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PROST

Euro-American Party Band

About Me

“What is PROST?”The best way to describe PROST is that we are a Euro-American Party Band, providing a variety of energetic music that sets the tone of the party. Our vast song list includes many new and old German songs, as well as Pop/Rock, Country, Swing, other varieties of Ethnic music. Our forte’ is in choosing the right combination and proportion of this variety to specifically fit YOUR function and keep the crowd interested, dancing and having fun. Sometimes, the format changes a little as the crowd demographic changes throughout the event, but we feel that sensitivity to “read the crowd” in this manner is key to keeping a large and diverse audience with us on the “Prost-Coaster.”We prefer for our customers to hire us to be “entertainers” vs. hiring us with a specific song list or format in mind, such as stipulating, “we want a purely German Band.” While we can and do play exclusively German music at some functions, that usually only works well when we are hired to provide background ambiance. What gives you the most value in hiring PROST is to establish a German theme and then allow us to use our judgment and years of experience to, again, “read the crowd” and keep them engaged and having fun! Remember….. “Euro-American Party Band!”Ultimately, our mission is to provide “Year ‘Round Rocktoberfest!” “…..PROST….…That’s Us!”

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Member Since: 12/5/2006
Band Website: prostband.com
Band Members: • Gerhard Albinus: Squeezebox, Vocals and Comic Relief• Mike Duncan : Drums, Vocals, organizational OCD stuff• Terry Duncan: Bass Guitar, Vocals, Keepin' it Funky• Lee Duncan : Guitar, Vocals and Supervision of the rest of us• Chad Duncan: Saxophone and crowd control. :)• Joe Blank is the "Sound Meister" Managing the faders on the "Monkey Machine" as Junior named it :)
Influences: Best band in Polka: the Brave Combo. Also, Classic Rock, and the 80's. Mike's younger days as a "Rocker" in local clubs with PRYZM and RUNNER, and his experience in a horn-based dance band with his dad at a younger age contribute to how they approach their sets, keeping it high energy, with a varied song list and going from one song to another to another to another. (Medleys keep the momentum). Jungen Klostertaler and Ziller Taler Schuertzenjaeger and the Alpen Echos are influencial in our German style. Red Hot Chili Peppers, Sublime and Lynard Skynard on accordion? YOU BET! Folks dig it.
Sounds Like: The Polkas are hip, and the Rock tunes have our own style with an accordion. Many folks, unaccustomed to the squeezebox have said, "I cannot believe how good those tunes sound with an accordion..."...Anybody can have GUITARS in the band, right?
Record Label: unsigned
Type of Label: None

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Bargain Prices for College Parties

PROST duo will play a College party for any of the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky area schools (plus Miami U. in Oxford Oh) during the months of Jan, Feb, Mar for only $225 for 3 hours as a means of int...
Posted by PROST on Wed, 06 Dec 2006 10:58:00 PST