Our first tour back in September went so well, that planning for the Spring 2010 tour is now in the works. Like last time, we intend to leave on a Thursday and return on a Sunday, hitting various Northeast US hot spots in between. If you’re just dying to have us play in your town, [ More ]
From the outside it may have seemed like a slow year for By Blood Alone, but trust us, this was far from the case. Originally we intended to concentrate on recording our next cd. We didn’t even actively seek any shows for the first half of the year, though we were asked to play in [ More ]
Aimsel Ponti at the Portland Press Herald gave us some nice props in her column this week: The Night Is Young by Aimsel L. Ponti My, how time flies when you’re playing a witches’ brew of Goth-anointed alternative rock/prog/metal. It’s been five years since By Blood Alone played its first show at Geno’s, and although the traditional fifth [ More ]
Geno’s Rock Club 625 Congress St – Portland ME Saturday October 24th 9pm $5 It is hard to believe it has been five years since we played our very first gig at our home away from home, Geno’s (the Brown St. Geno’s). We want to thank Barb for having giving us the support we needed from the very [ More ]
Some pics of us on the road are on our facebook and myspace pages. check them our here: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=125829&id=38637272185&l=bd8a8b7ed2 http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewPicture&friendID=4081446&albumId=2732540 [ More ]
Sept 13th: After sleeping for 9 hours we were up and packing the van, then off to Dunkin Donuts for breakfast. Thank god they are everywhere. The trip back was 4 and a half hours straight through, constantly updating the maps app on my phone to watch the miles wind down. I was so looking [ More ]
Utica Music and Arts Festival Sept 12th: The Utica Music and Arts Festival had us scheduled to go on really early – 5:45pm – so unfortunately I only got 3 and a half hours sleep before we had to be on the road. Breakfast was at Dunkin Donuts and we actually sat in the van in [ More ]
w/ Seven Witches, Sacred Oath, Infernophonic Sept 11th: During the tour planning Nicky our publicist in the UK suggested contacting another band of his, Infernophonic, for some ideas about a gig in New Jersey, as that’s their home base. Turns out that not only is Kevin from Infernophonic a great guy and a big help with [ More ]
w/ Amneon, A Wanted Awakening, Evince Ethos Sept 10th: Aside from booking the actual shows, I was surprised to find that arranging the rental van was the hardest party of tour planning. I figured I would just head over to Hertz or Avis and rent a 14 passenger van – end of story, but it seems [ More ]
With a “what the heck” attitude we agreed to do this show even though the last time there in 2005 was fun but not terribly well attended. Attendance at this show was even worse, but at least there were more people watching us than any of the other bands, and we played great. In actuality [ More ]
A late night drive to Bangor and back with a radio interview in the middle. I’ve never been to Bangor at night, but it was quite peaceful. Dave the host asked more than his share of insightful questions, which was nice for a change. Most interviewers don’t really “get” us and ask generic questions. We [ More ]
w/Hatchetface and the Vipers, Ghouls Night Out For some reason Portsmouth is not a rock friendly town. A waitress at a local eatery blames the town council. Regardless, the one venue in town that has shows regularly (The Muddy) tends towards hippie jam bands, but when an associate of mine got the gig booking there, we [ More ]