1.6 Band

The brief but influential run of Beyond, whose members also went on to form and play in Shelter, Seaweed, 1.6 Band, and more, is detailed in ’What Awaits Us – A Beyond Story.’

by BBG Vision of Disorder at Irving Plaza (photo have a new show scheduled at Gramercy Theater on August 20th. Tickets are on sale, but no word on who will support the reactivated team…

1.6 Band at Cake Shop (windupgodzilla) 1.6 Band are back, again, this time scheduling an NYC show at The Studio at Webster Hall on June 27th with Substratus (and others TBA) in celebration of their 7″ The Checkered Pasts of all Kings Present…

Charles Maggio of Rorschach June 1993 at ABC No Rio with Assuck & Scrog. That’s the last time that the mighty Rorschach blessed NYC. The band called it quits shortly after, splintering into projects like Gern Blandsten Records, Beautiful Skin, Deadguy, Kiss It Goodbye, and tons more, but those great successes only highlighted an undeniable fact: Rorschach were innovative and before their time…

Rorschach-a-rockin’ According to the great folks at Prank Records, you now have the ability to mark a date on the calendar with respect to the impending Rorschach reunion…

Passion Pit on a boat in May (more by Tim Griffin) tonight in NYC * DANCE * Old 97’s @ Maxwell’s * Bebel Gilberto @ Town Hall * Hatcham Social @ Don Hill’s * Dirty Projectors @ Other Music * RJD2 @ Rocks Off Cruises * OJ All Day @ Brooklyn Lyceum * Phoenix, Amazing Baby @ Terminal 5 * Hunx & His Punx @ Knitting Factory * Thunderheist, Wallpaper @ Studio B * Either/Or, David Budin @ Issue Project Room * Bone Awl, Akitsa, Ashdautas & Volahn @ Fontana’s * Peter Gordon, Don Byron’s Swift Boat @ The Stone * Passion Pit, Bear Hands, Body Language @ Bowery Ballroom * David Rudder, Samantha Thornhill @ Prospect Park Bandshell * Locksley, Tres Bien, The Queen Killing Kings @ The Bell House * Peaches, Drums of Death, Shunda K @ Music Hall of Williamsburg * Secret Machines, Dead Combo, A Place to Bury Strangers @ Santos * 1…

It’s a common tale of post-hardcore life: Four young, angry men form a band. They write songs, break strings, and pop blisters playing the deafening music of youthful discontent, traveling the country one dank, cat-hair-filled basement at a time…