DESERVING BANDS

Rita: We’re always looking for new bands that deserve attention. So while Lolita is practicing her old pregnancy prevention method, I’m going to ask some friends for advice of what local bands deserve more attention from The Noise. LENNY LASHLEY (Darkbuster): Pretty much every local band deserves more attention than us in The Noise but The Welch Boys and The Sprained Ankles really, really do ’cause they're awesome where we're kinda not so much. *** MIKE CANN (MassCann/ NORML Freedom Rally): Superpower because Dave Tree will always rule and the band will rip your face off. Also Prospect Hill, because they are young, nice, and write extra catchy songs. Tony Rombola (Godsmack guitarist) recorded a song with Prospect Hill for their upcoming, soon to be released CD. *** GEOFF MORSE (Prophetless Productions): I think The Noise needs to cover a little more death metal in general but at the very least it should take a look at Sexcrement. This XXX death four piece is one of the best bands in Boston in any genre. You might be mortified or you might get exxxtremely turned on but either way you will definitely get your money's worth from one of the best live performing bands around. *** MARK LIND (Mark Lind & the Unloved/Ducky Boys): Definitely Death & Taxes. In a just world they'd be getting more attention on both a local and national level. Hell, maybe even international. But the music business in 2008 doesn't reward honesty, talent and greatness. They honor fashion and punk-by-numbers bullshit. Maybe a band like D&T can bring it back. Lolita: Well, The Noise hasn’t totally missed them—you can read their story in the October 2007 issue. *** NICOLE TAMMARO (Nicole Tammaro Photography): The Noise needs to pay some attention to Bryan McPherson. I have caught Bryan a few times. This kid blows everyone away when they catch his act. His performance and CD remind me of Dylan/Neil Young-e Vedder storyteller—lyrics of frustration, beauty and darkness. *** JASON MARCHIONNA (Fluttr Effect/ MeandJoanCollins): The Cassavetes. That's the only drummer I've seen in Boston hit the drums as hard as me. Oh, and they write great tunes and rock the shit out of them. Guys, I play banjo if you're ever looking. *** DAVE WESTNER (Woolly Mammoth Sound): Tim Gearin. He's been playing every Monday night at Toad for something like eight years. *** ANDERSON MAR (Dark Sky Productions/School of Rock): I'm throwing my support behind a relatively new entourage called Uncle Lefty (www.unclelefty.net). My doubts that punk, blues, and Southern rock could be successfully blended have been utterly erased at their advent. Besides, who couldn't love a band whose motto is, "Music for Free-Thinkers and Beer-Drinkers"? I can totally identify! *** PREACHER JACK (Preacher Jack): I love the Clydesdale Cowboys and believe they deserve some space in the wonderful Noise magazine. I had the pleasure of playing with these fine lads (and gals!) at The Cantab recently and I was SOO impressed with their professionalism and their wonderful vocal harmonies. God bless J.R. Clydesdale and his lovely sister, Kitty; they turned The Cantab into a smoky old roadhouse on a lonely stretch of highway way down in Hank Williams, Sr. country. Lolita: Well, I’ll have to find out where those cowboys are playing. Rita, can you help me with that?