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The "World Series of Boston Rock" is upon us.
The 2017 Rock And Roll Rumble kicks off four weeks from tonight at ONCE Ballroom in Somerville, and it will feature 24 bands from New England vying for a crown currently held by '16 champs Worshipper. This evening (Sunday, March 5), longtime organizer Anngelle Wood is announcing the 24 participating bands, one by one, live on 100.7 WZLX's Boston Emissions.
"It feels so good to be able to get this off my chest," says Wood at the start of her show. "It's gonna be a very very good time."
Preview all the bands, as they are announced, below. We'll update this post throughout the Boston Emissions broadcast.
In the meantime, here’s some pertinent info to get everyone in the mood: The Rumble preliminary week runs Sunday, April 2 to Saturday, April 8, the semi-finals are April 14 and 15, and the grand finale goes down on Friday, April 21. Individual nightly lineups and groupings will be unveiled next weekend. Rumble "Full Boat" passes, good for all nine nights, are priced at $75 and on sale now, and the Rumble "Six Pack," which gets you into all preliminary nights, goes on sale tomorrow morning. Other Rumble info can be found at the Rumble's new homepage via ONCE.
All bios below pulled from the Rumble page at WZLX.com. Featured photo of Weakened Friends taken by Lauren Piandes for Vanyaland during last year's Rock And Roll Rumble final at ONCE Ballroom.
City Rivals
Location: Boston, MA
Bio: City Rivals were born in early 2014 when guitarist Greg McKenna (Letters To Cleo) enlisted vocalist Michael Coen and bassist/singer Matt Diekman (The Bleedin Bleedins/Midatlantic) to collaborate on a handfull of songs he had in his music catalog. After a few rehearsals, City Rivals went into the studio and recorded their first round of songs. Inspired to complete their line-up, City Rivals welcomed multi-talented musician Max Toste on drums & vocals and John Coen on guitar and vocals. After writing and recording another round of demos with the completed line-up, City Rivals realized that they were on to something. A sound of their own. Displaying an adept ability for writing powerful melodies and vocals, the band is establishing themselves as a strong songwriting outfit that delivers an exciting show live. This spring, City Rivals are going back to Ice Station Zebra to record with Ducky and producer Ed Valauskas to record the final songs on City Rivals debut EP.
