The Brass Rail

Dan Vapid & The Cheats (formerly of Screeching Weasel), Kurt Baker, Flamingo Nosebleed
2013-06-15 22:00 - 23:55 UTC | 1121 Broadway, Fort Wayne , IN, 46802, United States
Saturday June 15th, 2013
Dan Vapid & The Cheats
Kurt Baker
Flamingo Nosebleed
10PM/$5
About Dan Vapid:
Dan Vapid & The Cheats is the latest project from singer/songwriter Dan “Vapid” Schafer, a veteran of the punk scene who has done time in the influential bands Screeching Weasel, Riverdales, The Methadones, Sludgeworth, Noise By Numbers, The Mopes, and the Queers.
Originally planned as a one-off show, Vapid and his former bandmates in The Methadones and Screeching Weasel took the stage at Chicago’s Cobra Lounge on May 27th, 2011 to play a set of songs spanning his two decade-plus career. The show was a huge success and after the overwhelming response from fans around the globe, Dan Vapid & The Cheats was born.
Since then the band had already made great strides, releasing a self-titled debut (recorded by Justin Perkins and produced by Dan himself) on the band’s newly formed Torture Chamber Records (toturechamberrecords.com). In addition, the band has toured the Midwest, East Coast, and Canada, as well as making an appearance at Insubordination Fest, Riot Fest and Fest 11.
The band shows no signs of slowing down in 2013 either, with plans to record a second full-length in the Spring, a forthcoming split 7″ with Masked Intruder, an appearance on “Our Lips Are Sealed” – A Tribute to the Go-Go’s, and touring plans to hit the western US and Europe.
A band that was formed as a one-off to celebrate the past has now become an entity all it’s own. If you are a fan of Vapid’s back catalog or a fan of classic pop-punk and power-pop, this is a band that you don’t want to miss.
Dan Vapid – Lead Vocals / Guitar
Simon Lamb – Guitar / Backing Vocals
Rick Uncapher – Bass
Mike Soucy – Drums
danvapidandthecheats.com
facebook.com/danvapidandthecheats
twitter.com/danvapidcheats
torturechamberrecords.com

The Lurking Corpses, Concrete Slacks, Nuclear Hellfrost, Along The Way, The Dumbfucks
2013-06-14 21:00 - 23:55 | 1121 Broadway, Fort Wayne , IN, 46802, United States

Sweet Talk (with Mitch Frazier), Thunderhawk, Heaven's Gateway Drugs
2013-06-12 21:30 - 23:55 | 1121 Broadway, Fort Wayne , IN, 46802, United States
Sweet Talk
Mitch Frazier of The B-Sharps and Church Shoes is in this band too!
http://www.sweettalkaustin.com/
Heaven’s Gateway Drugs
https://www.facebook.com/HeavensGatewayDrugs
Thunderhawk
https://www.facebook.com/thunderhawkfw

Block Party BBQ - music, drinks, food
2013-06-09 15:00 - 23:00 | 1121 Broadway, Fort Wayne , IN, 46802, United States
Sunday June 9th, 2013
The final hurrah before Zoe and Jim head back to South Carolina!!! Come out for some pants-optional sunday day-drinking as we block off the street and serve up zoe’s famous bloody marys, jimmy’s famous ribs, bacon potato salad, and succotash!! (yes there will be homemade vegetarian options as well.) We’ve lined up some of our many favorite local bands to play inside and out of the rail throughout the day, and there’ll be a photo booth to document the debauchery!! Also rumored to be there: the boar!!! Witness the unveiling of the rail’s ugliest and most loyal patron and his new teeth!
Thunderhawk
Dag & The Bulleit Boys
White Trash Blues Revival
food at 3PM, music at 7PM, donations welcome to help fund Zoe’s trip.

Snakes of Christ, Devil To Pay, Maumee Project
2013-06-08 22:00 - 23:55 | 1121 Broadway, Fort Wayne , IN, 46802, United States
Fort Wayne’s Ultimate DANZIG tribute/cover band bring some sludge/stoner rockers back together for a night of rock. $5
Snakes of Christ
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Snakes-Of-Christ/149647081754552
Devil To Pay
https://www.facebook.com/deviltopay
Maumee Project
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Maumee-Project/472986892733411

Bob Reuters Alley Ghost, Thunderhawk, White Trash Blues Revival
2013-06-07 22:00 - 23:55 | 1121 Broadway, Fort Wayne , IN, 46802, United States
Friday June 7th, 2013
Bob Reuter’s Alley Ghost is a group of raw rockers backing the godfather of the St. Louis scene. Bob began playing rock and roll when in early 1966, and has since preformed in a long series of garage rock, punk and soul bands. In 2009, while in the hospital Bob was visited by Mat Wilson, a fan of Bob’s radio show, Bob’s Scratchy Records. The two shared their stories and Wilson decided the time was right for Bob’s rediscovery. Big Muddy label head Chris Baricevic enlisted the help of Mat to co-produce a record what would re-introduce Bob to the world and to the younger generation coming up. Musicians were pulled from the roster of Big Muddy’s bands and “Bob Reuter’s Alley Ghost” was created on reel-to-reel in Bob’s kitchen. The folk-punk-folk tinged album was released locally to warm reception. The project was successful and Bob was awarded the Riverfront Times’ “Best Songwriter of 2010.”
In 2011, Alley Ghost, as the band had become commonly known, had adopted a sweat-drenched proto-punk sound and released the album “Born There.” In support of the album the band began touring through the Midwest and the South in an effort to introduce themselves to the rest of the United States.
During this period through a number of personnel changes, the band moved even further in a more electric rocking direction, while still making their main focus the presentation of Bob’s many original songs.
In 2013, Alley Ghost is releasing their 45 single “Dana Dew,” on Big Muddy Records and will be touring in support of its upcoming release.
Bob Reuter probably ought to be dead by now. But he comes from a time when rock and roll was still dangerous and he cant let it go. He began playing out in the garage rock era of 1966 – his bands played teen clubs, frat parties, soul dances, in parking lots,dance halls, biker bars and a world of other dumps and punk basements.
In 1978 his punk ass St. Louis bar band, The Dinosaurs released a seven inch 45 single of his songs “Rock and Roll Moron” b/w “It Might Be Rose” – In 1980 his Syracuse NY band, Serious Journalism cranked out loud fast, hard and aggressive melodic rock and roll for the art school crowd. In 1982 Bob put out a second 45 single under his own name and then spent the rest of the decade hating everything about the 1980’s….
Cut to 2009, Bob in a hospital bed, his cracked chest just wired shut, blood pumping into one arm, morphine into the other. He meets two visitors, two young men who had just founded St. Louis’s Big Muddy Records. “We’d like cut a record with you.” They said, “Could you empty my pee bottle?” Bob asked. Well, they did and they did. The back up band was as talented a group of young rockers as the city of St. Louis could supply, culled from the ranks of other Big Muddy bands. It was recorded in Bob’s apartment’s kitchen. That recording and a Big Muddy Release of ultra lo-fi lost Dinosaurs tapes began garnering bob attention among the late teen and early 20’s demographic of the St. Louis’ south side. “I’ve had this man’s pee on my hands!” said Big Muddy’s Doormat Wilson.
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“We are part of an ancient tradition, resurrected every other generation, older than dirt and they cant wipe us out. We’re like weeds or the roaches. Just by being who we are, we’ll warp the levers of their machines, from the inside out.”
– The Alley Ghost Credo
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In 2011, Alley Ghost, as the band had become commonly known, had adopted a sweat-drenched proto-punk sound and released the album “Born There.” In support of the album the band began touring through the Midwest and the South in an effort to introduce themselves to the rest of the United States.
During this period through a number of personnel changes, the band moved even further in a more electric rocking direction, while still making their main focus the presentation of Bob’s many original songs.
In 2013, Alley Ghost is releasing their 45 single “Dana Dew,” on Big Muddy Records and will be touring in support of its upcoming release.

Elephants In Mud, Buttonhoof, The Dead Records,
2013-06-01 22:00 - 23:00 | 1121 Broadway, Fort Wayne , IN, 46802, United States
Saturday June 1st, 2013
The Dead Records
https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Dead-Records/161116015366
Elephants in Mud
https://www.facebook.com/elephantsinmud
Buttonhoof
Buttonhoof, an eclectic and intensely full three piece hailing from the honest flats of Southern Indiana where they stray only a few feet from their punk rock roots. Soulful lyrics accommodated by a never modest bass section that can only be matched by the syncopated magician we call a drummer.
https://www.facebook.com/Buttonhoof
10PM/$5
poster by Jeff Anderson

Low Cloud, This is The Year, Aadia, F*cking Panthers
2013-05-31 22:00 - 23:00 | 1121 Broadway, Fort Wayne , IN, 46802, United States
Aadia
(shit that makes you think about yer ex-girlfirend)
(jawbreaker/late hot water)
http://aadia.bandcamp.com/album/blue-collar-dreams-princes-of-thieves
low cloud
(small brown bike/samiam)
(kinda of shit that will make you so happy and wanna die at the same time)
ex- the goddamn,72 dolphins,north lincoln
http://lowcloud.bandcamp.com/
This is the Year
(spaynard/gunmoll)
(pop punk extravaganza with crushing vocals and lyrics)
EX-72 dolphins, Denslow cup
http://thisistheyear.bandcamp.com/album/barry-sanders-rookie-card-demo
THE F*CKING PANTHERS
(Churubusco hell rock, your hillbilly mom will probably tell you to turn it down)
https://www.facebook.com/callofthepanther

Minor Decline, The F*cking Panthers
2013-05-26 22:00 - 23:55 | 1121 Broadway, Fort Wayne , IN, 46802, United States
Minor Decline is stopping by Fort Wayne as part of their East Bound and Drown Tour. It’s a Sunday night so come out and party and watch a cheap punk rock show
Minor Decline (Punk Rockers from Illinois)
http://minordecline.bandcamp.com/
The F*cking Panthers (Awesome punk from Churubusco)
https://www.facebook.com/callofthepanther/info
The Astoria Porta
https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Astria-Porta/471059852953604
$3

Get Up & Go (punk band from Chicago featuring members of Rule 22), tba
2013-05-25 22:00 - 23:55 | IN

Elephants In Mud, Josh Fischel (of Bargain Music)
2013-05-24 22:00 - 23:55 | IN
Friday May 24th, 2013
Josh Fischel
Elephants In Mud
10PM/$5

We are VERY happy to announce that our next show will be May 24th @ The Brass Rail with the amazing JOSH FISCHEL from legendary Long Beach, CA band BARGAIN MUSIC.

“Josh Fischel is a Long Beach, CA based singer/songwriter. He spent nine years with the band Bargain Music touring the country and putting out seven albums under the Bargain Music name. He has sang and/or played/toured with artists like Los Lobos, Dr. Dog, Run DMC, Lee “Scratch” Perry, Norwood Fisher(Fishbone), Jack Irons(Pearl Jam), Black Eyed Peas, Weezer, Rancid, N’Dea Davenport(Brand New Heavies), Buju Banton, Mike Watt, Monsieur LeRoc, Stephen Perkins(Jane’s Addiction), Spearhead, Abstract Rude, Bud Gaugh and Eric Wilson from sublime, Murs, The High Strung, Ikey Owens(Mars Volta), Pepper, 2-Mex, AWOL-ONE, Slightly Stoopid and many others. The past year has seen Josh all over the world, playing in France, England, Scotland, Sweden, Belgium, Germany and New Zealand. Josh’s new band, Josh Fischel & The Fiction, are currently recording their debut album.”

10PM-ELEPHANTS IN MUD
11PM-JOSH FISCHEL
12AM-JOSH FISCHEL backed by ELEPHANTS IN MUD!!!!

This is a MUST SEE show! Come out and be a part of this awesome evening!!!! FTW MEETS LBC LIVE @ THE BRASS RAIL.

$5 cover, 21+

We can’t wait.
