Protest Hill is the solo project of RFK Heise of System and Station. With 6 months off from S&S RFK had a bunch of songs on the dark mellow side so with out anytime to waste he headed into the studio. He recorded 11 songs wiht Larry Crane (Elliot Smith, Sleater-Kinney, Pavement, Tape OP)at Jackpot! where RFK played Drums, Bass, Guitar, Keys, percussion and synth with extras from Seth Larson ..s and percussion. The album has yet to be released but here you can get a glimpse of the record.
RFK Heise has been the singer/songwriter of System and Station for 9 years and the only mainstay as players have rotated over the years. They have released 6 albums done over 16 national tours played numerous festivals including cmj- 1999,2001,2004, NWMF, PDX Popfest, Kansas City Spirit fest and many others. Shared the stage with bands such as - Modest Mouse, Built to Spill, PW Long, Alex Chilton, Meat Puppets, Shiner, The Up On In, The White Stripes, Marky Ramone and a whole lot more.
Protest Hill is alot different from System and Station's previous prog rock methods and falls more in a pop catagory. These are not your average pop tunes by any means though. The songs are simply structured yet infectiously melodic. Enjoyrealeditorbest profile toolsrealeditorbest profile tools
We're playing a great show with The Joe McMurrian Quartet (now Woodbrain) and Eggplant this Thursday. It's a super solid evening of rocking roots music dripping in blues and jazz. Hope to see you there! ~~C
Thursday, April 9th : 10 pm : 21+ : $4
Kelly's Olympian 426 SW Washington St Portland, OR 97204
We have 2 great shows coming up. Hope you can make it out! ~~Thanks. C ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Friday, Feb. 6th - FREE! The Twilight Room - 5242 N. Lombard 3 Full sets of Pan-ian goodness! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Friday, Feb. 13th - FREE! The Kenton Club - 2025 N Kilpatrick St. with Lucky Tigers and Right On John ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
We're playing an EARLY show this FRIDAY @ The Know with Bumtech and No Go Know! We plan to start @ 8pm so be there on time! The Know is at: 2026 NE Alberta in Portland. Hope to see you there! ~~C
Ive been working on this track that has a sound kind of like the cure. Let me get your email and i will send you the mp3 so you can check it out. maybe you can do somethign with it.
Yo Ryan, Happy New Year hope to talk to you soon. Its been a long time. Your still one of the most talented people I know. Im still waiting to see you on MTV....
sad sad day. i leave for PDX or wednesday. which means im going to miss the best show pendleton is going to put on. you. kiestagato, and southerly. have a grand time. see you next time.
Cheers for the add...System rocked all the way to the end (remembering the first time I saw em at 15th st denver).
New stuff is even faster...Hope to play a show with you guys.
