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STUYVESANT

About Me


"A zillion times over more smarter and more sincere than the latest batch of ersatz flakes hogging the limelight, it's all the more comforting to have a primo quality combo like Stuyvesant to fall back on."
-Neal Agneta, The Big Take Over Magazine
Who dat?
We are a Hoboken/ Jersey City based rock band that consists of Ralph Malanga (ex-Footstone), Sean Adams & Brian Musikoff (Friends Romans Countrymen), and Kneel Peart (Bruce Wayne, Dirty Knees, Bob Fields, HS Sweethearts).
Why dat?
Peter Stuyvesant was the first acting governor of NY (namely New Amsterdam) in the mid 1600's, but we are really named after the liquor store on Kennedy Blvd. that Sean used to work at when he was growing up in the Journal Square section of Jersey City. I knew we were onto something with that name, but, I just came across an interesting fact today that makes the whole damn thing just make sense. This is TOO good:
America's First Brewery.
On February 5, 1663, Nicholas Varlett obtained from Peter Stuyvesant a patent for the first brewery in America, located on Castle Point, Hoboken, New Jersey.
perfecto mundo!!!!

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 07/06/2005
Band Website: www.stuyvesantrock.com
Band Members: Brian Musikoff-bass
Ralph Malanga-guitar/vox
Sean Adams-guitar/vox

with:
Mike Moebius-guitar & engineering
Peter Martinez-drums
Kneel Peart-drums
Eric Greenberg-guitar
Lysa Paige Sixteen-farfisa
Matt Stewart-trumpet
Jason Tyree-trombone
Influences: Cheap Trick, X, Ff, Hüsker Dü, Replacements, Mission of Burma, Lemonheads, Who, All, Jam, RFTC, Superchunk, Clash, Jawbreaker, ya dig?
Sounds Like: 1989
Record Label: Manual Phono
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Awfully kind words from Independent Clauses.com

While their album Linden Calling might not be as monumental as the Clash album from which they pun the albums name, New Jersey rockers Stuyvesant (pronounced sty-vas-ent) churn out a well-crafted r...
Posted by on Wed, 11 Mar 2009 20:17:00 GMT

nice review from The Big Takeover

"In an era when inspiration for pop-punk upstarts dates only as far back as Good Charlotte's latest album, what a treat when you find someone a little older and wiser. Thankfully and rewardingly, the ...
Posted by on Wed, 03 Dec 2008 02:28:00 GMT

SWEET REVIEW!

Check out this great review of our album "Linden Calling" by Jeff Lyons:here
Posted by on Fri, 10 Oct 2008 21:12:00 GMT

new 7" on pink vinyl is out!

Hey, grab our new 7"!It's on pink vinyl!It's B-side is not on the LP!iTunes has it for one dollar and ninety eight cents:iTunes Order the vinyl on our website:PayPal three cheers,Stuy- HEY! In NJ? Co...
Posted by on Thu, 17 Apr 2008 13:59:00 GMT

Chicago, Detroit, York- Log and Photos!

Wednesday, April 2 Found out that with current gas prices it takes $80 to fill our lady’s tank, which is about good for 300 miles. We met at Moonlight Mile studio in Hoboken at 4:30 PM, where ...
Posted by on Tue, 08 Apr 2008 15:05:00 GMT

Girth Announcement

Hey folks, First off, Congratulations to Sean and his wife Erica for the birth of their new twins, David and Gavin.  Erica did all the work for the last nine months, so Sean will be a bit busy f...
Posted by on Mon, 21 Jan 2008 14:20:00 GMT

Fall 2007

We have a few new homes, a new drummer and a new recording all peeking their heads your way this fall, sunshine, so please contune to enjoy your stay in the always vibed-up Stuytown. Thanks!
Posted by on Fri, 21 Sep 2007 16:33:00 GMT

Recording update

The new recording- Status: Bass and Drums entirely done. Guitars and vocals were tracked on first batch of 5 songs, remaining 7 to be completed in December. YAY!
Posted by on Wed, 15 Nov 2006 15:43:00 GMT

September- Tour photos and road stories.

PITTSBURGH- The Smiling Moose Tavern: guitar smart cargo smart book smart sleep smart As Mike Moebius (filling in for the Sean Adams on guitar once more) was running late to meet us a...
Posted by on Sat, 16 Sep 2006 01:05:00 GMT

Jamestown, NY

missed the whole thing 133333 at 80MPH Mojo's props! 11AM came around way too soon in Michigan. We grumbled our way back into the van and headed for a fantastic greasy spoon cafe called The Wol...
Posted by on Mon, 05 Jun 2006 14:31:00 GMT