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Aaron Lee Tasjan

Rock 'n' Roll Folknik from the heart of it all.

About Me


CONTACT INFO:
Managment and booking: Jason Milner [email protected]
Email ALT or JOIN THE MAILING LIST at [email protected]
Legal info for ALT & SPW contact Adam Davids at [email protected]
"...THE AUDITORY EQUIVALENT OF LOOKING THROUGH WAX PAPER AT A GIANT PICTURE OF GRAM PARSONS..." COLUMBUS MAGAZINE
Hails from New Albany, OH where the Golden Eagles are always number 1! A member of the one and only Madison Square Gardeners super deluxe combo and rock 'n' roll band. Doesn't have a job. Listens to a ton of records. Makes a ton of records. Sometimes drinks too much. Most of the time just happy to be here.
PRESS FOR HARD LOVE & FREE LUCK:
"...THE INFLUENCES ARE HEAVY FROM BOB DYLAN TO THE BEATLES TO THE JOHNS-PRINE AND HIATT- BUT THEY NEVER OVERWHELM TASJAN'S SKILL AS A SONGWRITER..."-The Chicago Sun Times 2008
"...A ROLLICKING ALT-COUNTRY AFFAIR,"-The Columbus Alive Columbus, OH 2008.
"...A ROCK N ROLL FOLKNIK HERO!"-The Triad Scene Greensboro, NC 2008
"IF YOU'RE A FAN OF GREAT AMERICAN MUSIC THIS (HARD LOVE & FREE LUCK) IS NOT TO BE MISSED."-Eric Broz, Honesty Is Such A Shallow Grave June 2008. CLICK THIS TO READ ONLINE REVIEW
"...HIS (ALT's) SOLO RECORD IS A WONDERFUL PIECE OF WORK IN THE VIEN OF GRAM PARSONS/BURRITO BROS. I KNOW THAT'S SAYING A LOT, BUT YOU HAVE TO HEAR IT TO BELIEVE."-John Agnello (Son Volt, Dinosaur Jr., The Hold Steady.) www.johnagnello.com
CLICK THIS TO HEAR ALT ON "BP FALLON'S WANG DANG DOODLE" ON BREAK THRU RADIO
CLICK THIS TO READ ABOUT "HARD LOVE & FREE LUCK" IN THE COLUMBUS ALIVE
RADIO STATIONS SUPPORTING HARD LOVE & FREE LUCK:
104.1 WTKS Orlando, FL
WHRC (www.whrcradio.com) Philadelphia, PA
CLICK THE "BUY NOW" BUTTON TO PURCHASE ALT'S NEW RECORD FOR ONLY $9.99!!!

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 1/28/2005
Band Website: atrocks.net
Band Members: The Madison Square Gardeners, Jill Sobule, Kevn Kinney, Anton Fier, Andy Hess, Tomi Fujiyama, Brett Bass, Matt Keating, Jesse Malin, Chris Masterson, Eleanor Whitmore, Kristina Train, Lenny Kay, Stuffy Schmidt, Cat Popper and THE Keith Christopher.

Also, I am sometimes a secret member of.... Sun Tangled Angel Revival

On "Hard Love and Free Luck:" Mark Stepro, John Kengla, Rich Hinman, Ramblin' Rob Heath, Catherine Popper, Tony Garnier, Bruce Brody, Justin Tranter, Aaron Diehl.

Produced by ALT, engineered by Kieran Kelly, mixed by John Agnello, mastered by George Marino.

Inspired by The Kroger parking lot, ciggarettes and love.
Influences: Sister Rosetta Tharpe, John Prine, Dinosaur Jr., The Jayhawks, John Hiatt, Dylan, Superchunk, Woody Guthrie.
Sounds Like: HARD LOVE & FREE LUCK now available on pay pal for $9.99

ALT's SMILE & NOD EP now available on CDBABY.com

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Record Label: SPW: Razor & Tie
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Halloween bed...pants optional...marketing projections

Gigs:Tomorrow night Friday October 10 @ The Living Room (Upstairs) solo8:30pmAdmission is FREE and includes a FREE copy of "The Smile & Nod EP"!Hey everybody! Got a sweet solo show coming up tomorrow...
Posted by Aaron Lee Tasjan on Fri, 10 Oct 2008 04:18:00 PST

The fall...football...the music biz

Listen up ya freakin' crazies,Today SPW's debut record "We Love You" has been released at record stores across the U.S. and on i-tunes. Go buy it.Lot's in store for the months ahead...a Jesse Malin t...
Posted by Aaron Lee Tasjan on Wed, 01 Oct 2008 05:49:00 PST

A September to Remember...things...underwear monsters...

In the words of those imortal poets Stained, "It's been a while..." any way, a big 10-4 from the airport in Toronto.Don't let those dreaded underwear monsters get you down! Lot's of good news to repo...
Posted by Aaron Lee Tasjan on Fri, 19 Sep 2008 10:09:00 PST

Tour recap...atrocks.net...recording

UPCOMING SHOWS:FRIDAY JULY 25THMSGrs @ Banjo JimsNYC10pm FREEMONDAY JULY 28THSPW @ Mercury LoungeNYC 8pmFRIDAY AUGUST 1STALT @ Rockwood Music HallNYC 11pm FREEMONDAY AUGUST 4THShayni Rae's Truckstop R...
Posted by Aaron Lee Tasjan on Tue, 22 Jul 2008 09:30:00 PST

Perez Hilton...summer tour....recording...

Yo ho me hardies!UPCOMING SHOWS:Friday July 4th 11pmThe Living Room w/ Adam LevyNew York, NY FREE 21+so by now perhaps you've heard that perez hilton has debuted spw's new music video on his website t...
Posted by Aaron Lee Tasjan on Wed, 02 Jul 2008 01:47:00 PST

On the road...Toronto..LA...can gumbo prevent swelling?

hey everybody! hope you are all well...i'm finally home! some great gigs in Toronto, San Diego and Los Angeles with SPW. in Toronto we watched as our concert promoter fishhooked and eye gouged a ma...
Posted by Aaron Lee Tasjan on Tue, 24 Jun 2008 10:31:00 PST

SPW Wins...travels....Truckstops...

Ok folks...pretty psyched to announce that SPW is the winner of the MTV/Logo NewNowNext Award for Breakout Song of the Year for our tune "Magnetic Baby," penned by our very own Justin Tranter. Dig ou...
Posted by Aaron Lee Tasjan on Mon, 09 Jun 2008 06:19:00 PST

The Living Room...new folks...SPW...

Thanks to everyone who came to the Living Room last night! What a hoot! In other news i want you all to do me a huge favor and check out the following folks...firstly, a super groovy cat named Nels ...
Posted by Aaron Lee Tasjan on Thu, 05 Jun 2008 03:11:00 PST

June 4th...June 6th...Octopus invades from outerspace....

It's all true...everything you've heard...This Wednesday, June 4th at 10pm, I'm playing at The Living Room with Catherine Popper on bass and Mark Stepro on drums as a celebration of my "Hard Love & Fr...
Posted by Aaron Lee Tasjan on Fri, 30 May 2008 10:51:00 PST

New ALT record...how to drink out of your own underwear...other things...

So as of today, you can download all of my new record Hard Love and Free Luck off of this here myspace page for only .99 a track! woohoo...for those who'd like a hard copy of the record, they can be ...
Posted by Aaron Lee Tasjan on Sun, 11 May 2008 06:06:00 PST