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Hmb Press Kit HMB PRESS KIT The Hungry March Band is a parade, a party, a blazing entity of flesh, blood, brass, steel & wood. HMB’s crew of 20 hardworking horn players, percussionists, and performers knows that mayhem is addictive. Their thunder roars from Brooklyn in seas of Gypsy, Dixie, Ska, Punk and Funk. BRINGING THE MUSIC BACK TO THE STREETS WWW.HUNGRYMARCHBAND.COM CONTENTS: Who We Are pg 2 On the Waterfront Press Release pg 3 Photo and Members pg 5 List of Venues pg 6 THE HUNGRY MARCH BAND The Hungry March Band is an award-winning brass march band based in New York City. It is our belief that it is our destiny to bring music to the people, be it in the streets, the rail- cars, the alleyways, the boats, the bars, boardwalks or boulevards. We are a parade, a party, a blazing entity of flesh, blood, steel, brass and wood. We are the music of the people. Our musical repertoire consists of original compositions written by band members as well as scores selected from our multi-cultural world community. These songs include tunes from New Orleans street bands, European brass, Gypsy/Roma classics, brass bands of India, traditionals, the jazz world and the global community of NYC. The band is an ever evolving musical experiment influenced and inspired by Brooklyn’s backyard, includ- ing Latin flavor, Klezmer sounds, punk rock noise, hip hop beats and music of the streets. Our discography includes two self produced, independently released CD’s. The most recent, “On the Waterfront”, was recorded in a loft in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Our virgin debut, Hungry March Band Official Bootleg (released in 2001), consists of a series of live recordings and is considered a historical reference for exercises in wind, percussion and fluid dynamics. We have been featured in articles in the New York Times, New York Post, Time Out New York, New York Press, Tokyo Times and have countless mentions in various zines and web publications. We have appeared on several TV networks including Lifetime, CNN, and New York One, marchbys on the fly with ABC, NBC and CBS, as well as appearances in several documentaries including the feature A Cat in a Bag. We have performed at a tremendous variety of fine venues and celebrated events. The band is infamous for playing shows that are somewhere between legendary and magical. Such planned and spontaneous performances have included guerilla art events on the Staten Island Ferry, NYC subways, Brighton Beach Boardwalks and steps of the NYC Post Office. Please see our separate events list. We are available to play at festivals, parties, parades, community celebrations, conven- tions, birthdays, weddings, bar mitzvahs…and remain open to suggestion! www.HungryMarchBand.com BOOKING AND INFORMATION: JAPANESE CONTACT: Theresa Westerdahl • 917-676-8813 Atsushi Tsumura 183 South 8th St #3 • Brooklyn, NY 11211 917-562-9295 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: NEW YORK CITY: Brooklyn’s favorite brass band’s new CD “On the Waterfront” has arrived! HUNGRY MARCH BAND GIVES IT UP FOR THE PEOPLE We bring you Bad Ass Brass from Brooklyn to Feed your Soul. We’ve got it all, original tunes by our own phat cats, old school European brass, New Orleans 2nd line, Jazz, Punk, Klezmer, India Street, Latin flava, hiphop beats, the music of the streets. We are the music of the people! “On the Waterfront” is dedicated to the endangered slice of home turf carved out of the embat- tled vacant lot we fondly refer to as “The People’s Park”. The East River site is currently surround- ed by fencing and locked up awaiting its fate. This vanishing wildness has been the location of the HMB’s weekly rehearsals for 5 years and has also hosted demolished cars, fishermen, public art, guerilla art events, homeless immigrants, skateboarders and has been an oasis for this thriv- ing NYC community. We are currently banned from our promised land. The CD is produced by the band and recorded in Williamsburg with John Gurrin as engineer. Cover art by the acclaimed LES activist artist FLY. It is available at Earwax Records and Clovis Books in Williamsburg, on the web at CDBaby.com and directly from the band. The Hungry March Band is a 20-piece or so community based, award-winning Brass March Band and Pleasure Society. Yo! Saving the Fire Houses, playing for the dogs, freeing the gardens, bringing you through the Black Out, makin room for the bikes, the freaks, the wild and the meek; on the Staten Island Ferry, the subways, Brighton Beach Boardwalks, the steps of the NYC Post Office and fine cultural institutions including Lincoln Center, The Knitting Factory, MOMA, PS1 and Madison Square Garden. We are a parade, a party, a blazing entity of flesh, blood, steel, brass and wood. And...We are available! www.HungryMarchBand.com For more information, or a copy of the CD or Review,, please contact: BOOKING AND INFORMATION: JAPANESE CONTACT: Theresa Westerdahl • 917-676-8813 Atsushi Tsumura 183 South 8th St #3 • Brooklyn, NY 11211 917-562-9295 HUNGRByY DAN M AQUILANTEARCH •BAND achievement of the year, with a record that runs the gamut from tra- “On the Waterfront” ditional high school march music to Brooklyn phenomena the latin mambos, classical interludes and Hungry March Band, who've even the nod to klezmer for their played their brand of bad-ass brass to fans in Brighton Beach. save firehouses, free community gar- The best of this disc is the band's dens and entertain dogs, captures cover of the Crescent City classic "St. their parade/party experience on James Infirmary," which breaks out of their new CD "On the Waterfront." the dirge and into the second line This 23-member band is a contender with the power of a Bourbon Street for the top do-it-yourself career hurricane. We are a parade, a party, a blazing entity of flesh, blood, steel, brass and wood. And...We are available! www.HungryMarchBand.com For more information, or a copy of the CD f or Review, please contact: BOOKING AND INFORMATION: JAPANESE CONTACT: Theresa Westerdahl • 917-676-8813 Atsushi Tsumura 183 South 8th St #3 • Brooklyn, NY 11211 917-562-9295 Photo Credit - Albert Guitjens Photo Credit - THE HUNGRY MARCH BAND Tara Fire Ball tom tom Greg Squared tenor sax Ben Shanley trombone Samantha Tsistinas cymbals Sasha Sumner soprano sax Sebastian Carlo Isler trombone Richard Hutchins snare Jason Candler alto sax Jen Emma Hertel trombone Quince Marcum drums Okkon Tomohiko alto sax Ethan Amdrews trombone Anders Nelson snare Ruth Walker baritone sax Cousin Johnny pocket trumpet Michele Hardesty bass drum John Barker sousaphone Atsushi Tsumura trumpet Emily Fairey tenor sax Joe Tuba Keady sousaphone Jeremy Mushlin trumpet Ben Meyers trombone Yo! The Hungry March Band brass band is coming your way.Put the dancing shoes on and break out the fancy threads because we got a party goin on.! You want it? We got it! Eastern European Gypsy Brass Band, Bollywood Film Scores, Jamaican Ska, New Orleans Dixieland with spicy originals mixin up the Afro-Cuban, Middle Eastern, Hardcore beats all with the Brooklyn stylie. Now, with HMB Pleasure Society. Take a slice home with you, “On the Waterfront”, our latest release, dedicated to the hallowed grounds which wrought the tunes. Guaranteed to tickle your pickle and water those melons. BOOKING AND INFORMATION: JAPANESE CONTACT: Theresa Westerdahl • 917-676-8813 Atsushi Tsumura 183 South 8th St #3 • Brooklyn, NY 11211 917-562-9295 ASAMPLING OF HUNGRY MARCH BAND VENUES: LINCOLN CENTER OUT OF DOORS BQE DOG PARADE, BROOKLYN MUSEUM OF MODERN ART HAPPY BIRTHDAY HIDEOUT MADISON SQUARE GARDEN 42ND STREET PALACE OF VARIETY ASTONIA BOHEMIAN HALL AND BEER GARDEN BICYCLE FILM FESTIVAL TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL FEAST OF ST MADAGASCAR IRVING PLAZA THE HURTING PARTY THE KNITTING FACTORY BRIDAL RAMPAGE NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MANY HALLOWEEN LOFT PARTIES NEW YORK CITY MARATHON THANKSGIVING AT ALL SAINTS CHURCH, STATEN ISLAND FERRY SUNNYSIDE STEPS OF THE NYC POST OFFICE RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE BBQ EARTH CELEBRATIONS' RITES OF SPRING NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOLHOUSE HALLOWEEN PROCESSION PARADE NYC SUBWAYS SAVE THE FIREHOUSE ENGINE 212 PROTEST MARCH RED HOOK ARTS FESTIVAL ART OPENING @ BROOKLYN BREWERY UNITED NATIONS STAFF DAY DD DORVILLIER BENEFIT CONEY ISLAND MERMAID FESTIVAL MUMMER’S NEW YEAR’S, PHILADELPHIA PA BRIGHTON BEACH BOARDWALK ROOFTOP JULY 4TH CELEBRATIONS, GREENPOINT TOM WAITS FESTIVAL BROOKLYN FRYING PAN, HUDSON RIVER PIERS BROOKLYN BREWERY STREET FAIR 2ND LINE W/REBIRTH BRASS BAND, TIMES SQUARE ROCK NIGHT PARADE, TOMPKINS SQUARE PARK MONITOR VS. MERRIMAC TEA SOCIAL TO CBGB’S CITY AND COUNTRY SCHOOLHOUSE FESTIVAL OF NOW, FAHNSTOCK STATE PARK, NY MILLENNIUM’S NEIGHBORHOOD WITH MARK ASHWILL MEMORIAL SERVICE, LES REVEREND BILLY BEER & SAUSAGE, POLISH NATIONAL HOME, CARDIOLOGIST CONVENTION IN DC BROOKLYN COMPLACENT, RANSOM CORP HMB FRIENDS & FAMILY PICNIC, BKLYN BLACKKAT WATERFRONT ABC NO RIO IMF/WORLD BANK DEMONSTRATIONS, CBGB’S GALLERY WASHINGTON DC BINDLESTIFF FAMILY CIRCUS TWIST-A-THON, TIMES SQUARE NYC GREENWICH VILLAGE HALLOWEEN PARADE DIRECT ACTION NETWORK BENEFIT NEIGHBORS AGAINST GARBAGE COMMUNITY YELLOW PARTY, F-TRAIN TO CONEY ISLAND RALLY ORANGE PARTY, RED PARTY, BLUE PARTY METROPOLITAN TRANSIT AUTHORITY; (SUBWAY EVENTS) MUSIC UNDER NEW YORK MIRH BOUNCY FLOOR EVENT GIG, BROOKLYN "CAIN" – A PLAY ABOUT THE BALKANS PSEUDO.COM DECADENCE MILLENNIUM ST PATRICK’S DAY GAY PRIDE, SUNNYSIDE (W/ 1 NUDE SET) K-M ART AT ASTOR PLACE WAREHOUSE ART SHOW, PHILADELPHIA PA SOCRATES SCULPTURE PARK MILLION MARIJUANA MARCH, NYC VILLAGE VOICE SIREN FESTIVAL, CONEY ISLAND DADA FILM FESTIVAL, WILLIAMSBURG BROOKLYN PS I RECLAIM THE STREETS – NYC RUBULAD PARTIES NYC GRADE SCHOOL ASSEMBLY CHARAS COMMUNITY CENTER HELL NITE W/FIRE SOCCER,LES – LUDLOW ST. NYC WFMU BURNING MAN LINGERIE PARTY, BROOKLYN NY CYCLONE/ASTROLAND DAY, CONEY ISLAND DAY OF DEAD MARCH, COLLECTIVE UNCONSCIOUS Many Weddings, and so so many more.....
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