ugly radio rebellion

ugly radio rebellion

from http://www.uglyradiorebellion.com/ :

Ugly Radio Rebellion was originally formed in July 2002, as a Detroit band known as Uncle Meat. Guitarist Scott Schroen felt inspired to start a project consisting of everyone and anyone capable of playing the music of Frank Zappa, a definite challenge. An ad was placed in the local paper simply stating, "musicians wanted to perform the music of Frank Zappa", and so ensued a few weekends of what was later dubbed, "Zappa Survivor". Groups of musicians would essentially drill selected pieces during rehearsal, and later everyone would vote on who they think should stay for the next round. After a few no-shows, a few driven to quit by musical intimidation and a collection of other circumstances, the few that were left from the 'survivor' sessions ultimately became the lineup for Uncle Meat. The project performed FZ around the greater Detroit area until the last show on Frank's birthday, December of 2003. After a few personnel adjustments, Uncle Meat was disbanded and Scott Schroen and Bassist Preston Parish reformed the project as... Ugly Radio Rebellion.

Currently the band consists of Scott Schroen on guitar and vocals, a Berklee College of Music alumni, Uncle Meat veteran, Detroit session artist and instructor. John Garland on bass, keys and vocals, currently enrolled in the WSU jazz studies program, local session artist and instructor. Layla Hall on drums, vocals, bells and percussion, extensive scholastic band experience, EMU alumni and Detroit Music Award nominee for Outstanding Acoustic Instrumentalist...

Ugly Radio Rebellion is one of the few bands in the U.S. that perform the music of Frank Zappa. 'We love this music and are extremely proud of what we are doing'...

Ike Willis has performed with the band.

Scott Schroen: guitar and vocals
John Garland: bass, keys and vocals
Layla Hall: drums, vocals, bells and percussion

MOTHERLY LOVE
Freak Out in Buffalo!
9th Annual Tribute to Frank Zappa
SATURDAY, MAY 8, 9 PM
NIETZSCHE'S 248 Allen St. 886-8539
the voice oF cheeZ plus,
Ugly Radio Rebellion
The Mothers Brothers!

Buffalo, NY: Local band, the voice oF cheeZ proudly announce the staging of the ninth annual Motherly Love concert, an annual tribute to the music of Frank Zappa.
Join the voice oF cheeZ for a star-studded night of Frank Zappa's music with a little help from our friends:

Ugly Radio Rebellion.
Hard-rocking FZ band from Detroit, MI.
(aka The Artists Formerly Known as "Uncle Meat")
Featuring Berklee College of Music guitarist Scott Schroen, with Preston Parish on bass and Kerry Gluckman on drums.

The Mothers Brothers.
Another creation of The Fibs, with Tom Fenton, acoustic guitar, and Jim Iarocci, upright bass, performing a set of Zappa's music in the comedic, folk tradition of The Smothers Brothers.

the voice oF cheeZ.
Buffalo-based band plays the music of Frank Zappa. Quite possibly the only all-Zappa band in existence with three female performers. Cathy Carfagna, keyboards, Kilissa Cissoko, sax and flute, Tina Peel, vocals and madness, with, Tom Fenton, guitar, Jim Iarocci, bass and George Olmsted, drums.
Napoleon Murphy Brock said, "You guys play all the fun stuff!"

Show starts at 9:00 p.m.
9:00 Mothers Brothers<
10:00 voice oF cheeZ
12:00 Ugly Radio Rebellion

Mother's Day Freak Out!
Saturday, May 8, 2004 9 p.m.
NIETZSCHE'S
248 Allen Street. Buffalo, NY 886-8539

REGISTER TO VOTE!
Registration forms available at the show.

Thanks to all that came out!!! Let us know what you thought of the show...
I think the main highlights for me was getting my guitar autographed and trading solos with Ike on Zomby Woof... WOW... dreams come true...

Ike said he had a BLAST and a little sore the next day... he was very appreciative of the response and said it was "way better than I could've expected"...YEAH!!!

Ugly Radio Rebellion has been adding lots of audio & video material to their site. Check it out.

Scott says:
We have been keeping very busy... we did a tour with Ike Willis over the summer and working on several 'Mini-Tours' for fall... details on our site along with new audio and video...

2006/11/02 Ugly Radio Rebellion - concert Founders Brewing Co, Grand Rapids, MI

2006/12/22 Ugly Radio Rebellion - concert Mickey Finns Pub, Toledo, OH (FZ birthday bash)

She will be in Akron, OH Oct 21-22 to compete in the...
"East Coast's Best Drummer of 2006 - East Coast Chops"
My prediction... she will kick some serious butt!!!

Project Object will be back on the road sometime around Dec17...
www.projectobject.com

Check out "The Pojama People" ex-PO drummer Glenn Leonard...
www.liveatthespace.com/pjp/
www.onlinerock.com/fans/northstar/

Our only Halloween show will be at The Rainbow in Seattle on Saturday October 28 and of course it'll be a Costume Party. There will be prizes for best men's, women's and Zappa look-alike.

Now, add Zappa claymation artist Bruce Bickford into the mix! He will be appearing onstage with us along with some of the original models used in the Baby Snakes and Dub Room Special videos. He may even be coaxed into telling you the story of Monster Road.

We hope everyone had successful holidays!!! 2006 has been our best year yet and we plan to make 2007 even better!!!

Broken Hearts are for Assholes
2nd Annual FZ Valentines Event

Friday, Feb 16, 8pm

King Brewing Co
895 Cesar E Chavez Ave
Pontiac, MI 48340

Ugly Radio Rebellion performs the music of Frank Zappa...

Thursday, March 1, 9:30pm

Bullfrog Bar & Grill
www.bullfrogrocks.com
15414 Telegraph Rd
Redford, MI 48239
(313) 533-4477

Listen for the commercials on WRIF today and tomorrow!!!!

Brand New Audio from 3/1/07
Check out the 'SOUNDS' page... live from Bullfrog Bar and Grill!!!

There are also some HIGH QUALITY photos from the Valentines show at King Brewing Co... courtesy of ZORAN... Thanks!!!

The Ugly Radio Rebellion website has 5 tracks from their recent 2007/03/01 gig at the Bullfrog Bar and Grill available for download.

We have another 'last minute' show this week...

Thursday, 3/15, 9pm
The Rusty Nail
35703 Groesbeck
Clinton Twp, MI 48035
586-790-4311

2007/03/15 Ugly Radio Rebellion - concert 'The Rusty Nail', Clinton Twp, MI, usa

John is playing at a Benefit in Ann Arbor that night so it will be Layla and Scott... FZ 2 pc... is that legal?!?!? I predict an interesting evening... more soon!!!!

5/11/07 The Cadiuex Cafe Detroit, MI
5/13/07 Club Bart Ferndale, MI
5/26/07 The Village Idiot Maumee, OH
6/7/07 Founders Brewery Grand Rapids, MI
7/13/07 Whites Bar Saginaw, MI

Saturday, May 12 8pm All Ages
Coffee House Cafe'
135 Liberty St NE
Salem OR 97301

Saturday, May 12
Mamapalooza 2007 Mom's Rock
Rust Belt Books (in the back room!)
Allen Street, Buffalo 8 pm

Friday, May 18
Mother's Day Frank Zappa Festival
w/ Voice of Cheez
you gotta know where we play!!! 10 pm $6

Saturday, June 9
Allentown Art Festival Nietzsche's Back Stage
Return of the Son of Voice of Cheez
9 pm sharp...one set only

PS - If anyone might be interested, I posted some pictures of my trip to Waverly Hills on my MySpace page... Scott

I just got word from Club Bart that they want to reschedule the Mothers Day show on 5/13... I will notify with the new date and my deepest apologies to everyone... Scott

7/22/07
Phantasy Nite Club, Cleveland, OH
Doors 7:00/Show 8:00 w/special guest DUB_ROOM

Sept 26-29
Mini-Tour with The Industrial Jazz Group
Tentative shows in KY and OH

http://www.clevescene.com/blogs This is the online article for the clev. scene which we are also listed in the newspaper listings for the clubs/bars/shows... we also have an article coming out in the Athens Messenger on sat's show!!!

URR will be mentioned and a play on the radio on WHFR 89.3 Thurs 7/19 between 5-6pm (est) to be a part of the listening audience log onto:
http://whfr.fm/ or tune in to 89.3fm live on the WHFR "Motor" show, 'drive at 5'...

http://www.alternativeworldfanzine.com/ there's an article coming out in this online magazine about us and Laylas win at the Best East Coast Drummer compeititon starting in the new issue July 23rd...

Scott is moving to Atlanta, GA on 8/8/07 and we are looking for some agency support to do more gigs and touring on a wider scope, if anyone would like to be involved or has any ideas, please contact us!!!

New Audio!!! We have a ridiculous amount of live recordings covering most of our ever growing playlist and want to make it available to anyone that might be interested... we will post a new song every month for anyone that will request one from our playlist!!! Layla requested 'Andy'... check it out on the 'sounds' page and also some new visuals and other minor site updates...also we will have new Tshirts in a few weeks!!! Advanced 'reservations' are encouraged as it will be a limited supply... and URR '07 PromoPaks are still available!!!

Anniversaries...
John Garland 2 yrs with URR - 8/7/07
Layla Hall 2 yrs with URR - 11/24/07

and finally, the long awaited return...
Andy Turpen
Lake Orion, MI transplant to Atlanta, GA
'stunt' vocalist and original member of Uncle Meat

The show on December 6 at Tonys Sports Bar in Sandy Springs, GA has been cancelled and waiting on a date to reschedule...

We would like to welcome our newest team-mate;
Jim Kirkland - stunt violinist - Atlanta, GA

Layla Hall... 11/24/07 = 2 years with URR...
HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!!! Good job and thank you!!!

We have lots of fun stuff lined up... in Cleveland there will be custom Tshirts with caracature artist EJ Farb, Flowers the Clown and a limited supply of FZ Kill Ugly Radio special brew... also a possible live TV appearance and another show added for Sat 12/22 am... updates as they happen!!!!

It's been a busy time around URR land since the FZ Birthday tour in December... we would like thank everyone who came to the shows and a few very 'special' people for making it our best tour ever...

Layla Hall has been gigging around Detroit and is currently on tour in Europe for 2 weeks... check her MySpace page for all her updates and details... www.myspace.com/chickdrummer

John Garland has been busy with school at Wayne State University in Detroit, playing in the school jazz band and gigging with Tom Butwin and various other groups as well as honing his 'upright' skills... check his MySpace page for all his updates and details... www.myspace.com/johngarland

Scott Schroen is doing well and keeping very busy around Atlanta, GA... he is in his second semester at The Georgia Academy of Music as a faculty guitar instructor... he is also doing private guitar lessons for Music & Art in Alpharetta, GA as well as in home lessons for Amadeus and Allegro music... Scott just finished teaching the first of many classes at Emory Center for Lifelong Learning and he also wrote a book called 'Guitar Theory' which is in publication and will be available very soon... check his MySpace page for all his updates and details... www.myspace.com/skotrot

Andy Turpen is doing well and working with Scott on auditioning new members for the 'southern' unit... he has been working at CNN in Atlanta and was fortunate to have recently sold his house in MI...

Ike Willis is doing great and keeping Los Angleles on its toes... he has been doing some studio and voice over work and taking a little time off for a much deserved rest... www.ikewillis.com

The next tour is booking up and set for 5/29 - 6/14... check the band site for dates and details... www.uglyradiorebellion.com