Riverside is from Warsaw, Poland. It was founded in 2001 by Mariusz Duda, Piotr Grudziński and Piotr Kozieradzki, who shared a love for progressive rock.

Their debut in 2003 with "Out of Myself" started them on their way. They signed with InsideOut and released "Second Life Syndrome" in 2005. In 2006,"Voices In My Head" an EP originally recorded as a way to keep fans in Poland happy as they awaited "Second Life Syndrome" was re-released with InsideOut. In 2007, the band released the album "Rapid-Eye Movement" and toured in support of Dream Theater on their European tour.

Ladies and gentlemen the NJProghouse is proud to
present live and in concert for their ONLY North
American non festival appearance, Riverside.
The band will be flying in from Poland to play one
show, with us, on Friday September 12th. From there
they will journey north of the border to play FMPM in
Montreal. So here is your chance to see them close to
home.

 

Pinnacle's roots go back to 1997 when Karl Eisenhart was playing a job with his acoustic duo, Red and spotted Greg Jones in the audience. Greg was wearing a Steve Morse tee shirt and Karl instantly knew he had found a kindred spirit.

Karl and Greg soon started playing together, going through a variety of other band members in the process. Under the name Dread Pirate Roberts and later as Landslide, they played a few jobs around town, but players moved on and they were searching for that magical third person to complete the band. Bill Fox, known by Karl for a while, was finally asked to join.

After one rehearsal together, it was obvious that the combination was a good one. Everyone involved was pulling in the same direction. They set to work learning Progressive and Classic Rock covers by bands such as Yes, Rush, Jethro Tull and The Police to both get some local gigs and gain some experience playing together. This also allowed them to fully explore just how many different things were musically possible in a three-piece band.

The band's musical goal is to write accessible songs that are firmly rooted in the best Progressive Rock traditions. The three members have influences which are wildly different in most cases, but with certain obvious overlaps.

Greg Jones favors bands like King Crimson and the Mahavishnu Orchestra and Spock's Beard. Bill Fox comes to the band from a varied background of Beatles pop, Electronic and Ambient music, Country, and Classical.
Karl Eisenhart brings a guitar-oriented influence to the band, heavily influenced by Rush and the Steve Morse Band, and loves a well-crafted pop song. Seal, Joe Jackson, Til' Tuesday, Marillion, and Jethro Tull have influenced Karl.

The band has concentrated on writing material for their CDs, but they have performed around town to enthusiastic crowds at the Sterling Hotel
(Allentown) and Our Beer Bellys (Bethlehem). They backed Nick D’Virgilio (Tears for Fears, Spock’s Beard, Mike Keneally Band) at a solo concert in the summer of 2003 and opened for the legendary Spock’s Beard later that year, both at the prestigious New Jersey Proghouse concert series.