Museums is a 6 piece indie rock band that blossomed out of Rochester, N.Y. in August of 2007. The original lineup consisted of Travis Rankin (Vocals), Ben D’Angelo (Lead Guitar), Vincent Roselli (Bass), Tony Grasta (Drums), Thom Bullman (Keys/Synth) and Joey Arena (Rhythm Guitar). Soon after, Joey mutually agreed to part ways with the band to pursue other interests (see Boy And His Machine / Young Bloods) . At that time, friend Christian Mear, stepped in to fill the slot. In the Spring of ‘08 they released their first EP, entitled “Can We Meet in the Middle,” recorded by Rob Freeman (Armor For Sleep, Hit the Lights, Cobra Starship) @ Pilot Studio in Boonton, N.J. Shortly after recording, the boys began gearing up for tour in support of the EP, but were sadly forced to replace singer and longtime friend Travis, along with their drummer Tony. Vincent's long time friend, Zachary Tyler (Renouf, We Are The Detached, The Navigator), managed to take over vocal duties, while they found a new drummer in Devan Bentley. Over that summer they headed back into the studio with the newest members to record a cover of The Movielife's, “If Only Ductape Could Fix Everything,” which can be found at myspace.com/littleheartrecords. After touring the rest of the summer and some of the fall of ‘08, they decided to take a short break and unwind back in their home of Rochester. In the late winter they began demo-ing out 7 new tracks at their home studio, but eventually the remaining members decided, as friends, to part ways in pursuit of other musical endeavors and oppurtunities. Officially, Museums will be playing their farewell show on August 14th, 2009 in their hometown. All of the tracks they have been recording will be released and given out for free, including 7 remixes and 1 cover.
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including an EXCLUSIVE remix of "When We Swim..."
by Tom Zenns of LoveOrLust Just text "Museums" to "69937" to download any ringtone or check a few out below:
"In A New York Minute" - Syracuse, NY 12.01.08
"Come Over Baby So We Can Be As Loud As You Can Scream!" (Acoustic) in Watertown NY 4/30/08
"Matt Rock Podcast Interview" Shot in Long Island, NY
"Studio Blog" - Spring '08
At one point we were taken care of by these amazing companies :
thats really sad that u guys are breaking up, but i hope u guys join back up in a couple of years and like have another tour or something that would be sick
Sunday, August 2nd Boulder Coffee 955 Genessee Street Rochester, NY --------------------- Heavy Hearted (first show in 6 months!) Neon King Kong (hip hop assholes) Such Gold (roc pop punk) Casting Curses (huh?) Curbstomp (wild and crazy kids) --------------------- DOORS ARE AT 6 PM $3 $3 $3 $3 $3 $3 $3
Hey, what's shakin!!! Hope you like our new single, "Chandelier"! it's from our upcoming album which will be out later this Spring. Make sure you check out our ONLINE STORE, cause we have some cool clothes up for sale! If you'd like to hear some of our older stuff, go check out www.hotspurunderground.com. We should be putting some more new songs up soon! Hope to meet you in April or May when we hit the road again!
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