Black Rose Diary record release show in Erie, June 18th.

Black Rose Diary will be celebrating the release of their long-awaited second album: "Here's To Indifference".

This is an all-ages event and takes place at Forward Hall this Saturday, June 18th. Also appearing are Johnny Football, Isadora, KnifeFight the World, Rockets Red Glare, and Adios.

Basement Transmissions benefit show April 22nd

The BTR Benefit Show is April 22nd, 2005!

The show will be held at The Hangout (all ages!) in Edinboro, PA on April 22. Signal Home, Black Rose Diary, The Pegasus Unicorn and Johnny Football will be playing.

Remember, this is a benefit show. The money made will go towards the label's promotion of itself and our bands, and helping our bands with recording costs (as well as helping to release our first compilation CD). So, come on out, have fun, and support local rock music.

For more info visit BasementTransmissions.com

Calling Blue Skies CD release show

Calling Blue Skies will be holding a CD Release show Saturday, April 10th at Forward Hall. The show is in support of the band's newest release which is a self-titled 9 song CD. Also on the bill are SF Firehydrant, The Kinison, Rydia, and The Goodbye Sessions

Calling Blue Skies will also be appearing at this year's Blue Cat Cubed event.

Four bands at Club Outcry - Friday, May 2nd

The Incomprehensible

Visit our Show Reviews page for pics and a review of the Club Outcry show featuring The Twirpentines, Black Rose Diary, The Midnight Jacks and The Incomprehensible.

Blue Fire - The Hangout
Saturday, November 23rd

L-R: Josh Karickhoff, Derek Tomporowski & Gus Ward

Blue Fire blazed through a hard rocking set at the Hangout tonight. The band sounded excellent through the Hangout's top notch sound system, and interesting visual displays (like the one shown above) enhanced the performance.

The band played a mix of originals and cover tunes by the likes of Joe Satrianni, Ozzy Osbourne and Deep Purple to name a few. Blue Fire is becoming even more solid each time they perform (they were just at the Gallery Cafe in Erie last night). It's amazing that eleven year old Karickhoff can keep pulling out extended solos on song after song and continue to keep it interesting. Supporting the guitarist are Ward and Tomporoski, who's solid and tight rhythm section at times exceeds players twice their age.

Don't miss a chance to see these guys live...

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Various artists - The Hangout
Saturday, November 2nd

Black Rose Diary is a band to watch. Although they certainly have elements of hardcore in their music they also exhibit a much heavier quality at times with powerful ear-flattening guitar work. And then there are the catchy vocals and harmonies. They also aren't afraid to show their roots once in while by adding a Stones cover to the mix.

This band has something goes beyond simply playing their instruments or writing interesting songs... there is an attitude and inexplicable power running through their music which places them in a different league than many bands in this genre'.

If these guys hang in there and play their cards right they just might be able to move into a larger realm of popularity.

Dead Letter was up just before Black Rose Diary and played a high speed, supercharged set. This Erie band epitomizes the all-ages hardcore scene: snarling vocals, ultra quick tunes (usually coming in well under three minutes long), relentless pounding drums and lots of stage diving. The group functioned as the perfect release valve for a pent up audience on a Saturday night.

Edinboro area band Bound By Deceit opened the show tonight, but unfortunately we arrived just as they were finishing their last song. (As the pic above shows.) What we heard sounded promising and we hope to catch the band again to do a more complete show review.

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Retaliatory Strike - Forward Hall
Saturday, September 22nd

Local hardcore straight edge group Retaliatory Strike pummeled the audience at Forward Hall with a brief and brutal set. Featuring Zach Shonts on vocals, Kyle Blackman on guitar, Matt Barthlemes on bass and Josh Buck on drums the quartet held their own along side The Hope Conspiracy, Evergreen Terrace, Shattered Realm, Bury Your Dead and Until The End.

Some feel that Erie hardcore is on the way out, but the utterly packed house at Forward Hall tonight would suggest otherwise. Also, new ventures such as ErieShows.com are helping to keep the hardcore scene moving forward.

For more info see our page on Retaliatory Strike where you can listen to Life Long Pledge, which had the pit slamming hard at tonight's show.

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Zomo at The hangout - 5/4/02

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29 Palms

5-2-1

Artificial Lips

Black Rose Diary

Blue Fire

Blue River Joker

Bound By Deceit

Calling Blue Skies

Call It Corine

Chapter 12

Coming Clean

Cryptic Prophecy

Dead Letter

Discrepancy

Eleventh Hour

Elysian

Face Down In High Water

FaKtory Collapsing

Falling From Nowhere

freQuency

From Within

Halfway to Nowhere