Zeppelin Hall 5/4/12 Jersey City, New Jersey

I haven't much to say about this show as it was a last minute booking and just one week after our last performance at Zeppelin Hall but they did open up the outdoors portion of the Bierhall which I did not get a chance to check out since I was under the weather. Tonight however did treat us to Tamanda (not an anagram but a combination of two names) who were both very lively on the dance floor and of which half can be seen in the photo below.



Tamanda Loved our singers stage presence and the setlist choice of material.



J.C. utilizes his mobile device between sets.



be happy, eat more chinese food.



self portrait of Jamie (our photographer) and Spike.



Collette rocking the crowd, aside from her vocal prowess she really knows how to work the room as well.



The Bacon Cheese Burger Jamie got for me after I was unable to eat much of my Breadbowl Clam Chowder as seen below due to showtime.



New England Clam Chowder in a Breadbowl which was hard to eat (the Bread had to be cut with a knife and then Chowder started spilling) flanked by Mozzarella Sticks.

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Zeppelin Hall 3/17/12 Jersey City,New Jersey

I poured myself silly trying to find the words to describe the photo above and then I realized that poured was the proper spelling.

Zeppelinhall was packed for the St. Patricks Day festivities so we tagged Van Halen's "Jump" and Poison's "Talk Dirty to Me" to the beginning of our first set to jump start an packed and up audience already, clever aren't we. This was one of our better crowds so the energy was there to feed off of and the band played just beyond our regular performance level on excitement alone. There was a fellow who took up the small space on my drum perch for the end of the first set and thoroughly enjoying our performance only to return for the second set. Excited during the U2 portion of our show he took a dive from off the stage after which so did Bono much to the crowd and bands delight.



Rob mid-flight. Dave was laughing it up with J.C. over the previous stage dive and had his back against this, I screamed "DAVE!!!DAVE!!!DAVE!!!' to get his attention to turn around and see this spectacle.



The $8.95 Corned Beef & Cabbage Dinner, Most Tasty but not enough Cabbage and Heavy on the Potatoes. I'm not complaining.





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- Spike

Zeppelin Hall 1/27/12 Jersey City,New Jersey

The recurring image in my head of this show is one that I did not even witness for myself. Jamie told me that during the Culture Club segment of our performance her sister Carol shared smiles with a particularly macho member of Zeppelin Hall's Security personnel as he stood shaking his head in bemusement at Rob's costumed and caricatured depiction of Boy George thoroughly enjoying himself yet possibly wondering why.

This is why we are the right tribute band at the right tribute time doing the right tribute things in the right tribute way and rightly so.



Tonight was Eric's premiere performance with us live and we played splendidly together (I just wanted to type Splendidly) and without a hitch considering that we had only "run through" maybe thirty percent of our set together performing many songs together for the first time here tonight onstage, (herein lies a proud accomplishment as seasoned musicians). Unique arrangements to this band were met head on with little Flubbishness by Eric and this ensemble as we barreled through the proverbial 80s Bierhalle Kielbasa Tunes just like always.



a spooky picture with a lot of character.



Between Set Schmoozing.



Our Solid Gold Dancers.



Eric and Rob Rocking Out.



Who goes to a german biergarten and orders a Philly Cheese Steak ? I DO!!! This was a Delicious Sandwich but I ordered too late and got in one bite before having to begin our set.



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Sabrina & Sam's Wedding 10/1/11 - Rumson, New Jersey

Nancy couldn't make it to this show but fortunately at the very last minute we got Mike's friend Cora to fill in at this important wedding performance and she did a great job singing and dancing with very high energy. Rob did his usual outstanding emcee delivery introducing the wedding party under an audio bed of "Walking On Sunshine" and the band played a tight evening of music in very cramped circumstances, I could not get much action from my bass drum pedal (much less get out from behind the kit) since I was crammed against the wall but this is just another one of those challenges a gigging musician sometimes has to deal with.

Unique to this performance was renditions of Van Morrison's "Sweet Thing", Men At Work's "Who Can It Be Now" and Loudon Wainwright lll's "Daughter". Unique for White Wedding is that a member of the party requested a song that we NEVER played before and we winged it in a live setting which was not a Pub either (no offense to the pub's), at first I had no idea what song it was mainly because I don't really know the song but everyone else does. We performed Poison's "Every Rose Has Its Thorn" as part of the Metal Block and it sounded just fine too.



Tonight's M.V.P. in my book, Cora for doing an Amazing job and fitting right in.



Like most working bands we continue to build strength to strength, Next thing you know we will be performing songs we never played to live audiences!!! oh wait ,.....



Once again Sean and Ginger provided sound and lighting for us and you can find them at Boardwalk Entertainment



The Kobe Burger - 10 ounces Kobe Beef, Humboldt Fog Cheese, Garlic Butter, Arugula, Red Onion, Tomato & Mayo on King's Hawaiian Bun, Salt Creek Garlic Fries Too



Cora runs through her songs at the Callbox right before heading to the reception. Notice Dave in the background giving us the "slow down" hand signal, we were speeding on purpose so we could get on the road already.

- Spike

The Water Witch Club 9/10/10 Monmouth Hills, New Jersey

The Water Witch Club in Monmouth Hills, New Jersey is certainly amongst the most Beautiful and comfortable buildings I have been in and I knew that the Drums (spelled S.N.A.R.E.) would sound wonderful in the arched almost vast wooden room in which we performed (and they did) and was confident that the band would play very well (and we did) due to the laid back atmosphere of the event, an Back to the 80s Party which well,... We are perfectly suited for.

I regret that we as a professional band could not partake in the Kamikaze Ice Luge but was honored to play music for one just the same, Keep in mind that this was a Very "Rural" as in Dirt Road Gig so we needed to assure that we would find our way out of the winding woods to Party On Again.



4/6 of the band.



The drums as seen from stage left, right in front of the antique table and stool.



Our newest and most sought after collectible the Official White Wedding 2010 T-Shirt.

- Animal

Private Party 7/24/10 New Jersey

One of the best private parties that we have had the privilege to perform at done up in true 80s style with an 80s costume contest and the attendees truly in the spirit of things.





Earlier that afternoon I picked up a pound of Prosciutto Balls at Landi's Pork Store of Brooklyn.

-Animal

Tina's 43rd Birthday Bash 6/19/10 Bloomfield, New Jersey

Held in the Lovely Renaissance room at Essex House in spacious New Jersey.







-Animal