Boston Rock Photos And Stuff
One Night Band! One of my favorite nights of the year. The 4th installment of this event kicked off with a tight and enthusiastic performance from Zumix band The Mosquitoes In Tuxedos. Did we just meet some future One Night Band participants? Don’t count it out.
One Night Band 4 is tonight! That means we’ve got 8 brand new bands scattered around the city writing songs and learning covers for the big show. Once again I was lucky enough to get to shoot the official photos for a few of the acts.* This year we got some classic brick wall action going. Here’s a sneak peek at some of what you’ll see tonight at the Middle East Downstairs!
Big Head Big Ears
Candace Clement, Rice Edmonston, Nicholas Ward, Peter Moore, Aaron Silverstein
Grandfather Time Bomb
Walter Sickert, Jared Egan, Caroline Toth, Evelyn Pope, Annie Hoffman
Lesbian Frankenstein
Molly Zenobia, Steven Lord, Dave Stoops, Bryan Hinkley
* Mary Flatley took the rest. I’m sure they’ll pop up soon. Keep an eye out.
Tomorrow night is One Night Band 4 at the Middle East Downstairs. You should go. Why? Because it’s going to be one of the most fun shows of the year!* In the morning, 40 musicians from bands around town will be thrown into the Cuisinart of Rock.** In the evening, they’ll come come out puréed and garnished with 3 original tunes and a cover for your listening enjoyment. Sometimes it’s amazing. Sometimes it’s a disaster. Sometimes it starts off amazing and ends with a disaster. Any way these fresh baked bands serve it up, it’s always entertaining.
Need some more incentive? Like past years, the money raised from this event goes to some great causes. This year it’s Zumix and Girls Rock Campaign Boston on the receiving end, helping to prepare the next generation of One Night Band participants.
I’ll leave you with a few shots from last year’s event. Try to make it down. It’s a good time.
* OK, there’s no way I can know this for sure. Based on past years, I believe this statement to be true. I regretfully missed the inaugural event, but One Night Band 2 and One Night Band 3 were a blast.
** Patent Pending
Poster design by the lovely and talented Nicole Anguish of Daykamp Creative.
File this one under: But wait, there’s more!
Just when you thought One Night Band 3 had come to an end, Ashley Willard* came out to inform us there was one more act. Get ready for “Cum On Feel The Noize”** as performed by The Bedss, One Night Band class of 2010. Well, most of The Bedss. And some other folks. A whole stage full of One Night Banders. Some of them may have been drinking.
* VERY IMPORTANT NOTE: Ashley Willard, Richard Bouchard and the whole crew at Boston Band Crush did an amazing job putting this thing together and raising $2,700 for Zumix. If I was wearing Richard Bouchard’s hat I would tip it to them all.
** I think. This is open to interpretation.
Makeitso was the final (new) band of One Night Band 3. Brendan Haley, Andrew Doherty, Dave Mirabella, Ken Marcou and Jim Gerdermen certainly rose to occasion. Three cool originals and a spot on rendition of Loverboy’s “Workin’ For The Weekend”, you know, except for the tight red pants.
The Artful Dodgers (Josh Buckley, Jim Healey, Amy Griffin, Luke Sullivan and Carolyn Castellano) made it look easy. It may have been One Night Band. They may have only had a few hours to write some songs. They may have never played together before, but they remembered one thing. It’s only rock n’ roll. I like it.
This is One Night Band, right? Because there’s no way this band formed a mere few hours ago. Had I not been there earlier in the day I’d have thought they were ringers.
More than any other band that participated in this year’s event, Flying Blue Squirrels (Eric Baird, Mary Bichner, Randy Creasi, Jessica Sun Lee and Cathy Capozzi) all seemed to draw inspiration from the same well. The song they chose for their cover, Radiohead’s “Creep”, should give you and idea of their general sound. Powerful, angular and melodic with just a hint of noise. Outstanding.
Let’s start with the band name. Walk Of Shame. Has there ever been a more fitting name for a One Night Band?
I got to take the band’s official promo photo. I had high hopes for this group. Al Polk, A.J. Locke, Ben Morse, Mike Connolly and Rick Taylor were so relaxed and excited to be taking part in the event. I was not disappointed. Walk of Shame had a solid performance with just the right amount of crazy.
I don’t know if I should stay or go.
You’re gone now, Walk Of Shame, but feel free to come back and visit any time.
Wagon Battle. One Night Band. Pioneercore.
We saw John Brookhouse, Chrissy Vaccaro, Danny McNair, T.J.Horn and Mary Flatley circling the wagons. They were tight. They were aggressive. They covered The Misfits (sort of). They took no prisoners. To top it all off, John Brookhouse let loose with an absolutely jaw dropping solo on their final song. No one was left standing. Wagon Battle killed.
Mötörböat. I took one look at this lineup (Dave Jarvis, Leesa Coyne, Rodrigo Van Stoli, Meff and Wayne Whittaker) and I knew what was going to happen. A lot of One Night Bands go for a theme. I imagine this would make the day’s daunting task ever so slightly more manageable. Near as I can tell, Mötörböat’s theme was rocking the hell out…
