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About Me

In the summer of 2007, The Arcadists were formed through the magic of a craigslist ad and a veteran San Francisco singer/songwriter looking for a new project. South bay guitarist Rob Simmons and drummer Matt Kurvin were looking to start a new band that in the vein of Foo Fighters and Smashing Pumpkins, fueled by original tunes. They just needed the right singer. Erik Kostelnik replied to the posting after moving to Los Gatos, CA and after a few botched jam attempts, quickly found common musical ground with the duo with similar influences in Rock, Rock-a-billy, Ska and Surf Rock. After sucessful song writing sessions, Rob and Matt brought in bassist/internet music entrepreneur (and former bandmate) Jon Luini to complete the group.
The members of The Arcadists have a history of being in slash-rock bands before, as in funk/rock, alternative/rock, indie/rock and folk/rock. The Arcadists work on sending an undiluted message to its fans: they are not a slash rock band.
We are the Arcadists. Thanks for listening and support your local music scene!
Way of the Groupie (live 3/14/08)
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Member Since: 5/16/2007
Band Website: thearcadists.com
Band Members: Band Members: Erik Kostelnik (lead vocals, rhythm guitar), Rob Simmons (vocals, lead guitar), Jon R. Luini (bass, vocals), Matt Kurvin (drums, percussion)
Influences: Rock, Ska, Rockabilly
Sounds Like: Foo Fighters, Collective Soul, 3 Doors Down, Smashing Pumpkins, White Stripes, Big Head Todd, Your Mom, Blind Mellon, Bush, Soundgarden, Gomez, Sublime, Son Volt, Big Country, Antenna, Good ole rock and roll.
Record Label: unsigned
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Final mixes + Video up!

We just uploaded all of the final mixes for our demo/EP which we are currently calling "Listen... we are going to have a conversation" (we can tell you more about that title another time). The amazin...
Posted by The Arcadists on Mon, 17 Mar 2008 12:25:00 PST

The Aracadists playing the Catalyst on March 14th!!!

We were recently contacted, via myspace, to play the Atrium of the historic Catalyst in Santa Cruz on 3/14. We are super stoked to play this show and need your help to get a great crowd so we can make...
Posted by The Arcadists on Fri, 01 Feb 2008 09:39:00 PST

Beach Party Gig! Saturday Jan 26

"Moonlight Walk to Nowhere"We're playing a 10 band all-night beach party event on a Davenport Beach in Santa Cruz on Saturday January 26, 2008 starting at Sunset, and you're in on the secret! We'll s...
Posted by The Arcadists on Tue, 08 Jan 2008 02:53:00 PST

Back at Johnny Vs in San Jose, CA, Fri Jan 25th

We rock, come down for a great show with us, The Privies and The Booty Chesterfield Trio (rock, not thrash, bands). We've been told we'll go on 2nd, somewhere around 10pm. Johnny V's is a great plac...
Posted by The Arcadists on Sun, 23 Dec 2007 12:27:00 PST

Our Debut Gig! at Johnny Vs in San Jose, CA, Sat Nov 24th

Come check us out, we've got 7 more originals in our set as good or better than what's on our player currently, we've been busy! If you're a fan of energetic rock you'll want to be there. &...
Posted by The Arcadists on Wed, 14 Nov 2007 12:41:00 PST