Since this sub-forum has been kind of quiet, I figured I'd add my two cents here.
There's a great local band I made friends with last year called A Sound of Thunder. I first saw them at the Baltimore Soundstage when they opened up for Udo Dirkschneider. I was blown away by their talent. And it turned out that all of them were great people to boot.
They're based in the northern VA/DC area. They haven't broken big yet, but that may change (more on that in a bit). So if you want to see them, you'd have to come down to the MD/VA area to see them play. Most recently they had the honor of opening up for Michael Schenker when he played at the Fillmore in Silver Spring.
Their biggest brush with fame came when they were asked to play a music festival in Catalonia, Spain. Nina - the lead singer - has a mother who is Catalonian. And she taught her the Catalonian national anthem, "El Segadors" ("The Reapers"). Nina thought it would make a great Metal song. So the band covered it. Next thing you know, it went viral, and became a huge hit in Catalonia. If you know anything about the history of that region, they have been trying to gain independence from Spain for a long time. And that song hit at a time of renewed interest in the independence movement. And last December, they played to a stadium packed with thousands of fans. Not bad for a local Metal band from Northern Virginia!
They have several CDs already and I own most of them: Metal Renaissance, Time's Arrow, The Lesser Key of Solomon, Tales From the Deadside, and Who Do You Think We Are? Their latest, It Was Metal, is due out any day now...
And they've got a bunch of nerd cred. Nina and her husband Will are both really into board games. Josh the guitar player is a big comic book collector. Their album Tales from the Deadside was done in collaboration with Valiant comics, and was a concept album based on their character of Shadowman . And they've got a lot of established comic book artists from the likes of Marvel, DC, and Valiant working with them. And of course, the band takes its name from the same short story by Ray Bradbury. So they've got their bona fides.
I've even invited them to these forums, becuase I thought they's have a lot of valuable and interesting contributions to make. I know they've expressed interest. Guys? Guys???
Anyway, here's the video fro "El Segadors."
There's a great local band I made friends with last year called A Sound of Thunder. I first saw them at the Baltimore Soundstage when they opened up for Udo Dirkschneider. I was blown away by their talent. And it turned out that all of them were great people to boot.
They're based in the northern VA/DC area. They haven't broken big yet, but that may change (more on that in a bit). So if you want to see them, you'd have to come down to the MD/VA area to see them play. Most recently they had the honor of opening up for Michael Schenker when he played at the Fillmore in Silver Spring.
Their biggest brush with fame came when they were asked to play a music festival in Catalonia, Spain. Nina - the lead singer - has a mother who is Catalonian. And she taught her the Catalonian national anthem, "El Segadors" ("The Reapers"). Nina thought it would make a great Metal song. So the band covered it. Next thing you know, it went viral, and became a huge hit in Catalonia. If you know anything about the history of that region, they have been trying to gain independence from Spain for a long time. And that song hit at a time of renewed interest in the independence movement. And last December, they played to a stadium packed with thousands of fans. Not bad for a local Metal band from Northern Virginia!
They have several CDs already and I own most of them: Metal Renaissance, Time's Arrow, The Lesser Key of Solomon, Tales From the Deadside, and Who Do You Think We Are? Their latest, It Was Metal, is due out any day now...
And they've got a bunch of nerd cred. Nina and her husband Will are both really into board games. Josh the guitar player is a big comic book collector. Their album Tales from the Deadside was done in collaboration with Valiant comics, and was a concept album based on their character of Shadowman . And they've got a lot of established comic book artists from the likes of Marvel, DC, and Valiant working with them. And of course, the band takes its name from the same short story by Ray Bradbury. So they've got their bona fides.
I've even invited them to these forums, becuase I thought they's have a lot of valuable and interesting contributions to make. I know they've expressed interest. Guys? Guys???
Anyway, here's the video fro "El Segadors."
