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Home At Last

ROCK, POP, AND PROG IN A BLENDER!

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HOME AT LAST, based in southern New Jersey, delivers crisp and intelligent "snap-crackle-pop" rock music in the real "classic" tradition. Comprising guitarists Ernie Trionfo and Steve Shurman, bassist/keyboardist Bruce Pike, and percussionist Charlie Andaloro, HOME AT LAST has released four CDs, all on the indie Smiling Moose label: "Line By Line" (1989); "You Can't Fight Fiction" (1993); "Perfectly Good Cigar” (1997); and their latest CD "Radio Silence" (2006). In addition, they released a 4-song EP called "Warmer September" in 1992. They've won numerous awards, and have performed at countless "name" (and not-so-"name") venues on the East Coast, playing for the greatest fans an indie band could ever ask for. With the release of the most recent CD "Radio Silence," HOME AT LAST is entering a new era of musical adventures, and you're invited! Get your copy of the "Radio Silence" CD by clicking the little CD cover above.
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OK, that's the "official" blurb. Here's the more direct and personal version...
For almost a quarter of a century, we've been a band of musicians that stay the course wherever it leads. We don’t give a hoot about what’s going on around us in the business, because that’s all that garbage is… it’s business… which is all about the suits in the NY or LA or Nashville offices making big money off of “green” kids who don’t know any better. We’ve never been real popular with those business types because we’ve always tried to stand by our musical principles. Hopefully that integrity translates to people getting on board with us and enjoying the ride, because we’re going to a different place than a lot of other folks seem to be going. If you want to go to the same old musical places, hear the same sounds, or just want some audio wallpaper to play video games by, or to clean the kitchen by, or if you want some controlled noise to go along with your personal angst, then we’re really not for you.
I will say this: whatever we do and however we do it, it's first got to be something we’re all willing and able to commit to. And we learned a long time ago that whatever comes forth from our collective efforts, it comes forth in a time and in a way that none of us really expected at the beginning because this band really has a life and a way of moving all it’s own that we only have partial control over. But it’s been a pretty interesting ride so far. And no, it’s not too late if you want to come on board!
- Bruce Pike (bass/keyboards/vocals for HOME AT LAST)
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Member Since: 05/03/2007
Band Website: www.freewebs.com/halband
Band Members: Charlie Andaloro: drums/V-drums;Bruce Pike: bass/keyboards/vocals;Steve Shurman: guitars/MIDI and synth guitars;Ernie Trionfo: guitars/vocals
Influences: The Beatles, The Byrds, The Rolling Stones, Badfinger, XTC, King Crimson, Mike Bloomfield, UK, Dire Straits/Mark Knopfler, Roxy Music/Bryan Ferry, The Dave Matthews Band, Little Feat, Led Zeppelin, Jeff Beck, Yes, The Pousette-Dart Band, Buffalo Springfield, Brian May, Michael Nesmith, Peter Gabriel, Trevor Rabin, Ravi Shankar, Deep Purple, Aerosmith, John Mayall, Traffic, Jimi Hendrix, Cream, John Hiatt, Jethro Tull, The Who, PFM, Steppenwolf, The Mahavishnu Orchestra, Todd Rundgren, Larry Graham, The Guess Who, Earth Wind & Fire, The Spin Doctors, Al Stewart, Rush, The Allman Brothers Band, Santana, Dave Mason, The James Gang, Grand Funk, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Steely Dan, The Doors, Bruce Springsteen, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Billy Cobham, The Smithereens, Peter Frampton, Boston, Asia (esp. w. John Payne), The Hooters, Supertramp, Klaus Doldinger's Passport, Scatterbrain, Phish, Los Lobos, Weather Report, Joe Satriani, Poco, The Police, ELP, Harvey Mason, Soft Machine, Caravan, The Strawbs, Al Kooper, Dada, Z.Z. Top, Living Colour, Good God, The American Dream, Foghat, Vanilla Fudge, The Mandrake Memorial, John Patitucci, Brian Auger, Happy The Man, Frank Zappa, and a whole load of other folks... even though most of them don't have very much in common, and we really don't sound much like any of them either!

NOW!! GET HOME AT LAST'S NEW "25 THE HARD WAY" FROM CD BABY: http://cdbaby.com/cd/hatlast2

Sounds Like: "Larks' Tongues In Aspic, Part Two" - live May 7, 2009
"Pretty Soon" - live: May 7, 2009
Home At Last: "Too Much Trouble"

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Home At Last: "Light Behind Her Eyes"

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Home At Last: "Why Does Love Got To Be So Sad"

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Record Label: Smiling Moose
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

BREAKING NEWS!!!!

BREAKING NEWS...  PAT DINIZIO OF THE SMITHEREENS WILL PRESENT LIVE  ONE NIGHT ONLY  A COMPLETE FRONT-TO -BACK-IN -ITS -ENTIRETY PERFORMANCE OF THE BEATLES WHITE ALBUM.  THE SHOW WILL TAKE PLAC...
Posted by on Thu, 10 Sep 2009 16:15:00 GMT

NEW LIVE ALBUM FROM HOME AT LAST?

Is there a new live album on the way from Home At Last?  It could be so, sooner than we may have thought.  We've begun the task of mixing and EQ-ing the raw live multitrack recordings from our May 7 a...
Posted by on Wed, 02 Sep 2009 21:24:00 GMT

WHO KNOWS WHAT TIME HAS IN STORE?

Hey gang!  Sorry for the extended absence here... for the last month or so, we've been pretty busy with a lot of stuff... some good, some not so good.  Sadly, Bruce's dad, who was diagnosed with lymph...
Posted by on Mon, 13 Jul 2009 22:04:00 GMT

A note from Home At Last about our truncated show on May 30

If you happened to be at the New Jersey Motorsports Park on Saturday, and happened to catch our set, then what follows here will not be news... First, thanks to all who came out on such short notic...
Posted by on Sat, 30 May 2009 21:39:00 GMT

"25 THE HARD WAY" REVIEWED

"25 The Hard Way (1984-2009)" --Home At Last--It says a lot about a band that they can keep rocking for 25 years, despite all the hurdles that life and the music business put in your way. Home At La...
Posted by on Mon, 11 May 2009 13:54:00 GMT

SOME OF THE E-MAIL AND MESSAGES WE'VE RECEIVED FROM SOME GREAT PEOPLE ABOUT THURSDAY'S SHOW

Deb and I thank you guys again for the invite to a terriffic jam session at a 'in touch' atmosphere. If you ever consider hosting another (even without a headliner like Pat) be sure to include us! ...
Posted by on Fri, 08 May 2009 21:53:00 GMT

ABOUT OUR SHOW WITH PAT D.

  May 8, 2009   Hey gang&   Were still gathering our thoughts and wits after last nights show with Pat DiNizio. But we all wanted first to thank everyone for coming and sharing our ...
Posted by on Fri, 08 May 2009 10:57:00 GMT

ROCK, POP, AND PROG IN A BLENDER!

April 7, 2009We wanted to let everyone know that although the  official "street date" for the new Home At Last CD "25 The Hard Way (1984-2009)" is still a week away, you can hear some low-fi samples a...
Posted by on Tue, 07 Apr 2009 10:01:00 GMT

THROWING LIFE AWAY WITH BOTH HANDS

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Posted by on Sun, 05 Apr 2009 21:19:00 GMT

HOME AT LAST IN THE NEWS

FROM THE NEWS OF CUMBERLAND COUNTYAPRIL 2, 2009On Tuesday, April 14, Southern New Jersey's Home At Last, comprising Bruce Pike (bass/keys/vocals), Ernie Trionfo (guitar/vocals), Steve Shurman (guitars...
Posted by on Fri, 03 Apr 2009 07:18:00 GMT