Music
Press
----- - Tad Dickens, music editor for The Roanoke Times
----- - Urbancode Magazine and Filter contributor Danny Fasold in Wonkavision Magazine
----- - novelist and Spin writer Darcey Steinke, on The New York Times website
----- - Mike Hudson, journalist and contributor to The Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, and New York Time
----- - Johnny Puke, iconic Charleston, SC punk promoter
----- - Deral Fenderson, elder statesman at WUVT 90.7 FM in Blacksburg, VA
----- - Patrick Wall, music editor for The Columbia Free Times in Columbia, SC
----- - Creg Lovett, contributor to Space City Rock and Public News in Houston, TX
----- - Josh Smith, host of The Columbia Beet on WUSC 90.5 FM in Columbia, SC
----- - Dave Brenneman, engineer for Real Recording Studio in NYC
Discography
"More Than A Dozen Songs" by Doug Cheatwood - O.U.C.H. 2007
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Bio
The Bastards of Fate ...
- are from Roanoke, VA
- toured twice with The Dead Milkmen's Joe Jack Talcum
- had all of their equipment destroyed in a warehouse fire on January 3rd, 2008, and only cancelled one of many scheduled performances during the next few months (donations and benefits organized on the band's behalf by other musicians, local businesses and WROV raised thousands of dollars to help the band recover)
- shared billing with Captured! By Robots, The Chinese Stars, The Physics of Meaning, The Emotron, Dynamite Club, The Old Ceremony and SNMNMNM, among others
- played nearly 100 shows since forming in 2006
- have a strong following in Southwest Virginia and a growing following throughout Virginia, DC, and the Carolinas
- played shows in New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington DC, Richmond, Chapel Hill, Atlanta, New Orleans, Providence, Austin, Orlando, Nashville, Chattanooga, Birmingham and Charleston
- booked venues such as The Milestone Club in Charlotte, Cake Shop in NYC, Sidebar Tavern in Baltimore, Velvet Lounge in DC, Blend in Chapel Hill, Soapbox in Wilmington, and Village Tavern in Charleston
- sold several hundred copies of Doug Cheatwood's "More Than A Dozen Songs" since its release in the summer of 2007
- contributed to MC Frontalot's album "Secrets From The Future" (which recently went gold)
- have been featured on The New York Times website, in Wonkavision Magazine, and on multiple occasions in The Roanoke Times (average readership 310,000) and on Virginia Tech's WUVT
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