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by Kevin S. Hoskins

4/9 RYE COALITION: The Story of the Hard Luck Five @ The Somerville Theatre

Rock Shop is pleased to present the Boston premiere of Rye Coalition: The Story of the Hard Luck Five at The Somerville Theatre on Thursday, April 9, 2015 at 8pm:

We are honored to be joined by director Jenni Matz, who will be available after the film to answer questions and tell some stories about Rye and the film.

Tickets are available HERE. FB event is HERE.

 

Like countless rockers before them, Rye Coalition were childhood best friends who started a band in a basement with a couple simple goals in mind: have fun and play good music. As one of the first bands to develop the new “emo” sound, they were at the forefront of a movement that included Shellac, Sunny Day Real Estate, Jawbreaker and Karp (with whom they later recorded a legendary 12″ split). Rye Coalition’s first recording was a demo cassette tape (1994’s “Dancing Man”, self-released), backed by an East Coast tour in a beat up school bus long before most of them had their driver’s license. As their talent and fan base grew, they released albums on indie labels and toured the country for over ten years on bigger and bigger bills: (At The Drive-In, Mars Volta, Queens of the Stone Age).

After gaining momentum from 2002′s “On Top” LP, engineered by Steve Albini, they were signed to Dreamworks Records and none other than Dave Grohl (Foo Fighters) came on as their producer. Then, it all imploded.

Supplemented with the band’s own home movies, the filmmaker has continuously documented these singular rockers for over a decade, brazenly chronicling choice moments with Rye Coalition (and those who know them well) on tour, at home and in the studio. Although the band was praised by critics and supported by an absurdly dedicated grassroots fan base, somehow these Jersey rockers never got their due. Until now.

Featuring: Steve Albini (Shellac), Dave Grohl (Foo Fighters), Tim Green (Nation of Ulysses), Jared Warren (Melvins). 2014; 77 minutes. Dir. Jenni Matz. 

Winner, Best Documentary Film, New Jersey International Film Festival 
Winner, Best Rock Documentary, AMFM Film Festival 
Winner, Best Music Documentary, Kingston Film Festival (2014).
Winner, Best Local Film, Golden Door Film Festival 
Winner, Best Director- Feature Documentary, AC Cinefest

Rock Shop was started by Kevin Hoskins and Steve Theo (of Pirate!) as a gathering to give back to the music community by hosting discussions, guest speakers, and panels on topics we feel would benefit artists and bands.

We gather to meet new people and discuss topics relevant to bands, artists, and the music community.

More information on Rock Shop is here and you can view a list of past of topics here. You can follow us on Twitter here.

by Kevin S. Hoskins

3/27 Salad Days @ The Somerville Theatre


Salad Days Official Trailer from Scott Crawford on Vimeo

Rock Shop is honored and thrilled to present the Boston premiere of Salad Days.

The film will be screened at The Somerville Theatre on Friday, March 27th, 2015 at 7:30pm.

Advance tickets are available HERE.

FB Event is HERE.

A discussion with Jim Saah (Producer, photographer) and Mark Robinson (Unrest, Teen-Beat Records) will follow the screening!

SALAD DAYS: The Birth of Hardcore Punk in the Nation’s Capital”  is a [documentary] that examines the fertile Washington, DC punk scene of the 1980s. This was a particularly important time in the evolution of punk and independent music, with DC based bands like Minor Threat, Bad Brains, Black Market Baby, the Faith, the Slickee Boys, Void, Government Issue, Marginal Man, Dag Nasty, 9353, Gray Matter, Beefeater, Scream, Rites of Spring, Fugazi, Shudder to Think, Nation of Ulysses, Jawbox and others defining the DC aesthetic. Local record labels like Dischord, Fountain of Youth, Teen Beat, and Simple Machines would become standard-bearers for the DIY revolution.

A lot has been written about the pre-Nirvana period of American punk rock, but there’s never been an examination of DC’s contribution. We’ve spent the last year interviewing dozens of the participants who helped create the local music scene in the 1980s— musicians, photographers, DJs, activists, and writers—to tell the story of one of the most inspiring (and misunderstood) decades in independent music. We’ve also sorted through hundreds of photos, live videos, flyers and zines for inclusion in the film.

Rock Shop was started by Kevin Hoskins and Steve Theo (of Pirate!) as a gathering to give back to the music community by hosting discussions, guest speakers, and panels on topics we feel would benefit artists and bands.

We gather to meet new people and discuss topics relevant to bands, artists, and the music community.

More information on Rock Shop is here and you can view a list of past of topics here. You can follow us on Twitter here.