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BE A PART OF THE SALUTING THE ROCKIES STREET TEAM!
WHAT IT IS: The STR street team is a group of our fans that puts up posters, circulates flyers and helps promote the band in their area!WHAT YOU DO: Print out the electronic flyers that we send you via email, and post them and hand them out around your area.
Send us a message with your name and email address, and we will send you our posters. (Don't worry, we won't give out your information to anybody!)Print them out, hand them out, and put them up everywhere!
Skateboarding, Blink 182, a K-Mart painting, and a “bad art†competition all lay a claim to the foundation of Saluting the Rockies, Minnesota's newest alternative rock band. Born in 2002, after long skateboarding expeditions and Blink 182 jamming sessions, Miles Paquette-Falk (lead vocals, guitar), Tommy Broich (guitar), and Grant Bielefeld (bass, vocals) swore they wouldn't sleep until they branded their group with a name. Rummaging through Miles's house, the band members found themselves strangely drawn to a K-Mart painting of pioneer men shooting their guns up towards the Rocky Mountains. Entered in a “bad art†competition the previous year, the painting featured a replica of Miles's father's old electric guitar in the middle of the sky above the mountains. Immediately inspired, the band adopted the name “Saluting the Rockies†and took the painting as its own lucky charm.In the spring of 2006, Doug Louiselle (drums, vocals) was introduced to the band through a mutual friend. In need of a fourth member, the band members invited Doug to rehearse with them. After just one session, all of the guys knew this was the beginning of something eminent.Pulling on the heavy, driving style of the Foo Fighters and the groovy feel of Franz Ferdinand, Saluting the Rockies music incorporates powerful and funky drum beats, much like the dance music of today, giving their songs a more up-beat, danceable feel. Using the influence of The Vines, the band likes to use simple yet catchy guitar progressions accompanied by intense and hooky vocal lines. Their musical feel is much like a hypothetical “punch in the gut†followed by a sensual “kiss on the lipsâ€.In 2006, Saluting the Rockies was one of eight bands selected out of the almost 30 entries to compete in the Drive 105 Battle of the Bands at Valley Fair. The band has also been featured at First Avenue, The Mall of America, The Minnesota State Fair, The Depot, TC Underground, The Segue, Station 4, and The Toybox, with a television appearance on BCTV.In the spring of 2008, Saluting the Rockies will be releasing their first album.I edited my profile with Thomas' Myspace Editor V4.4
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