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The Bellweather Syndicate
Support my friends William Faith and Sarah Rose a.k.a Scarylady Sarah (past VSC DJs) in their new music project The Bellwether Syndicate! Be a backer and support the music YOU want to hear. Please take some time to listen to THIS VIDEO and back The Bellwether Syndicate like I did! SPREAD THE WORD AND SHARE THIS!!
South Bend, Indiana for Music and Mayhem!
A few years ago, I moved near South Bend, Indiana home of Notre Dame University and the famed Fighting Irish football team. I used to live in Chicago for ten years and after realizing it was too expensive to actually buy property, I moved out of the city with my family. I spend most of my time taking care of my family and traveling all over in order to promote, attend and work with a vampire event called Endless Night primarily housed in New Orleans with parties also in Paris, Amsterdam, Prague and Venice. I do vampire related events in Chicago on occasion and usually only go out in Chicago for related events and concerts. I guess I used to be a city snob.
Only recently in the last couple of months have I actually been going out in the town in which I live after my friend and tattoo artist Larry Bone moved back home from New Orleans. I went to a Misstallica gig, an all female tribute band for Metallica with him, met some local people and since then have been checking out the local music scene and am surprised to find quite an interesting metal and rock thing happening here in a town Chicago could care less about.
In a town hit with economic stress and abundant religion it seems fitting that rock and metal would find a way to infiltrate behind God’s back.
A couple of weeks ago I went to a rock showcase called Grrrissa’s Rebel Fest held at Club Fever in South Bend.
A rock and roll dance troupe by the name of Brick House Burlesque headlined the evening along with several bands such as DARK TRILOGY, THE GO DEVIL 4, FOREVER GYPSY, and KNUCKLE DEEP with a special performance by the event host and promoter extraordinaire, Carissa Squadroni (Grrrissa) and throughout the night and in different bands, guitar phenom Joe Feingold (Forever Gypsy and Dark Trilogy) rocked the stage. Somewhat of a local rock and roll “it” girl, Carissa impresses with talents in music, makeup artistry, bar tending, promoting and being an all around awesome chick to hang out with. I found myself meeting up with her for Gigantour in Chicago where we rocked out to Megadeth, Motorhead, and Volbeat. Hanging out with her all night, it wasn’t hard to notice her infectious personality and the gravitational pull she seemed to have over every one in room. The very thing that makes a great promoter. People listen to you and want to do what you are doing. I have some experience with that having been in the business for over 20 years. Carissa reminds me of me at her age. Smart, ambitious, easy on the eyes and full of piss and vinegar. Her fearlessness caused a bit of a stir recently when haters attacked her Face Book page and reported her because they took offense to her modeling photographs. This one in particular taken by Jeffrey Sellers of Side Street Studio Photography:
Her page got shut down and she started a new one all over again and punched back with this photo also by Jeffrey Sellers of Side Street Studio:
My kinda girl.
But aside all the hotness, what Carissa does for the rock scene in this town is quite extraordinary. As a person who loves music and a good time, her events are entertaining, rockin’ and just plain fun and I hope to work with her in the future. Maybe South Bend could use a little vampire mischief? Stay tuned to the Vampire Social Club for news on her events in the future.
And if that isn’t enough, a little venue called the Bender Ballroom plays host to a number of metal bands on a regular basis even going so far as to host a benefit for a musician who lost everything when his apartment burned down. Several bands got together and played in the hopes of not only helping a fellow brother out but to also help the others in the apartment complex that were also affected and devastated by the fire. Bands included in the benefit were: THE B.E.A.T., NEGATIVE NANCY, TALL TALES, VERGE OF INSANITY, HOME OF THE BRAVE, and the CITY NEVER SLEEPS, (the fire victim’s band) and THE OPPRESSOR.
Metal not your bag? No problem. South Bend also has quite the rock-a-billy scene with bands like RED HOT VOODOO, KNUCKLE DEEP and THE GO DEVIL 4, some of which were mentioned above. I had the pleasure of hearing RED HOT VOODOO play this past weekend at an old resort turned classy venue, Club Landing. A fun time in rock-a-billy heaven with traditional covers of Stray Cat Strut, Rock This Town, Little Sister, Red Hot and a killer version of Beastie Boys’ Fight For Your Right. Good times with good people.
I could take forever and try to review all of these bands, but who has the time for that? Take my word for it. The South Bend Music scene has plenty to offer and from the way things are going, it’s only going to get better.
Lady~A
Chicago local musician on new Underworld: Awakening Soundtrack available NOW!
Chicago local Stella Katsoudas of Sister Soleil has a killer song called Killer and a Queen on the new Underworld: Awakening Soundtrack available NOW! New songs and Renholder remixes from bands like Combichrist, Ministry, The Cure, Evanescence, William Control, Lacuna Coil and more. I was pleased to host a promo party for the release of the movie recently where I got to meet the band and dance to other tracks by Sister Soleil. A great time was had by all and they are all so sweet and down to earth. So, support your local Chicago musicians and BUY the soundtrack or the single! The soundtrack has jumped to #2 on iTunes soundtrack sales and I have been enjoying it ever since!
LAST MONTHLY VAMPIRE SOCIAL CLUB!!
Come and dance in the dark at THE LAST MONTHLY Vampire Social Club Gathering at Late Bar in Chicago. We will be doing other larger gatherings throughout the year promoting the vampire genre. Lady~A begins her tour season in March and the coffin is over flowing with projects. The Vampire Social Club is gearing up for a huge Chicago event in late Spring 2012! So, come out and say farewell, for now… but STAY TUNED!
Thursday, February 17th @ 10:00 pm
Special performance by Lana Lake
DJs Peroxide and Tigerlily spin moody favorites.
21+
NO COVER!
$5 Drink Special
Come and check out Euro Rock Radio!
Lady~A’s Vampire Social Club is a huge fan of some serious rock music…sometimes the harder the better. Sure, she can groove to anything and is especially partial to the old school goth aesthetic, but….it’s good to keep your mind open. The VSC has some AWESOME friends at Euro Rock Radio who play kick ass music and house live interviews with various bands in the rock scene all the time. Euro Rock Radio happens every Tuesday evening.
Euro-Rock Radio will be on the air TONIGHT at http://www.renegaderadio.net/ starting at 8pm EST. We’ll be focusing on Daniel Lioneye and Turisas and Cradle of Filith a bit tonight in anticipation of the gig tomorrow in Dallas!
Go to their website and check out their show times and join in the live CHAT! Click on their banner to go there directly and then add it to your sites!
Kiss Them For Me,
Lady~A
