The Power-Chords
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The Power-Chords were born out of Chula Vista, a small suburban city within San Diego County, California. The songwriter, Jon Hammer, was tired of seeing the same radio-formatted pop-punk and hardcore bands attempt the music scene with boring, monotonous, redundant riffs and gimmicks. He wondered what had happened to good 'punk.'
| So, he started a band, having never sung before, with Austin Ballow, who had never drummed before. Being punks themselves, they were musically influenced by the punk rock beat. They worked hard to develop a seemingly new sound in San Diego. |  |
The band is influenced by British bands like the Buzzcocks, the Clash, and the Boys, as well as American groups like the Ramones or the Dickies. However, the band is dynamic, and bases their songwriting on classic 1960's pop, similar to the styles of the Beatles or the Rolling Stones, just 'up a few notches.' The band creates music with continuity, catchiness, and most of all, conciseness.
Current members also include Eliseo Parra, a classically trained guitarist, and Craig Barclift, a diligent bassist. Both sing back up harmonies, creating a traditional pop voicing while striving for originality in terms of harmonic preference and chord progression.
Power-chords are the simplest of guitar chords, and the band name represents their appreciation for minimalist pop music, and the powerful energy exerted by the use of power chords in the punk revolution of the late 1970's.
The Power-Chords are four early-twenty-year-olds playing high-energy punk rock.
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Live Music -- Kristie Stremel
Presents Friday July 25th MUSIC BY Kristie Stremel
Stop in and join us for an after dinner drink or any one of our frozen coffees. Coffee Rules features a full bar menu plus Guinness, Bass, Stella Artois, and Mothership Wit on tap, along with a large selection of bottled beer. Harp Magazine CD ReviewHarp Magazine CD Review by Kristie | Tuesday 17 July 2007 3:20am
myspace.com/kristiestremelmusic www.kristiestremel.com
When: Jul 25, 2008 8:00:00 PM to Jul 25, 2008 10:00:00 PM Where: Coffee Rules in Hays,Kansas Posted by:playhays |
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The Cheetah Speed
Sassy!!! Inferno of Joy Painted Bird - The Cheetah Speed www.myspace.com/thecheetahspeed The Cheetah Speed came together in late 2005 for the sole purpose of making some heavy rock and roll music. We come from bands called Zen Guerilla, Mensclub, Hammerdown Turpentine & Sonic Love Affair. We’re mixing a record right now that ought to be available in early 2008… - SASSY!!! On a Saturday early, Friday just finished, at Safari Sam’s about half past midnight, it was time to get Sassy, a San Francisco treat for those that stayed late. The cream Trixie Delicious (Lynda Mandolyn) morsel was covered in liquorish black and fishnets, back slapping a guitar and sharing salty Bay vocals with the orange feline frizz Kitty Largewood (Christa DiBiase) sticking it hard behind drums. That’s all these ladies needed to strike straight to the point an instant idea in three-minute songs, ninety seconds in others, then on to the next ditty, the next thought, the next burst of blatant emotion. Ooh-aah-slap you with power chords and beat you steady with drums while shouting rants in lyrical bursts, then done, making listeners want more, uncertain if they heard it all. Categorize the band Sassy as: what the heck just happened, that’s the fastest female twosome climax ever seen and heard of. And keeps coming over and over. A matchbook performance. A tweak in tune, a clack of the sticks, and like a strike of a single match, their songs spark-up, flame hot, burn hard, scorch finger tips, and drop smoldering. Then they rip the next match and flare up again. Spark â€" burn â€" repeat. - Inferno of Joy Inferno of Joy was conceived a few years following the conflagration of San Francisco based Punk/ Rock n’ Roll band Phoenix Thunderstone- comprised of Sean, Neither/Neither World’s infamous Wendy Van Dusen, Hugh, Lemon DeGeorge, and ex- Dwarves Vadge Moore. Following a long search, Sean was able to locate Hugh in Burma. E-mail correspondence followed. Shortly thereafter, Sean, accompanied by millionaire International Playboy, sound engineer, and spiritual adviser Lemon DeGeorge, arrived in Asia to rendezvous with Hugh. In early 2006- a new music vision was realized. Armed with their experience touring extensively throughout the United States and Japan; a decision was made to sever ties with a record industry grown glaringly Jurassic, this new collaboration would have no musical bounds. Upon returning to the United States, Argentinean bassist Adrian was recruited from a latin burlesque troupe, and percussion powerhouse- Brian, was fortuitously thwarted in his imminent Arizona relocation to a life of meditation and misanthropic solitude. The new campaign has begun… there’s a new VooDoo, determined to assassinate morality and all vestiges of bovine culture- an invitation to gaze unblinkingly into the depths of gods and men; the perfect ecstatic marriage of Heaven and Hell! the Inferno of Joy… - Painted Bird www.myspace.com/paintedbird When: Jul 25, 2008 9:00:00 PM Where: 12 Galaxies in San Francisco,California Cost: $8 Posted by:evdb |
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Rock Hall of Fame - through September 4, 2008
Tuesday, January 22, 2008 through Thursday, September 4, 2008. times vary. The Planetarium has become a gateway to a far-out dimension with the addition of this revolutionary light show. Space scenes and bright organic patterns evoke the trippy heydey of the laser light show, while the auditorium resounds with the power chords of Rush's Tom Sawyer, the frenzy of the Doors hit Break on Through or the roots rock twang of Creedence Clearwater Revival's Bad Moon Rising. An eleven-song thrill ride for music lovers of all ages. $5 - $8. Milwaukee Public Museum, 800 W. Wells Street, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County. When: Jan 22, 2008 12:00:00 AM to Sep 4, 2008 12:00:00 AM Where: The drama of the Rovers' dogged quest over the rugged terrain may answer that haunting question - Is there life on Mars? Milwaukee Public Museum in Milwaukee,Wisconsin Posted by:evdb |
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THE CUTE LEPERS with THE POWER-CHORDS / AVENUE ROSE / THE FREAKOUTS
THE CUTE LEPERS with THE POWER-CHORDS / AVENUE ROSE / THE FREAKOUTS When: Aug 1, 2008 6:00:00 PM Where: Hell's Kitchen in Tacoma,Washington Cost: $8.00 Posted by:evdb |
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The Power Chords
Information provided by CelebrityAccess. When: Aug 2, 2008 12:00:00 AM Where: The Badlander in Missoula,Montana Posted by:evdb |
