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Kiwi Punch

About Me

NEW WAVE.
NEW CRAZE.

A brief history of Kiwi Punch:
Kiwi Punch was formed in early summer of 2005 with former members Neil S, Todd S, Andy B and Rob S. Only after their first show at the Monroeville Summerfest in '05, they disbanded never to see the spotlight again. Around that same time, Rob Sassi was still searching for some way to unleash his musical ideas and eventually, after some talking and persuading, Doug and Rob started jammin' late nights, in a smoky playhouse together creating the beginning legacy known as Kiwi Punch. With that, our good friend Jay was the second bassist to join our band and our second drummer Kenny Mason. Jay played the first show/battle of the bands (we won it! (not really sure how lol)) with us but soon left afterwards. Rob Pantalone was the next bassist to hit Kiwi Punch, and helped the development of the music a lot during the time... but alas Rob too left the band.. did I mention Neil rejoined the band for a few shows and played trombone? Anyways.... After Rob Pants left, Tony M came and joined the punch crew to throw down some basslines and partake in some smoky smoky.. Good friends Mary Miller (trombone) and Tony Ross (Alto Sax) have been known to share the stage with kiwi punch and put on a hell of a show!... But while things were looking their best!... there was a tradgic misfortune that happened the night before Kiwi Punch's Punky Reggae Party 2 show, forcing the band to break up due to complications we shouldn't get into lol....
Now with Vinnie da brix on the pots and pans, and Rob Pantalone back on the bass guitar, and a few new switch-ups, Kiwi Punch has been practicing and preparing for upcoming shows! If you need a band, send us a message with details for the show and we'll glady get back to you a.s.a.p.!
Be a part of that rude pittsburgh sound!
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We were recently put on a ska compilation from Quickstar Productions!
It is called.. SKA 4 LIFE!
It is a benefits for Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis!
We will have copies on us for sale for 6 bucks!
24 tracks. All underground talent across the US and more!
We only have 50 copies so... you know! :D
Kiwi Punch has shared the stage with bands such as: Big D and the Kids Table, Westbound Train, The Fad, Dan Dabber, Maesion, Atilla and the Huns, TIDU, Jellyfish, Blue Wave, We Were Skeletons, 1994, The Hormones, Dubmissive, Tranquilo, The Innocent, The Plastic Constellations, the SKAnarchists, The Deadmites, Dubmissive, Blood Vessels to Wires, Bridgely Moore, The Ropes, The Beasts of Eden, Our Neighbor Carl, I Voted for Kodos, The Skunk 11, Left is Law, and more!

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 11/07/2005
Band Members: Rob Sassi - Lead Vocals/ Lead Guitar,

Dragisa 'Doug' Bijelic - Guitar, backup vox,

Rob 'Pants' Pantalone - Bass,

Vince 'da stix' Grande - Drums

Influences: Tomas Kalnoky, John Lennon, Jim Morrison, Bob Marley, Unity, Self-matinence, Love, Peace, Respect, Catch 22, Streetlight Manifesto, The Specials, Op IVY, Against Me!, Dub, Reggae, Punx
Sounds Like: Like Summer Lovin' when some guy at the beach comes and kicks sand in your face.
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

Would you like to summon more gods for summoning gods for summoning gods to make more gods?

Suuuup yyoooo.We're back together and are gonna start writing some new music soon... but I found a low-fi track of Vince and I jamming out in his old house.It's a pretty sweet track even tho the quali...
Posted by on Tue, 03 Mar 2009 14:31:00 GMT

Kiwi on Break....

Hey guys, It's Rob Sassi here...I just wanted to let everyone know what was going on with the Punch right now, since everyone has been asking me and I'm just going to direct everyones attention to thi...
Posted by on Sat, 22 Nov 2008 21:35:00 GMT

Stephen gone missing...

Umm... I don't know if any of you have met Steve, our trumpet player... but he actually lives out in Ohio and would drive up to practice and play shows with Kiwi Punch... but as of last summer, its be...
Posted by on Mon, 22 Sep 2008 16:16:00 GMT

JUNE RECORDING SNEAK PREVIEW

Hey guys!! Rob Sassi here and I just wanted to show everyone a couple of the tracks so far that are going to be on our album.. to show the progress and such. There is still a lot of work that is going...
Posted by on Sun, 15 Jun 2008 14:35:00 GMT

Dark Chambers Dub!

It's very rough! We're getting better recording equiptment soon, but Vince and I today recorded a rough version of the Dark Chambers Dub Song with just Guitar and Drums... and some little he...
Posted by on Sun, 11 Nov 2007 17:22:00 GMT

Recording and possible not a break-up...

kiwi punch broke up for a bit, but now we're recordin an EP with our friend Chough and probably going to play a couple shows sometime before summer ends. keep in touch. Peace, Rob and all of kp
Posted by on Fri, 13 Jul 2007 11:11:00 GMT

NEW TEST SONG UP (NEW)

Hey guys, yesterday, Feb. 28th, we set up very basic recording equipment and we worked with it last night and recorded one of our songs, "Where is all the Passion?". It's not the best recording, but i...
Posted by on Thu, 01 Mar 2007 09:27:00 GMT

We won!

We won the battle of the bands at the Teen Oasis Center! Man, what a crazy night for a weeks practice... Thanks fans and friends!
Posted by on Fri, 03 Mar 2006 22:12:00 GMT