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The Conniption Fits

"Airplane Rides" is now on iTunes!

About Me

"Airplane Rides" is out! Buy the CD here!
Currently Boston based, The Conniption Fits formed in 2003 when Former Motorplant singer Steve Blanchard hooked up with bass player Erik Von Geldern. The two wrote and recoded the songs “Did It Too Easily”, “Agony Of Defeat” and “All I’ve Found” available on the group’s first album. Erik met Seth Roya while attending college at Johnson State in Vermont. Seth then joined The Conniption Fits in 2004 bringing his showmanship and flare for drumming to the group. The Fits have since released their first full length CD, “Aiplane Rides”, which has received tons of local airplay and a front-page review in the Manchester Union Leader (Jan 25-29 weekend edition 2007). “Airplane Rides” continues to sell very well and is available on iTunes (and many other digital music stores) as well as record stores nationwide. The group is currently working on a much anticipated follow up record due out in 2008.
The album "Airplane Rides" was written and recorded over the period of three years. "This album has been refined many times", says vocalist Steve Blanchard, "We have really put our souls into this and then went back for that extra 10%." The CD does not let down. From the first track to the last it ebbs and flows always capturing a specific emotion and building on it. Upbeat rock tunes like "Play To Win" and "Did It Too Easily" lend a brilliant contrast to the mournful longing of "Exit Breath" and the contemplative "Poor Johnny Ray". The production is top-notch adding a crystal clear finish to these well produced songs. We can expect big things in the future from The Conniption Fits.
With Motorplant, Steve Blanchard (vocals guitar) has performed more than 1500 shows and has shared stages with acts like Fastball, Blue Oyster Cult, Mountain, Warrant, Cinderella and 3 Doors Down to name a few. He has had songs on MTV and ESPN’s X-Games as well as national radio. Erik Von Geldern (bass) and Seth Roya (drums) have been performing for years in and out of the studio. They have both completed music degrees at Johnson State College in Vermont.
Big News! As a result of some very enthusiastic reviews from GarageBand.com members, "Play to Win" will be Track of the Day at GarageBand.com!
For 24 hours on Wednesday, the 15th of November, 2006 "Play to Win" will be featured on GarageBand.com's Pop Rock front page!
The Awards keep coming:
Track of the Day on 15Nov2006 in Pop Rock
23 Best Guitars in Pop Rock, all-time
Best Guitars in Pop Rock, week of 30Oct2006
Best Guitars in Pop Rock, week of 13Nov2006
Best Production in Pop Rock, week of 13Nov2006
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Member Since: 3/18/2005
Band Website: conniptionfits.com
Band Members:
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Steve Blanchard - Vox, Guitars,

Erik Von Geldern - Bass,

Seth Roya - Drums

Additional Musicians: Shawn Snyder - Drums,

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Influences: Anything you put in your head influences you, otherwise you are not listening.
Sounds Like: A ride on an airplane. From takeoff, turbulance, smooth skies to landing (or crash and burn).
Record Label: Self-Produced
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

New song available for download!

We hope you had a great holiday and are planning on a fantastic new year. It has been said that '07 was a year of endings and '08 is to be a year of new beginnings. That is certainly true in our cas...
Posted by The Conniption Fits on Fri, 28 Dec 2007 09:44:00 PST

Facebook anyone?

We have moved over to facebook to avoid all the spam and junk on MySpace. If they every clean it up we might come back, but for now join this group on Facebook:http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=8...
Posted by The Conniption Fits on Mon, 12 Nov 2007 07:20:00 PST

A long time comming

It has been awhile and I want to keep you in the loop. We have been going through some growing pains and it is never easy to land on your feet. That said, we are doing quite well. We have been play...
Posted by The Conniption Fits on Tue, 16 Oct 2007 08:30:00 PST

Huge show on the 8th!

It has been awhile since I have written, so here's the scoop. We have what promises to be a big show for a good cause on September 8th. Join us this Friday as we play a show to benefit Shaughnessy-K...
Posted by The Conniption Fits on Wed, 05 Sep 2007 06:45:00 PST

Maddy Turns One

Tonight we will be at Whippersnappers in Londonderry, NH. Tomorrow we turn around and drive north to The Outback in W. Stewartstown, NH. We hope to see you out there! Last week we had some rain at ...
Posted by The Conniption Fits on Fri, 20 Jul 2007 08:29:00 PST

Big Head's Tonight!

Hi all! We hope you had a great 4th of July and there were plenty of fireworks. We played a fireworks show at the Gaslight in Portsmouth and saw some pretty cool fireworks there. The Shaskeen, Gust...
Posted by The Conniption Fits on Fri, 06 Jul 2007 10:51:00 PST

A Quickie

Just a quick update to let you know we will be at Gusto's tonight (Friday) and back at the Shaskeen Tomorrow. We also play a pre- 4th of July party at The Gaslight in Portsmouth on Tuesday, 7 to 11. ...
Posted by The Conniption Fits on Fri, 29 Jun 2007 11:14:00 PST

Of cycles and fines

You know it is summer when time flies by this fast. We have been from Woodstock to Boston, Bike Week and back again. I'll dredge my memory for some highlights. I got a $75 parking ticket for parking i...
Posted by The Conniption Fits on Thu, 21 Jun 2007 07:27:00 PST

Over inflated ego time!

We hope you all had a great memorial day weekend. We had a great time mixing it up for you at all four of our shows. This week we were already at the Gaslight last night, Tuck and I did the acoustic...
Posted by The Conniption Fits on Fri, 01 Jun 2007 07:01:00 PST

Southern NH This Weekend

Last week some of you found out what we sound like "un-plugged", so did we! The comment were all positive, we may have stumbled on to something. We had a great time figuring it all out on the fly at...
Posted by The Conniption Fits on Thu, 24 May 2007 10:19:00 PST