BOOKING
Nathan Wickham
White Elephant Talent Agency
Affiliate of Fat Panda Records booking@TheGoodThings.com
PRESS
David Murray
Instant Karma PR
Affiliate of Fat Panda Records pr@TheGoodThings.com
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Influences
The Beatles, Dr. Dog, Bob Dylan, Joe Cocker, The Beach Boys, Sam and Dave, George Harrison, Kings of Leon, The Black Keys, A Band of Bees, The Blue Van, Curtis Mayfield, Delta Spirit, War, The Kinks, Neil Young, Van Morrison
After sneaking onto the local Detroit music scene in 2005 and spending a couple of years playing the dingiest garage-rock in even dingier bars with his band The Red Rocks, Ryan Cox split and started The Good Things. Originally featuring John Morales (Ten Mile Tide) on drums and local friend Steven Decker on bass, they found themselves a comfortable groove in the indie-rock boom with a bit of a vintage take on things. Despite overwhelmingly positive press and a dedicated following, the group fell victim to circumstance and disbanded in late 2008.
After months of procrastination and a few days of intoxication, Cox has revived and re-engineered The Good Things. Inspired by John Lennon’s famous “Tuba” quote, he’s using whatever he can get his hands on to make his good things. “I don’t know how to play the piano, but I love the way it sounds. So I went and bought a piano and starting writing with it until things began to sound less and less awful. But it’s more than that,” he continues. “I used to criticize people who used loops and digital effects and really anything that came out after the 70s; it was the height of my indie-pretentiousness. But now pretty much everything’s fair game. If I can find something that sounds good, I don’t care where it comes from or where it’s been.”
Teaming up with Fat Panda Records, The Good Things will be releasing a free single in Fall 2009. “The plan is to make this the first in a series of free music. I want to get The Good Things' name out there again and turn some new people on and give the old crowd something new to listen to... finally. Hopefully it will translate into dedicated fans who stick around when we do start selling things, I mean I’ll have to pay my bills eventually, but it seems like a good place to start. Who’s going to say no to free music?”
Friday October 30th - Doors 7:30pm @ The Appalachian Brewing Company on Cameron St in Harrisburg, PA
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FREE BEERS - Sideshow Oddities - Portfolios from area's TOP tattoo artists - SUICIDE GIRLS - Costume Contest and Gift Cert Prizes - DJ's The Thing with Two Heads..
Prices: $12 prepay, $15 at the door
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ONLY $6 with ANY piercing or tattoo for the month of October ..
The Good Things will be featured on this weekend’s episode (3/20-3/22) of Undiscovered-
Listen on: KBRE in Merced, California; WOSC in Salisbury, Maryland; WHBR in Parkersburg, West Virginia; WAMX in Huntington/Ashland, West Virginia; WAQX in Syracuse, New York; and WTFX in Louisville, Kentucky Four of our affiliates stream their signal on-line so you can hear the show from anywhere (links on our website)
Undiscovered- we bring Indie music to broadcast radio!
The Good Things are back on this weekend’s episode (9/12- 9/14) of Undiscovered!
Listen on: KBRE in Merced, California; WOSC in Salisbury, Maryland; WEGW in Wheeling, West Virginia; WHBR in Parkersburg, West Virginia; WAMX in Huntington/Ashland, West Virginia; WAQX in Syracuse, New York; and WTFX in Louisville, Kentucky Four of our affiliates stream their signal on-line so you can hear the show from anywhere! (links on our website)
Undiscovered- we bring Indie music to broadcast radio!
Ahhhh...You guys ROCK!!! The kids & I were just listenin' to ya on the way home from School & wishing we could have you at the shop again. I know we're off your beaten path from Gettysburg to York but you're more than welcome to crash in Waynesboro for the night if you need a FREE place to stay...the Polack household always has an open door, could be that it's broken~ha! ha! We'd love to have you do an afternoon jam again...Anyway, great to see that you've decided to keep playing, keep up the awesome tunes!!! Best of luck ALWAYS ~ Kimmie, John, Devynn, Nik & Jules
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