What to expect when Forever Strange comes to your neck of the woods.
ROCK!
There’s something in it for everyone, if they have a pulse:
2000’s
All American Rejects-Move Along
American Hi-Fi - Flavor of the Weak
Blink 182 - Small Things
Blink 182 - What's My Age Again
Bowling for Soup - 1985
Bowling for Soup - Girl all the Bad Guys Want
Calling - Wherever You Will Go
Fountains of Wayne - Stacy's Mom
Godsmack-Whatever
Good Charlotte - Anthem
Goo Goo Dolls - Slide
Green Day - American Idiot
Jimmy Eat World - The Middle
Killers - Mr. Brightside
Lenny Kravitz - Are You Gonna Go My Way?
Lifehouse - You and Me
Lit - My Own Worst Enemy
Nickelback-Figured You Out
Puddle of Mudd - She Hates Me
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Dani California
Three Doors Down - Kryptonite
Weezer - Beverly Hills
90’s
Barenaked Ladies - One Week
Billy Joel - We Didn't Start the Fire
Black Crowes - Hard to Handle
Blur - Song 2
Bush - Machine Head
Counting Crows - Hanging Around
Counting Crows - Mr. Jones
Deep Blue Something-Breakfast at Tiffany's
Edwin McCain - I'll Be
EMF - Unbelievable
Eve 6 - Inside Out
Green Day - Basketcase
Green Day - Longview
Harvey Danger - Flagpole Sitta
James - Laid
Matchbox 20 - 3am
Marvelous 3-Freak of the Week
Metallica - Enter Sandman
South Park - Chocolate Salty Balls
Stone Temple Pilots - Plush
Stone Temple Pilots - Sex Type Thing
Sublime - Santaria
Sublime - What I Got
Sugar Ray - I Wanna Fly
Third Eye Blind - Semi-Charmed Life
Toadies - Possum Kingdom
Urge Overkill - Sister Havana
80’s
AC/DC - You Shook Me All Nite Long
Beastie Boys - Fight for Your Right to Party
Billy Idol - Dancing with Myself
Bryan Adams - Summer of 69
Clash - Should I Stay or Should I Go
Clash-Train In Vain
Cult - Love Removal Machine
Cure-Just Like Heaven
Greg Kihn-the Breakup Song
John Mellencamp - Jack and Diane
John Mellencamp - ROCK in the USA
Judas Priest-Living After Midnight
Lita Ford - Kiss Me Deadly
Modern English - Melt With You
Poison - Talk Dirty to Me
Poison - Every Rose Has It’s Thorn
Prince/Hindu Love Gods - Raspberry Beret
REM - End of the World
Rick Springfield - Jessie’s Girl
Romantics - What I Like About You
Rush - Limelight
Rush - Spirit of Radio
Tommy Tutone - 867-5309 (Jenny)
Vapors - Turning Japanese
Violent Femmes - Add It Up
Violent Femmes - Blister in the Sun
70’s
Aerosmith - Walk this Way
Aerosmith-Sweet Emotion
Black Sabbath-Paranoid
Blue Oyster Cult - Godzilla
Bruce Springsteen - Born To Run
BTO - Taking Care of Business
Cheap Trick - Surrender
Cheap Trick -I Want You To Want Me
Eric Clapton - Wonderful Tonight
Jimmy Buffet - Volcano
Kiss-Rock and Roll All Nite
Lynrd Skynrd - Sweet Home Alabama
Marshall Tucker Band - Can't You See
Queen - We Will Rock You
Ramones-I Wanna Be Sedated
Ramones-Blitzkreig Bop
Thin Lizzy-the Boys Are Back in Town
Tom Petty-American Girl
Sex Pistols-Anarchy in the UK
Sid Vicious-My Way
Schoolhouse Rock - Three
Steve Miller Band - Joker
Stevie Wonder - Superstitious
Van Halen -You Really Got Me
Van Halen - Ain’t Talkin Bout Love
Warren Zevon - Werwolves of London
Wild Cherry - Play that Funky Music
60’s
Beatles - Twist and Shout
Cream - Crossroads
Lou Reed - Take a Walk on the Wild Side
Monkees - Steppin’ Stone
Rolling Stones - Jumpin’ Jack Flash
Rolling Stones - Sympathy for the Devil
Rolling Stones - You Can't Always Get What You Want
Steppenwolf - Born to Be Wild
Tommy James - Mony Mony
Van Morrison - Brown Eyed Girl
Original Compositions
Forever Strange - Thank You
Forever Strange - Free Beer
Forever Strange - Luv U 4 Ur Mind
Forever Strange - Yin Yang
Movies
Hollywood churns out mostly total crap these days. Movies must be judged by how many bad cliches they DON'T contain. We need to see more movies that don't contain one or more of the following "unwritten rules of movies":
1) Whenever the hero pulls up in front of building on a crowded street, there's always a convenient parking place right in front of the door.
2) Whenever the hero is attacked by a group of Martial Arts experts, they will actually only attack him one at a time so he can kick all their butts.
3) Every bomb has a digital display counting down to the time when it's supposed to explode; but in the end it doesn't matter which wire you cut.
4) Every expert PHD Phyicist is a beautiful 22 year old blonde.
5) Every hero is a furiously fast typist, a master computer hacker, and never, ever uses a mouse.
There's gotta be more. E-mail us with your thoughts.
(Not necessarily a representative consensus of every member in Forever Strange) namely Mb, "hey I liked MI-3!"
Television
TV will rot your brain, dood!
(Again not necessarily a representative consensus of every member in Forever Strange) Mb likes TV, "well some anyway."
Books
I own two books, but I haven't colored both of them yet.
Forever Strange is a 4 piece rock/party band based in Central Pennsylvania; playing a variety of familiar tunes ranging from
60s classics to modern rock with a heavy dose of comic relief interrupted by brief moments of sobriety. Forever Strange
doesnt start and end with only the standard tunes or arrangements, but will surprise you with songs that other bands either
will not or cannot touch, and they make it look easy (with the help of other local musicians or whoever else might show up to
jump on stage and jam with them). Seamlessly juxtaposing unexpected medleys in a DJ-like fashion, Forever Strange will keep
the crowd dancing and having a good time all night long.
Schedule
November 10,2006 Carnahan's, New Cumberland
November 18,2006 Rumors, Enola
November 22,2006 Tubby's, Duncannon w Dingleberry Short
December 1,2006 Christino's, Columbia
December 8,2006 Westgate, York
January 5,2007 Carnahan's, New Cumberland
February 9,2007 Westgate, York
February 10,2007 Christino's, Columbia(cancelled)
February 16,2007 Chick's, Hummelstown
March 9,2007 Carnahan's, New Cumberland
March 23,2007 Snapper's, Mechanicsburg
March 30,2007 Westgate, York
March 31,2007 Bucknell University, Greek House Party Weekend
April 28,2007 Carnahan's, New Cumberland
May 18,2007 Carnahan's, New Cumberland
June 8,2007 Chick's, Hummelstown
September 21 and 22, 2007, DelMar Inn, Hagerstown, MD
November 16,2007 Chick's, Hummelstown
January 26,2008 Jackson's Junction (formerly Cedar lodge), Lewisberry,PA
June 7, 2008 Jackson's Junction(formerly Cedar Lodge), Lewisberry, Pa June 20, 2008 Tara's Station Harrisburg, Pa September 6,2008 Jackson's Junction (formerly Cedar Lodge) November 22, 2008 Jackson's Junction (formerly Cedar Lodge)
Name-David Ira Kaminski: An accomplished singer/songwriter, Dave played in several bands during the late 90s but spent the
early part of the millennium playing the Harrisburg/York area either acoustic solo or in the now infamous acoustic duo known
as Dave and Waldo. Dave is the leader and founding member of Forever Strange and has kept the band rolling through personnel
changes up to the current, and best 4.0 line-up.
Alias- Coyote Ugly
Special Interests-World Domination
What did you want to be when you grew up?- a dalmation
Favorite Albums-Jimmy Buffet "Feeding Frenzy" or "Far Side of the World", Pink Floyd "The Wall", Bowling For Soup "Hangover
You Don't Deserve", Billy Joel "All the Greatest Hits", Iron Maiden "Piece of Mind", Metallica "Master of Puppets, ACDC "Back
in Black", Forever Strange "Forever Strange"
Steve
Name-Steve Matthes: Playing the guitar like Eddie Van Halen but nowhere nearly as accomplished of a ballet dancer as Kip
Winger, Steve has played both guitar and bass in a number of Central PA bands over the past decade. A hopeless equipment
junkie, Steve has more guitars than sense (try to count how many different guitars Steve can be seen playing in the various
pics included in the scrolling marquee above - he even has a couple of Hamer Miller Beer guitars that occasionally make an
appearance).
Alias-Chris
Role in the Band-Feedback and more feedback
Special Interests-Macrame and Vodka
Musical Influences-the Banana Splits, Lindsay Lohan, the Sex Pistols
Favorite Albums-Anything by Cheap Trick, The Shazam, or The Cult
Favorite Books-The ones that you color in
Favorite Foods-Beer and North Carolina Q
Mike
Full Name(Held in high confidence due to witness relocation program): Mike is the rhythm and groove behind the machine. Hes
played in various bands around Central Pennsylvania and Maryland, including his most recent -a stint with the band Crave. Not
much else about Mike except that he's one hell of a drummer (and that means BOTH a power drummer AND a finesse drummer). Make
sure you keep your eyes on his stick twirling antics during one of our shows - hell pull it off without missing a beat.
Alias : Michael "I'm too cool to divulge my last name in public" B.
Role in Band : Visual timekeeper and miscellaneous noisemaker
Musical Influences : Jazz drummers: Steve Smith, Dave Weckl, Simon Phillips, etc...,Neil Peart from Rush, as well as Prince
and many more!
Extracurricular Activities : Skiing, biking, bowling, watching a good DVD on the bigscreen, reading, hangin with the felines
Zebra and Louie, aimless driving, staring into space, occasional bouts of genius.
Favorite Movies : The Party, most anything with Pacino, all the Bond flicks, Italian Job, Diehard, 2010, anything Star
Trek, Addicted to Love, Blame it on Rio, etc, etc, etc.........
Favorite Food : Sushi, hands DOWN!!
Ziggy
Full Name - Ziggy. That's all (cruel parents, you know)-Not only holding down the bass line and adding vocals, Ziggy is our newest member and he has massive gear (you know what they say, "big amp...).
Ziggy has been all over the PA and NJ scene for a while and we're happy to have him aboard.
Alias- The New Guy
Instrument(s)-4 and 5 string basses (lots of 'em-a kindred gear whore spirit to Steve). The biggest backline this side of the 70s.
Special Interests-Cat herding, shrimp farming and some things that are illegal even in Botswana.
Musical Influences: Danny Bonaduce. IS there really any other bass player?
Favorite Movies/TV shows: Ziggy's too busy for television.
Favorite Books: War and Peace (read in one sitting)
Hi Dave - great seeing you guys on the 6th and I am so sorry that I misplaced my camera. I could've had some awesome pics of the band. I promise to have it next time. Me & David absolutely loved the show - you so need to play more shows! I loved how everyone danced and had such a great time all night long. We follow my cousin's band and a couple of our friend's bands and we have never had so much fun. Thanks for a wonderful time. Hope you all are well and we will see you in Nov. Congratulations on the wedding - it was long awaited and well deserved - you and Melissa make such a beautiful couple! Tell her that I said hi!!! Chandra
Hey Dave K. - been forever since we chatted or I saw you guys and my hubby is really wanting to come to a show to hear you all for the first time. Hope you are well and maybe we'll see you next month. By the way - my husband is yet another Dave - gotta love the Daves - lol!!! Have a great weekend : ) Chandra
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