Backyard Rocker 1/5/03

[Jim Price]

Hello Everyone,

Here is the recap of the January 5 edition of Q94's weekly local music program, "The Backyard Rocker," which airs every Sunday night from 8 to 10 PM on WBRX 94.3 and WBXQ 94.7.

Our first show of 2003 was a keeper, as we were joined in the studio by Clearfield County’s “attitudinally-challenged” power trio, Roadkill. Outspoken frontman/bassist/megalomaniac Greg, guitarist Sean and drummer “Teach” (battling a gastric bug and positioned near the studio door in case he had to quickly exit to run across the hall, lol) discussed their latest CD offering, “Three Chords & the Truth;” and their career and outlook on 2003. We heard tracks from the CD, and several lucky listeners won CD’s and T-shirts. And as expected, Greg sounded off on a number of topics, including his bandmates, women, Santa Claus, “Teach’s” gastric bug and more. It was a wild, insane and fun two hours!

Also along the way, we premiered new music from Foundry Avenue, Adrian Blitzer, Seventh Hour, The Chads and Judgement, and flashed back to 1996 to hear Rude Dawg’s “Backstage Ladies.”

The playlist:

HOUR ONE:

DAVE BLACKLEDGE – “I Got A Life, But It Sucks”
DIRTY DOGZ – “I’ll Do Anything”
ROADKILL – “The Adam Stomp”
FOUNDRY AVENUE – “Rollercoaster”
ROADKILL – “Fifth on the Fourth of July”
ADRIAN BLITZER – “Nobody’s Home”
ROADKILL – “Lost In The Woods”
SEVENTH HOUR – “Incurable”

HOUR TWO:

THE MARAUDERS – “New Tattoo”
ROADKILL – “Mr. Fish”
THE CHADS – “Don’t Go Down There”
ROADKILL – “Wiccan Blues”
RUDE DAWG – “Backstage Ladies” (1996, Local Music Flashback)
ROADKILL – “Santa Is A Big Fat Jerk”
JUDGEMENT – “Autopilot”
ROADKILL – “RK2K2”

This coming Sunday night, January 12, our guests in the studio will be Huntingdon-based trio Mission Cricket Invasion. We’ll get inside this group’s unique brand of original alternative rock, and discuss the group’s wild and unpredictable live show. We’ll hear tracks from the group’s debut EP, “John Star Power,” and possibly some new tracks as well. Mission Cricket Invasion, this coming Sunday night on the “Backyard Rocker.”

Other forthcoming guests and specials include:

JAN. 19 – The Marauders
JAN. 26 – 2nd annual Super Bowl Widow’s Special (hosted by Q94 2003 Calendar Girls)
FEB. 2 – Vertigo
FEB. 9 – Poptart Monkeys/Millenium Music Conference Preview Special
FEB. 16 – Millenium Music Conference Recap Special
FEB. 23 - Bleech
MAR. 2 – 5th Anniversary Special w/Felix & the Hurricanes
MAR. 9 – Chapter 5
MAR. 16 – Busted Monkey
MAR. 23 – Electric Blue
MAR. 30 – Even As We Speak
APR. 6 – Feight
APR. 13 – Shadow 5
APR. 20 – Michael Hughes/The Worry Knot
APR. 27 – Axum
MAY 5 – Pivot
MAY 12 – Way Down East

For regular updates on what is happening on the area music scene, pay a visit to Rockpage (www.rockpage.org). Rockpage features band links, a message board, "Backyard Rocker" updates, the online 'zine publication "The Final Cut," and other local music scene information.

Bands and artists interested in having music aired on "The Backyard Rocker" are invited to send their broadcast-quality recordings to: WBXQ Radio, 4000 5th Avenue, Altoona, PA 16602; ATTN: Jim Price. Or drop the recordings off at the station during regular business hours, Monday-Friday 9 AM - 5 PM.

Jim Price