JAM NIGHT RETURNS!

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PITTSBURGH Issue #37 April 2015
CHIP DIMONICK
RETURNS WITH,
‘UNCAGED’
(Editor’s Note: Chip was with his
father at the hospital when we had
this interview set up. He graciously
gave us a few minutes of his time,
and like a true pro, was just inside
our deadline.)
recorded at Innovation Studios in
historic Steubenville, Ohio. At the
helm behind the board was Mike
Ofca, who really did a job we're
thrilled with!
How many
releases is this
for you? What
about it stands
out for you?
The
Chip DiMonick:
Hope your Dad is okay man. Best This is our fifth
regards.
release. I feel that
our songwriting
Chip DiMonick: Thanks for the keeps getting better
well-wishes for my dad, your and better. Maybe
patience with my response, and the it's because we never got hugely
opportunity! Here are your famous on an international level.
answers!...
It seems that a fast trajectory to
fame is a killer of even the best
Where did you record "Uncaged" songwriters' muses. I think we
and who engineered it?
keep writing stronger and
stronger songs as time goes on.
Chip DiMonick: Uncaged was
no metal on those albums. There
were no love songs. So, if you
consider that we write metal songs
and love songs alongside punk
songs and your only measuring
stick of what punk is comes from the
late '70's, perhaps we're not punk.
The band recently won an... unusual But, it's over 30 years later. The
award-- best Punk Band. I never genre has changed. And if enough
really thought of you as a punk people think that we're a punk band
band..?
to vote us to an award in the genre,
then maybe we are a punk
Chip DiMonick:
band, if only for part of the
time. I don't really know. I just
hope we're more punk than
Blink 182 was.
The release party for
“Uncaged” is April 1oth at
Hard Rock Cafe-- do you
have any other big shows
coming up?
Us
winning the Best
Punk Band award has definitely
caused some controversy. Do we
write and play punk songs?
Absolutely. Does the fact that we
write and play non-punk songs make
us not a punk band? Good question.
I mean, if you look at the classic punk
albums from 1976-1980, there was
Yes. In addition to the big
CD Release Party, we're
looking forward to opening for
Faster Pussycat on May 3 at Altar
Bar in Pittsburgh. By then, Uncaged
will have been in circulation for
close to a month, so we're hoping to
ride some momentum into that
show and make it special for the
hometown crowd!
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to Benefit Autism Connection of PA!!!!!
To try to top* our previous Beatles
Tribute Show at Mr. Smalls,
we've added sets paying tribute
to other favorite British Invasion
bands!!
So in addition to many wonderful
acoustic and electric renditions of
Beatles songs by local
songwriters, we will have the
music of The Kinks (w Josh
Verbanets { Meeting of Important
People} and NOX BOYS
featuring Randy Baumann), The
Rolling Stones (w Chet Vincent {
Chet Vincent & The Big Bend}),
Cream (w Drowning Clowns and
Gary Antol {Jakobs Ferry
Stragglers), The Zombies (
Action Camp), Spencer Davis
Group (w Matt Siegler, Clinton
Clegg & The Commonheart), The
Who (w Wreck Loose), and
MUCH MORE!!
The evening will be hosted by
Joel Lindsey (of Boulevard of the
Allies, and actually from London!)
and Jason Kendall (of Jason
Kendall Productions, and who
does a really believable British
accent!)
Stay tuned to this event for the
complete line-up
Ticket Info:
$15 Gen Adm all-ages (bar
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Auctions!! Leprechauns**!!
*Secretly we will also top last time
by not playing for 5.5 hours =)
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