METAL GATE MAFIA—Medford, NJ

I recently had a guy come to my house to fix my hardwood floors. When I told him that I wrote for The Aquarian, he told me that his nephew was in a band and that I should give them a listen. So, I did…

FLAMES OF FURY—NJ/NYC

Charetta bassist Richard Mollo recently emailed me to let me know about a new project he’s been working with lately. The name of the band is Flames of Fury and they rock! After reading Rich’s email, I clicked on the enclosed link to the band’s ReverbNation page…

Since I’ve been spending a lot of time down here in South Jersey, but write about North Jersey bands, it’s only appropriate for me to slip in a South Jersey band every now and then. A couple of weekends ago, I stopped down at the Seaside Music Festival in Seaside…

As I did some online searching for a band to feature this week in North Jersey Notes, I stumbled across a band called JPT, formerly known as JustPassingThru, on reverbnation.com. Just so it’s clear, I’m really not a fan of Christian rock, but these guys were awesome! Who…

Holy crap! I just got off of the MySpace page of Blinded By Anger and my ears are still scorching! My bass brother, Mikey “Driveby” Ferriera, has been working on this project ever since his band Trudge broke up a few years ago. I know that Mikey’s been cooped up…

I recently got a message through The Aquarian website, theaquarian.com, from a band called A True Story asking me to give them a listen. I did, and though their music isn’t my thing, it didn’t suck! I’m sure that all of the young girls are getting their panties wet over…

My boy Adrian Freyre recently contacted me to tell me that he was playing in a new band. I’ve known Adrian since he played in the band Trimm and I’ve watched him play a few times with the band Jersey Gypsy. Adrian, who’s a very talented guitarist, is now playing…

This Friday night, Jan. 23, my band Hostel Inc. will be playing with a pretty cool band that seems to be based out of this area and Virginia. The name of the band is White Knuckle Battery, and from the sounds on their MySpace page, myspace.com/whiteknucklebattery, these guys will be…

Ok, so I recently got a weird text message from Pete Wells of the band Apathy, and I wasn’t sure how to respond. The text read, “Apathy signs a distribution deal! Album goes worldwide in spring of 2009. A promising label is considering as well!” Kind of vague, don’t you…

After playing an unbelievable show at the Starland Ballroom in Sayreville, NJ, last weekend, I have tons of news about some of the bands involved! First off, my bros from Split Vision have finally posted some more new songs off of their long-awaited upcoming EP on their MySpace page, myspace.com/splitvisionband.…