MB Welcomes Muzyka!
I haven't heard Mr. Froggy Went A-Courtin' since second grade music class, or at least not since I last saw that episode of Tom & Jerry where that stuttering Uncle Pecos plucks Tom's whiskers to re-string his guitar (c-c-c-Crambone!). But it's the first track on the MySpace page of Muzyka! - our latest entry in the Original Artists / Folk & Traditional category. Muzyka! is a four-piece acoustic ensemble from the Midland / Saginaw area who play traditional fol
MB Welcomes Six Syllable Sin
Having a name like Six Syllable Sin begs the question, just which six syllable sin are they referring to? Perhaps not-tun/ing-the-gui/tars? Or maybe sing/ing-in-the-wrong-key? Maybe it refers to choo/sing-a-stu/pid-name? Just kidding. Six Syllable Sin sticks to your noodle and is just fun to say - unleth you have a lithp in which cathe ith jutht cruel. Six Syllable Sin may be our newest band-link submission in the Original Artists / Indie Rock category, but th
Terry Lee Bolton In Classic Drummer & Drum Magazine
Hey folks, I've been added to the May issues of Classic Drummer & Drum Magazine! Classic Drummer Magazine gave me a full color layout as well as an extensive interview and an Ad for Pintech Electronic Percussions new Rubber Ducky Drum Triggers. That same ad is also in Drum magazine. I'm very excited to be in both magazines but I'm especially pleased to be in Classic Drummer with one of my long time Idols, Carl Palmer, drummer for the legendary progressive rock group Emerson, La
MB Welcomes Backwoods Thunder
The first time I heard the song "International Harvester" on a Lansing-area country station I thought it was a commercial for farm combines. Seriously. But what sounds like some crass product placement designed to compel casual listeners to buy gigantic agricultural equipment is actually an extremely popular song by Craig Morgan - and one that's covered very competently by our latest band-link submission in the cover bands / classic rock and country categories, Backwoods Thunder (g
Michiganbands Welcomes Severance
After devoting six years to the female-fronted modern rock band Avenue, a popular act that enjoyed coverage by major media outlets in Michigan, guitarist/songwriter Todd Schoeneman decided it was time to put some passion back into his music and explore stylistic and emotional avenues he wasn't able to before. To aid him in the new venture, Shoeneman recruited Mark Pilotto on lead vocals, Jeff Korner on bass and Justin Sowers on drums. The band would be called Severance (as in severing
Orbitsuns To Perform at WYCD's Downtown Hoedown
Detroit, MI -Honky tonk rockers The Orbitsuns will perform at WYCD's 26th annual Downtown Hoedown. Held at Detroit's Hart Plaza, this three-day event is largely recognized as the world's largest free country festival, drawing close to 1 million attendees. The Orbitsuns will be appearing at Hart Plaza's lower stage at 12:40 p.m. on Saturday May 10, 2008. Marking their second year as Downtown Hoedown entertainers, The Orbitsuns are honored to perform alongside cou
Green Street Fair Features Michigan Bands
Several eco-friendly Michigan bands (ed - we hear they'll be moving their equipment by pedicab) will be performing at the second annual Green Street Fair in downtown Plymouth this weekend , Saturday May 3rd and Sunday, May 4th, 2008. The Wrenfields, Jill Jack, The Great Lakes Myth Society, The Ragbirds and Need To Breathe will be among a dozen bands who will perform over the weekend on the "Eco-Beat Stage" provided by Ann Arbor'
MB Welcomes Scott Cooley, Indecision, Our Fate In Hell & Zero Down
Well, the band links are piling up which means it must be time to get some work done. But instead of giving each of these fine, homegrown acts their own well-deserved space on Michiganbands.com, I'm going to be lazy and lump them all together under this one article heading ( send your complaints to Dept. Of Local Music Volunteers, c/o someone who still gives a shit). So click "read more" below and let me introduce to you the cavemanic musical stylings of Scott Cooley, the ori
Rock Finanacial Showplace to Host Metro Music Expo
Novi, MI: The Rock Financial Showplace will introduce a brand new concept in music trade shows this September. The new Metro Music Expo, making its debut on September 12-14, 2008, will offer musicians exposure to every imaginable aspect of making and marketing music during a single three day event. Features will include new and gently used instruments, an expansive record store featuring vintage vinyl, equipment and electronics manufacturers, stage clothing, recording studios, web de
Jamie McCarthy Appears in Episode 8 of Ced~N~Teri
Transplanted local rocker Jamie McCarthy, son of the late WJR radio legend J.P. McCarthy, will appear in episode 8 of the new video series Ced N Teri that will debut at The Park Bar on Sunday, May 4th. Doors at 8pm.
The hilarious new series created by Mikey Brown, is redefining what it means to be a “sit” com. Ced N Teri is a politically-incorrect comedy about two, full-time couch potatoes and their cat. Shot locally at the Planet Ant Theatre in Hamtramck, Ced N Teri i
Terry Lee Bolton Announces New Release, Reviews CRS 39
I'll be releasing a new CD titled You Can't Have It on May 8th, 2008. It is the follow up to "American Man" which is still available at Wal*Mart & WalMart.com. You Can't Have It includes 13 new songs and it is a slight departure from American Man. The record still holds strong to my country & southern rock roots but is more guitar heavy and adds a dose of blues and Detroit Soul thrown in for good measure. Release date is set for May 27th on my labe
Don ''Doop'' Duprie & Ty Stone To Perform At The DMAs
Detroit singer-songwriter Don “Doop” Duprie, a three time nominee in the 2008 Detroit Music Awards and fellow rock nominee Ty Stone will be performing at the Detroit Music Awards on Friday, April 25 at the Fillmore Theatre. They will be taking the stage with an all-star band made up of some of the city’s finest talent. Doop & Ty will be representing the Inside Outlaws singer-songwriter collective that night. Both artists are nominated for awards this year; Doop for Outstand
7th Annual MCMF Acoustic Showcase This Thursday
The 7th Annual MCMF Acoustic Showcase will take place this Thursday, April 10th at Memphis Smoke in Royal Oak. This year's event will be hosted by multi-DMA winner Jill Jack. Performers will include past and present winners and nominees as well as up and coming talent, including Rock The Vote's Michigan correspondent Nadir, guitar journeyman Billy Brandt, folk chanteuse Jo Serrapere, electro-acoustic punk freestyler Carolyn Striho, Americana classics The Wrenfields, a rare ap
MB Puzzler
In the right-hand column of the home page you'll notice a box that says "MB Puzzler" which is a new feature that has been added for the exclusive purpose of giving away free CDs. Unscramble the band name and search our site for related articles or links to that band to find a hidden hyper-link that will take you to a puzzle page. Be the first to solve the puzzler and e-mail your answers to editor@michiganbands.com and you win a free CD or other swag by that artist. Go
Michiganbands.com Welcomes Unbound
Somewhere safe in the cozy bedroom community of Lainsburg, Mi (population <2000 with a total area of 1.7 sq mi. - don't get much cozier than that, eh?) hides the budding musical explorations of Unbound, our latest entry to the Original Artists / Hard Rock & Metal category. This young foursome, including brothers Zack & Josh DeBrabander (vocals and drums respecively) Ben Oxendale (Guitar) & Dustin Phelps (Bass), played their first gig as the cover-band Quantum Suicide in a lo
MB Welcomes After The Money Is Gone
Pretty much every day now I wonder what's going to happen to me when I can't work anymore and my government hands me an I.O.U. written on toilet paper for all those years of paying into social security, having been gullible enough to believe in a social safety net. What's going to happen when I can't even afford to live in the trailer park, when I'm eating expired cat food out of the Wal Mart dumpster and spend my days wandering the road sides, yelling at cars as they pass me by? I w
Michiganbands.com Welcomes The Degenerates
You might think of Grosse Pointe Park as the monied cocoon of Detroit's old-school gentry, but in 1979 it produced at least four Degenerates - all of whom are members of our latest band submission in the Original Artists / Punk category. Noise-makers Scott Bowman, John Butterfield, Robin Corely and Robert VanSiles stank-up such dusty old joints as TRAXX on Gratiot Avenue where they recorded the abominable song "Armageddon". The band threatened to resurface a couple of times
Back In LA LA LAnd With Ty Stone
Back in 2002, before he was signed to Top Dog, Ty Stone was just another struggling bandhead with a guitar, a dream and maybe enough attitude and a good enough voice to make that all work out for him. But the only way to find out for sure was to make some tough choices and risk everything he knew; he left his friends, left his band and left Michigan 2500 miles behind to find his fortune in Los Angeles - which, lucky for us, took him right back home to Michigan. Ty kept in touch all along t
Michiganbands.com Welcomes Westfall
Ever since Chad, Erik and Bobby shared a bus route together as school kids they knew they were headed in the same direction. Those formative years, along with a shared love for classic and modern rock, would forge a bond that would last twenty years, seven of which have already been dedicated to making music together. In a fit of irony, the trio left the band "Destyned" to become Westfall, named after a movie they all liked and often found themselves quoting to each other.
MB Welcomes Love Meets Lust
Back in the late seventies the integrated circuit found its way into the music biz and begat synthesizers which brought a "new wave" of music to flush out the tried and tired. At the same time, the long hair and blue-jeans of the 70's gave way to spiky clipper-cuts, shiny Rayon shirts, skinny ties, big-block "Frankie says..." t-shirts and day-glo pink, green and yellow stretchies of the 80's - which were perfect for rock fans who wanted to dance again. It was a weird time for
Dendura Joins Unexpect and Shadowside at the Flight of the Valkyries Festival
Dendura (USA), the Egyptian-inspired, female-fronted progressive band with belly dancers, will join co-headliners Unexpect (Canada) and Shadowside (Brazil) for the second-annual Flight of the Valkyries festival at Station 4 in St. Paul, MN, on Saturday June 28. Flight of the Valkyries is the only festival in the USA to feature a complete lineup of female-fronted metal bands.
“I'm really pumped about the festival,” says Dendura drummer Justin Lee Dixon. &ldquo
NuRokSol To Perform @ Bodog Battle Regional Finals in Atl.
On Monday, March 10, 2008, NUROKSOL will be competing at Center Stage in Atlanta, GA with 11 other bands in the regional finals for the second season of reality TV show The Bodog Battle and for a million dollar recording contract with BoDog Entertainment (Wu Tang Clan, DMX, Fall From Grace). The 10-part series began last year with over 7000 bands competing online, 350 live battles nationwide and finally 10 bands ending up in the first season which aired both on Fuse TV and BodogTV online.&
New Local Music Website, LocalMusicLife.com
A brand new website has been launched to promote local music. It's only been live for about a week and we're out trying to gain users. For a new place to promote yourself, your band, your venue or your music resource, take a look at http://www.LocalMusicLife.com
Michiganbands.com Welcomes Shred Of Hope
If there's one thing we all cling to in troubled times it's a Shred Of Hope, which is the name of our latest band-link submission to the Original artists / Hard Rock category. The band hails from Dearborn, Mi, home of The Ford Motor Company - which is also clinging to a shred of hope after last quarter's reported $2.8 billion loss. And like FoMoCo's Wixom Plant, Shred Of Hope relates to As I Lay Dying and All That Remains. But unlike the creators of the crappy power window system tha
Flipping The Pig New Free Album: My Heroic Cadences
Oddly normal? Normally odd? Though stylistically pulling from many different sources (pop, new wave, folk, jazz, electronic, rock, showtunes, etc.), there's a lyrical and emotional cohesiveness that prevails on the mood of one-man-band Flipping The Pig's melodic new album My Heroic Cadences. The new record retains the chaotic spirit of past releases, but this time with no electric guitars and no bass. It wasn't a conscious decision; they simply weren't plugged in. The album was
313.JAC/JACOBYS HOSTS LOCAL SINGER-SONGWRITER SHOWCASES!
The acoustic sounds of local singer-songwriters will fill the air at 313.jac/Jacoby’s the weekend of March 7 & 8 when ten singer-songwriters showcase their music for two nights at the intimate downtown club. While the rest of the city will be getting blown out that weekend, this showcase will provide more great musical talent but in a quieter setting. Ten artists will perform everything from folk to unplugged blues rock over the weekend. Click "read more" below for a li
Euphoric Haze CD Release Party @ Token w/Flophouse, Steppdogg
Back when my wife worked for an industrial tool supplier in Redford she noticed that one of her co-workers often sang along to the radio. Not just musical mumbling mind you, but belting out the song better than the vocals coming out of the speakers. She only knew him as Howard, one of the few people she could tolerate at that job. As it turned out, that co-worker was Howard Whitaker - the lead singer for the alternative rock band Euphoric Haze. She brought home his CD, Euphoric
Michiganbands.com Welcomes Quiverbone and FlintDrive
In honor of all things strange and mettalic, Michiganbands.com would like to welcome our latest band-link submissions in the original artists / hard rock category, Quiverbone and FlintDrive. Quiverbone hopes to revitalize the hard rock scene in their area by "exemplify(ing) the essence of live performance" and claim their purpose is to deliver a high-energy show every time. And how do they do that? "We rehearse as if we have an audience of a thousand," Chip says i
Charlie Naebeck: Download My New Record Now FREE
Hi everyone,
hope winter is treating you well here in MI... its bitter cold of course, but that doesn't stop music. I wanted to share that I have released a new 15 song LP called "How Can I Be Afraid". You can download it FREE on my site: http://www.charlienaebeck.com. This is my 5th release to date and honestly I did the record to kill time here and there over the past year and a half. I didn't stick with one style in particular so there are acoustic inst
Tickets Now Available for Just Let Me Breathe Benefit
Tickets are now available for the Rock CF Foundation's "Just Let Me Breathe" benefit to fight Cystic Fibrosis which will take place at the Royal Oak Music Theatre on Saturday, March 15th. This is the fifth consecutive year of the popular benefit organized by Hellen drummer Emily Schaller who suffers from the lung disease and now spreads the word via the Rock CF foundation. Performances by Hellen, South Normal (reunion show), Whitey Morgan, Vin E of Sponge, Rose Hartin
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