Rock the Vote (In New Jersey?)
Hey faithful readers. A little departure from the usual zany ramblings of Yours Truly to let you know about a way you can help an unsigned band.
My cousins Chris and Joel in New Jersey have a friend in a band called Full Out Freak. This guy Will used to play (maybe still does) in a band called Big Orange Cone. Chris and Joel like to refer to them as B.O.C., which ruffles my feathers a bit because we all know there is just one B.O.C.; the unstoppable, on tour forever and simply amazing Blue Oyster Cult. (B.O.C. stories, real B.O.C. stories, will undoubtedly appear here someday).
A couple of summers ago, I had the chance to catch Big Orange Cone at a club at the Jersey Shore. One tip about visiting Jersey; don't call the Shore the Coast. It's on the East Coast, but it's not the Coast. Out here in California, you're on the Coast. Out there, you're at the Shore. Whatever. Big Orange Cone is basically a cover band, but they're really good at what they do and have a pretty big following. They sport two lead singers, Will and another I can only call The Other Guy. Will stood out from the other members of the band to me that night. As well as being talented, it seems he's pretty humble and a genuinely nice guy. Pretty rare traits for a professional musician.
Turns out he's in this other band, Full Out Freak, as well and they had a song played on one of NYC's biggest radio stations in what looks to me like a battle of the bands sort of thing. Chris emailed me a link to the station's website and asked that I vote for Full Out Freak on today's election. Now I'm asking you all to vote as well. I hope you're reading this today, Wednesday April 28th, so you can vote. Check out the link below. (You'll have to cut and paste the link--the link function isn't working here today).
http://www.z100.com/elvis_zoo/radiostar3.html
This will take you to the site where you can click on the button beside Full Out Freak. While you're there, check out their MP3 to see if you like 'em. But vote first! Who cares what you think? Just vote and get the "nice guy's" band a chance at a recording contract! Bush? Kerry? No! Will!! Will in '04!
Here's the band's site: (Cut and paste)
www.fulloutfreak.com
For those about to vote, I salute you.
My cousins Chris and Joel in New Jersey have a friend in a band called Full Out Freak. This guy Will used to play (maybe still does) in a band called Big Orange Cone. Chris and Joel like to refer to them as B.O.C., which ruffles my feathers a bit because we all know there is just one B.O.C.; the unstoppable, on tour forever and simply amazing Blue Oyster Cult. (B.O.C. stories, real B.O.C. stories, will undoubtedly appear here someday).
A couple of summers ago, I had the chance to catch Big Orange Cone at a club at the Jersey Shore. One tip about visiting Jersey; don't call the Shore the Coast. It's on the East Coast, but it's not the Coast. Out here in California, you're on the Coast. Out there, you're at the Shore. Whatever. Big Orange Cone is basically a cover band, but they're really good at what they do and have a pretty big following. They sport two lead singers, Will and another I can only call The Other Guy. Will stood out from the other members of the band to me that night. As well as being talented, it seems he's pretty humble and a genuinely nice guy. Pretty rare traits for a professional musician.
Turns out he's in this other band, Full Out Freak, as well and they had a song played on one of NYC's biggest radio stations in what looks to me like a battle of the bands sort of thing. Chris emailed me a link to the station's website and asked that I vote for Full Out Freak on today's election. Now I'm asking you all to vote as well. I hope you're reading this today, Wednesday April 28th, so you can vote. Check out the link below. (You'll have to cut and paste the link--the link function isn't working here today).
http://www.z100.com/elvis_zoo/radiostar3.html
This will take you to the site where you can click on the button beside Full Out Freak. While you're there, check out their MP3 to see if you like 'em. But vote first! Who cares what you think? Just vote and get the "nice guy's" band a chance at a recording contract! Bush? Kerry? No! Will!! Will in '04!
Here's the band's site: (Cut and paste)
www.fulloutfreak.com
For those about to vote, I salute you.
posted by Tony at 2:43 PM
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