TOURMALINE

Verona, NJ

I was recently reached on Facebook by the manager of a Verona, NJ band called Tourmaline asking me to check the band out. Last time that I checked, Verona is in North Jersey, so why not give Tourmaline a listen? Upon logging onto their website, tourmalinemusic.com, I…

I was recently forwarded a pretty cool band out of Sayreville, NJ. No, it wasn’t the second coming of Bon Jovi or Skid Row, but they were heavy and they kind of rocked. In fact, the name of the band was Circle Of Insanity, and I found my head bobbing…

My bro, Stan Yedlock from the band Split Point, recently sent me a message letting me know that Split Point has made it to the semi-finals of the Jersey Shows Battle Of The Bands. Congrats! The semi-final round will be played at The Starland Ballroom in Sayreville, NJ, on Sunday,…

Ok, bear with me! No, you’re not going crazy! If the name Our Black Friday does look familiar to you, I did feature them in North Jersey Notes a few months back. Well, since that feature, the band has reunited with their former singer Eddie Territo, and it seems positive…

DAREDEVIL SQUADRON-Brooklyn, NY

The Aquarian’s own Patrick Slevin recently turned me onto this band out of Brooklyn, NY. The name of the band is Daredevil Squadron, and I think they are awesome! They only had three songs posted on their MySpace page, “Forgotten Son,” “Black Lounge,” and “Out Of The…