PRESS RELEASE
RELEASE DATE: December 16, 2001
CONTACT FOR INFORMATION:
DALE STROM (509-926-2448 home)
HERB LANDIS (509-467-6767 work)
MYK CRAWFORD (509-359-7242)
RAWK WEB SITE: www.rawkonline.com
10 MINUTES DOWN WEB SITE:
www.10minutesdown.com
JUPITER EFFECT WEB SITE: www.jupitereffectmusic.com
F.I.A. WEB SITE: www.fiamusic.com
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ALL-AGES ALBUM RELEASE PARTY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 30, 2001
FEATURING AARON RICHNER AND THE BLUES DRIVERS
RAWK the Inland Northwest, a nonprofit
organization based in Spokane,
Washington, announces that it will host an all-ages concert, on Sunday,
December 30, 2001, at the Big Dipper, Second and Washington, in downtown
Spokane. Doors open at 6:15 PM, with the show starting at 7:00
PM, and
ending around 10:30 PM. Tickets are $8, and available only at
the door.
Headlining is the amazing AARON RICHNER AND
THE BLUES DRIVERS, who are
releasing their new 10 track CD "Rain Came Down" at this show.
The CD was
produced at College Road Recording. Aaron Richner (922-0643 or
509-333-1472)
will soon be home on break from WSU. He states that the band
has been
performing fairly regularly at locations such as the Blue Note Grill,
and has
been recently named as one of 9 finalists for a Battle of the Bands
at
Seattle's Experience Music Project on February 2, 2002. The band
made two
significant changes during this past summer, as Aaron's father, Scott
Richner, has joined the band on keyboards, and a new drummer has come
on
board. He is John Betts, a highly regarded drummer formerly with
Mumbo Jumbo.
Adding tremendous energy to this show will be the hard working guys
from
10 MINUTES DOWN, who have been
playing frequently the past few weeks, especially
at all-ages shows, and who are going to take a couple of months off
after
this show. According to Ted Teske (990-5082) the band will be
going into the
studio after the first of the year in order to lay down tracks for
a new CD
planned for release in May or June of 2002. This 7 piece ska/rock
band has
had much success recently, having been voted the Best Local Band for
2001 by
The Local Planet, and having recently won two Battles of the Bands
at
Thirsty's. For the last three years, 10 Minutes Down has played
on Van's
Warped Tour.
RAWK is excited to present JUPITER EFFECT,
making their first appearance at a
Big Dipper RAWK show. This experienced band, composed of music
veterans from
various local bands, has been together for about a year and a half,
and is
interested in playing more all-ages shows. Band spokesman Dan
McElfish
(701-0333), who also runs the very successful www.spokanebands.com
web site
covering the local music scene, says that this 3 piece band is currently
working in a keyboard player as a 4th member. He says that their
music,
which can be heard at MP3.com, is an eclectic mix of alternative, funk,
rock,
punk, and ska. That just about covers the gamut, with the exception
of
hardcore screaming. The band has one release, a self-titled 12
track CD
which came out about one year ago. Jupiter Effect is planning
to go into the
studio in the next couple of months to work on a new release.
Speaking of a new release, the opening band for this evening, the 9
piece
F.I.A., is also having an album
release party this night for it's first
full-length, the appropriately named "Release." The album was
produced at
Handtruc Studios and College Road Recordings. This young band,
3 of the
members still being in high school, has been together since the spring
of
2000. Band spokesman Thomas Croskrey (869-2386), who plays an
electric
viola, and was previously a member of the Spokane Youth Symphony (his
father,
Dan, is the stage manager for the SYS), says that the band calls its
music
"emo progressive cultured rock." F.I.A. appeared at one previous
RAWK show,
and was well received. It's just a little hard to get them all
on one stage!
This will be a fabulous show with many top Spokane bands, and with two
new
albums being released. It'll be a good way to end a difficult
year.
Large Ladle
