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the high strung
Showtunes / Italian pop / 2-step

"bite off more than you can chew... then chew it"

Detroit, Michigan
United States

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Last Login:  7/24/2008
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Member Since6/21/2004
Band Websitethehighstrung.com
Band MembersJosh Malerman- The Voice of The High Strung, guitar/(malerman@gmail.com)
Derek Berk- Drums, Falsetto/(the_high_strung@hotmail.com)
Chad Stocker- Lead Bass Guitar/(chad_strung@yahoo.com)
InfluencesThe Capitol Years, The Teeth, Dr. Dog, Berko and The Kablamos, National Eye, Tulsa, Friends of Dean Martinez, Guns N' Roses, nethers, Ed Donahue, Scott Windland, CCR, Kinks, David Bowie, The Everyothers, Beethoven, Who, Beatles, Beach Boys, Booker T. and The M.G.s, Phil Spector, Ramones, Eno, The Possibilities/Nutria, Dylan, Aphex Twin, Borroughs, Weezer, Pixies, Capitol Years, Proust, The Band, Big Brother, Anthrax, Grateful Dead, Aaron Franz, HOt Pipes, Bad Wizard, Mitch Hedberg, Brian Jonestown Massacre, Viva L'American Deathray Musique, Compulsive Gamblers, Mike Bloomfield and Butterfield Blues Band, ORnette Collman, Mary Lou Lord, WEEN, Scott Winland, Blind Faith, Snowglobe, John (mothafuckin') Coltrane, Buddy Holly, *Elliot Smith*, The Shins, Bad Religion, Allman Bros., The Meters, White Stripes, JIm Diamond, Journey, NIrvana, Crimpshrine, Radiohead, Cream, Emergency Music, Lesbians On Ecstasy, Pink Floyd, HAnk Williams Sr., King Crimson, NIck Drake, Pavement, OPIV, Mudhoney, Toots and The Maytals, Shesus, Television, Curtis Mayfield, War, Three Dog Night, Booker T. and The MGs, Sex PIstols, Screeching Weasel, Dave Chapelle, Jam, Clash, James Brown, Desmond Dekkar, Cringer, The Sights, Peter Rowan (and Old And In The Way), Neil Young, Leonard Cohen, MC5, Nuggets I & II, Allen Ginsberg, Descendents, Richard Pryor, Sly and his Family, Mishka Shubaly, Flaming Lips, Built To Spill, GBV, Buddy Rich, The Paybacks, Max Roach, Screeching Weasel, Metallica, Johnny Cash, Flatt and Scruggs, Belle And Sebastian, Rachmoninov, 80's hair rock, The Specials, The Association, Black Sabbath, De Nova Dahl, The Rants, The Riots, Strokes, Tom Robbins, Carlsonics, Led Zepplin, Harvey Brooks, The Muggs, Ill Lit, MOTOWN, lou barlow, Friend's Like These, Malachi Constant, Bill Monroe, Cool Jerks, Kablamos, the break up, dame fate, the close, Tom Collins, Westside Daredevils, Ed Wood, Woody Allen, Tim Burton, Stanley Kubrick, gore and horror of all kinds and time periods, Stephen King, Coen Bros., Wes Anderson, Linkletter...
Record LabelPark The Van
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   Upcoming Shows ( view all )
Jul 20 2008 6:00P
Grundy County: Jewett Norris Library Trenton, Missouri
Jul 21 2008 4:00P
Bartholomew Co. Public Library Columbus, Indiana
Jul 22 2008 8:00P
Onslow County Public Library Jacksonville, North Carolina
Jul 23 2008 2:00P
North Point Library Baltimore, Maryland
Jul 23 2008 7:00P
North Point Library Cantonsville, Maryland
Jul 24 2008 1:00P
Cockeysville Library Cockeysville, Maryland
Jul 24 2008 7:00P
Randallstown Library Randallstown, Maryland
Jul 25 2008 6:00P
Bristol Public Library Bristol, Virginia
Aug 1 2008 7:00P
Alpena County Library Alpena, Michigan
Aug 2 2008 9:00P
White Public Library Marquette, Michigan
Aug 3 2008 8:00P
Campus Martius w/ ML Liebler Detroit, Michigan
Aug 5 2008 3:00P
Chesterfield Public Library Chesterfield, Michigan
Aug 6 2008 7:00P
Des Plains Public Library Des Plains, Illinois
Aug 6 2008 8:00P
Des Plaines Public Library Des Plaines, Illinois
Aug 7 2008 10:00P
Empty Bottle Chicago, Illinois
Aug 8 2008 6:30P
Bloomingdale Public Library Bloomingdale, Illinois
Aug 13 2008 8:00P
Troy Public Library Troy, Michigan
Aug 16 2008 1:00P
Canton Public Library Canton, Michigan
Aug 18 2008 7:00P
Wayne Public Library Wayne, New Jersey
Aug 19 2008 8:00P
Amherst Town Library Amherst
Aug 20 2008 7:00P
Riverhead High School Riverhead, New York
Aug 21 2008 6:00P
Wallingford Public Library Wallingford, Connecticut
Aug 22 2008 10:00P
Northstar Bar w/National Eye Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Aug 23 2008 12:00A
Summer Smash @ C.A.I.D Detroit, Michigan
Aug 27 2008 8:00P
Plymouth District Library Plymouth, Michigan
Sep 25 2008 8:00P
Midpoint Music Festival (with BOB POLLARD’s BOSTON SPACESHIPS) Cincinnati, Ohio
Sep 26 2008 8:00P
the Grog Shop (with BOB POLLARD’s BOSTON SPACESHIPS) Cleveland, Ohio
Sep 27 2008 8:00P
Black Cat (with BOB POLLARD’s BOSTON SPACESHIPS) Washington D.C.
Oct 1 2008 8:00P
Highline Ballroom (with BOB POLLARD’s BOSTON SPACESHIPS) New York, New York
Oct 3 2008 8:00P
the Blind Pig (with BOB POLLARD’s BOSTON SPACESHIPS) Ann Arbor, Michigan
Oct 6 2008 8:00P
the Double Door (with BOB POLLARD’s BOSTON SPACESHIPS) Chicago, Illinois
Oct 7 2008 8:00P
the Turf Club (with BOB POLLARD’s BOSTON SPACESHIPS) St. Paul, Minnesota
Oct 9 2008 8:00P
the High Dive (with BOB POLLARD’s BOSTON SPACESHIPS) Champagne, Illinois
Oct 10 2008 8:00P
the Bluebird (with BOB POLLARD’s BOSTON SPACESHIPS) St. Louis, Missouri
Oct 11 2008 8:00P
the Hi Tone (with BOB POLLARD’s BOSTON SPACESHIPS) Memphis, Tennessee
Oct 14 2008 8:00P
Parish (with BOB POLLARD’s BOSTON SPACESHIPS) Austin, Texas
Oct 15 2008 8:00P
the Loft (with BOB POLLARD’s BOSTON SPACESHIPS) Dallas, Texas
Oct 17 2008 8:00P
the Earl (with BOB POLLARD’s BOSTON SPACESHIPS) Atlanta, Georgia
Oct 18 2008 8:00P
the Mercy Lounge (with BOB POLLARD’s BOSTON SPACESHIPS) Nashville, Tennessee

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Stay tuned for fourth record, (title is still going through our heavy scrutiny!) will be out on Park the Van Records, sometime in September, along with a tour that last forever. In June we start our fourth annual National Public Library tour, so be on the lookout for that as well.

We recently got in cahoots with some companies, here's what:

—Strings Provided by GHS
—Microphones for our live performance provided byHeil Sound
—National Rock and Roll Library Tour 2008 sound system sponsored by Bose


READ THIS: "The next real literary 'rebels' in this country might well emerge as some weird bunch of anti-rebels, born oglers who dare somehow to back away from ironic watching, who have the childish gall actually to endorse and instantiate single-entendre principles. Who treat of plain old untrendy human troubles and emotions in U.S. life with reverence and conviction. Who eschew self-consciousness and hip fatigue. These anti-rebels would be outdated, of course, before they even started. Dead on the page. Too sincere. Clearly repressed. Backward, quaint, naive, anachronistic. Maybe that'll be the point. Maybe that's why they'll be the next real rebels. Real rebels, as far as I can see, risk disapproval. The old postmodern insurgents risked the gasp and squeal:shock disgust, outrage, censorship, accusations of socialism, anarchism, nihilism. Today's risks are different. The new rebels might be artists willing to riskthe yawn, rolled eyes, the cool smile, the nudged ribs, the parody of gifted ironists, the 'Oh how banal.' To risk accusations of sentimentality, melodrama. Of overcredulity. Of softness. Of willingness to be suckered by a world of lurkers and starers who fear gaze and ridicule above imprisonment without law. " DFW


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Ozymandias





Jul 20 2008 1:02 AM

So, I was wondering if you guys will have some cool swag to bring with you to the ol' Bristol Public like you did last time I saw you all play.
Shally





Jul 24 2008 6:58 AM

Hope to see you guys again! Thanks for knowcking the books off the shelf in Trenton, MO!
Chico Tasttiiccc.





Jul 24 2008 9:18 AM

a crackhead jumped off the roof.
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Ozymandias





Jul 22 2008 5:16 PM

I'm so excited to see you all this Friday. It's been too long.
Toni





Jul 18 2008 8:43 AM

Charleston, please? Thanks.
Lauren





Jul 18 2008 8:55 AM

hey fellers. see you in august....-lauren.....

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Jul 15 2008 8:46 PM

Well hello Rock Stars! Los Alamos is SO BORING without y'all. I wish you weren't on the road so I could mail you care packages with graphic novels inside.

Meanwhile, I wish you good vibes and big crowds on the rest of the trip. As well as ... very ... MOIST, um, cake.
Hit The Ground You Die!





Jul 14 2008 2:12 AM

Digging the new stuff fellas, I'll be checking you out in Memphis and Nashville on the Boston Spaceships tour
Michael





Jul 13 2008 3:20 PM

Great show at the Viper guys! Really sounded great...lot's of energy! Also want to put out a thanks to the guy who had an extra flyer and saved me $4 @ the door. You rock.
Zachary





Jul 10 2008 9:28 PM

Entered this photo in the Lollapalooza Rock Shots contest and thought you and your fans might want to vote for it.

Keep on Rocking



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Jul 7 2008 5:55 PM

See ya'll in Riverhead!!!!!

"guilianno"





Jul 4 2008 7:36 PM

yall coming down to j-action-ville NC,
thats whats good...i have to get my tent ready and camp out in front of the library a few weeks early, so i wont have to worry about the fan line you guys got coming.
craig





Jul 3 2008 1:46 PM

Hey doods!

May you find yourselves around a grille with johnsonvilles tomorrow!!!

Cheers.
Memphis Mike Music Page!