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Mike Keneally & Beer For Dolphins with special guest Teddy Kumpel LOOPestra (April 1, 2017)

February 20, 2017 by NJProghouse

Mike Keneally & Beer For Dolphins with special guest Teddy Kumpel LOOPestra
http://www.keneally.com | http://www.teddyjam.com

when: Saturday, April 1, 2017 | 2:00PM Show | 1:30PM Doors
where: Roxy & Dukes | 745 Bound Brook Rd, Dunellen, NJ (map)
Cost: Online Presale $27.00
Walk ups day of show $35 (Cash Only) Beginning at 1:30PM

CLICK HERE TO PURCHASE TICKETS

Mike Keneally (guitarist/keyboardist/vocalist) has been playing with Joe Travers (drums) and Bryan Beller (bass) since 1993, when they were members of the Dweezil and Ahmet Zappa band Z. Throughout the 90s, as Mike Keneally & Beer For Dolphins, they played frequently on the West Coast in support of Keneally’s solo albums hat., Boil That Dust Speck and Sluggo! Although Keneally has worked with countless brilliant musicians throughout his solo career, fans have long held a special appreciation for the high energy, humor, camaraderie and virtuosity of the Keneally/Beller/Travers triumvirate. They will be playing music covering the gamut of Keneally’s career, from those classic 90s releases all the way up to the brand new Scambot 2.

Mike Keneally has played with Frank Zappa, Steve Vai and many others, in addition to his long-standing solo career. He and Bryan Beller currently play together in Joe Satriani’s band, and have toured extensively in the metal band Dethklok. Beller is also a member of the instrumental juggernaut The Aristocrats. Joe Travers, in addition to past drumming duties with Zappa Plays Zappa and Duran Duran, has held the position of Vaultmeister for the Zappa Family Trust since the 90s, exhuming unreleased Frank Zappa tapes for release to the public. http://www.keneally.com

Teddy Kumpel LOOPestra
The LOOPestra lineup will be Teddy Kumpel on guitar, Bryan Beller on bass, and Aaron Comess (Spin Doctors) on drums.

Punk jazz? Blues prog? EDM jam band? Eclectic is Teddy Kumpels middle name, but that didnt stop him from inventing a new kind of music. LOOPestra showcases his on-the-fly song productions and singular musical voice. With live looping technology and clever use of modern guitar efx that swirl around the room, Teddy carries listeners to edge of the cliff and delivers them to brilliantly orchestrated, humorous songs in a way that will make you think there are five other musicians backstage even though you only see three. If Jackson Pollock were a guitar player, he would play like Kumpel, throwing licks against the wall to see if theyll stick. Teddy tours with Joe Jackson, played on a Grammy winning album, has produced award winning projects, and hosts NYCs top musicians in LOOPestras rotating cast. Adept at all aspects of music creation and production, Teddys musical wizardry leaves his audiences in disbelief and begging for more. http://www.teddyjam.com

Mike Keneally & Beer For Dolphins w/ special guest: Travis Larson Band (October 29, 2016)

July 21, 2016 by NJProghouse

who: Mike Keneally & Beer For Dolphins w/ special guest: Travis Larson Band
http://www.keneally.com | http://www.travislarsonband.com

when: Saturday, October 29, 2016 | 2:00PM Show | 1:30PM Doors
where: Roxy & Dukes | 745 Bound Brook Rd, Dunellen, NJ (map)
Cost: Online Presale $27
Walk ups day of show $35 (Cash Only) Beginning at 1:30PM

CLICK HERE TO PURCHASE TICKETS

NJProghouse Presents: Mike Keneally & Beer For Dolphins with special guest Travis Larson Band

MIKE KENEALLY & BEER FOR DOLPHINS classic trio configuration to play Northeast and Midwest dates for the first time since forming in the 1990s!

Mike Keneally (guitarist/keyboardist/vocalist) has been playing with Joe Travers (drums) and Bryan Beller (bass) since 1993, when they were members of the Dweezil and Ahmet Zappa band Z. Throughout the 90s, as Mike Keneally & Beer For Dolphins, they played frequently on the West Coast in support of Keneally’s solo albums hat., Boil That Dust Speck and Sluggo! Although Keneally has worked with countless brilliant musicians throughout his solo career, fans have long held a special appreciation for the high energy, humor, camaraderie and virtuosity of the Keneally/Beller/Travers triumvirate. Now finally, after more than two decades, this powerful trio version of MK/BFD is coming to states in the Midwest and Northeast of the US, and playing music covering the gamut of Keneally’s career, from those classic 90s releases all the way up to the brand new Scambot 2.

Mike Keneally & Beer For Dolphins will be touring with special guest Travis Larson Band. With six studio albums and two full-length DVDs, the award-winning TLB is firmly rooted as one of instrumental music’s premier acts, having worked on records with Steve Lukather (Toto), Victor Wooten (Bela Fleck), Dave LaRue (Joe Satriani, John Petrucci, Dixie Dregs), Vinx (Sting, Herbie Hancock). Additionally, the band has shared live billing with Ted Nugent, UFO, Steve Morse (Deep Purple, Dixie Dregs), Ronnie Montrose, and The Aristocrats. TLB’s release Soundmind earned accolades as Guitar Player Magazine Editor’s Top Three in 2011. Travis Larson Band will release a new album in 2016. http://www.travislarsonband.com

Jane Getter Premontion to release “ON” October 2nd

September 16, 2015 by NJProghouse

“ON” coming out Oct 2, pre-orders now on CD and Vinyl
Jane Getter Premontion – Adam Holzman, Bryan Beller, Chad Wackerman, guests Alex Skolnick, Corey Glover, Theo Travis!

You can also pre-order on iTunes and receive instant downloads of the first 2 tracks !

ORDER CD: http://bit.ly/1GUm4xz
ORDER LP: http://bit.ly/1I4GHJw
http://smarturl.it/JGP_ON_iTunes
http://www.madfishmusic.com/artists/jane-getter-premonition/

The Aristocrats (August 3, 2013)

March 19, 2013 by NJProghouse

Who: The Aristocrats
http://the-aristocrats-band.com

When: Saturday, August 3, 2013 | 8:00PM Show | 7:30PM Doors

Where: Roxy & Dukes | 745 Bound Brook Rd, Dunellen, NJ

Cost:
Online Presale $27 (includes $2 processing fee)
Walk-ups Day of Show $30 (Cash Only)

CLICK HERE TO PURCHASE TICKETS

The Aristocrats

The word “supergroup” is tossed around a lot in instrumental music circles, the result of a seemingly endless supply of efforts to package together individual virtuoso players and make a band out of them. But every once in a while, the group part of that shopworn term becomes authentic and real. Such is the case with The Aristocrats – British guitarist Guthrie Govan (Steven Wilson, Asia), American bassist Bryan Beller (Steve Vai, Dethklok) and German drummer Marco Minnemann (Steven Wilson, Adrian Belew, Necrophagist) – who defiantly and joyously blow the supergroup stereotype to bits, thrilling audiences and fans around the world in the process.

Japan’s Admiral Yamamoto is famously quoted to have said, “I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant.” Surely this thought runs deep in fans of The Aristocrats’ smash debut album. The band found recording works best when you can look your bandmates in the eye while thrashing out new tunes. Govan, Beller, and Minnemann did exactly that when each brought three even heavier and more adventurous songs to a Nashville studio last January, resulting in a new album appropriately titled Culture Clash considering their multi-national backgrounds. The new disc is due to drop in July.

This summer the world will learn Yamamoto was right.