | Ben Folds Tribute Bands | Tribute band |
| Big James & The Chicago Playboys | Band/Artist Website | Blues, blues and more blues. These guys are sad and great! | Blues |
| BILL | Band/Artist Website | Straight Forward Rock N' Roll | Rock N' Roll |
| Bill Dolan | Band/Artist Website | Instrumental Rock than cannot be stopped. You may remember Bill from 5 style, or Heroic Doses... | Rock N' Roll |
| Binky Tunny and the Farmland Chokehold | Band/Artist Website | RAWK | |
| Bizarro Beat Circus | Band/Artist Website | A myriad of ever changing artists, musicians, poets, freestyle rappers and free thinkers. Stop down and watch or join in as the circus breaks the rules of live entertainment. Free to all. | OPEN JAM |
| Black Box | Band/Artist Website | Big Rock! | ROCK |
| Black Dahlia Murder | Band/Artist Website | Heavy Rock as seen on 120 Minutes. Metal Blade artist. | HEAVY ROCK |
| Black Sheep Aristocrat | Band/Artist Website | All star Rockford Jazz Jam Band like no other. | Jazz Jam Band |
| Black Tiger | Band/Artist Website | ||
| Blacklist | Band/Artist Website | ROCK | |
| Blackmaker | Band/Artist Website | ROCK | |
| Blackout | Band/Artist Website | ROCK | |
| Blue Shade Witness | Band/Artist Website | Blue Shade Witness is now well known in the Chicago music scene, playing with national and local acts such as Something Corporate, Switchfoot, Duvall, Sleeping At Last, Matthew, The Violet Burning, Celestial Static, and many more. |
ROCK |
| Blues Hawks | Band/Artist Website | 3 time RAMI winner for best blues music! | Blues |
| Bockman's Euphio | Band/Artist Website | With feet planted firmly in the roots of rock music, looking deeper one finds it branching into a spiral of complex rhythms, but simple and grabbing melodies. Be it lyrically or musically, the dark and the light natures of life are explored. By unifying the progressive elements of rock, pop and jazz, Bockman’s Euphio provides a listening experience exclusive only to ears, which crave music. |
ROCK |
| Bottle of Justus | Band/Artist Website | The effect their music has on their fans is awesome to see. Many fans have shown their dedication to the band by following them all over the Midwest and now fans have grown in numbers all over the place. I have heard the band on many different radio stations (commercial and college) and was amazed to hear them. The headlining House of Blues gig last December in Chicago was unbelievable and there was no where to move with a crowd so huge (I believe they told me there was around 1,300 people!). | ROCK |
| Boulas | Band/Artist Website | BLUES | |
| Boxkar | Band/Artist Website | if Areosmith and Tonic were to have a child they would produce: BOXKAR!!! | Rock |
| Brain Kingdom | Band/Artist Website | From Nashville back to rockford rejoin what was one of Rockord all stars | rock n' Roll |
| Break Bread | Band/Artist Website | Hip Hop artist, bringing DJ's, MC's with enthic stylings as well. ROOT'S STYLE HIP=HOP | Hip-Hop Roots style |
| Brett Erickson | Band/Artist Website | Until my band "The Bowling Stones" makes it big, I will continue telling dick jokes to the proletariat as one of northwest central Peoria's best comics. I drink Pabst Blue Ribbon from a can and I like my coffee black, like my...tires. | Comedy |
| Brett Vogel | Band/Artist Website | Brett Vogel’s solo release, produced by Platinum selling artist/producer Nicholas Gunn, combines tasty guitar melodies and catchy lyrics on songs that explore the emotional depths of love as well as the emotional state of the world today. The CD will be released at the end of May. The music will appeal to a mainstream audience, but the music itself has it’s own distinct sound. The sound of the record is very original and eclectic: with reggae influences on the first track “Lonely Traveler”, Trumpets on “The Sea of Madness”, a harmonica on “No Grace in Goodbye’s”, Spanish Guitar on “Wishing You Were Here”, and news footage incorporated into the “The World’s on Fire”. |
ACOUSTIC |
| Bruce Hecht | Band/Artist Website | Acoustic stylings of the great Bruce Hecht grace the stage this week. | ACOUSTIC ROCK |
| Buddha's Belly | Band/Artist Website | "They got a little bit of funk, a little bit of grit, and a little bit of funk grit!" - Drunk fan in Lansing, MI |
FUNK/JAM ROCK |
| Budweiser Beet March | Band/Artist Website | 12 Bands, 12 Bars. Stop in downtown Rockford for the first annual Bud Beet March. | EVERYTHING |
| Bullet | Band/Artist Website | 70's 80's and 90's cover band playing songs you know by heart | cover band |
| bumpus | Band/Artist Website | ased out of Chicago, Bumpus is a collective of 8 songwriters with diverse backgrounds and diverse tastes who share a love of soulful music in any form. Bumpus has built its reputation largely on live performances, bringing high-energy drums and bass, and fluid gospel vocals to audiences all over the Midwest. Bumpus has played with some of the best jam bands around including Karl Denson's Tiny Universe and Robert Walter's 20th Congress, hip-hop giants such as the Roots and Jurassic 5, and funk and soul pioneers like Maceo Parker and Dr. John. Plans for 2005 include the release of their 4th LP "All the People," and touring throughout the US. | Funk/ Jazz/Pop |
| Burning Autumn | Band/Artist Website | ROCK | |
| Cactrot | Band/Artist Website | ROCK | |
| Call It Arson | Band/Artist Website | Call It Arson was conceived in 1994 in a Connecticut basement when friends Ryan White and James Downes were eleven years old. Officially formed as a quartet in 2002, their sound can be compared to classic and modern rock acts such as The Police, The Cure, Karate, and Weezer; but members acknowledge a wide range of musical influences. "Ryan and I started out covering The Beatles," Downes admits, "but we have been heavily influenced by groups ranging from Death Cab for Cutie to Coalesce, Jackson Browne to Earth Crisis, Sunny Day Real Estate to Michael Rose." The name Call It Arson is a statement of hope and perseverance (James wrote this part), deconstructing the corrupt, building something honest in its place. | Indie |
| Cameron McGill | Band/Artist Website | Born in 1877 in Calw, on the edge of the Black Forest, Cameron McGill was brought up in a missionary household where it was assumed that he would study for the ministry. McGill's religious crisis (which is often recorded in his songs) led to his fleeing from the Maulbronn seminary in 1891, an unsuccessful cure by a well-known theologian and faith healer, and an attempted suicide. After being expelled from high school, he worked in bookshops for several years--a usual occupation for budding Chicago songwriters. His first album, Stories of The Knife and The Back (2004), describes a youth who leaves his mountain village to become a poet. | Indie, Folk, Pop |
| Caroline Spine | Band/Artist Website | * CAROLINE'S SPINE has toured throughout Europe & North America performing with bands ranging from AEROSMITH and KISS - to THREE DOORS DOWN, NICKELBACK, and the ALL-AMERICAN REJECTS. * CAROLINE'S SPINE songs have been featured on ESPN, ROCKLINE, MTV's "VARSITY BLUES" and the "AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN PARIS" soundtracks. * "CAROLINE'S SPINE has shiny, singeable rock hooks that set it apart.......akin to LIVE and PEARL JAM." - Billboard * "CAROLINE'S SPINE is one of the top 5 unsigned bands in the nation." - Yamaha Music |
Rock N' Roll |
| Cavashawn | Band/Artist Website | "Trying to make a career out of music isn’t exactly the kind of path that everyone encourages when you grow up in Ohio," says primary songwriter and singer Scott Salmon. "But we’re doing it anyway." | Pop Rock |
| Cealed Casket | Band/Artist Website | Our music makes children shake and ladies cry. The heaviest of metal and the most medieval of all other bands on the world. Not a tribute band at all. |
Supernatural, Evil a |
| Certain Grove | Band/Artist Website | Nick, Kenton, and Aaron are in "Certain Grove" along with other musicans | Jam Band |
| Channels/229 Party | Band/Artist Website | If you remember the music scene back in the 80's than you'll remeber this. And if you were here last year than you know that this party is the talk of the year!!! | |
| Che Aurthur | Band/Artist Website | Che Arthur moved to Chicago in the mid-1990s, while he was guitarist, singer and main songwriter in the respected (if underexposed) Chicago-by-way-of-Alabama band Universal Life And Accident. U.L.&A. released an EP and toured sporadically around the U.S., calling it quits in early 2000. Arthur soon joined Atombombpocketknife, appearing on that band's second and third LPs, "God Save The ABPK" (2001, Southern Records) and "Lack and Pattern" (2004, File-13 Records).` : : : : : : : Che's "day job" is sound engineering and tour management; in addition to having been a house engineer at Chicago venues such as the Empty Bottle and Lounge Ax, he's toured with a long list of indie rock luminaries - Shellac, Don Caballero, The Black Heart Procession, Pelican, and Jets To Brazil, to name a few. | Indie |
| Cherry Monroe | Band/Artist Website | Is Cherry Monroe punk? Emo? Rock? Whatever it is, the group surely has it down. For a band with this much talent early in its career, there's no telling what the future holds. But for now, these 20-somethings just want to rock your world. | punk? Emo? Rock? |
| Chett | Band/Artist Website | Chett’s influences range from 70’s rockers like Led Zeppelin and The Who through modern sounds such as Pearl Jam and U2. While these musicians and others help define the background of Chett’s music, Chett strive to create something that does not fit into any one mold. | ROCK |
| Chicago Rhythm & Blues Kings | Band/Artist Website | Since March of 1993, the Chicago Rhythm and Blues Kings have been blasting out their own soul-steeped brand of R&B and blues on a nightly basis. | R&B Blues |
| Chris, Anita's, & Jason's Birthday Bash | Band/Artist Website | Come down and celebrate Chris's and Anita's, & Jason Mendelloff Birthdays! Join us earlier than normal for some FREE food and some killer entertainment. Help us ensure a drunken night of chaos and love! | LARGER than Life! |
| Cider | Band/Artist Website | A love of music is the foundation for ciders brand of modern rock music. Mixing modern production, classic 'larger than life' guitars, and a knack for writing a memorable hook, Cider is quickly gaining a reputation as one of the premier emerging artists in pop music today. | ROCK |
| clark plays guitar | Band/Artist Website | Progressive hard rock with a nucleus of melodic metal | rock |
| Codie Rock | Band/Artist Website | pop rock | |
| Cold Dog | Band/Artist Website | ROCK | |
| Colin Hay (of Men at Work) | Band/Artist Website | In 1967, Colin Hay was 14 years old, traveling by ship through the Suez Canal from Scotland to Australia. He played some acoustic guitar, sang a song, and told some stories. He did that then, and he does that now. This is the thread that runs through all his work for the last 25 years--from the multi-platinum award-winning Men At Work, to the beloved solo acoustic release Going Somewhere, and his soon to be released electric CD Company Of Strangers. |
ACOUSTIC ROCK |
| columbian monkey knife fight | Band/Artist Website | Rock N' Roll with passion and melody | Rock N' Roll |
| Conquest | Band/Artist Website | METAL | |
| Corey Chisel w/ Members of The Wandering Sons | Band/Artist Website | Frontman from The Wandering Sons is doing a side project not to be missed. | Mellowlicious |
| Cosmic Haze | Band/Artist Website | We are taking all the things that we love about old music, and mixing it with a Jamaican, grunge, and some times new aged digitized sound. The result is an eclectic band that is extremely diverse and catchy. Cosmic Haze is not your ordinary band that is swamping the radio right now. | REGGAE/ROCK |
| Court | Band/Artist Website | Direct from Milan, Italy these boys are bringing Rock N' Roll straight to the heart of Rockford to share their international love. | Rock N' Roll |
| Cover Story | Band/Artist Website | Acoustic Cover Band of all of Todays and Yesterdays most well loved songs | Acoustic Cover Band |
| Cozmic Donkey | Band/Artist Website | Bluegrass for Today's Youth! | BLUEGRASS |
| Creole Stomp | Band/Artist Website | Dennis Stroughmatt and Creole Stomp travel the country carrying the long tradition of Mississippi River valley French Creole music to audiences of thousands. Not only have they caught the attention of Louisiana music fans across the United States and Canada, but also those who enjoy Bluegrass, Blues, Rock, Country, Swing, and Latin...all the while simply being who they are...a band that plays French Creole music to the core. |
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| Crossfade | Band/Artist Website | Intensity. Integrity. Independence. These three words encapsulate the style and stance of Crossfade--one of the most powerful and inventive new hard rock bands to emerge thus far in the new century. |
ROCK |
| Crunchy Frogs | Band/Artist Website | ||
| D.O.H. | Band/Artist Website | Date On Hold | |
| D.R.I. | Band/Artist Website | Dirty Rotten Imbeciles. | PUNK |
| Dada | Band/Artist Website | Good Pop/Rock N' Roll. Great songs, great people. And a kickass guitar player! | POP/ROCK N' ROLL |
| Dance Night | Band/Artist Website | Bernie Myers host a valentines day dance night at the krypto. | DANCE |
| Danny Wood | Band/Artist Website | He Was a New Kid now he's a rocker. His new solo album, Second Face, is a soulful mix of R&B, pop, and alternative-tinged tunes that any serious musician would be glad to claim as their own. |
POP ROCK |
| Dave Pederson | Band/Artist Website | The strumming of his guitar and the sounds of his vocals start any night out on the right foot! | Folk / Acoustic Rock |
| Dave Tamkin | Band/Artist Website | Dave Tamkin has created his own unique style of rhythmic-acoustic rock that's based around a fresh musical vision. His shows vary from intimate solo acoustic performances to a full band experience encapsulating a mixture of personal lyrics and skilled songwriting set against a high-energy percussive backbone |
ACOUSTIC ROCK |
| David Bruce | Band/Artist Website | Looping acoustic melodies, and amazing one man show. | FOLK/ROCK |
| Dean Moriarty Jazz Band | Band/Artist Website | Named for the offbeat character in Jack Kerouac's novel On the Road, the Dean Moriarty Jazz Band has been playing to enthusiastic audiences for over a decade in northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin. The band's repertoire includes dynamic original compositions and jazz classics in a variety of styles ranging from straight ahead jazz and bebop to energetic Latin and Contemporary sounds. | Jazz |
| Detroit Cobras | Band/Artist Website | The Detroit Cobras and their form of rockabilly-meets-blues-meets-country sound was well received --MTV NEWS (review of their opening performance for the White Stripes) |
ROCKABILLY/BLUES |
| Dialogue Elevators | Band/Artist Website | HIP HOP | |
| Dick Dale | Band/Artist Website | Guitar Legend Dick Dale! Featrured in Charlie's Angels 2 and Pulp Fiction. | GUITAR LEGEND |
| Dick Slack | Band/Artist Website | HARD ROCK | |
| Dirtyville | Band/Artist Website | Kevin Buck and the boys from Orange are back with some new original tunes and some songs you know! | Rock N' Roll |
| Disco Strangler | Band/Artist Website | Discostrangler is Brent Shelton's new original solo acoustic show. Unlike his previous efforts with Fluid Oz. and Essie Ecks, Discostrangler is a mix of smooth vocals and intricate melodies in a singer/songwriter style that provokes the audience to pay attention. You can expect new material and special guests with every performance. |
Rock |
| DJ Shy | Band/Artist Website | DJ Dance | |
| Dove load | Band/Artist Website | jam/rock | |
| Dragstrip Syndicate | Band/Artist Website | For nearly six years The Dragstrip Syndicate have been taking their mix of rock and soul across the forty-eight contiguous converting the nonbelievers. Simultaneously, the band emits grooves as those of Humble Pie, MC5, The Faces and Lynyrd Skynyrd while bringing to mind the sweet, sweet soul of Wilson Pickett, Smokey Robinson and The Temptations. | ROCK |
| Dream Police | Band/Artist Website | The world's greatest Cheap Trick cover band! | |
| Dress Rehearsal | Band/Artist Website | ALT ROCK/EMO | |
| Driver 13 | Band/Artist Website | DRIVER 13 was formed in March of 2000 fused together by five of Madison, WI’s most prominent musical influences. With catchy hooks and dark melodies, writing maturity and desire is what motivates this quintet’s path to longevity and assured success. | HARD ROCK |
| Dumb Downs | Band/Artist Website | GLOCKENSPIEL, AUSTRIA - Rescuers were stunned by an amazing discovery earlier this week when they uncovered a van that had been buried in the snow on Mount Manholdt. The van contained four musicians who had been trapped for over a decade. The men, members of the seminal Pop-Punk band The Dumb Downs, were on their way to record their debut album "Count and Spell with the Dumb Downs" with world renowned producer Ludwig Von Schtupenhagen. The van was appearently run of the road by a feral mountain goat just north of ye' olde Nuetensprecher farm. It is not clear at this time if the band members were in comas, somehow frozen in the snow bank or were merely passed out. When asked what the first move would be for the band after having been "lost" since 1992, a spokesman for the band, Goose Lamson said, "they're on their way to the studio Fuckhole!" Rumors abound that the band has laid plans to release "Count and Spell with the Dumb Downs" as a Double-Live album that will span what the band referred to as "almost 45 minutes of genius". | Punk |
| Dundrearies | Band/Artist Website | Light and playful good ole' indie rock. | Indie/Rock |
| Dynamite Josie Doris | Band/Artist Website | Jesus Correa and Jeremy Klonicki and also Jon Leaf as well as Jeremiah who at this moment has no last name. | Experimental / Elect |
| Dyscrasia | Band/Artist Website | ROCK | |
| E.M.K. Foundation | Band/Artist Website | Benefit/Fundraiser in honor of our Friend Erica Marie Keeney. Join many of the region's best live bands. | benefit |
| Easter Blok -- Goran Ivanovic Group | Band/Artist Website | The Goran Ivanovic Group is a pan-cultural ensemble with a sound that combines jazz and classical music with leaping rhythms and distinctive tonal palette of Balkan music. | Jazz/Classical |
| Eddie Mac | Band/Artist Website | Eddie Mac is a two-piece band consisting of drums and guitar. We tour across the country playing for clubs, college crowds and festivals. Eddie Mac has been touring solidly for four years. | ROCK |
| Egans Rats | Band/Artist Website | Egan's Rats are a Streetpunk/rock n roll band from Rockford, IL who take their name from a turn of the century irish street gang. Formed in summer 2002, They've played with the likes of Hudson Falcons, GC5, Tanka Ray, The Roustabouts, Criminal Class USA, Brassknuckle Boys, The Branded Ones, Rise Against, Reno Divorce, Legbone, The Gammits MW, The Street Brats, Squared Off, Deconform, Laydig, No Direction, Dead By Monday, The Fibs, The Cherrybombs, Chaos AD, etc... | PUNK |
| Eleven Mile Climb | Band/Artist Website | Long, winding, and remarkable roads play a significant role in the chemistry and sound of La Crosse-based 11 Mile Climb. Forming in 2004, Eleven Mile Climb began when singer/ guitarist Brian McCarty left regional favorite, Johnny on the Spot, to pursue his musical vision. |
Pop Rock/& Covers |
| Endra | Band/Artist Website | ALT METAL | |
| ENVY | Band/Artist Website | Envy was announced as the winner of the MTV-University 'Best Music on Campus' competition. Envy’s music fuses straight-up rock-n’-roll with elements of blues, pop, R&B, and experimental textures. |
POP ROCK |
| Eric Gomez | Band/Artist Website | ||
| Ernie Hendrickson | Band/Artist Website | As the music front evolved in a grander scope, so did the sound-scape grow and change for Ernie to incorporate new influences such as Ben Harper, Jack Johnson, and others into the fold, arriving at a very fresh and current sound. | ACOUSTIC ROCK |
| Ernie Hendrickson & The Make Believe | Band/Artist Website | Ernie Hendrickson's Newest project, but is it real? Hmmm! Can music this great really exsists in Rockford? Find out if it's real or make believe. | Jam Band |
| Evermore | Band/Artist Website | Combining shades of Pop, Alterntative and Emo with thought provoking lyrics, Evermore is a rock band with something to say. And if you don't think you can get hooks and sincerity at the same time, think again! |
ROCK |
| Fat Elvis - Rock-a-Ro-kee | Band/Artist Website | Karaoke, just with a live band to back you up! | |
| Fat Tuesday | Band/Artist Website | Mardi Gras (French for "Fat Tuesday") is the day before Ash Wednesday, and is also called "Shrove Tuesday" or "Pancake Day". It is the final day of Carnival (English:IPA: [ka?(?)n?v?l] and Romance languages:IPA: [karnaval]). It is a celebration that is held just before the beginning of the Christian liturgical season of Lent. The feast should not be confused with the Swedish Fettisdagen (Fat Tuesday) or the Polish T?usty Czwartek (which translates to Fat Thursday). | Party |
| Felix Culpa | Band/Artist Website | ROCK | |
| Final Drive | Band/Artist Website | As they battle for Ozzfest, get a chance to check them out! | Hard Rock |
| Finned pilot | Band/Artist Website | Indy rock from Orlando. | ROCK |
| First Round Failure | Band/Artist Website | A magnificant twist of the punk, pop, and alternative rock genres: formulating a sweet sound of sassiness. | Alternative/Punk/Pop |
| Fishbone | Band/Artist Website | Combining equal parts of deep funk, high-energy punk, and frantic ska, the Los Angeles-based Fishbone was one of the most distinctive and eclectic alternative rock bands of the late '80s. With their hyperactive, self-conscious diversity, goofy sense of humor, and sharp social commentary, the group gained a sizable cult following during the late '80s, yet they were never able to earn a mainstream audience. | FUNK/ROCK |
| Flash Cassidy | Band/Artist Website | After forming in early 2007 FLASH CASSIDY began crushing stages in it's hometown of St Louis, Missouri. This four piece powerhouse comes out swinging with soaring vocal hooks, punishing guitars, and a turbocharged stage show. | |
| Fluid Minds | Band/Artist Website | In their own words: "Like someone kicking ass and taking names." In our words: rock hip hop with a tinge of reggae sound. |
Alt. Rock/ Hip Hop |
| Forever In Motion | Band/Artist Website | Brendon Matthew Thomas is a 23 year old musical expeditionary from southern Vermont, and the solitary operator behind Foreverinmotion: a whirlwind of music and lyrics that may carry you away in its depth, grace, and life-altering crescendos. |
Singer/Songwriter |
| Forevers Ending | Band/Artist Website | Two music vets and two rookies, teaming up for a fast and satisfying tour of world domination. This is a take no prisoners (no matter how hard they beg) kind of situation. Four flavors mixed together creating one dominating flavor of rock and charisma. | Rock, Punk |
| Found Magazine | Band/Artist Website | They find stuff...eg. interesting notes, love letters, emails, and even text messages... check out their website to understand more or call Kevin over at engine studios 815-967-0296 Sponsored by Engine Studios |
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| Four On The Floor Showcase | Band/Artist Website | Four on the floor records puts on a showcase of rawkin talent all in one night. | SHOWCASE |
| Fresh Hot Fritters | Band/Artist Website | Trip, Rob Bradley, Doug Marocco, and Russ Wallace. We're doing Americana, Rock-a-Billy and Alt. Country | Rock-a-Billy and Alt |
| Friends Like These | Band/Artist Website | Friends Like These began in early 2002 around John Solomon and Adam Switlick. After hooking up with producer John Hermanson (Alva Star, Storyhill) & drummer Eric Fawcett (N.E.R.D., Spymob) they entered the studio in summer to craft their debut disc, "I Love You", full of nods toward the Kinks and My Bloody Valentine. After self releasing the disc in 2003 and garnering national acclaim they picked up drummer Matt * 'laughlin and Bass Player Steve Murray to round out the fold. |
Rock |
| Fundamental Elements | Band/Artist Website | A musical experiment started between friends, Fundamental Elements has evolved into the freshest blend of soul and pop/rock to emerge from St. Louis. With two LPs under their belt and the recent release of their third in May 2008, the band stands ready to tour the nation and introduce their sound to an all new crowd. | Soul - Pop |
| Future Leaders of the World | Band/Artist Website | ROCK | |
| Gaia Hollow | Band/Artist Website | Improv Rock | ROCK |
| Gallows | Band/Artist Website | rock n roll | rock |
| Get Away Rickshaw | Band/Artist Website | Join this quarky group as you'll be entertained with the sounds they can provide | Rock N' Roll |
| GhettoBillies | Band/Artist Website | A mix of the raw authentic blues rock of the 60's and 70's with the feel good stadium athems of the 80's. | Rock N' Roll |
| Giant Step | Band/Artist Website | Their live show has been embraced as “guitar driven rock with plenty of edge and air tight delivery” (Chicago Tribune’s Metromix), “possessing blustery qualities, putting the group in the same level as say Superdrag or The Soundtrack Of Our Lives” (Illinois Entertainer), |
ALTERNATIVE ROCK |
| Go Now Party | Band/Artist Website | The Register Star is throwing a Party for their Separate project call GO NOW! This is their Mardi Gras party that will offer the Go Martini and great drink specials! | |
| Grand Midwest Steppers Ball | Band/Artist Website | Semi-Finals Qualifing to win upto $2,250. | Dance |
| Gravity Ann | Band/Artist Website | Gravity Ann performs approximately 30% Original Modern Rock/Alternative style music and 70% cover songs from the 80’s to modern radio hits. We have our own P.A. system, lights, and plenty of material to perform for four hours. Gravity Ann’s music is sure to entertain and will pull you into an intense and uplifting musical experience. | ROCK |
| Green Mountain Grass | Band/Artist Website | Champaign/Urbana's finest | BLUEGRASS |
| Grillz N' Skills | Band/Artist Website | A yearly event of MC's, DJ's, Breakers, Artists and much much more. |
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| Groove Walk | Band/Artist Website | Rockfords premiere band showcas many bars many bands. One pass gets you into all the events. | |
| Hamsalila | Band/Artist Website | A feast for the senses blending colors, incense, costuming and imagery (slides, video & shadow) along with belly dance, African dance, Capoiera artists, fire dancers and contact improv. | |
| Hank III | Band/Artist Website | Call it hard-twang, punkabilly, cowpunk, alternacountry, slacker swing or honky punk. It's certainly not your grandfather's country music nor is it your father's, either, unless your grandfather happens to be the legendary Hank Williams and your father Hank Williams Jr. Like his famous forebears, Hank Williams III is a rebel to the country establishment | ROCKABILLY |
| Happin Harry & The Haptones | Band/Artist Website | Featuring Members of Guns & Roses, Queens of the Stone Age & The Flies, an ALL STAR LINE-UP! | Cover Band |
| HAPPY HALLOWEEN! | Band/Artist Website | HOLIDAY | |
| Harmony Riley | Band/Artist Website | Real-Deal Rock N' Roll music. Their music is blues-driven while touching the dark side of southern rock | ROCK N' ROLL |
| Havannah Honey | Band/Artist Website | JAM BAND | |
| Hay Perro | Band/Artist Website | A rock band with a tinge of punk added in for good measure. | Rock / Punk |
| HEDDER | Band/Artist Website | Rock N' Roll | Rock N' Roll |
| Hello, Im Victor | Band/Artist Website | Rock | |
| Hemlock | Band/Artist Website | Hard Rock N Band | Hard Rock |
| Hey Champ | Band/Artist Website | 3 Rockfordian whom met here and have to move to Chicago only to meet there again and than form a band, but not after they debut back in rockford where it all started? | Rock N' Roll |
| HMS GOLIATH | Band/Artist Website | Join Miles Nielsen, Mark Muraski, Freddie Crawford, Kurt Weisen, and Jim Weston as they experiment with their new project for your listening pleasure! | |
| Homegrown Heroes of Hip Hop | Band/Artist Website | HIP HOP | |
| Hoodoo | Band/Artist Website | Fresh little jam band from Rockford. | JAM BAND |
| Hope's Anchor | Band/Artist Website | ROCK | |
| hung jury | Band/Artist Website | cover band of recent hits | cover band |
| HYDE | Band/Artist Website | Hyde is a four piece band consisting of the former members of Infix (Phil Bender on guitar, Chris Toefpher on Drums, and Justin on Vocals) with the former bass player of F-5 (Mr. Wendall). | hard rock |
| hypnogaja | Band/Artist Website | A sonically explosive dose of rock-n-roll euphoria." - All Access Magazine "Essential Listening.." - State of Emergency "Sure to leave your ears requesting more." - Album Network "Standout vocals." - Kings of A&R "The band's songs simply shine." - New Times |
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| Ian Zander & Scott Ford | Band/Artist Website | Two guys from Omega Battalion are doing their sweet acoustic stuff along with a few covers that everyone can enjoy! Also, they take requests & have special guests! | Acoustic Rock |
| In The Wrong | Band/Artist Website | alternative rock | |
| Inchworm | Band/Artist Website | Chicago based rock band. | ROCK |
| Iron Cross | Band/Artist Website | Ultimate tribute band to Black Sabath, Rush, and other all your favorites! | Cover Band |
| Jason Harper and the Personnel | Band/Artist Website | Jason Harper...along with Justin, Ryne and Baron of Scatteredtrees | |
| Jason Mendeloff | Band/Artist Website | Master DJ Jason Mendeloff turns up the volume and the excitement | DANCE |
| Jason Russell | Band/Artist Website | Jason, like most comedians, began to hone his skills early on by rabble-rousing laughter from his classmates. It was his upbringing that gave him the abilty to laugh at the world, and see the lighter side of things.even though it wasn't easy living in downtown Millwaukee. |
Comedy |
| Jason Smokehouse Simms | Band/Artist Website | Blues... | Blues |
| Jaws of Life | Band/Artist Website | Power Rock | ROCK |
| Jeffery M | Band/Artist Website | ||
| Jeffery Muller | Band/Artist Website | A solo act with a soothing acoustic guitar. Does Radiohead, Oasis, and The Hours cover. He's got such a wonderful voice, a must see! | Acoustic Alternative |
| Jeremy Buck | Band/Artist Website | He reminds you of Elvis, sings like Cash, and writes like Beck. Jeremy Buck's debut album "A Secret Made of Dreams" (Chateau Motel Records), released April 2005 is a refreshing alternative to today's assembly line, machine pressed pop/rock. | gamut of a rock |
| Jeremy Taylor | Band/Artist Website | “His songs were universal in their meaning. Jeremy was en rapport with the world... his music was not only powerful; wit and laughter were there too.” — Studs Terkel, 1961 |
folk |
| Jesus Correa | Band/Artist Website | Craziness will insue in his presence, you never know what he cooking up next. | Off the Beaten Path |
| Jim Wiggins | Band/Artist Website | Comedian, as seen on the Last Comic Standing, and Jay Leno! Funnier than all get out! | Comedy |
| John Bischoff | Band/Artist Website | Guitar Legend John Bischoff brings his talents to bear in his masterful performances. | ACOUSTIC ROCK |
| John Scofield | Band/Artist Website | The legendary guitar master himself. It is a rare artist that can play more than one style of music with true fluency, virtuosity and sincerity. John Scofield can, and he proves it on his new Verve release, überjam. The album finds him confirming his reputation as a peerless jazz guitarist, while making groove and jam-oriented music at the highest level. |
BLUES |
| Johnny Rocker & The High Rollers | Band/Artist Website | Blazing classic rockabilly from one of the midwest standards. Johnny and the boys bring back the feeling of old school. | ROCKABILLY |
| Joie Calio (of DaDa) | Band/Artist Website | Joie Calio from DaDa returns with his solo project. | ROCK |
| Jonathan Kuss | Band/Artist Website | ROCK | |
| Jordan Knight | Band/Artist Website | Of course, Knight is a professional singer. As frequent lead vocalist for New Kids On The Block, he toured the world's stages, belting out a pop-R&B-rap hybrid that climbed to the Top 20 ten times in half as many years, sparked a revolution in merchandising, and endeared five young men to millions of crazed fans. His fame endures, as evidenced by the 30,000 fans that visit his web page (www.jordanknight.com) every week. | POP/R&B |
| Jose Fernandes | Band/Artist Website | ||
| Judah | Band/Artist Website | With this in mind, hearing artist Judah the LyricalRev should be considered an unusual pleasure. The 25-yr-old phenom and Rockford, IL native is equal parts emcee and producer. He describes himself as "a pitcher that can hit homeruns", meaning he is just as fierce behind the boards as he is on the mic! It only takes one earnest listen to quickly see that Judah is not your typical run-of-the-mill artist. His cunning lyrics and neck-snapping production are done with an authority that certifies him as the real deal! | Hip Hop |
| Kaos Rising | Band/Artist Website | Hard Core Rock | Metal/Hardcore |
| KARAOKE with JD | Band/Artist Website | KARAOKE for all!!! Come down and be the star of our stage. It's open to everyone and even features the ocasional contest for the enthusist. | Karaoke |
| Kasey Jones | Band/Artist Website | Alive, Dead, Alive, Dead again...and now Finally Alive again! The one thing you'll never hear about Kasey Jones is that they give up easily. After six years, numerous lineup changes, thousands of dollars, hundreds of miles, lost girlfriends, lost friends, blood, sweat, and tears, this band has survived plenty. And they will survive plenty more. They have honed their sound into a Rock & Roll bludgeon, to beat you into submission....but you'll like it! Just wait for the unheard..... | Pop Punk |
| Katie Todd Band | Band/Artist Website | Quality pop from Chicago. | POP |
| Ken Curtis | Band/Artist Website | Ken has been active in the Rockford music scene since 1996. Ken is a two time RAMI (Rockford Area Music Industry) winner in the Folk/Solo Pop category. Ken's CD of original music called Ken Curtis Plus Tax / Hours and Ours was recorded with a host of Rockford's best musicians and was honored as 2003's RAMI album of the year In a live performance review, The Rock River Times says, "An evening of his music makes a great meal for the mind and soul on any day of week" |
Acoustic Folk/Rock |
| Kid Gib | Band/Artist Website | What separates KID GIB from the pack is their honesty and boundless self determination. Bob Frazer (vocals/guitar), Eric Horn (guitars/vocals), Nick Koreck (bass), and Nolan Orth (drums) formed Kid Gib in the summer of 2001. Described as emotional without being emo; melodic without being pop; and aggressive without being punk, KID GIB deliver "delicious harmonies and hooks that you could eat for breakfast!" (Chart Magazine). |
Pop Punk |
| King Solomon's Grave | Band/Artist Website | King Solomon's Grave has what it takes to break onto the national music scene, using lyrics that challenge the listener and music that is undeniable fun. KSG has the ability to make each and every listener forget the small problems of day-to-day life, "KSG has mastered walking the fine line between music that sounds familiar, and music that has never ever been heard before." -- Alan Bardauskis of the Daily Vidette. |
ROCK |
| Kirkland | Band/Artist Website | Covers mixed with originals. Lead female vocalist with great stage presence. Worth checking out. | Pop/Alternative |
| Know Boundries | Band/Artist Website | HIP HOP/ROCK | |
| Koil | Band/Artist Website | Rock N' Roll from rockford. | Rock N' Roll |
| Kopecky | Band/Artist Website | KOPECKY is an instrumental progressive rock band consisting of three brothers: Joe (6 & 7-string guitars), Paul (acoustic & electric drums and percussion), and William (fretted & fretless basses, keyboards, and sitar). Since the band?s inception in 1997, their intense music is characterized by virtuoso musicianship, soaring melodies, and dark-tinged experimentation. | |
| kopecky | Band/Artist Website | KOPECKY is an instrumental progressive rock band consisting of three brothers: Joe (6 & 7-string guitars), Paul (acoustic & electric drums and percussion), and William (fretted & fretless basses, keyboards, and sitar). Since the band?s inception in 1997, their intense music is characterized by virtuoso musicianship, soaring melodies, and dark-tinged experimentation. | progresive rock |
| L.O.C. | Band/Artist Website | Hard Rock | |
| Larenzo's Sweat | Band/Artist Website | Funk Rock, similar styling to G-Love | |
| Larry Lane | Band/Artist Website | Funk, Blues, Rock'n'Roll...with more outfit changes than Cher on a good night. | JAM/ROCK |
| Leave | Band/Artist Website | POP ROCK | |
| Left 4 Dead | Band/Artist Website | HARD ROCK | |
| Left Setter | Band/Artist Website | Though the themes that run through these songs may be demanding, the connection Left Setter has formed with it's loyal and ever-growing audience through its intense, high octane live shows is proof enough that a band with beautiful melodies, heavy riffs and a exceptional vision is exactly what today's music fans have been waiting for. | HARD ROCK |
| Lennon | Band/Artist Website | Lennon Murphy is every hard-rock-loving dude's wet dream: a voluptuous vixen with a penchant for bawdy lyrics and dark metal riffs. | ROCK |
| Leviathon | Band/Artist Website | ROCK | |
| Lex Luther's Blues | Band/Artist Website | Weekly blues night with all kinds of surprises and special guests! | BLUES |
| Lexington Queen | Band/Artist Website | DAXX's New Venture from LA. providing explosive, fresh, original music with a no-frills rock attitude. |
Rock N' Roll |
| Lightning Thunder Fox | Band/Artist Website | If you just stopped for a minute, and really enjoyed the really great amazing things in this world, the things that matter, outside of television and all the things THEY tell you to like, I think you could really have probably the most amazing time in the world at our shows. We were brought together by forces outside of our control, you know, if you believe in that sort of thing. | You figure it out... |
| Live Jazz | Band/Artist Website | Join The Five Pin Sin, with Joel DeLuna and Blaine Young as they tantalize your soul with sounds that soothe! | Jazz |
| Livid | Band/Artist Website | Rawkin Metal from Madison WI | METAL |
| Lockjaw | Band/Artist Website | Milwaukee's very own and only "Hell Rock" band. Combining elements from Industrial, electro and goth rock. Subject matter pertaining to sex, drugs and debauchery. A dirty sound. A dirty band. Love us or hate us. | HELL ROCK |
| LoveSick Radio | Band/Artist Website | A very decent pop punk band out of Columbus Ohio. | Punk / Pop |
| Luke LeFevre | Band/Artist Website | The Front man of CHETT offers for your consideration.... his solo project. | |
| Lust Killers | Band/Artist Website | ROCK | |
| LUSTER | Band/Artist Website | melodic rock 5-piece from Chicago | melodic rock |
| Mabel | Band/Artist Website | What makes Mabel so compelling? Simply put, the sound. Where rock music has become stagnant and predictable, Mabel offers something creative yet edgy, classic, yet different. Mabel combines female-fronted vocals, keyboard, and claim-to-fame cello with the standard drums / bass / guitar rock line-up to create a sound totally unique. | ROCK |
| Mad Agnes | Band/Artist Website | Rockin harmonizing treo | |
| Man Made Man | Band/Artist Website | Man Made Man is the culmination of much hardship and determination of creating metal that is unrelenting heavy and uncompromising while still staying fresh and original in these copycat days..... |
NU-METAL |
| Mana Kintorso | Band/Artist Website | Featuring former members of Fluid Oz. and Television Again! | Acoustic Rock |
| Marc Ford | Band/Artist Website | formerly of The Black Crowes, Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals, Burning Tree and Blue Floyd | rock blues roots |
| Mark Willer & The Resistors | Band/Artist Website | Developing his own musical voice and style was truly a collaborative process. Looking for something that was beyond the norm, Mark introduced unconventional instruments and a unique recording style to end up with a sound different from any that most have experienced. | BLUES/ ROCK |
| Martin Devaney | Band/Artist Website | Martin Devaney’s been busy. His new album, La Mancha, marks his third full-length release in as many years, following the debut Somebody Somewhere, and the melancholy September. In that time he has also founded the Twin Cities label, Eclectone Records (which has seen releases from seven artists as of fall 2004), not to mention regularly touring and playing regionally with artists such as Ike Reilly, the Jayhawks, Dan Bern, Evan Dando, Damien Jurado, Mason Jennings, Mike Doughty and more | |
| Martin Devaney | Band/Artist Website | Martin Devaney’s been busy. His new album, La Mancha, marks his third full-length release in as many years, following the debut Somebody Somewhere, and the melancholy September. In that time he has also founded the Twin Cities label, Eclectone Records (which has seen releases from seven artists as of fall 2004), not to mention regularly touring and playing regionally with artists such as Ike Reilly, the Jayhawks, Dan Bern, Evan Dando, Damien Jurado, Mason Jennings, Mike Doughty and more | ALT ROCK |
| Mary Ellis | Band/Artist Website | Rock from Madison | Rock |
| Matt Hotch | Band/Artist Website | WINNER of The Discovery Channels' Biker Build off! |
Biker |
| MATT ULERY'S 'LOOM' | Band/Artist Website | Matt Ulery's 'Loom' has been captivating audiences for over 3 years. The first cd release, "Music Box Ballerina," which is due out in November 2007, has been a long time coming and highly anticipated. Loom, which consists of Thad Franklin on trumpet, Tim Haldeman on tenor saxophone, Jon Deitemyer on drums, Rob Clearfield on accordian and piano, Zach Brock on violin, and Matt Ulery on double bass and compositions, come together on "Music Box Ballerina" with eight original compositions of Ulery's which have been a part of the group's live repitoire for the last year. In addition, the mezmorizing, innovative, Polish jazz singer, Grazyna Auguscik, appears on one track of the album. Ulery has been performing with Auguscik for 3 years all over the U.S. and Europe as well as appearing on her two latest albums. The music, while coming from the American and European jazz tradition, including highly syncopated rhythms, modern jazz harmony, and improvisation, is also influenced by folk music from the Americas and Eastern Europe as well as modern alternative and indie rock bands from all over the world. Ulery's music has also been described, at times, as cinematic and fanciful. |
Experimental Jazz |
| Matt Whipkey - Anonymous American | Band/Artist Website | Americana Rock at it's best. Join Matt on his solo tour as he plays for your pleasure. Similar in styles like Tom Petty and Bruce Springsteen. | Americana Rock |
| Matter of Fact | Band/Artist Website | Very Subkimeish, check these guys out! | Regaee / Rock |
| Matthew Ryan | Band/Artist Web | ||