In the northeast corner of Ohio during the late 1970’s and 80’s an original music scene was thriving in the Akron and Kent area that came to influence the rest of the musical world. If you do not believe us, please refer to the archives of London’s New Music Express newspaper.They called our area “the new Liverpool”.
But this show is not just for old people. This is a quote from Max Hayden’s review in The Daily Kent Stater last year:
“The diversity of the crowd is what made the event so special and unexpected. Organizers knew they would see an older crowd, but were not expecting so many teens and kids to arrive. A significant portion of the crowd was below the age of 30 and showed up just from hearing about all the history and music surrounding the concert, getting a sneak peek into a possible future for them.”
“It’s interesting to see all the older people acting like they never grew up,” said 21-year-old Danny Wlosowicz. “I wonder if some of the bands I listen to now will be doing something like this 30 years from now.”
- The Vulcanizers (new band featuring Dave Materna from The Clinic)
- Action vs. Theory (new band featuring Jj Ramone, son of Jerry Ramone of High Plains Drifters)
- The Reason
- Sosumi
- Vinyl Back
- David Loy & the Ramrods
- 8-Balls
- The Sidewalks
- Mannequin Odd
- Teachers Pet
- The Twist-offs
- Sat 9-17-11
- The Riverburners ( great new Akron Punk band!!)
- Bits ‘n’ Pieces
- 2 Worlds Collide
- Kill The Hippies
- 2 Wide 4 Lipps
- Ruby on the Vine (featuring Myrna Marconiam of Human Switchboard & Geoff Fineberg of Attic Tragedy)
- Queue-Up(featuring Dennis Yurich of System 56 & music directer for 1st U.S. production of Hedwig)
- The Attitude
- Joy Circuit
- The Adults
- The Unreal McCoys