Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Classic Rock, Pinball, Foosball, Concerts, Beer, NJ Devils, Tampa Bay Bucs, NY Jets, Video Games, indy car racing , dirt track modified racing .
Music
Heavy Metal, Hard Rock, Classic Rock. Just a small sample: Obituary, Deicide, Cannibal Corpse, Morbid Angel, Amon Amarth, Darkane, Emperor, Children of Bodom, Kreator, Vader Sabbath, YES, Zep, Floyd, Judas Priest, Slayer, Iron Maiden, Lamb of God, Hammerfall, Doro, Fear Factory, Soilwork, In Flames, Elvis, Katatonia, Dimmu Borgir, Immolation, Imortal...etc
Week 12 Battle
Darkest Hour vs Bleeding Through
Danzig vs A Perfect Circle
Terror vs God Forbid
Deicide vs Overkill
Agnostic Front vs Voivod
System of a Down vs Faith No More
Pantera vs Trivium
The Misfits vs Celtic Frost
Dream Theater vs Amorphis
Dio vs Dragonforce
The current Rock Fantasy was opened two doors down from the original, at 79 west Main Street on November 5th 1985. After several years on the county fair and flea market circuit selling rock concert t-shirts and the ill fated Rock N Roll Fantasy on route 211 in 1979. I decided to open a store selling hard to find at the time LP's by bands like Metallica, Slayer, Venom, Exodus, Iron Maiden, ect. I wanted a store that would be close to home so music lovers wouldn't have to drive hours to find these underground bands. I opened up the store with about 2 grand and the blessing of my parents. The first couple of months were rocky but as the word of mouth grew the customers started coming in to buy LP's, Shirts, Pins, Posters, back patches, and other rock merchandise.
Soon we were having bands in signing autographs, and things were taking off.
In the late 1980’s we branched in to comics, it was short lived though and I almost put the place under as my knowledge of comic books was very limited. So in 1990 we dumped the comics and I hired a friend I met through Metal Blade Records (Kara Sprague). Her and I turned the place around, once again concentrating on the music.
In the early 90s I moved the store to 75 West Main Street because we needed a larger location. Over the years along with the metal merchandise I was always trying something different. Comics, slot car racing, pinball, and currently wrestling merchandise are just some of the things we have sold over the years. We have had a lot of notable bands stop by; Alice in Chains, Morbid Angel, Kreator, Exodus, Death Angel, Forbidden, Bang Tango, Sepultura, Nuclear Assault, Scatterbrain, Sick of it All, Skid Row, and Overkill just to name a few. Unfortunately due to no local venues in the last several years it has been quite hard to have the bands in.
We also been having Pro Wrestlers come in to sign autographs and take photos with the fans. Luna Vachon, King Kong Bundy, AFA, Gangrel, The Sandman, Raven, Stevie Richards, Lance Storm, William Regal, Al Snow, Jerry Lynn, Axl Rotten, Justin Credible, Tony Devito, Abdullah the Butcher, Jake "The Snake" Roberts, Iron Shiek, La Parka, Crowbar, Kimona Wannlaya, Dawn Marie, Tommy Dreamer, Super Nova, Jim the Anvil, Slyck Wagner Brown, April Hunter, Kamala, Test, Kip James, BG James and many others.
In the last few years our Hardcore/Punk section has thrived with the help of my former employee Vista who I give credit for helping build it up. We have also sold demos of numerous local bands and employed many of their members such as Bent Sirkis, Morpheus Descends, Sister Moon, Inner Dam, Fear Within, Poor Excuse, Militia, Deranged, and countless others.
Well here I am in 2006, wow time has flown by we are still selling Rock and Roll merchandise. We now sell adult videos, along with the TNA and WWE merchandise, EMO, Hardcore, Metal, and Video Games. In the summer of 2006, I sold off a few of the pinball machines that were in the store to make room for some renovations. The end result has been a lot more space for merchandise, almost doubling the size of the back room. Plus lots more space for DVDs and T-Shirts.
Upcoming shows: August 9th @ The Nyack Center 58 Depew Ave Nyack NY 10960, with BIG D AND THE KIDS TABLE, THE NUMBER 12 LOOKS LIKE YOU, KISS KISS, CRASH ROMEO, Amory, Chewing Pics, Ciano, Codename: Morocco, Don't Panic, Hope It Dies, Looking Glass Wars, N.A.S.H., Pinion, Pushing Mongo, Sir Duncan & The Prix, The Naked Citizens, The Picture Revival, Time For Plan B, +2 TBA We Still have a few tickets left, please get in touch. Hit us up with a myspace message and we can either meet up with you or you can paypal us $20 and we'll mail the tickets to your house at no extra charge. We're putting a ton of effort into making this set our best so please come out for this special show.
August 22 @ Backstreet 545 Western Hwy Blauvelt, New York 10913, With our good friends DAYS OF WAR and TINY MACHINES! Shows starts at 9 or 10 pm.
September 5th @ Parkside Tavern 9 W Central Ave , Pearl River, NY 10965, Acts To Be announced.
We are almost finished wrapping up our debut cd E.P. 'Rise From Nothing' and we thank you for your continued support. Please keep checking back on our page for updates on when you can get your hands on a copy of our cd, which will also be available on Itunes.
APATHY Showdates: May 17th - The Blue Room, Seacaucus NJ MAY 28TH - LZ Bar & Grill, Yuma AZ MAY 30TH - PHASE 54, TEMPE AZ JUNE 21ST - Monroe NY JUNE 27TH - Starland Ballroom, Sayreville NJ
So if any of you are around, or crossing the pond, we'd love ta' see ya! APATHY
APATHY To appear on local cable Television show Tuesday night April, 29th 2008
Port Jervis, NY…..Check your local listings for (Tuesday Night Rocks) If you are not in the area, you may view it via Tuesday night rocks website. Call-ins are welcomed!
Come head down to Shadows on the Hudson tonight on Rinaldi Blvd in Poughkeepsie for Guitar Hero III hosted by Scotty from WPDH. Battle your friends or play solo on their 14 foot High-Definition TV.
What's up Steve? Are you going to any of the Opeth shows in New York (in May)? It's with Dream Theater and Between The Buried and Me, but I'm sure you're already aware...
The Heavens To Mergitroid REUNION SHOW is THIS SATURDAY March 29th 2008 We will be playing with our Very Good Friends (and drummers current band) The Gentling as well as our buddies
