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Centerpunch

About Me

After Katrina, the music scene changed in New Orleans... as much as the city itself. But just as the city needs to rebuild, so does the music scene... and Centerpunch hopes to be a catalyst for that movement. Centerpunch was formed in May of 2007 by Keith Pickett (Cell, Estrus) and Brian Ordoyne (Sarah E 203, Estrus), on guitar and drums respectively, who had been playing together on and off for years. Shortly afterwards they added on the talents of Darrin Creppel (Radiodive, Floodstage) on bass. They came across Chris Recinos (Overtone) in late 2007 to complete the package on vocals.
So far we've shared the stage with Allyria, Black Stone Cherry, Candlebox, Fair to Midland, Hoobastank, Neverset, Nonpoint, Pop Evil, Resident Hero, and Steadlur..
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Centerpunch EP
Recorded February 22-23, 2008 at Balance Studios (Mandeville, LA)
Mixed February 24, 2008 at Balance Studios by David Troia
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My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 11/26/2007
Band Members: Darrin Creppel - Bass

Brian Ordoyne - Drums

Keith Pickett - Guitar

Chris Recinos - Vocals

Influences: Dark beer, Whiskey, Tequila, Agents of Oblivion, Alice in Chains, Bad Brains, Johnny Cash, The Cult, Dream Theater, Faith No More, Foo Fighters, Guns 'N Roses, Pear Jam, PJ Harvey, Jimi Hendrix, Husker Du, Billy Idol, Iron Maiden, Led Zeppelin, Motorhead, New York Dolls, Pearl Jam, Ramones, Rush, Sevendust, Soundgarden, Stone Temple Pilots, Thin Lizzy, etc., etc...

Sounds Like: Sex while you're getting punched in the face.

Check out this bit of video from our show with Candlebox at HOB (yes the music is from our demo)

View Centerpunch's EPK

Record Label: unsigned
Type of Label: Unsigned

My Blog

The Parish at HOB - 12/27/08

Last show of the year..... almost one year to the day of our first show in the same room... it was a nice intimate evening with some great old and new friends. Happy New Year to everyone!
Posted by on Mon, 29 Dec 2008 09:19:00 GMT

The Howlin’ Wolf - 11/28/08

First time at the Wolf = WIN! Played with some great bands and made some new friends.... can't ask for much more....
Posted by on Mon, 01 Dec 2008 09:45:00 GMT

One year....

So one year ago today, Chris officially joined our ranks to complete the puzzle now known as Centerpunch...
Posted by on Mon, 24 Nov 2008 08:46:00 GMT

The Brickhouse - 11/14/08

What can we say about playing at our 2nd Home?  The crowd was great and, as always, everyone at The Brick was awesome..... can't wait to go back again....
Posted by on Mon, 17 Nov 2008 12:57:00 GMT

Big Easy Roller Derby - 11/09/08

Hell Yeah!!!! Nothing like playing some rock 'n roll while girls on skates beat the hell out of each other!!! Big thanks to BERG for having us!!!
Posted by on Mon, 10 Nov 2008 07:50:00 GMT

The Parish at The House of Blues - 10/04/08

Great show.... inspite of the fact that Chris came down with the Plague..... Pandemic was awesome, of course....
Posted by on Tue, 07 Oct 2008 13:35:00 GMT

Click’s - 09/27/08

Seems like everytime we play in Baton Rouge there is a huge sporting event.... well, at least everyone is drunk already when they get to the show =P Saw some old friends and made some new ones......
Posted by on Mon, 29 Sep 2008 08:24:00 GMT

The Brickhouse - 09/20/08

So a couple of weeks ago, the Southeastern area of Louisiana got dumped on and flooded by Hurricanes Gustav and Ike..... Houma took a huge hit and actually just got back up and running (well, most of ...
Posted by on Mon, 22 Sep 2008 08:32:00 GMT

House of Blues - 09/06/08

Well, Gustav definately effected this one, but we'd like to thank those of you that did make it out to the show... apparently the new songs went over well =)
Posted by on Mon, 08 Sep 2008 09:22:00 GMT

House of Blues Local Band Showcase and CD Release Party!

Hosted By: House of BluesWhen: Saturday Sep 06, 2008 at 9:00 PMWhere: House of Blues225 Decatur St.New Orleans, Louisiana|19 70130United StatesDescription:House of Blues Click Here To View Event
Posted by on Wed, 20 Aug 2008 09:30:00 GMT