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FIREFLY

Someday Is Today

About Me

Firefly quickly took the music scene by storm, making an initial impact by drawing quite a following to its energetic, live performances. Made up of three vastly different individuals, each bringing their own styles and influences to form a band where all parts feed off one another and play an essential role in the overall sound of Firefly. All three members of Firefly are no strangers to the rock scene, all were parts of former music projects scattered throughout Pennsylvania, California and Chicago, Illinois and all have been playing music in one form or another for over half of their lives.Guitarist/Vocalist Mikey Yurick centers the trio with a strong vocal presence and innovative, inventive guitar "noodling." Bassist/Backing Vocalist Erik Smith forms the rhythm section with resident big hitter/drummer Mike Hodge. Two vocalists combine to maintain Firefly's dynamic range of infectious melodies and unique harmonies.Influentially, the members of Firefly are as diverse as their styles, covering the likes of 80s New Wave, Punk Rock, 90s Rock, Modern Day Alternative, Guitar Rock, Indie, Emo, Motown, R&B/Hip Hop/Rap and Metal. Musically, Firefly draws influences from bands such as Hum, Jawbox, The Deftones and Green Day, just to name a few, but don't limit their styles, tastes or influences to one genre of music.The members of Firefly pour themselves into blistering, live performances, packed full of raw energy, tenacity and emotion. In 2005, Firefly found itself the runner-up in the Rolling Rock Challenge to open the 2005 Rolling Rock Town Fair. Drawing praise for their live performances, Firefly has also created an Internet buzz by being featured on several Internet radio stations and many other forms of media scattered across the U.S. In the winter of 2005, Firefly released its first 6-song untitled EP.Firefly is currently finalizing its first full length CD and merch line for the winter of 2007. Several surprises are on the way with many plans to make 2007 the best yet.Stay tuned...Contact info:AIM Erik - blunder926 Email: [email protected] myspace.com/chasefirefly

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Member Since: 6/23/2005
Band Members: Mikey Yurick: Guitars, guitar tricks, Lead Vocals; Erik Smith: Bass, Backing Vocals, sweet ass harmonies, comic fodder; Mike "PJ" Hodge: Drums, vocals
Influences: Sun, Air, Earth, Wind, Water, summer, energy, love, hate. Musical influences are as diverse as the members of Firefly. Common musical influences include Hum, Deftones, Green Day and the Foo Fighters.
Sounds Like: Strong three piece outfit that writes infectious pop/rock melodies that stick in your brain when the music is off...what else do you need?
Record Label: Independent
Type of Label: None

My Blog

One More Ting

I left the "h" off for fun... As you can see, our St. Paddy's Day show at Bootsie's has been cancelled.  Unfortunately, Bootsie's doors are still shut down...we apologize for having to cancel the...
Posted by FIREFLY on Fri, 09 Mar 2007 04:57:00 PST

More news

Hey everybody - just wanted to thank all of you for joining us last weekend at the Dodging August CD Release party/final PA show - we had a f'n blast - one of the most amazing shows we've EVER been a ...
Posted by FIREFLY on Fri, 09 Mar 2007 04:55:00 PST

Riot on Sunset Volume 1

So check this out everyone, we've been "mum" on some of the going's on with Firefly lately, but we're really excited to announce that we're part of a compilation CD being released on March 27th from 2...
Posted by FIREFLY on Sat, 24 Feb 2007 01:35:00 PST

February 16 @ Bootsie's

Hey everyone - just wanted to pass along the word that our show on Feb. 16th at Bootsie's in McKeesport has been cancelled.  We hope to bring us, The Dream Intended and Dodging August back there ...
Posted by FIREFLY on Thu, 15 Feb 2007 07:39:00 PST

Vote for Us!

So many of you have probably read the bulletin I sent out - but just in case, we've entered another competition, this one is The X Winter Rock Challenge, sponsored by 105.9 The X and The Hard Rock CXa...
Posted by FIREFLY on Sat, 20 Jan 2007 09:36:00 PST

Thanks and thoughts

Yeah, so wow...thank you to everyone who was a part of Saturday's show at Bootsie's...what a turnout!  I feel like we need to thank alot of people for doing what they did that evening.  Thes...
Posted by FIREFLY on Mon, 15 Jan 2007 08:26:00 PST

New Release

Since "Ask Me Now" has already found its way onto the Net via the Pontiac and Jimmy Kimmel show "Countdown To 1" Competition, we decided to post it to our My Space Page.  For those of y...
Posted by FIREFLY on Sat, 06 Jan 2007 12:04:00 PST

Happy Holidays

Alright, so the holidays are winding down...things aren't nearly as hectic as they were a week ago (thank God for that).  We hope everyone had a great holiday and you all are either back to work ...
Posted by FIREFLY on Wed, 27 Dec 2006 05:24:00 PST

Another good time

Hey everyone - Erik here again.  Saturday's show with Pete Killed Pete and Zelazowa was an awesome time.  Special thanks to everyone who came out and supported it, as well as thanks to ...
Posted by FIREFLY on Mon, 04 Dec 2006 05:35:00 PST

Quick Notes

Just wanted to say thanks to everyone who came out and supported us the past few shows...Mikey and I have been doing some acoustic sets to mix things up a bit and they have been going over pretty well...
Posted by FIREFLY on Tue, 28 Nov 2006 10:06:00 PST