HOMEGROWN ROCKER 12/9/12 (VICE VERSA)

[Jim Price]

Hello Everyone,

Here is the recap of the December 9 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).

This week, our guests were new Bedford/Huntingdon County rock quintet Vice Versa (https://www.facebook.com/viceversaparocks). We met the band members and learned their story, and heard tracks from their recently-recorded EP Salt on the Money. Plus the group brought instruments and played a couple of acoustic numbers on the air! Since Vice Versa features former members of Fayted and Insult to Injury, we broke out two “Local Music Flashbacks” this week, a 2005 song from Fayted and a 2001 song by Insult to Injury! We also updated “Local Music News,” and reviewed Eric Val’s 3 Year Struggle CD in “The Professor’s CD Corner.”

Here is this week's playlist:

HOUR ONE:

TONY HARLAN – “Jingle This”
THE HOPE FALLACY – “Up All Night”
VICE VERSA – “Hard Habit”
MIA Z – “Better Lover” (live at Pittsburgh Hard Rock Café 2012)
VICE VERSA – “Still Am” (performed live on the air)
FAYTED – “Senoritaville” (2005, Local Music Flashback)
VICE VERSA – “Chaotic Stability”
MATT MARTINEK – “Lie to Me”

HOUR TWO:

THE JELLYBRICKS – “Father Christmas”
TARRA LAYNE – “Beautiful Day”
VICE VERSA – “Blackhearts”
ERIC VAL – “Signs”
VICE VERSA – “Inconsiderate” (performed live on the air)
INSULT TO INJURY – “My Ms. Fortune” (2001, Local Music Flashback)
VICE VERSA – “Yellow Brick Road”
THE SITCH – “Run for Your Life”
FIST FIGHT IN THE PARKING LOT – “Something”
SYNESTHESIA – “Synners and Saints”

This Sunday, our guests in the studio will be Altoona pop/punk rockers The Hope Fallacy! We’ll get reacquainted with the band members and find out their latest happenings, plus hear various recorded songs from them! Along the way, we’ll update “Local Music News,” dig into the archive for yet another “Local Music Flashback,” and review Seven2Ten’s On Parole CD in “The Professor’s CD Corner!” The Hope Fallacy returns to the “Homegrown Rocker,” this Sunday night!

Upcoming guests and specials include:

DEC. 23 – CHRISTMAS SPECIAL
DEC. 30 – 2012 YEAR IN REVIEW SPECIAL PT. 1
JAN. 6 – 2012 YEAR IN REVIEW SPECIAL PT. 2
JAN. 13 – PARIS KALAMARAS (A CRUCIFYING FEELING)
JAN. 27 – INSTRUMENTS DO THE TALKING SPECIAL (ALL INSTRUMENTALS)

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…

Halestorm achieved another major milestone in their career this past week, when they received their first Grammy Award nomination on Wednesday. The group’s hard-rocking single “Love Bites (So Do I)” from the group’s sophomore album The Strange Case Of... was nominated for Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance. Singer Lzzy Hale becomes the first woman nominated for that award. The group is up against several established names for that Grammy, including former Grammy winners Iron Maiden, along with Marilyn Manson, Lamb Of God, Anthrax and Megadeth. The 55th Annual Grammy Awards will be held on February 10, 2013, at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.

The band Dakota Rose recently underwent some changes. Longtime singer Laura Peach relocated to Florida, prompting the remaining band members to bring a new singer aboard and change their name. The new singer is Pat Conway, who joins guitarist Jai Bunting, bassist Richard Vargoli and drummer Phil Hautz. The new lineup has dropped the word ‘Rose’ from their name, and is now known as Dakota.