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Genre: Rock
Location BROOKLYN, New York, US
Profile Views: 68327
Last Login: 11/20/2011
Member Since 5/30/2006
Website TheGang.us
Record Label Absolutely Kosher
Type of Label Indie
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.... .. .. .. .. .. .... If my memory serves me correctly it all started shortly after Y2K. The world was still rolling in all of it's fist pumping- roof raising euphoria upon the realization that their God was a merciful one--that the world hadn't ended because of a very important number that they themselves had created. Time had come and gone..... Actually it was before that... The foundation had been laid years prior from the basements and garages of Bloomfield and North Caldwell to the bedrooms and backyards of Montclair and the Jersey Shore converging on a Prep school in West Orange, New Jersey. Our school's motto was "Hazard Zet Forward" which roughly translates to --" Whatever things and stuff get all up in your grill--Keep going." So we did... Then as things do happen the same crew of us wound up together again in a Brooklyn neighborhood some time later. Bands had come and gone. Rich Bonner along with Hatch McCarthy, Cousin Mike Roszhart and myself started a band called The Coliseum. We played mostly Brooklyn and East village shows with Brownies becoming a second home and an occasional jaunt to a tri-state college campus to open for the Lapse usually. Recording sessions took place in SIR studios in New York on stolen time in a room that lay between Paul Simon and either Julio or Enrique Iglesias practice sessions. Our engineer fell off the face of the earth and with him went some of the vital materials to finish the project. "...Hazard Zet Forward...Hazard Zet Forward...all up in our grill...All up in our grill....".. Time had flown and we found ourselves inbetween apartments eventually ending up in the Ironbound section of Newark New Jersey living in a 10,000 sq.ft. "loft" on the top floor of a recently "converted" factory. Newark is a long tall tale. Too much for now. But it essentially forged an integral piece of an identity that helped lead us to where we are at today. When you went to sleep it was to people playing music--when you awoke it was the same. 10,000 sq.ft with 18 ft ceilings of Bicycle jousts, "street" hockey and riffs and beats abound. Three bands living in the space with a song constantly being sung trying to find it's way. Ultimately getting us out of our own ways-- it was just what we did. Newark is where we began fleshing out the material for "Zero Hits" then Iceland smiled upon us with one of her many stolen treasures in Eva Johannesdottir ..boards and a core was founded. Hatch was south bound and Mike was in and out and in...... Back to Brooklyn......... Many a friend worked hard at making this album and the live performances happen. There was a revolving door of musicians rolling thru our Fort Greene apartment ..The core of the band has always been myself ( Gary Keating ), Rich Bonner and Eva Johannesdottir with different drummers lending themselves to push the songs from where they were to where they could be. The live show going from Danny Leo to Pat Brennan to presently cousin Mike on drums...All of whom had a very heavy hand in the making of the album. The majority of "Zero Hits" was written and recorded in that Fort Greene apartment but would have never made it there without the Bedrock of the early sessions recorded by Chris and Danny Leo in their Bloomfield basement then onto Danny's Brooklyn studio "Wild Frontier". The importance of these sessions is immeasurable and the particular quality with which they were approached and executed possessing an intangible value that inspired us to see the project thru. Overall we were searching for a spirit and it was only until we stopped looking and just played that I'd like to think that it found us. It is difficult for me to speak about this album and all of the friends that made it a reality without feeling a sense of uncomfortable self importance.....Bullshitting. Steven Wright said it best as he always does when he said..." I was talking to myself the other day and though I was polite and cordial I could tell that I was lying.".. As simply as it could possibly be put--we love doing what we do which is playing music for people. We are just trying to lend form to a feeling. Make a contribution. Get it out of us and our living rooms, cars and walkmen and into yours......... So we started a band.... We are The Gang....You are the reason. ............ ....Myspace Layouts.. at Pimp-My-Profile.com / ..BLack, bLuE & GreEN.. .. .... .. .. .. .. .. .... .. ............Myspace Layouts.. - ..Myspace Editor.. - ..Image Hosting.... ............Create your own visitor map!.... -
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3 Songs | Sep 21, 2008
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10 of 23MoreEVIL has a FACE and a NAME The!
"JACKSON'S LOVE - FOR THE LOVE OF A CHILD" - MY BRAND NEW CD - HAS JUST BEEN RECORDED - WATCH FOR IT SOON @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com
TODAY'S THOUGHT IS ABOUT MICHAEL MYERS ...
"I spent eight years trying to reach him and then another seven trying to keep him locked up because I realized that what was living behind that boy's eyes was purely and simply EVIL ...
You've got to believe me, Officer, he is coming to Haddonfield... Because I know him - I'm his doctor! You must be ready for him... If you don't, it's your funeral!"
~ Dr. Sam Loomis from the movie "HALLOWEEN"
IT'S HALLOWEEN ... I GUESS EVERYONE'S ENTITLED
TO ONE GOOD SCARE!
With LOVE, RESPECT, and PEACE my friend,
Richard
www.RichardHarrisLive.com
Please take a minute and give my music a listen!
MY ALBUM "LOVE'S SWEET SONG" HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR A WAMMIE AWARD AS JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR! LISTEN TO SOME SWEET SOUNDS - AVAILABLE @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com
Are you one of Romney's 47% The?
"JACKSON'S LOVE - FOR THE LOVE OF A CHILD" - MY BRAND NEW CD - HAS JUST BEEN RECORDED - WATCH FOR IT SOON @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com
TODAY'S THOUGHT IS ABOUT MITT ROMNEY'S 47% ...
"There are 47% of the people (over 141,000,000 people) who
will vote for the president no matter what. All right, there are 47%
who are with him, who are dependent upon GOVERNMENT,
who believe that they are VICTIMS, who believe the
government has a responsibility to CARE FOR THEM, who
believe that they are ENTITLED to HEALTH CARE, to FOOD, to
HOUSING, to YOU-NAME-IT. That that’s an entitlement. And the
government should give it to them. And they will vote for this
president no matter what…These are people who pay no income
tax…MY JOB IS NOT TO WORRY ABOUT THOSE PEOPLE. I’ll
never convince them they should take PERSONAL
RESPONSIBILITY and care for their lives."
~ Mitt Romney
HE DOESN'T OFTEN INSULT HALF THE AMERICAN PUBLIC, BUT WHEN HE DOES, HE CHARGES $50,000.00 A PLATE TO HEAR HIM.
With LOVE, RESPECT, and PEACE my friend,
Richard
www.RichardHarrisLive.com
Please take a minute and give my music a listen!
MY ALBUM "LOVE'S SWEET SONG" HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR A WAMMIE AWARD AS JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR! LISTEN TO SOME SWEET SOUNDS - AVAILABLE @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com
You Change Your LIFE By Changing Your HEART The!
"JACKSON'S LOVE - FOR THE LOVE OF A CHILD" - MY BRAND NEW CD - HAS JUST BEEN RECORDED - WATCH FOR IT @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com
TODAY'S THOUGHT IS ABOUT INSPIRATION ...
"Let me ASPIRE
to INSPIRE
before I EXPIRE."
CHANGE YOUR THOUGHTS AND YOU
CHANGE YOUR WORLD!
With LOVE, RESPECT, and PEACE my friend,
Richard
www.RichardHarrisLive.com
Please take a minute and give my music a listen!
MY ALBUM "LOVE'S SWEET SONG" HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR A WAMMIE AWARD AS JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR! LISTEN TO SOME SWEET SOUNDS - AVAILABLE @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com
An APPLE a Day Keeps the DOCTOR Away The!
I AM RECORDING A NEW ALBUM THIS SUMMER - WATCH FOR IT @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com
TODAY'S THOUGHT IS ABOUT OUR HEALTH ...
“The only way to KEEP YOUR HEALTH
is to EAT what you DON'T WANT,
DRINK what you DON'T LIKE,
and DO what you'd RATHER NOT.”
~ Mark Twain
HE WHO HAS HEALTH HAS HOPE ~
AND HE WHO HAS HOPE HAS EVERYTHING!
With LOVE, RESPECT, and PEACE my friend,
Richard
www.myspace.com/richardharrislive
Please take a minute and give my music a listen!
MY ALBUM "LOVE'S SWEET SONG" HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR A WAMMIE AWARD AS JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR! LISTEN TO SOME SWEET SOUNDS - AVAILABLE @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com
With LOVE, RESPECT, and PEACE my friend,
Richard
www.RichardHarrisLive.com
Please take a minute and give my music a listen!
MY ALBUM "LOVE'S SWEET SONG" HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR A WAMMIE AWARD AS JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR! LISTEN TO SOME SWEET SOUNDS - AVAILABLE @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com"
STAY YOUNG The!
I AM RECORDING A NEW ALBUM THIS SUMMER - WATCH FOR IT @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com
TODAY'S THOUGHT IS ABOUT YOUTH ...
"Have you seen the new BOSS?
This time, the company's YOUTH MOVEMENT
has gone TOO DARN FAR!"
I'LL TELL YA HOW TO STAY YOUNG ~
HANG OUT WITH OLDER PEOPLE!
With LOVE, RESPECT, and PEACE my friend,
Richard
www.RichardHarrisLive.com
Please take a minute and give my music a listen!
MY ALBUM "LOVE'S SWEET SONG" HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR A WAMMIE AWARD AS JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR! LISTEN TO SOME SWEET SOUNDS - AVAILABLE @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com
LOVE is all you need The!
TODAY'S THOUGHT IS ABOUT LOVE ...
"LOVE is LIFE.
And if you MISS LOVE,
you MISS LIFE."
~ Leo Buscaglia
LOVE IS THE BEAUTY OF THE SOUL!
With LOVE, RESPECT, and PEACE my friend,
Richard
www.RichardHarrisLive.com
Please take a minute and give my music a listen!
MY ALBUM "LOVE'S SWEET SONG" HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR A WAMMIE AWARD AS JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR! LISTEN TO SOME SWEET SOUNDS - AVAILABLE @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com
NOBODY'S PERFECT The!
TODAY'S THOUGHT IS ABOUT PERFECTION ...
"I don't like these COLD, PRECISE, PERFECT PEOPLE
who, in order not to SPEAK WRONG, NEVER SPEAK
AT ALL, and in order not to DO WRONG, NEVER DO
ANYTHING."
~ Henry Ward Beecher
IMPERFECTIONS ARE PART OF BEING HUMAN.
EVEN PERFECT PEOPLE USE PENCILS WITH ERASERS!
With LOVE, RESPECT, and PEACE my friend,
Richard
www.myspace.com/richardharrislive
Please take a minute and give my music a listen!
MY ALBUM "LOVE'S SWEET SONG" HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR A WAMMIE AWARD AS JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR! LISTEN TO SOME SWEET SOUNDS - AVAILABLE @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com
Thank you for the friendship The Gang ! Peace from Sunny Detroit City ! http://www.facebook.com/spiritsofanotherday
una abbraccio alle rocce!!! ascoltate la nostra patchanka, SALUTE!!!!
MY ALBUM "LOVE'S SWEET SONG" HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR A WAMMIE AWARD AS JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR! LISTEN TO SOME SWEET SOUNDS - AVAILABLE @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com
Happy Valentine's Day The!
TODAY'S THOUGHT IS ABOUT VALENTINE'S DAY ...
"All you NEED IS LOVE.
But a LITTLE CHOCOLATE
now and then DOESN'T HURT."
~ Charles M. Schulz
WHAT THE WORLD REALLY NEEDS IS MORE LOVE
AND LESS PAPERWORK!
With LOVE, RESPECT, and PEACE my friend,
Richard
www.myspace.com/richardharrislive
Please give my music a listen!
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