I recently received an email from Cover Her Face drummer, Jason Steiginga, wanting me to give his band a listen, or he wanted me to at least spread the word about his band. So, like I do with all bands that want me to give them a listen, I obliged!…
North Jersey Notes: Only Living Boy
I was recently turned onto this band out of Hackettstown, NJ, called Only Living Boy through an email from a friend of mine. They’re a great band with some excellent songwriting skills. After listening to songs like “Worthless,” “My Friend,” and “Homesick,” over and over again, I thought that Only…
North Jersey Notes: Mean Venus
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…
North Jersey Notes: Rosewood Ghosts, Hoboken, NJ
A guy named Jamie DiTringo, guitarist for a band called Rosewood Ghosts, recently wrote to me saying that he reads my column regularly, and was wondering if I would be interested in giving his band a listen. So, I clicked on one of the two links that he emailed me,…
North Jersey Notes Updates
I have to send congrats out to Ippy And The Project’s Paul and Linda Ippolito. They welcomed their latest “project,” Paul Vincent Ippolito, into the world a few weeks ago. Little Paulie was born about a month early and with some respiratory complications. Paul and Linda say that the baby…
North Jersey Notes: Days Before Tomorrow, Wayne, NJ
I recently got an email from an old friend who used to sing for a popular band on the North Jersey scene called UUU. His name is Eric Klein and he emailed me to let me know about his new band, Days Before Tomorrow, a progressive rock band out of…



