Back In Black has been touring the United States since 1990, entertaining audiences with their accurate replication of AC/DC’s music and energetic live show. Back In Black plays over 100 AC/DC songs, including "it’s A Long Way To The Top", "Thunderstruck" and "Dirty Deeds" with a real bagpipe player, two cannons and a bell! Back In Black is the best AC/DC tribute band in the world! There is no substitute.

Back in Black band members are Tony, Mic, Bobby, Spencer, Jeff and Kerry.

Hometown is Springfield, MA.

Saint Diablo

Spawned from Central Virginia, SAINT DIABLO is an unmovable force to be reckoned with. Bringing with them a fresh and unique tone of hardcore metal and Latino melodies, the band is set to stun heavy music fans with the release of their new album, entitled Saint Diablo, on July 10, 2012. The new record is the third full-length from the band and is being released through Eclipse Records (Mushroomhead, Scum of the Earth, Bobaflex). Known as a live show powerhouse, the band is ready to push that power to the masses with their biggest record yet.

“This new CD, Saint Diablo, is a combined effort of so many wonderful people. We have such an awesome group of investors, supporters, handlers, and producers behind the curtain that I see this CD as just the BEGINNING of the future,” states vocalist Tito Quinones. “For example, we have always done bilingual music and blended multi-cultural aspects of rock, metal, and groove; but this time we also did an entirely Spanish version of our lead single Watch Me Kill. We did this to expand our musical horizons, make new fans in countries and cultures that would otherwise have language barriers, and to have fun.”

In 2003, the band released their debut album, which featured the Grammy-nominated artist Anousheh Khalili on ‘Why Now?’. Also, the singles ‘Senoria Paranoia’ and ‘Renaissance’ pushed the band through new barriers and helped land them a spot on the 2003 Eat’M Showcase in Las Vegas and Salem Or-be Tour featuring Busta Rhymes in New York. In 2008, the band released REPUBLICA through 925 Records. The band has also been featured on many nationally released compilations produced by Project Independent, StreetTeam.com, and Royal Blunts.

Touring is the band’s lifeblood, and being known as “tour dogs” is what this band is all about. Sharing their life’s work with a devoted fan base that stretches all over the country, they think of their fans as friends and family. The band has logged as many as 200 shows in a single year, and has supported (or toured with) bands such as Slayer, Drowning Pool, Chimaira, Hatebreed, Devil Driver, Soulfly, Fear Factory, Mushroomhead, GWAR, Flaw, Busta Rhymes, and many others.

“Tour, I love being on tour! That’s our life blood,” adds guitarist Justin Adams. “Being on stage and performing for our fans is the grass roots of what we do. The energy, the smell, the taste of being in a packed room with a bunch of metal crazed fans, who wouldn’t want to be a part of that?! The interaction of the fans and meeting new people and hearing their stories all over the country… that’s what I look forward to on tour. It’s about the brotherhood of living in a van with your band mates and the experiences, things you have to overcome.”

Saint Diablo Website

On July 10th of 2012, SAINT DIABLO released their third full-length CD entitled ‘Saint Diablo’ through Eclipse Records (Mushroomhead, Scum of the Earth). They have filmed a music video for their first single with MyGoodEye (In This Moment, As I Lay Dying, Bleeding Through) and a national tour is currently being secured to support the new CDs release. Hands down… 2013 will be the band’s best year so far…

Genre;  Metal, Latin and Hardcore

Saint Diablo Members:

Justin Adams (Guitar)
Tito Quinones (Vocals)
Brian Bush (Drums)
Justin "Lefty" Randall (Bass)

Hometown Richmond Va.

Saint Diablo
Current Location Richmond Va.

Come support the MS Bike Ride and enjoy yourself at the same time!

Major Danger Rock Band

Major Danger is a mid-atlantic based cover band with over 20 years experience.  Playing well known songs and doing them well is second nature to all five players.  We know how to get a crowd there and keep it.  Coming from all different styles of music, this band has a unique sound all it’s own… We don’t play just your average run of the mill cover songs.  We try to pick the cream of the crop and do them well.  So far, so good! We have had nothing but excellent feedback from our fans as well as club owners.  Look through the promo stuff and if you think we’re right for your club or party, give us a call.  We’re always ready to rock!

We’ve all been in bands over the past 25 years that have been successful.. Some of which are:  The Bratz, Sik Rikki, New Attitude, Phoenix, Live Wire, Aces and Eights, B.B.C., Hi Strung, Onyx, Project Euphoria, Siren’s Island and Touch just to name a few.

Classic and new rock at it’s finest.  Great songs, great vocals, great guys.  It’s always a good time with us!

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About Major Danger

We are having so much fun jammin for ya… Hope we can keep doin it for many years to come… come on out and rock with us!!!!
We love Rockin out and having a good time!!!

Major Danger Members

Members Jimmy Rickerd… Guitar and Lead Vocals
Scott Gianforte.. Guitar and Lead Vocals
John Wampole…..Bass and Lead Vocals
Jeff Dick….Drums and percussion
Sean Frazier…. Lead Vocals

Major Danger hails from Frederick, Thurmont and Hagerstown, MD
 

Major Danger will bring some major music into your life!

"We wanted this to be a record of extremes," HURT frontman J. Loren says of the band’s sixth album The Crux. "We wanted it to be its own musical world that the listener can step into, and then return to again and again, and find something new to discover every time."

Indeed, The Crux marks a vibrant creative rebirth for HURT, which has already earned a reputation as a band with a penchant for bold musical invention and unsparing lyrical insight. The new album finds the quartet—singer/lyricist/violinist Loren, guitarist Michael Roberts, bassist Rek Mohr and new drummer Victor Ribas—staking out exciting new musical territory to deliver a personally charged song cycle. The music’s hard-rock punch is matched by Loren’s carefully crafted, vividly introspective lyrics, which explore the darker margins of the human condition and tackle thorny issues of spirituality and self-knowledge.

The album, produced by Roberts and the band and mixed by John Kurzweg (Puddle of Mudd, Godsmack), offers 11 riveting examples of HURT‘s distinctive mix of sonic impact and subtle dynamics, as manifested in the songs’ multi-layered instrumental settings as well as Loren’s distinctive violin textures and expressive string arrangements. New songs "How We End Up Alone," "So When," "Eden," "Links and Waves," and "Numbers" (which
gained significant pre-album airplay when a demo version was released to radio) incorporate soaring, anthemic choruses and spare, pensive passages and evocative widescreen soundscapes.

The Crux—HURT’s first release on the Dallas based independent label Carved Records—decisively demonstrates how the band, after weathering personnel shifts and a split with a major label, has emerged intact as a dynamic, self-contained unit creating music on its own uncompromising terms.

"It was really important for us to get this right, so we took our time and put everything we had into it," Loren says. "I think it’s the closest that we’ve ever come to capturing what we’ve been trying to capture since the band started."

The restless spirit that drives The Crux has been a constant throughout HURT’s dozen-year career. Loren grew up steeped in classical music in rural Virginia, and was composing classical pieces by the age of 10. He was 15 when he formed the first lineup of HURT by cutting demos of his original songs and playing many of the instruments himself on the band’s early recordings.

HURT’s self-titled, self-released 2000 debut album and its 2003 follow-up The Consumation garnered considerable word-of-mouth attention, and the band’s grass-roots success and growing reputation as a live act helped to win them a deal with Capitol Records. HURT’s two Capitol albums, Vol. 1 (2006) and Vol. II (2007) plus the re-issue of The Re-Consumation (2008), a reworked, expanded edition of their earlier indie release—saw the band substantially expanding its national audience, spawning such rock radio anthems as "Rapture," "Falls Apart," "Ten Ton Brick," "Wars" and "Numbers." Tours with some of rock’s biggest acts, including Staind, Three Days Grace, Alice in Chains, Seether and Breaking Benjamin, helped to further broaden HURT’s uncommonly loyal and devoted fan base.

The Hurt Transition

Despite their growing success, HURT’s transition from D.I.Y. self-reliance to the mainstream music-industry machine proved to be an uncomfortable one in some respects, and by 2009, HURT was back in independent territory. True to form, the band chose to forge ahead and continue making music without corporate life support, and the band rose to the occasion to create the raw, unadorned Goodbye to the Machine, recorded quickly and with a minimum of production frills. That album helped to set the stage for the creative leap of The Crux.

"We put three years of work into The Crux," Loren notes. "We wrote and recorded Goodbye to the Machine really quickly. After that, I swore to myself that we wouldn’t rush it the next time. So as Goodbye to the Machine was coming out, I began working on The Crux, and I decided that I would put my whole heart and soul and life into it.

"The first goal with this project was to return to the sound that people knew and loved about the band," he says of The Crux. "The next goal was to do a lot of self-exploration. There were a lot of ideas thrown around, and we stripped down every song idea and worked on those from scratch. It was a long process, but it was very satisfying. You really have to mess with things and experiment and push yourself. It was very much like working on a classical piece, fine-tuning it to make sure that it was as effective as it could be."

True to Loren’s intention of putting his all into the project, the birth cycle of The Crux proved to be a personal challenge as much as a musical one. "What you’re hearing on this record is definitely what I was feeling when I was making it, and what I was feeling is not the best place to be," he asserts. "I found myself displaced, to the point where I was unable to even talk to my family. I had broken just about every bond I could and I was at my lowest point, and there was nothing left for me to do but to work on this album. But sometimes that’s where the best things come from. I think that everyone in the band actually delved into some form of insanity during the making of this album, and we had to pull together as a team and bring each other out of it. We were working on things in such depth that we all went a little crazy.

"This new iteration of the band is something that I’m very proud of," Loren continues. "These are the finest musicians I’ve ever worked with, and we’ve regained the sense of brotherhood that the band had in the beginning, with everyone united to achieve a common goal. That feeling is the best place to be, because I couldn’t really open myself up if I didn’t trust everybody in the group."

Prior to The Crux’s release, HURT road-tested their new material and reinvented many of their older songs with their first all-acoustic tour, which allowed the band to reconnect with its fans in an intimate setting. The ability to pursue such projects is just one manifestation of the flexibility that comes with HURT’s new independent status—a status that’s much better suited to the band’s iconoclastic nature.

Hurt Web Site

"Being independent again has been incredibly liberating," Loren states. "I know that we’re a hard band to classify or put into an easy genre, but I don’t really care. If you’re going to do something that’s from the heart and from the soul, you can’t betray it for the sake of convenience. You just have to do your best and be as honest as you can, and then hang up your hat for the night, try to get some sleep, and try to be even better the next day.

Hope for the Hollow Will Make You Soar

Hope for the Hollow is a modern hard rock band that fuses together soaring vocals and intricate guitar riffs to form a style of music that has never been heard before. With just enough metal to soothe the "metal heads" palate and balance a healthy mix of breakdowns and powerful lyrics – Hope for the Hollow has a little bit of something for everyone.

Based out of the Cleveland and Akron areas, HftH delivers a heart pumping, non-stop energy rock show that will leave you wanting more. Although HftH is a new group to the music business, they are no strangers to the rock stage. Current members have shared the stage with such acts as A Static Lullaby, LA Guns, Bret Michaels, Flaw, Emmure, Attack Attack!, Miss May I, Faster Pussycat, Affiance and many more.

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They are looking to record a full length album at Black Dog Recording Studios in Atlanta, with key engineer Ken "Grand" Lanyon (Shinedown, NeedtoBreathe, Crossfade, Framing Hanley, Vince Neil Band) to be released sometime early 2013.

"Emptiness is a feeling that leads us to believe that something or someone is missing from our lives. Pain pulls our emotions out of us without any resistance. It is the fire starter for sadness, and a catalyst for despair. When there is nothing left to fulfill us, we find ourselves turn to music. Music, too, brings our emotions out of us, but releases us from the cages they trapped us in. It gives us an escape – a way out, and instills inspiration deep in our souls. Its this freedom that leads us to believe that somehow- in someway- there’s still hope for the hollow."

Genre:  Alternative Rock

Hope for the Hollow Members are:

Dustin Allen – Vocals, Rhythm Guitar
Ty Plas – Vocals, Bass
Josh Lauderback -Lead guitar
Shawn Lauderback – Drums

Hometown Cleveland/Akron OH

Hope for the Hollow influences are Shinedown, Story of the Year, August Burns Red, Sixx A.M , Memphis May Fire, Breaking Benjamin,

Originally founded in September 2002, Alive-n-Kickin‘ has gone through a progressive evolution into its current state. All five members are seasoned veterans of the music scene with exceptional talent and vocal ability that culminates into one of the top live shows around. Add to this a concert size production and you have the best 80′s hard rock/heavy metal band on the Eastern seaboard. Words cannot describe the essence and profoundness that is Alive-n-Kickin‘.

The premier 80’s hard rock/heavy metal band in the mid-Atlantic area, Alive-n-Kickin’ covers all styles of big hair/loud guitar music from that era. The area’s top players that honed their crafts with the top local 80’s acts of the past have come together to forge a unity of 80’s musical intensity that can only be described as otherworldly. The music is delivered with power and excellence along with unparalleled 5-part vocal harmonies that will captivate the listener. Add in an energizing and stunning stage production and you have the finest total package band in the area.

Visit our song page to see the entire gamut of songs AnK plays. New songs are added frequently and the band has enough tunes in it’s repertoire to cater to any musical event. You will hear songs unique to the ability of the musicians in Alive-n-Kickin’. To experience Alive-n-Kickin’
is to experience the essence of musical intensity and integrity. To fully comprehend this profound statement you must see Alive-n-Kickin’ yourself.

Adam Tucker presents a powerful show that thrills and captivates audiences everywhere. This Tim Mcgraw tribute accurately recreates the music and mystique of country music ICON Tim McGraw. The timeless sound of Tim McGraw proves appealing to audiences of all ages, bringing back memories and touching the hearts of all. This talented group of musicians showcase Tim McGraws’ mega-hits from the 90′s such as ‘Dont Take The
Girl’, ‘I Like It I Love It’ and ‘Everywhere’ as well as new releases from the year 2000 to his current radio hits of today.

About ADAM TUCKER

Adam Tucker and his ultra talented band have shared the stage with more than 40 National music stars…….YES more than 40 National Acts such as: Trace Adkins, Tracy Byrd, Josh Turner, Jason Aldean, Tracy Lawrence, Neal McCoy, Diamond Rio, Joe Diffie, Jo Dee Messina, Darryl Worley, Buddy Jewell, Charlie Daniels, Confederate Railroad, Trent Tomlinson, Jeff Bates, Hot Apple Pie, Highway 101, KY Headhunters, Exile, Jimmie Van
Zant, Poverty Neck Hillbillies, Craig Morgan, Julie Roberts, Heartland, Eric Church, Taylor Swift, Bucky Covington, Little Texas, Jake Owen, Jason Michael Carroll, Ronnie Mcdowell, Luke Bryan, Whitney Duncan and many others!!!

Adam Tucker has performed at some very prestigious venues and events such as: The World Famous Wild Horse Saloon in Nashville, TN, The Ernest Tubb Texas Theatre in Nashville, TN, The All American Quarter Horse Congress which is held at the Ohio State Fair Grounds and is the largest Convention of its kind in the United States, The Carnival Cruise Line Fantasy Cruise Ship, The Famous House Of Blues, The Bob Evans Farm Festival
and so many other venues and events all over the United States!

This wrangler like model has a World Wide ..1 Internet Hit to his credit, a Top 40 Indie Hit and most recently accepted his first award at the 6th Annual N.A.R Awards Show held at the Ernest Tubb Texas Theatre in Nashville, TN. Adam received the award for New Artist Radio Network Independent Country Music Artist Of The Year 2006!!! Adam just put the final touches on his Nashville album titled "What Makes A Man".

Some of Adam’s influences include: Tim McGraw, Johnny Cash, Sammy Kershaw, Mark Chesnutt, Randy Travis, Joe Diffie, Tracy Lawrence, oldies rock and roll.. 50′s & 60′s

Band Members Adam Tucker – Lead Vocal (Charleston, WV/Nashville, TN) Jim Mason – Lead Guitar/BG Vocals (Nashville, TN) Jeff Rakes -Rhythm Guitar/Dobro/BG Vocals (Boone Co., WV) Sonny Williams – Drums (Teays Valley, WV) Jeb Shelton – Bass Guitar (Nashville, TN)

Welcome to Sixteen Cylinder

Sixteen Cylinder‘s music is a hybrid of angst driven guitars with layers of percussive mayhem assisted by raw sampling and beautifully brutal female vocals. The overall outcome is a very interesting mix of styles and sounds. A true mix of electronics and aggression with attention to the details. A well thought out vision of harnessed energy that pushes the sonic boundaries of traditional Industrial/Metal music.

SIXTEEN CYLINDER is:

Cin Beach (Vocals)
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Keith Warren (Guitar/Programming)
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Mike Schlotterbeck (Bass)
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Josh Lehr (Percussion)

Currently Sixteen Cylinder has been hard at work writing for their second full length studio release. Look for the full length release "Building The Perfect Demigod" in the near future. They have received favorable reviews at the Philadelphia Music Conference. They have opened shows for Blackguard, the Clay People, Christ Analogue, N-17,and Acumen Nation. They also have had their music appear in the independent film 2 Seconds
and various other forms of media.

DriftPlan – Americana/Straight Up Rock

DriftPlan makes music but there’s more to the story..and here it is….it was 1994 at plum point middle school when a skinny 7th grader with a metallica shirt on named Kevin Nicholson Jr met another 7th grader that was already in the shaving stages and had more chest hair than Burt Reynolds, that was Shayne Hudson. The two were both interested in playing music and wanted to try and start a band.

They got together while Kevin was on the drums and Shayne played the guitar and sang. They tried a lot of things for a few years and finally found a few other musicians in the middle and high school scene that were more than willing to join a band. After a few years and some line up changes they became known as a hardcore metal band "Chaos Rein". They played many shows and built a huge following in the Calvert County area.
It took them until after they graduated.

Kevin left the band in late 1999 but Shayne continued with the group. It was about 2001 when Kevin contacted Shayne wanting to try something different. Both parting ways from the hard rock and focusing on a more acoustic type sound they formed "Hudson". Shayne was on the acoustic guitar and Kevin was on the drums with Ben Branch originally on bass guitar. Ben left the group to do other things in music and Kevin and Shane
were trying to find a bassist. They did. It was Kevin’s younger brother Kenny who was an up and coming guitarist but had never messed with a bass. Kevin told him "you wanna play with the big boys u better learn this thing". And he did, really fast and really good at that.

The three played for a good while as Hudson until Shayne decided he wanted to pursue his music career further and moved to Baltimore to play music full time. Shayne continued with fellow musician Mike Prout and they were known as "Hudson and Prout". Shayne later formed the group "PromiseLab" and found great success in the group.

While in the mean time Kevin and Kenny were both playing in a few different bands in Calvert County. Then in 2005 Kevin decided to put his music path on hiatus and became a correctional officer for Prince Georges County Md where he would have no weekends off or time to commit to a band. Kevin and Shayne still kept in contact with each other and still had a great understanding and respect for one another and both felt the
gap for the years they had not played music along side each other.  It was about 2007 while Shayne was still going strong with the Baltimore scene, Kevin was able to play music again without the tension of a hectic work schedule. Kevin and Kenny decided to start a band with their father Kevin Nicholson Sr. and old family friend Chuck Lucas who both were formerly of "Hot Ice". They reformed and called themselves "One More
Time" playing mostly at bars, parties and benefits.

In 2010 Shayne Hudson decided to pack up and leave Baltimore and head to his hometown of Calvert County Md. Kevin immediately contacted Shayne and the two talked about possibly starting another project. In June of 2010 Shayne recorded "One More Time" at a practice and was impressed at Kevin singing. This being the skinny kid that couldn’t carry a note who stuttered and had a squeaky voice as a teen. Shayne immediately asked
Kevin and Kenny to get together and jam just for fun. They agreed with Kevin on bass and vocals, Kenny on lead guitar, Shayne on guitars and vocals and old friend Jeremy Nadzadi on the drums.

They played for a few weeks just jamming on a few tunes not having any direction until one day Kevin came to practice with a song he had written. The song was called "Home". The four guys knew they had something pretty unique and original with the tune and they started to develop a sound that they were very happy with. They came up with a name "DriftPlan" and set list and decided to start playing live shows. One of there
first shows was in January for 98Rock’s NITB with Matt Davis. They then played many shows within a short period of time and were starting to develop more power and attitude in their songwriting and live shows with Kevin now doing 90% of all the lead vocals they were known for there song writing, harmonies and cranking guitar riffs with those edgy breakdowns and cut riffs.

They opened for several national acts such as Taproot, Me Talk Pretty and KIX. In June of 2011 Jeremy left the band and was replaced by power house drummer Danny Cowan. Driftplan was going strong and working on their independent debut record "The Days That Followed" released in 2011.

So that’s the story and we are sticking to it. DRIFTPLAN BABY….and the (barely) famous first words of every DriftPlan show that roar thru the PA from Kevin…."ARE WE READY TO DO THIS"……Thanks to all of you who support us and come to our shows. We love seeing you there and we just wanted to tell you how this all came about.

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DriftPlan Members

Shayne Hudson- Vocals & Guitar
Kevin Nicholson- Vocals & Bass
Kenny Nicholson- Lead Guit
Danny Cowan- Drums

DriftPlan Interests

Family, friends, cookouts and playing music.

Genre – Americana/Straight up rock

Current Location  – Edgewater Maryland

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