Alarm Will Sound
New Music Ensemble formed at Eastman School of Music. Currently based in Carlisle, PA.
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Andre Canniere
NYC-based trumpeter/composer.
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Anna Dagmar
Anna lives in NYC where she plays piano, sings and writes lovely music. Dagmar!
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Tony Barba
Saxophonist and leader of The Barbarians.
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Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra
Great band with many of our friends.
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Backbeat Awareness Week
Home of the Annual Backbeat Festival, co-founded by Ian Fry and Michael Chiavaro.
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Ben Monder
Wow. This guy plays the hell out of the guitar. Love him tender, love him true.
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Ben Wendel
Excellent saxophonist based in LA. Member of Kneebody.
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Ben Gallina
Leader of NYC band Electric Medicine
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Boom Design Group
Design Group formed by Nate Heleine, Matt Blanchard, and Maddy Sturm. BOOM!
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Brady Miller
NYC drummer, composer, good citizen.
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Caleb Burhans
Violinist, violist, countertenor, composer, improviser based in NYC. This guy rocks.
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Christine Hagan
Christine is a pianist, singer, and songwriter living in NYC. She’s great!
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Coast to Coast AM
Website of late night paranormal talk show. Art Bell rocks!
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Connor O’brien
Ohio-based Pop Sensation.
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Cuong Vu
Great trumpet player, singer, composer based in NYC. Plays with Pat Metheny and also has a trio with Jerseyband’s very own Ted Poor on drums.
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David Cowles
Cartoonist, designed Little Bag of Feet for Shoes
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Dave Guidice
Jazz pianist and singer based in NYC.
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David Crowell
Saxophonist, composer, improviser based in NYC.
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Dillinger Escape Plan
New Jersey metal/hardcore outfit.
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eBaum’s World
Funny stuff
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Eric Biondo
Eric plays trumpet, sings, and writes really great music. The “Real Boy Band” lives in NYC.
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Everyone is Included
Ed’s Dad spreading the peace
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Fark
Great news blog
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Garrett Michaelson
Kickin’ Bay-area trumpeter and improviser.
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Get Your War On
Get your war on!
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Heart of Barf
Eddie and Brent’s grindcore-inspired atrocity. Drum machine, tenor sax, vocals. Lungcore.
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Ifilm
Movies, Trailers, Music and Viral Videos
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Ike Sturm
This guy can get around on the bass like what. Ike lives in NYC.
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James Hirschfeld
James tears it up on trombone. He lives in NYC and is a member of the Respect Sextet.
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Jared Schonig
Drummer for the band Thought. Check him out.
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Jerseyband IUMA
Our IUMA site.
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Jerseyband Garageband
Our site at garageband.com.
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Jesse Neuman (Bruce Lee)
Amazing trumpet player/great band.
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John Allison
Amazing contemporary christian singer/songwriter in Atlanta. Matt plays in his band. Also one of Matt’s favorite musicians.
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Josh Rutner
Excellent saxophonist and writer based in NYC. Member of the Respect Sextet.
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Kaveh Rastegar
Phenomenal bass player and composer based in LA. Member of Kneebody.
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Kneebody
West-coast flava. Super cool band, just signed to Dave Douglas’s label.
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Lips Music
Nate Heleine and Mike Williams are LIPS.
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Madeline Sturm
Great visual artist and clarinetist living in NYC.
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Matt Blanchard
Our beloved saxophonist Matt’s own website.
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Matt Curlee and Neos
World-reknowned organist and home of his band Neos…Ted plays drums.
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Matt Mitchell
Super Jazz/Classical pianist and composer from Philly.
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Meshuggah
The best band in the world. Meshuggah hails from Sweden and we like them a lot.
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Mike Cain
Jazz Pianist extraordinaire.
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Michael V. Ross
Mike plays the drizzums.
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My Space
Our site on My Space.
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Nate Wood Music
Drummer, singer, songwriter based in LA. Member of Kneebody.
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Nathan Heleine
Nate plays the saxophone, writes music, and runs the Boom Design Group. One hell of a musician and a swell guy to boot.
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News of the Weird
Weird/funny/odd news from this great place we call earth.
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Patrick J. Kelly
Rockin’ bass player and web designer now based in LA.
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Patrick Mcguire
Absolutely amazing juggler we met while working in Japan. Former Cirque Du Soleil performer.
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Peter Epstein
Superb saxophonist, composer, teacher. Check him out, man…
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Pure Volume
Our site on Pure Volume.
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Ralph Alessi
Amazing trumpeter, composer, teacher based in NYC.
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Rangletorian Records
Alex Hamlin’s own record label.
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Real Ultimate Power
The Official Ninja Webpage
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Red Wierenga
Pianist, accordionist, melodicaist, composer and radio DJ. Member of Respect Sextet.
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Respect Sextet
Fun-loving jazz sextet. Ted plays drums with this band. Respect!
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Robert J Wood
Pianist, photographer, philosopher, website designer.
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Rude Jackson
Great band featuring Jerseyband guitarist Grey Mcmurray
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Ryan Ferreira
Our beloved guitarist Ryan’s own website.
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School for Improvisational Music
Ralph Alessi started this great school for improv.
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Simon Lott
Simon Lott plays drums.
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Snmnmnm
This Chapel Hill, NC foursome plays fun and interesting pop-rock.
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So Percussion
Really good percussion quartet formed in New Haven, CT. They really know how to hit stuff!
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The Gray Thing
Home of Luciferin, an incredible band that features Morgan Staples, Chris Wicks, PJ Kelly, Ian Fry, and Jerseyband guitarists Ryan and Grey.
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Thought Music
Totally frickin awesome band from Buffalo, NY. Thought rocks!
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Trevor Neumann
People Magazine’s Sexiest Man Alive for five years straight, also plays the hell out of the trumpet.
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WGMC
Jazz Radio in Rochester, NY.
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Chris Wicks
Fantastic saxophonist, singer and composer living in Rochester, NY.
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What type of music do you play?
Lungcore - A new genre that infuses a horn-driven band with heavy metal values

Who are your influences?
Meshuggah, Dillinger Escape Plan, Bach, Stravinsky, Bjork, The Beatles, Rage Against the Machine

Is Jerseyband one word or two?
Jerseyband is one word!! Please spread the word that Jerseyband is ONE word.

Why no vocalist?
We actually do have one, his name is Lord Gerbik (he supplies the van for our tours)

Is this jazz?
uh……no

What kinds of bands do you share bills with?
Anything…boy bands, metal bands

Do you play covers?
Yes….but only Jay-Z tunes

What is lungcore?
A “core” of metal birthed by Jerseyband that uses the 8 lungs of the horn section to bring forth raw sewage in your face

Where does the name Jerseyband come from?
Our first shows were in New Jersey and we hadn’t come up with a name yet…but the venues needed a name from us…so we chose “Jerseyband”

What does “Lock up tight wolf-man” mean?
This is something you say to road workers (especially the ones that hold the stop/go signs), looking them right in the eye, when you are slowly passing them in your vehicle.

How much does your collective total of pubic hair weigh? What is its density?
Very little…most of us shave. However the density is equal to the singularity of a black hole.

Live - Lung Punch Fantasy

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	Live - Lung Punch Fantasy Release Date: April 2007 Purchase from: CC Now CD Baby Track Listing: Sheffield’s Law Titan Feminem Sangwich Mischief Lord Magnificent Steve Jobs for Jerseyband French Parade Shave Your Shelf
	Little Bag of Feet for Shoes Release Date: 2003 Purchase from: iTunes CD Baby CC Now Track Listing: Robak Pants Tube JB Fletcher F.E.T.Dogtron Logging Chamille (Git On the Pig)
	Christmasband Release Date: 2001 Purchase from: iTunes CD Baby CC Now Track Listing: We Three Kings of Orient Are Jolly Old Saint Nicholas God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen - part one Greensleeves Arabian Dance Deck the Halls It’s Winter Hark! The Herald Angels Sing God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen - part two Carol of the Bells O! Tannenbaum God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen - part three Good King Wenceslas The Twelve Days of Christmas
	JAKE Release Date: 2002 SOLD OUT Track Listing: intro Jake in Times of Gorteks Sensory French Frie Equestra 555-Jake
	Tragedy in the Mangky Release Date: 1999 SOLD OUT Track Listing: You and Your Issues Poopsoup Save Yourself from Hell Horse Tooth Extract Always Dining Center Factory Outlet Tyme Phokk My Soul will Stink Forever
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More Jerseyband Merchandise at Cafepress:

Brent

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Bach Stradivarius Trumpet, model 37

Monette B4-S mouthpiece

Al Cass valve oil

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Matt

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Selmer Mark VI Tenor Saxophone

Vandoren V16 reeds, strength: 4 (for Jerseyband) strength 3.5 (for everything else)

Neotech neck strap

Rovner ligature

Meyer hard rubber mouthpiece, size: 7

Selmer Flight Case

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Ed

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Selmer Mark VI Tenor Saxophone

Vandoren Java reeds, strength: 4

Rovner ligature

Otto Link hard rubber mouthpiece, size: 7*

Selmer Flight Case

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Alex

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Selmer S.A. 80 Series II Baritone Sax

Vandoren (blue box) reeds, strength: 3.5

Berg Larson hard rubber mouthpiece, size: 110/1

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Ryan

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Parker Guitars

Rivera Amps

D’addario Strings

Dunlop Picks

T.C. Electronic Effects

Boss Effects

Spectraflex Cables

Groove Tubes

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Mike

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6 String Clifford Roi bass

Ashdown EVO II 500 Watt Bass Amplifier

Ashdown ABM 4×10 Cabinet

SIT Strings

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Ted

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Noble and Cooley Drums

Zyljian and Istanbul Cymbals

Vic Firth Sticks

DW Pedals

Jerseyband plays Lungcore - A new genre that infuses a horn-driven band with heavy metal values.

What does a screaming hardcore metal vocalist have in common with a jazz trumpeter? For Jerseyband, it is one in the same. The band’s unassuming trumpeter, Brent Madsen intermittently pulls the horn from his lips just long enough to let out his version of an ape on a rampage. One moment, Madsen screams, “Move my carrot!” and the next, your head is spinning because Jerseyband has already exchanged the gates of hell for a jaunt in Peewee’s Playhouse. Backed by drums, electric guitar, and guitar synth, Jerseyband’s horns (three saxophones and a trumpet) cut through meaty arrangements that shock their audiences into submission. Enthusiasts have compared their sound to Mr. Bungle, Zappa, and Meshuggah but one thing is clear; this band is best categorized under their own genre of horn driven metal called Lungcore.

Jerseyband was born in Rochester, NY during the Spring of 1999. We were all attending the Eastman School of Music and had been friends for a few years.

Ed had some gigs booked for the summer and wanted to put together a group. Several future members (or maybe all of us?) stayed late after a class to play together and the concept was born.

At first the band consisted of four horns, a keyboard/sampler/turntable guy, and a drummer. The music evolved out of everyone’s compositions. We rehearsed and prepared for our first shows. Most of the songs that we played in our first rehearsals ended up on our first album, “Tragedi In The Mangky”. (the title was born during a late-night trip to the icy shores of Lake Ontario)

Over the next year or two, we played periodically in the Rochester area and continued to add to our repetoire. In 2001, we were given the opportunity to work and live as artists in Residence at Keuka College in Keuka Park, NY. So we spent two semesters there, practicing and writing. Our first semester there gave birth to the album “Christmasband”. (other titles considered included: Night of the Chimney Whore, Rangletorian Galanka, and Santacide)

Our second semester saw our first personnel change. The keyboardist of the group left. Rather than hiring a new keyboardist, we decided to add two guitarists, one of which would play a guitar-synth setup. This decision reflected the evolving concept of the group and spawned even more evolution.

The second semester also saw the recording of the “JAKE” EP. The music for JAKE had been written over the course of 2 years and, in a certain way, represented the closing of an old chapter, and the opening of a new one.

2003 brought another personnel change. We parted with our drummer. Shortly after, we acquired a new drummer and began composing new music and planning for the recording of “Little Bag Of Feet For Shoes” (Grey came up with the title almost instantaneously. Other propositions included: Comb Over and Mo’Hang, Mizpell’d, and Year of the Wagon)

Throughout the rest of 2003 we played shows and worked on new music.

In 2004, three of us took a job in Japan that lasted 7 1/2 months. Obviously, this put Jerseyband on hiatus for a while. There was never any doubt about us reuniting though.

Since the return of the three, Jerseyband has come back to life. We are playing and writing with renewed ferocity and the music continues to evolve. We are in the process of planning a recording and many gigs, so beware.

In Conclusion:

Jerseyband is not a band designed to be one thing or another. All of the changes we have gone through have come about naturally. Over the years we have learned to embrace the natural changes that occur in both our individual and collective musical sensibilities.

A short history of the term LUNGCORE:

At some point, Brent had a dream that our music was called “Lungcore”. After he told us, we realized that Lungcore was the perfect word. As Akira Kurisawa said, “Every man is a genius when he dreams”.