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ON BY SEVEN at the Village Tavern - 8/21/08

Tearing it up one stage at a time.

About Me

On By Seven is a hard working Alternative Rock band from Columbia, SC. On By Seven brings out a solid rock sound influenced by the likes of Collective Soul, Daughtry, the Foo Fighters and more. Upon this foundation, On By Seven builds its unique brand of alternative rock with emotional and powerful lyrics spinning tales of times past, loves lost, and life in general.
On By Seven was founded by bassist/vocalist Johnathan Spell in the summer of 2001, and includes Sam Strickland on guitar and vocals, and Ian Patrick on drums. The band independantly released a three song EP entitled the Sound Lab Demos during the summer of 2007.
On By Seven has since had the pleasure of sharing a stage with such bands as Begger's Guild, Closer, Bain Mattox and Shot from Guns, and national recording acts Big 10-4 and Tyrone Wells. On By Seven was also voted Indie Spotlight band of the month for January 2008 at Alternative Addiction.com.
PRESS
"On By Seven's...new demo shows them employing a Daughtry-like mainstream rock sound on songs such as 'Midnight Train'" - K. Oliver: Columbia's Free Times
"On By Seven...rocked the arena, providing full force power and keeping the night moving strong" - Flip Flop Fest Website (www.flipflopfest.com)
"...pure rock’n’roll. With strong vocals, badass beats and excellent songwriting these guys were a great addition to an already amazing show!" - Sophie Creole: Emergenza Music Fanzine
"Can't Miss Show for December among the likes of Daughtry, NeedtoBreathe, and Cowboy Mouth" - Graffiti Magazine, Charleston SC Dec. 6th 07

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 11/20/2005
Band Website: onbyseven.com
Band Members: Johnathan Spell - Bass & Vocals
Sam Strickland - Guitar & Vocals
Ian Patrick - Drums



Influences: Collective Soul, Better than Ezra,
Foo Fighters, Live,
Radiohead, Everclear,
Sister Hazel, Edwin McCain
Hootie, Fuel, etc.

Sounds Like: Collective Soul, Daughtry, Rock and Roll

Record Label: None
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Freetimes - 6/4/2008

On By Seven  Based out of Charleston and Columbia, this trio plays an unapologetic brand of modern rock fans of Daughtry or Collective Soul might enjoy. The Fire Apes also are from the Holy City, and...
Posted by ON BY SEVEN at the Village Tavern - 8/21/08 on Fri, 06 Jun 2008 10:30:00 PST

DAMNIT ALL!

Well, its 10 PM on Saturday, April 26th and I am currently sitting at home watching TV.  What is wrong with this statement?  I'll tell you what is wrong...we were supposed to be in Augusta, ...
Posted by ON BY SEVEN at the Village Tavern - 8/21/08 on Sun, 27 Apr 2008 07:32:00 PST

....Ain’t Luck A Bitch

What up folks. Sam here. You know I've always heard bad things come in three. And to a degree I guess that's true. For us, Number one would have to be Jason's shoulder. Well, I'll come in at Number Tw...
Posted by ON BY SEVEN at the Village Tavern - 8/21/08 on Thu, 14 Feb 2008 10:44:00 PST

The NEWS we have all been waiting for...

Ok. So at our Dec. 9 show at 5 Points Pub, I ran into some difficulty on stage of not being able to hold onto my sticks. This happened on song 2 of our 14 song set. So for the rest of the set, I grin...
Posted by ON BY SEVEN at the Village Tavern - 8/21/08 on Sat, 02 Feb 2008 08:30:00 PST

Next Big Thing

Hello everybody and Happy New Year!THANK YOU!!We owe that to all of you out there that voted, and voted, and voted for us during the past month on the Alternative Addiction website.  Due to all o...
Posted by ON BY SEVEN at the Village Tavern - 8/21/08 on Fri, 04 Jan 2008 06:25:00 PST

Free Tickets!!

Alright everyone. As promised, I will be out at the Wild Hare Saloon in the Vista tonight, Thursday, Dec. 6, from 8-10 pm with your chance to score tickets to our upcoming show on Dec. 9 at 5 Points ...
Posted by ON BY SEVEN at the Village Tavern - 8/21/08 on Thu, 06 Dec 2007 11:54:00 PST

Press - Columbia Free Times

On by Seven  Even rock 'n' roll bands get in the Christmas spirit this time of year, and Columbia's On by Seven are teaming up with a batch of regional acts to put on a benefit for Toys for Tots. Tog...
Posted by ON BY SEVEN at the Village Tavern - 8/21/08 on Wed, 05 Dec 2007 12:03:00 PST

Sluggo Radio Shows

So tonight was a great night!  Why is this?  Because we did our first radio interview on the Sluggo Radio Show (www.sluggoradioshow.com) tonight!!If some one had told me 6 months ago that we...
Posted by ON BY SEVEN at the Village Tavern - 8/21/08 on Tue, 20 Nov 2007 09:19:00 PST

Time to Check out some New Tunes....

What up folks. Sam here. After a blog a while back, I thought I'd post every now and them some new stuff I'm listening to every now and then. Music has been my life for 22 years and finding new music ...
Posted by ON BY SEVEN at the Village Tavern - 8/21/08 on Thu, 15 Nov 2007 06:35:00 PST

MATCHBOX ON TOUR....HELL YA

I feel like a little school girl I'm so excited. Folks, Matchbox 20 is goin on tour and is playing in Charlotte NC on Jan 29th. Who's comin with me, man? WHO'S COMIN WITH ME?SamOB7
Posted by ON BY SEVEN at the Village Tavern - 8/21/08 on Tue, 13 Nov 2007 05:41:00 PST