Headliner Ron Gallo:
I SAT IN VANS A LOT THIS PAST YEAR BECAUSE AT ONE POINT IN TIME I WAS FRUSTRATED WITH HUMANITY (BUT REALLY MYSELF) AND FROM THAT CAME AN ALBUM CALLED “HEAVY META”. APPARENTLY THE SENTIMENT RESONATED MORE WITH PEOPLE IN 2016 THEN WHEN I WROTE THOSE SONGS IN MY APARTMENT IN PHILADELPHIA IN 3-4 YEARS BEFORE THAT (PROBABLY BECAUSE THE CURRENT POLITICAL AND SOCIAL CLIMATE) SO SUDDENLY THAT DARKNESS TURNED INTO DOING A LOT OF STUFF I ALWAYS WANTED TO DO BUT NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD OR COULD – LIKE TRAVEL AROUND WITH MY FRIENDS, JOE BISIRRI (BASS) AND DYLAN SEVEY (DRUMS) AND PLAY SHOWS FOR PEOPLE WITH BANDS WE LOVE IN PLACES ALL OVER THE WORLD: NAKED GIANTS, WHITE REAPER, THE BLACK ANGELS, TWIN PEAKS, THEE OH SEES, HURRAY FOR THE RIFF RAFF TO NAME A FEW.
“WRITE WHAT YOU KNOW!” THEY SAY.
Opener: Ona
ONA IS AND INDIE-ROCK BAND COMPRISED OF LONGTIME FRIENDS BRAD GOODALL (KEYS), BRADLEY JENKINS (VOCALS/GUITAR), ZACH JOHNSTON (BASS), MAX NOLTE (DRUMS), AND ZACK OWENS (GUITAR).
THE BAND FORMED IN LATE 2013 AND ARE BASED IN HUNTINGTON, WV. ONA’S DEBUT RECORD ‘AMERICAN FICTION’ REACHED CRITICAL SUCCESS APPEARING ON NPR BEST OF LISTS, SIRIUS RADIO AIRPLAY, AND A SPOT ON NATIONALLY SYNDICATED RADIO PROGRAM MOUNTAIN STAGE.