Bands we have shared the stage with: (in no particular order)
Nawat, Full Minute of Mercury, So Damn Thirsty, Welbilt, City Sleeps, Stillwell, Face to Glass, bob, Cobbler, The War Within, 33 West, The Speaks, Switch56, FUNKMNKYS, Everyone But Pete, Vitreous, Redshift, Voodoo Blue, Baba G’Nush, Crash Boom Bang, Kick in the Pants, Numa, Midnight Spaghetti, Hateful Bones, Humanroom, A Papier Mache Monster, The Pietasters, Moneypenny, Eddie Cain Irvin, Concrete Valley Band, Sematic, One Third Dork, 3StarKarma, Concrete Valley Band, Eddie Cain Irvin, My Favorite Highway, Starlit Eyes, Intifada, The Rulers, Elisium, Free Money, Saturn Down, Envy Insane, Four Barrel, Spilt, Permanent Ascent, MYSTR Treefrog, Echovalve, The Automatics, Felix Dias, Max Brooks Band, Temporary Basement, Timmy Got Tazer’d, Black Novella, Divided By Three, Dan D Fine, Dreaming of Eden, Pushstart, Broken Blue Centerlight, Trip Lizard, Rana Mansour, Soul Lip, Stupyd Cow, Fall Away, Against the Current, More than Conquerors, Two Headed Penny, 7 Days Torn, Soul Intension, Anamide, Supine, Time Tells All, The Device, Calamity Menagerie, Ness, Left Handed Thieves, Random Access, The TrustFall, Chip Greene, Presto Change-O, Self-Titled, Shade of Blue, Waiting For Yesterday, A Farewell Mercy, 3 Finger Salute, Untold, As Angels Weep, Displaced, Boxcar Collision, Madison Apart, Hence Reverie, Who Cares, Afro Sheen Explosion, philthisjam, Spin, Run Silent, Run Deep, Gone By June, Maim, For the Taking, Haddonfield, Giving Chase, The Reign, Odd Girl Out, Psychic Twin, Headstraight, Cadillac Rock Box, Sister Darkness, Waiting Til Tomorrow, Jinxed at Twelve, 165 1/2, Street Legal, The Palominoes, A Moment Behind, Red Right Return, The Dataminers, The Two of You in Red, Since April, Mama Cesta, Good for Nothing, Judgement, Hot Young Tang, ChaotiKa, Marsha Bradee, The Organ, Ol’Scratch, King Giant, Admiral Browning, Sugoi, Static Void, Idle Ride, September Falling, DNA, Stendhal, Omega Drive, & Eleanor.
Venues and Festivals we have played at:
Laughing Lizard Lounge, T.T. Reynold’s, Jammin Java, Dr. Dremo’s, The Fillmore (Philadelphia), Firehouse Grill, KC’s Music Alley, The Clubhouse, Rock and Roll Hotel, PJ Skidoo’s, DC9, Krugs Place, Velvet Lounge, Chevy’s Nightclub, Auld Shebeen, Jaxx, Fat Tuesday’s, Ned Devines, Blue Iguana, Mackey’s, Molly’s Irish Pub, Club 14:40, Brass Monkey, The Space, Old Town Theater, Costello Park, The Rhodeside Grill, Club East Coast, Signal Hill Park, The Barefoot Pelican, Grog and Tankard, Firestation 8, Buffalo Wing University, George Mason University, Spaghettifest 4 & 5, Throwdown 2006 & 2007, Burke Centre Festival, Celebrate Fairfax, & the H20 Car Show.
Influences
the offspring, nirvana, stp, soundgarden, green day, tool, foo fighters, queens of the stone age, weezer, red hot chili peppers, staind, smashing pumpkins, rage against the machine, jimmie's chicken shack, social distortion, meat puppets, finch, system of a down, story of the year, the used, incubus, 311, primus, silverchair, audioslave, eve 6, the toadies, bloodhound gang, sublime, radiohead, our lady peace, better than ezra, bush, cake, ect....
Formed in the Fall of 2004, Fistful of Fifties has been rocking the Northern VA, DC and Maryland area with their familiar but unique sound. Their high energy songs have been influenced by 90’s alternative rock bands such as Nirvana, Cake, Staind and the Smashing Pumpkins.
Joe Achtzener (bass), Matt Matis (vocals/guitar), Josh Pearson (drums) and David Saylor (guitar/vocals) combine catchy lyrics, melodic vocals, killer guitar solos, mind blowing bass licks and monster drumming to create what has been deemed “the up-and-coming sound of what has come to be expected in the clubs of Arlington and Fairfax counties” (Burke Connection, November 2006). Having played the metro area consistently for the past two years, Fistful of Fifties have become regulars at such venues as Laughing Lizard Lounge and TT Reynold’s while also gaining recognition as Fire Station 8’s Band of the Month for October 2006 and Cue-la-palooza 2005’s Battle of the Bands winner. Fistful of Fifties have been featured in the Washington Post’s Fairfax Extra and gained local notoriety through air play on Locals Only Radio and a recent spot on DC101’s Local Lix (Clear Channel Broadcasting).
In the summer of 2006, Fistful of Fifties released their first self-titled EP, recorded at Nothing But Noise Studios. Not a band to let their influences put a strong hold on their music, Fistful of Fifties are continuously writing new songs ranging from the occasional softer ballad to hard rock, allowing enough diversity for their on stage antics to reach every type of fan.
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Hey BOYZZZZZ- I miss ya and will have to hawl my ass out soon- yup-yup. Mr. Mater doesnt know how to call his butt-bud any more- I will have to give him a rufies and make him do nasty things to me- But Im not free-just my personality-lol lol lol, love ya guys- Beer soon- BLUE MOON
Listen to more FOF, I don't know if that's possible. 6 CDs of FoF in the disk changer. All da songs are on my Ipod. Man I live it 24/7. Excellent job at the firehouse last night. Can't wait till next time.
