The Rolling Rock and Roll Show
 
Rock and roll missionary Little Steven Van Zandt brings his revolution to a new level as he creates his first national tour Little Steven’s Underground Garage presents The Rolling Rock and Roll Show. Not only will the three-month tour bring the best in garage rock and the newest in the genre to the same stage but also a local band from each city will be hand picked to open each show.

"Rolling Rock is leading the Garage Rock revolution by supporting new bands at the all important club level," Van Zandt says.

“The Rolling Rock and Roll Show is about supporting the artists, the musicians and the communities where the shows are being held,” adds Sean Erney, Rolling Rock brand manager. “Rolling Rock has been involved with music and supporting up-and-coming artists for years and working with Steven Van Zandt to get these bands front and center is a great opportunity for us. The venues will remain small, the ticket prices will be low, and we’ll revisit the same markets three times with different emerging artists. We helped design it this way because the main goal is to work with Steven to support great musicians.”

The Rolling Rock and Roll Show will be a carnival of fiery musical energy with a new lineup for each month hitting the same 20 venues for the three tour legs. The tour will kick off September 5th and the line-up will include The Zombies, The Mooney Suzuki, The Woggles and a local band from each city. Phantom Planet, The Gore Gore Girls, The Fleshtones and The Forty Fives will join some of the shows during the first tour leg. The October and November lineups will be announced at a later date.

It’s no surprise that Little Steven’s Underground Garage, the most successful and fastest-growing syndicated rock radio show in the country, has expanded its brand to this unprecedented tour. The Underground Garage is now in over 200 markets and has surpassed 1 million weekly listeners.

To find out more about the shows visit http://www.littlestevensundergroundgarage.com

About the bands:
The Zombies:
The Zombies were the second UK group following the Beatles to score a #1 hit in America. With gorgeous melodies, breathy vocals, choral back-up harmonies and a jazzy influence, The Zombies ruled the 1960’s with hit singles like “She’s Not There” and “Tell Her No.” Ironically, the group broke-up in 1968 just prior to achieving their greatest success the chart-topping single “Time of the Season,” from their swan-song album “Odessey & Oracle” (later heralded as one of the most important records of the decade). Over 30 years later, singer Colin Blunstone and keyboardist/songwriter Rod Argent have resurrected The Zombies, paying tribute to the group’s musical legacy and collaborating on new studio material.
http://www.colinblunstone.co.uk/
http://www.rodargent.com

The Mooney Suzuki:
The Mooney Suzuki’s three-chord agility and infectious, and “flashy” (SPIN) tunes are in high demand for commercials and films. Formed in 1997 in New York the quartet tours ferociously including performances at 2003’s Lollapalooza and Little Steven’s International Underground Garage Festival bringing their 60’s rock and roll sound to the masses.
http://themooneysuzuki.com

The Woggles:
Atlanta--bred band The Woogles combined a splash of surf, a pinch of rhythm and blues and a few fistfuls of soul to create their 60’s-inspired rock and roll. NPR All Songs Considered reporter Meredith Ochs simply says, “Go and see a Woggles show, it will change your life.”
http://www.thewoggles.com/

Phantom Planet:
Phantom Planet is a frequently evolving four-piece band based out of Southern California. Their most recent album, ‘Phantom Planet,’ was released in 2004 and features the song “Big Brat.” Phantom’s sound, as described by the group members, is “a fight between bands such as Fugazi, The Who, The Cure, The Flaming Lips, and The Clash.” The band is currently working on their fifth studio album, which is due for release in summer/fall 2006.
http://www.phantomplanet.com

The Gore Gore Girls:
There’s nothing sweet about garage-rock sweethearts The Gore Gore Girls, whose infectious hooks match the fun of The Ronettes-style girl-group pop with the attitude and impact of garage rock and punk. Like The White Stripes, The Gore Gore Girls formed in Detroit in 1997 amidst the city’s rock revival underground scene. Since then, the band has toured with legendary band The Cramps, and appeared with The Strokes, The New York Dolls and others, marking them as one of rock’s hottest acts.
http://www.goregoregirls.com/

The Fleshtones:
Veteran rockers The Fleshtones often describe their band’s unique sound as “Super Rock” a mix of rock, punk, British pop and everything in between. Formed in Queens during the ‘70s, The Fleshtones first jammed together using instruments found in guitarist Keith Streng’s basement, but quickly moved on to bigger crowds and better instruments, becoming one of New York’s favorite home-grown garage-rock revivalist bands.
http://www.fleshtones.org/

The Forty-Fives:
The Forty-Fives have been shaking up the rock scene since 1998, bringing music with moxie to packed audiences around the country, and releasing high-energy albums, like their latest from 2004, ‘High Life High Volume,’ which proves these Atlanta-based bad boys have been heavily influenced by The Kinks, The Who, Chuck Berry and the MC5.
http://www.thefortyfivesband.com/