THERE

“BOSTONS HIGHEST OCTANE ROCK N’ ROLL” - WAAF
JANUARY 1996: RELEASED FIRST PROMOTIONAL DEMO
“BOSTONS BEST KEPT SECRET” - WZBC
1996-1997: BEGAN TOURING NEW ENGLAND AND NEW YORK
“THE SOLID ROCK RIFFAGE OF ZEPPELIN & SABBATH,
THERE SHOULD BE AVAILABLE ON 8-TRACK & MIXED IN QUADRAPHONIC SOUND”
THE PHILADELPHIA CITY PAPER
AUGUST 1997: INDEPENDENTLY RELEASED SELF TITLED FULL LENGTH ALBUM
“THERE IS EXACTLY THE KIND OF PRIMAL THROWBACK EVERY CITY NEEDS...
SOUTHERN-TINGED BOOGIE-METAL PLAYED GOOD AND HARD”
THE NOISE AROUND BOSTON
THROUGHOUT 1998: TOURED THE NORTHEASTERN U.S.
AUGUST 1998: INDEPENDENTLY RELEASED PROMOTIONAL EP “DOWNSTAIRS”
NOVEMBER 1998: FEATURED ON POLTERCHRIST RECORDS COMILATION
“MORE RIFF ROCK THAN YOU CAN SHAKE A DIME BAG AT”
N.E. PERFORMER
NOVEMBER 1999: INDEPENDENTLY RELEASED
SECOND FULL LENGTH ALBUM “THERE II”
A REFRESHING BLAST FROM THE PAST... IT BRINGS YOU BACK
TO THE GOOD OLD DAYS OF ROCK N’ ROLL... BLISTERINGLY GOOD!”
METRONOME
“RIDICULOUSLY SPIRITED AND CATCHY POWER CHORD DRENCHED SONGS...
THEY DO IT WITH MORE GRACE AND FEEL THAN MOST.”
THE BOSTON GLOBE
WINTER 1999-2000: TOURED THROUGHOUT THE U.S. EAST COAST
MAY 2000: INVITED TO PERFORM AT WBCN ROCK N’ ROLL RUMBLE
“A SOUND THAT IS EXTREMELY FRESH, ORIGINAL AND SINCERE”
THE NOISE
OCTOBER 2000: INDEPENDENTLY RELEASED PROMOTIONAL EP “MOTORCHILD”
“THERE BRINGS THE ARENA BACK TO ROCK” -WBCN
NOVEMBER 2000: TOURED THROUGHOUT THE MIDWESTERN AND SOUTHEASTERN U.S.
“LOTS OF AURAL PYROTECHNICS, HEAVY CYMBAL-DRUM COMBINATIONS,
THICK SUPPORTING BASS AND A FULL MELODIC VOICE...”
N.E. PERFORMER
JUNE 2001: INDEPENDENTLY PRODUCED AND RELEASED THIRD FULL LENGTH ALBUM “THERE III”
“THERE EPITOMIZES GOOD TIME ROCK N’ ROLL...
IF YOU CONSIDER YOURSELF A ROCK FAN SUPPORT THIS BAND”
INSTANT MAGAZINE
FALL 2001- SUMMER 2002: TOURED THROUGHOUT THE EASTERN AND MIDWESTERN U.S.
SUMMER 2003: ANNOUNCE INDEPENDANT RELEASE OF LIVE ALBUM “WE ARE”
“BY THE MOST EXTREME NOT-FUCKING-AROUND STANDARDS, THESE GUYS ARE NOT FUCKING AROUND! THEY’VE GOT BIG, BELLIGERENT BRONTOSAURUS BALLS, & THEY TRULY ENJOY SWINGIN’ ‘EM IN YOUR FACE”
THE NOISE

THERE FULL BIOGRAPHY
OVER TEN YEARS OF NON-STOP ROCK

In October 1989 Boston caught it’s first glimpse of the symbol that is THERE, but the mystery of the band behind this image only gradually became revealed. N.E. Performer - “You’ve seen the bilateral symbol every where... An unusual headpiece? An elaborate hood ornament? An ancient Babylonian fertility symbol, perhaps? Look closely enough and you can see all the letters of THERE in it...”.

Over the following years rock n’ rollers Vic Dobson, Jake Hamilton, and Andrew Shadrawy experimented with the fusion of sounds which they believed to be the essential ingredients for their rock. Inspired by such artists as Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath, they melded blues basics, intense grinding metal, dark jazzy psychedelia, and modern creativity, then expressed this mix through a fierce Gibson SG, a raspy Rickenbacker bass, and a thickly melodic, yet coarse and charismatic voice.

In October 1995 the power trio emerged from their sonic metamorphosis as THERE and put out a 5-song self titled demo cassette loaded with super heavy guitar-laden jam-rock-metal, and the group began booking and playing gigs around the Boston area. Having developed a variety of rock not easily labeled they called their new brand of music “Thoroughbred Rock N’ Roll”. Shortly thereafter they were dubbed “Bostons best kept secret” by WZBC.

THERE released their self titled debut full length album in August of 1997 on their own label, Say Jim?! Records [Recorded at Cold Room Studio, Engineered by Y. Mike, Mastered by Andrew Murdock]. “...guitar heavy riffs with lots of aural pyrotechnics, heavy cymbal-drum combinations, thick supporting bass and a full melodic voice...” - N.E. Performer Practically a modern hard rock concept album, the listener is taken on an intergalactic journey on an over 70 min. dose of THERE’s first wave of music. Song by song you travel through a range of styles from the rusty hard rock of Sovereign and Games to the funkier grooves of Dominudin. “...a refreshing blast from the past...THERE brings you back to the good old days of rock n’ roll...” - Metronome Topics range from drugs to politics to science fiction. “The songs are stories and are either thirty seconds or up to fourteen minutes long.” - Instant The eclectic album received a warm welcome in Boston and some regular rotation on college and commercial radio in the New England area. In turn, THERE expanded their gigs around New England and into New York.

Touring constantly throughout 1998 they even toned things down a bit to play a monthly gig in the Corner at the Middle East in Cambridge, MA. One result of this was the release of their cassette EP Downstairs [Recorded live on the downstairs stage at the Middle East with Andrew Donhieser, Mastered by Andrew Murdock] which