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About Me

___________NEWS/BIO:___________

We released an 11 song cd at our last show
For a copy, please contact us on myspace
or at
[email protected]
Thank you to our friend Greg "Flow" Towery
At Rooftop Productions in Lansing, MI
for his help and dedication!

After a year and a half, The Eastern Block
has played it's final show
January 26th at Mac's Bar
which was very special, very drunk.
Thank you to everybody who came out
to say goodbye and wish us well.
We have the fondest of memories from The Eastern Block.
To all the bands that we've played with,
all the bars we've played in, all our friends, family
and everyone who's come out to see us...
Thank you, we will miss you all!
Our good friend and lead guitarist
Knuckles (Matt) has moved to the
Portland, Oregon area. His long-time girlfriend
Sarah, recently completed her PhD
and has accepted a job out there.
We are sad to see the end of The Eastern Block
but we are even sadder to see
one of our best friends move to the opposite
side of the country. There are absolutely NO
hard feelings, and we will truly miss our brother.
The remaining three of us will eventually
be back in the scene, but we have no
intention of keeping The Block alive without
one of the founding members. It started as
the brainchild of 4 close friends, and we
feel pleased with what we've done with it.
Thank you and farewell.
This page is always under construction.
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The Eastern Block
consists of long time friends and some
former members of both
the rockin' Eight Ball Grifter and the furious Fightin' Hellfish .
Forming in the summer of 2005, the band originally formed to play one show just for kicks...
Since then, we've had so much fun, that we decided to take it on the road...
We play songs about Rock N Roll, Women, Our Roots, Alcohol, Family,
Old Friends, and Monkey Nuts.
With two Polish brothers, a Macedonian and a Czech,
the band was proudly named...
The Eastern Block.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 8/24/2005
Band Members:
Johnny Diablo
Drums, Vocals

Rhino
Bass, Vocals

Knuckles
Lead Guitar, Vocals

Captain Ed
Rhythm Guitar, Vocals

Influences:
Ramones
Social Distortion
The Queers
The Clash
Cheap Trick
Rancid

Sounds Like: Social Distortion
mixed with
Cheap Trick
Record Label: Jacknife Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

The End of the Road...

Well, Knuckles let the cat out of the bag yesterday in his own myspace blog, so now we will tell everybody else... After a year and a half, The Eastern Block will have its final Lansing show sometim...
Posted by The Eastern Block on Thu, 09 Nov 2006 04:47:00 PST

RESCHEDULED SHOW!!!!!!!!!!!

The We Rock! You Decide! Show has been moved to two locations:Oade's Hidden Cameland The Cadillac Club (check out the website, this place is cool!)...both on South Washington Avenue in REO Town of Lan...
Posted by The Eastern Block on Fri, 20 Oct 2006 05:14:00 PST

CANCELLED SHOW 10/20/06

___________LATEST NEWS:___________Due to reasons way beyond our control, our show this Friday at the Temple Clubfor the We Rock! You Decide!Show has been cancelled.The Temple Club has closed their doo...
Posted by The Eastern Block on Wed, 18 Oct 2006 09:50:00 PST

Thursday May 25th Temple Club

Hey all-Just a reminder that we are playing at the Temple Club this Thursday for Dirt Road Logic's CD release of "Great Lake Heartache." Come join us and DRL along with The Good Mornings(Jason and Car...
Posted by The Eastern Block on Mon, 22 May 2006 10:56:00 PST

Mad Sin - Punk & Psychobilly, anyone?

We are selling pre-sale tickets ($10) for this show and need as much help as possible!The Temple ClubIs welcoming Germany's best Psychobilly to Lansing:(Sailor's Grave Records, Germany)MAY 2, 2006(AL...
Posted by The Eastern Block on Tue, 18 Apr 2006 10:25:00 PST

GUTTERSNIPE 2006

Don't forget about Guttersnipe 2006!11 Great bands starting @5 PM!!Get there early enough to catch everybody,Stay late and drink the night away...This Friday (3-31-06) Doors @4 pmFirst band @5 pmSpons...
Posted by The Eastern Block on Sun, 26 Mar 2006 01:45:00 PST

New Pics

New Pics up from friends... Thanks to Yosh, Jillian and the Lansing State Journal for the kick ass pics! Check out of new pics at: http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.vi ewPicture...
Posted by The Eastern Block on Tue, 28 Feb 2006 05:12:00 PST

TRUE BELIEVERS

Don't forget the next Punk Night at Mac's Bar Friday, February 24th, 2006with the likes of: Koffin Kats, Lost Without Leaving... Thanks to Anne Erickson of LSJ for the following:check it out at http:/...
Posted by The Eastern Block on Thu, 23 Feb 2006 07:52:00 PST

News.

We hope everyone had a great holiday, and a drunken New Year! Upcoming shows to watch out for: January 13th, 2006Mac's BarBattlescars, Eastern Block, BoxcuttersJanuary 25th, 2006Temple ClubSin Th...
Posted by The Eastern Block on Tue, 03 Jan 2006 06:55:00 PST

Don't forget...

Don't forget... Our friends in Heroes Love Revenge, The Battle Scars and The Van Ermans are playing at Mac's Bar for the Heroes Love Revenge CD Release party. Doors are at 5 on Sunday, Novem...
Posted by The Eastern Block on Fri, 18 Nov 2005 02:30:00 PST