HOMEGROWN ROCKER 10/16/11 (LIES, INC.)

[Jim Price]

Hello Everyone,

Here is the recap of the October 16 edition of Rocky 104.9 and Rocky 99's weekly local music program, "The Homegrown Rocker," which airs every Sunday night from 9 to 11 PM during Steelers football season on WRKY-FM (www.rocky1049.com) and WRKW-FM (www.rocky99.com).

Thanks to our guests, resurrected area hard rockers Lies, Inc. (http://www.liesincorporated.com/). We met the new mach edition of the group, featuring new singer Lily Taylor (ex-Nitekast), and learned their latest happenings and their fixation with corporate sponsor Pete’s Pickled Eggs, plus heard brand new recorded songs from them! Since current Lies, Inc. members Kent Tonkin and Ron Brode were in the house, we dug a 1999 song from their previous band, The Grimm, from the archive for a “Local Music Flashback!” Along the way, we debuted new tracks from Flight 19 and The Embalmed. We also updated “Local Music News,” and reviewed The Black Saxons' Disaster CD in “The Professor’s CD Corner.”

Here is this week's playlist:

HOUR ONE:

RAPID FIRE – “Unbreakable”
NAILDRIVER – “Executioner”
LIES, INC. – “Invertigo”
FLIGHT 19 – “Girl Like You”
LIES, INC. – “Plaster Apparent II”
THE EMBALMED – “Setting Fire to Holy Water”
LIES, INC. – “Waking the Misery”

HOUR TWO:

HI-TYDE – “Broken”
LIES, INC. – “Losing Ground”
THE BLACK SAXONS – “Eeny Meeny Miney Mo”
LIES, INC. – “Hypnotic”
THE GRIMM – “6’s and 7’s” (1999, Local Music Flashback)
LIES, INC. – “Blink of an Eye”

On our next show, our guests will be the prolific music-creating duo of Zupe and Dave Nichols! Zupe & Nichols have received numerous accolades from the music industry since the release of their 2007 album Speechless; and one track from that disc, “Step On It,” has been nominated for this year’s Hollywood Music in Media Awards! The pair will update us on their latest musical developments, and we’ll hear tracks from the Speechless CD, Zupe’s ballroom dance CD Dance, Dave’s collaborative efforts with Johnstown area frontman Tom Pavic and more! We’ll also update “Local Music News,” dig into the archive for another “Local Music Flashback,” and review Jerry Carnicella’s Versatility CD in “The Professor’s CD Corner!” Zupe & Nichols visit the “Homegrown Rocker,” next Sunday night!

Upcoming guests and specials include:

OCT. 30 – HALLOWEEN SPECIAL
NOV. 6 – (NO SHOW DUE TO STEELERS SUNDAY NIGHT GAME)
NOV. 13 – CHUCK MASON & BLUE REALITY
NOV. 20 – JUSTIN HALE
NOV. 27 – (NO SHOW DUE TO STEELERS SUNDAY NIGHT GAME)
DEC. 4 – THE EMBALMED
DEC. 11 – REPRESENT THE LIE
DEC. 25 – CHRISTMAS SPECIAL
JAN. 1 – 2011 YEAR IN REVIEW SPECIAL PT. I
JAN. 8 – 2011 YEAR IN REVIEW SPECIAL PT. 2

For regular updates on what is happening on the area music scene, pay a visit to Rockpage (www.rockpage.net). Rockpage features band links, a message board, "Homegrown Rocker" updates, live show and CD reviews in “JP’s Corner," and other local music scene information.

Bands and artists interested in having music aired on "The Homegrown Rocker" are invited to send their broadcast-quality recordings to: WRKY Radio, One Forever Drive, Hollidaysburg, PA 16648; ATTN: Jim Price. Or drop the recordings off at the station during regular business hours, Monday-Friday 9 AM - 5 PM. You can also email me with inquiries about the show at profjp@rocky1049.com.

Jim Price

In Local Music News…

Centre County/Lock Haven rockers Voodoo Bullet bid farewell to one of their members last night. Guitarist Chris Prisk played his final show with the group last night at Bar 53 in Coalport.

In an interesting development, three different and diverse Johnstown area bands will unveil new CDs next Saturday night with three different CD-release events. Johnstown indie rock band The Sunflower Spectacle is set to release their brand new disc, called No Fields, with a special release event Saturday evening at the Vintondale Firemen’s Club. The CD release show is an all-ages event, and will also feature the bands Ancient Lights and Green Light Go. Admission is $3.

Meanwhile, as reported previously, Johnstown folk and bluegrass group the Whiskey River Panhandlers will release their first full-length CD, called Songs From Grandma’s Radio, with a special CD release event this Saturday at 7 p.m. at the Johnstown Heritage Discovery Center.

And Johnstown metal monsters The Embalmed officially unleash their new disc, called Make the Children Listen, with a CD-release event this Saturday night at Around The Corner in Johnstown. The CD-release is part of a triple-bill featuring The Embalmed, Razorback recording group Mausoleum and Twisted & Used. Doors open for that event at 9 p.m.