I was recently introduced to the dark and eerie world of artist Chet Zar at the Visionary Arts Tattoo Festival in Asbury Park. After interviewing the festival’s promoter, Naomi Fabricant, last month, I couldn’t wait to see Chet’s work in person and he didn’t let me down. Chet’s artwork is…

ADDICTED TO PAIN

Albany, NY

Who knew that Albany rocked? I didn’t until this band Addicted to Pain came across my desk via the band’s publicist. Once again this week, I am not featuring a North Jersey band like I’m supposed to because this band is so worth knowing about…

I recently got a text from my bro, Steve Brown from Trixter, letting me know that he just produced a new band out of North Jersey, and felt that they could use some press. For Steve’s sake, this band had better be good! The name of the band is 100…

Kieran Sullivan, from the band Cecilia Celeste, recently emailed me because he felt that good things were happening for his band, so he figured he’d enlighten me. I decided to give Cecilia Celeste a listen, and by the way, this name is so deceiving! I assumed that the band would…

I was forwarded this band out of Passaic Park, NJ, called Killing the Messenger. These guys are as local as local comes, but their sound is much larger than local. That was my assessment upon hearing songs like “Fight or Flight,” the infectious “Wrong Direction,” and the epic “Living Machine”…

The Meyer Rossabi Band invades North Jersey on Aug. 14 opening for The Christine Martucci Band at Mexicali Live in Teaneck, NJ. Who is The Meyer Rossabi Band? Well, I’m about to tell you. They’re a great blues rock trio out of Brooklyn, NY, that recently came across my desk.…

A great new and young band has come to my attention through the band’s guitarist Steve Quakenbush who sent me an email asking me to check them out. The name of the band is Betrayus out of Sayreville, NJ, and upon receiving the email, I quickly listened to a few…

My bass brother, Elo Hernandez, who’s played with bands like But Not Forgotten and the Marc Rizzo Band, recently emailed me to check out his new band L.I.F.E. or Love Is For Eternity. Well, it’s not exactly Elo’s band, but he does play bass for them. Now, this project is…

LONG BRANCH, NJ—I’ve been writing North Jersey Notes for almost nine years now, which I still find pretty nutty, but when a show with a lineup like this comes to the Jersey Shore, you can bet your ass that I was going to be there! The Brighton Bar in Long…

I just received an email from Nick Dowe of the band Last Red Ember asking me to check out his band. Of course I will check out any band that has the balls to ask, so, I logged onto the link that Nick sent me to Last Red…