Blue Fire
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These Guys Rock!
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You'll be surprised to learn, upon popping the Pennsylvania band Blue Fire's demo CD-R into your CD player, that lead guitarist and vocalist Josh Karickhoff is only thirteen years old. What's more, he's already been a finalist in one of Guitar Center's Guitarmageddon competitions, has performed more than 70 shows with Blue Fire and gigged at the New York International Independent Film and Music Festival. Their five-song demo features aggressive, throbbing hard rock and tortured, prodigiously heavy metal with fast and precise melodic runs, augmented by a killer vibrato. Head-chopping riffs give way to incendiary solos and fills - this is a young band that takes their practicing seriously and strives to deliver a quality experience. Indeed, their quest to be signed has a caveat - no repackaging into a corporate, radio-friendly band!
Josh grew up with music in his blood. His mother played the piano and his favorite lullaby was the Moody Blues. In May of 1999, on his 8th birthday, his parents bought Josh his first guitar, with the stipulation was that he had to take lessons. He hooked up with Preston Lindey and he still teaches him something new some four years later. Josh teamed up with cousin and bass player Gus Ward and together they came up with the name Bluefire - Red Demon. After a month or so they dropped the name Red Demon - and Blue Fire was born. The new group participated in open mic nights that helped them gain confidence and find out what songs people liked and didn't like. They love playing progressive rock because of the difficult and challenging format.
Karickhoff states, "Our fans give us great support every time we perform and we continue to try to make our next show better than our last. We have a dedicated practice schedule that we are committed to, and are currently in the process of writing some new songs that are sure to get your attention. We hope to entertain you more than ever and look forward to seeing you soon!"
Contact Information
Doug Deutsch Publicity Services
16403 Bryant St.
North Hills, CA 91343
United States
E-mail:
Blue Fire
Web site:
www.bluefireband.com
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Shane Gibson
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Look What The Stork Brought
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Florida axe wielder Shane Gibson submitted a thirteen song instrumental and vocal CD-R of demo material entitled Mr. Stork. Beginning with "unearthly 32nd note arpeggios at 165 bpm", Gibson takes it from there - cementing his urgent technical sophistication, edgy dissonance, and complex seven-string mayhem firmly to the outer reaches of the listener's cerebrum. His vocal selections are an acquired taste perhaps, but fans of ultra-heavy riffage alternating with highly diverse, graceful, and downright atmospheric passages will warm to his style like cold pizza in a preheated oven. Joe Stump, Derek Gable, Jon Finn, Ron Thal and Doug Stapp are all high on Shane Gibson's guitar work, so you better catch up and check out what is happening south of Georgia.
Shane's musical journey begins at the age of thirteen after a few chords were taught by his father, and after meeting best friend and current Atlantic Records artist Jeremy Griffith, found that Jeremy's musicianship helped shape the way Shane is today. At the age of 16, Shane won "Battle of the Bands" in East-Coast Florida. He would do so again the year after. After high school, Shane attended Berklee College of Music on a "Berklee's Best" guitarist and "Gary Burton's Music Therapy" scholarship. While at Berklee, Shane performed in many ensembles, bands, concerts, and other studio projects. He also played for radio/commercial jingles. Through the countless musical projects, Shane also gigged with the Japanese/metal band Teiousekkai, who had a huge following around the Boston scene and a fair amount of radio play. After graduating with a degree, Shane would continue recording music, which led to his latest and featured CD, Mr. Stork.
Gibson is also a featured artist on the Chops From Hell web site, where his highly praised instructional video "...Helps the Shredicine Go Down" (as well as his CD-R) can be found. He is currently seeking label representation, and currently works as an instructor at the music institute Playground Music in Fort Walton Beach, Florida with 58 students. Gibson is in a new band, Defable, which finished its 4 song EP this spring.
Contact Information
Shane Gibson
United States
E-mail:
Shane Gibson
Web site:
www.shaneguitar.com
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