Rockin Benefits Hits Playoffs Sports Bar in Altura for Rockin for the Flood Victims
December 15th, 2007
Featuring: Winonas own son Lance King
Lance King is an American heavy metal vocalist.
Lance has sung for many metal bands all around the world throughout his career including,
FREELANCE (Winona, MN-1981-1986), GEMINI (Rochester, MN 1986-1993 - Released their "Self titled" album (Also known as "The Pink Album" in 1990 and "Out for Blood" in 1992) KINGS MACHINE (Minneapolis - 1993-1997 - Released "A state of Mind" 1995 )
BALANCE OF POWER (Great Britain - 1997-2003 - Released 5 albums, Lance sang on 3 of these releases. "Book of Secrets" - 1998 /
"Ten More Tales" 1999 / "Perfect Balance" 2001"), PYRAMAZE (Denmark - 2003-2006 - Released two albums "Melancholy Beast" in 2004 / "Legend of the Bone Carver" in 2006)
In addition to the bands above, Lance has sung on several other albums throughout his career.
EMPIRE- "Hypnotica" 2002 (Germany), DEFYANCE - "Transitional Forms" 2003, SHINING STAR - "Enter Eternity" 2005 (Brazil)
AVIAN- "From the Depths of Time" 2005 (USA) and a few tribute albums.
Lance continues to record and play in a regional cover band DECIBEL from Minneapolis and is presently recording new albums with AVIAN (Minneapolis) and KRUCIBLE (Houston,Texas)
Lance is known for singing in a traditional more operatic metal style in the mold of Ronnie James Dio, Bruce Dickinson or Geoff Tate with influences of progressive vocals like Dream Theater's James Labrie, and hard rock vocals of TNT's Tony Harnell. In 1990 Lance founded the St. Paul, Minnesota based Nightmare Records where he specializes in Progressive metal and Power Metal and has a large selection of hard rock and Christian Metal artists. He originally founded the label in order to get the music of his band Gemini out to the world.
Lance is still the owner and head of Nightmare Records and since its small inception in 1990 Nightmare has sold over 2,000,000 albums.
As if Lance doesnt have enough on his plate he has agreed to do a special reunion after 21 plus years with his first band from Winona, Freelance, The guys will hit the stage again for one show in order to support Southern Minnesotas flood victims.
To find out more about Lance King and Nightmare
www.Nightmare-Records.com (Nightmare Official Website)
www.myspace/lancekingvox ( Professional Page )
www.myspace/nightmarerecords1 (Record Label Page)
www.myspace.com/nightmarerecordsmusic (Indie distribution page)
Benefit line up;
Luna Sea 4:30-6
Luna Sea is a variety band made up of some of the Mid-West's Top Professional Musical Talent. Catering to private or corporate engagements, as well as the area's finest large & small night clubs, Luna Sea is a powerful crowd pleasing experience providing classic rock favorites along with today's biggest hits. If you enjoy High-Energy Live Entertainment that also includes a light show that is second to none. When attending a Luna Sea show, you'll witness the electrifying stage presence the group has become known for.
www.myspace.com/lunaseaband
www.lunaseaband.com
B Nasty 6-7:30
B Nasty is out of St. Cloud, MN and started playing together 5 years ago, They went there separate ways two years ago and played in different projects before deciding that B Nasty was the right thing. They are from different walks of life so B Nasty has a sound like no other and that is what makes it work so well for them. Four of the five are married w/children. Playing music is not just a hobby with these guys, Its a PASSION for them you can tell in there music.
www.myspace.com/bnastyband
Freelance 8-9:30 (Winona's Own - Special Reunion show)
Freelance will hit the stage again with all the original lineup plus one! Lance King, Bill Knopp, Dave Smokey, Bob Ambuhl they will be joined by an additional guitar player Steve Treu who has played with Dave and Bill for quite awhile in Hunter. Freelance played from 1981-1986 doing a grueling schedule of 175 shows each year all over America, and though the band had wrote 10 songs before inner turmoil ripped the band apart, they never professionally recorded any of there material. Years have passed and the turmoil that ripped them apart is all in the past and they are ready for a long over due reunion.
Black Valentine 10-11:30
Black Valentine has been together since the early 90's. They cover classic rock an pop as well as original music. Originals have been very popular in clubs and arena's all over the US and Canada. Black Valentine is a 4-piece rock band from Rochester, Minnesota. They are lead by vocalist/guitarist/songwriter Bobby Valentine who also writes much of the bands original material. Other members of the band include Sean Drummond (guitar/vocals), Mike Huddock (drums) and Nicholas Pegram (bass/vocals).
www.myspace.com/blackvalentinerocks
Harsh Reality 12-1:30
Harsh Reality is out of Minneapolis and features Aggressive Metal with a touch of industrial intensity done by Rock N Roll Gender Outlaws and Primal metal forces. Harsh Reality has completed over 100 shows since their return from Hiatus with a new lineup in 2006 (Featuring MMA award winners Tempest & Jendeen) and working with such national acts as Metal Church and the Genitorturers. Harsh Reality has also been enjoying the release of a new album Harsh Apocalypse the Electro Resurrection recorded live during their historic Suspension show.
www.harshreality.us
www.myspace.com/harshrealitymetal
Lights and sound will be provided my Spectrum Pro-Audio out of Rochester, MN
www.spectrumproaudio.com
Who is Rockin Benefits?
Rockin Benefits was formed by John Weidemann after talking with Lance King about their friends and families after the floods in August. Being they are both from the Winona area they came up with the idea of doing a benefit featuring local bands. So John came up with the name Rockin Benefits and started putting together Rockin for the Flood Victims. Along with Nightmare Records to help promote the benefit John also got out of State Sponsors Hot Pink Promotions from Arizona and Razor Sharp Promotions from Maine.
The first Rockin for the Flood Victims Benefit was held on Oct. 7th at GB Leightons Pickle Park it even made the KSTP news and featured KSTPs own Anne Hutchinson as a guest emcee and six bands from Minneapolis, St. Cloud and Rochester. All proceeds went to help families from Minnesota City, Stockton and Rushford. John is getting ready to start working on another benefit show in the near future for a little girl born with profound hearing loss and needs Cochlear Implants to help her hear and talk something we all take for granted. If you want to raise money for a GOOD cause and want help, you can reach John at the Rockin Benefits page.
www.myspace.com/rockinbenefits
Sponsors
www.myspace/nightmarerecords1
www.myspace.com/Hotpinkproductions
www.myspace.com/razorraywrbc
All my best, Lance King
Vocalist and Owner of....
NIGHTMARE RECORDS & DISTRIBUTION
7751 Greenwood Drive,
St. Paul, MN 55112 U.S.A.
CHECK OUT THE PAGES!
www.Nightmare-Records.com
www.myspace.com/NightmareRecords1 (Label)
www.myspace.com/NightmareRecordsMusic (Distribution)
www.myspace.com/lancekingvox (Professional)
Check out our OFFICIAL NIGHTMARE RECORDS FORUM on ULTIMATE METAL FORUMS
http://www.ultimatemetal.com/forum/nightmare-records-436/
http://www.avianband.com
December 15th, 2007
Featuring: Winonas own son Lance King
Lance King is an American heavy metal vocalist.
Lance has sung for many metal bands all around the world throughout his career including,
FREELANCE (Winona, MN-1981-1986), GEMINI (Rochester, MN 1986-1993 - Released their "Self titled" album (Also known as "The Pink Album" in 1990 and "Out for Blood" in 1992) KINGS MACHINE (Minneapolis - 1993-1997 - Released "A state of Mind" 1995 )
BALANCE OF POWER (Great Britain - 1997-2003 - Released 5 albums, Lance sang on 3 of these releases. "Book of Secrets" - 1998 /
"Ten More Tales" 1999 / "Perfect Balance" 2001"), PYRAMAZE (Denmark - 2003-2006 - Released two albums "Melancholy Beast" in 2004 / "Legend of the Bone Carver" in 2006)
In addition to the bands above, Lance has sung on several other albums throughout his career.
EMPIRE- "Hypnotica" 2002 (Germany), DEFYANCE - "Transitional Forms" 2003, SHINING STAR - "Enter Eternity" 2005 (Brazil)
AVIAN- "From the Depths of Time" 2005 (USA) and a few tribute albums.
Lance continues to record and play in a regional cover band DECIBEL from Minneapolis and is presently recording new albums with AVIAN (Minneapolis) and KRUCIBLE (Houston,Texas)
Lance is known for singing in a traditional more operatic metal style in the mold of Ronnie James Dio, Bruce Dickinson or Geoff Tate with influences of progressive vocals like Dream Theater's James Labrie, and hard rock vocals of TNT's Tony Harnell. In 1990 Lance founded the St. Paul, Minnesota based Nightmare Records where he specializes in Progressive metal and Power Metal and has a large selection of hard rock and Christian Metal artists. He originally founded the label in order to get the music of his band Gemini out to the world.
Lance is still the owner and head of Nightmare Records and since its small inception in 1990 Nightmare has sold over 2,000,000 albums.
As if Lance doesnt have enough on his plate he has agreed to do a special reunion after 21 plus years with his first band from Winona, Freelance, The guys will hit the stage again for one show in order to support Southern Minnesotas flood victims.
To find out more about Lance King and Nightmare
www.Nightmare-Records.com (Nightmare Official Website)
www.myspace/lancekingvox ( Professional Page )
www.myspace/nightmarerecords1 (Record Label Page)
www.myspace.com/nightmarerecordsmusic (Indie distribution page)
Benefit line up;
Luna Sea 4:30-6
Luna Sea is a variety band made up of some of the Mid-West's Top Professional Musical Talent. Catering to private or corporate engagements, as well as the area's finest large & small night clubs, Luna Sea is a powerful crowd pleasing experience providing classic rock favorites along with today's biggest hits. If you enjoy High-Energy Live Entertainment that also includes a light show that is second to none. When attending a Luna Sea show, you'll witness the electrifying stage presence the group has become known for.
www.myspace.com/lunaseaband
www.lunaseaband.com
B Nasty 6-7:30
B Nasty is out of St. Cloud, MN and started playing together 5 years ago, They went there separate ways two years ago and played in different projects before deciding that B Nasty was the right thing. They are from different walks of life so B Nasty has a sound like no other and that is what makes it work so well for them. Four of the five are married w/children. Playing music is not just a hobby with these guys, Its a PASSION for them you can tell in there music.
www.myspace.com/bnastyband
Freelance 8-9:30 (Winona's Own - Special Reunion show)
Freelance will hit the stage again with all the original lineup plus one! Lance King, Bill Knopp, Dave Smokey, Bob Ambuhl they will be joined by an additional guitar player Steve Treu who has played with Dave and Bill for quite awhile in Hunter. Freelance played from 1981-1986 doing a grueling schedule of 175 shows each year all over America, and though the band had wrote 10 songs before inner turmoil ripped the band apart, they never professionally recorded any of there material. Years have passed and the turmoil that ripped them apart is all in the past and they are ready for a long over due reunion.
Black Valentine 10-11:30
Black Valentine has been together since the early 90's. They cover classic rock an pop as well as original music. Originals have been very popular in clubs and arena's all over the US and Canada. Black Valentine is a 4-piece rock band from Rochester, Minnesota. They are lead by vocalist/guitarist/songwriter Bobby Valentine who also writes much of the bands original material. Other members of the band include Sean Drummond (guitar/vocals), Mike Huddock (drums) and Nicholas Pegram (bass/vocals).
www.myspace.com/blackvalentinerocks
Harsh Reality 12-1:30
Harsh Reality is out of Minneapolis and features Aggressive Metal with a touch of industrial intensity done by Rock N Roll Gender Outlaws and Primal metal forces. Harsh Reality has completed over 100 shows since their return from Hiatus with a new lineup in 2006 (Featuring MMA award winners Tempest & Jendeen) and working with such national acts as Metal Church and the Genitorturers. Harsh Reality has also been enjoying the release of a new album Harsh Apocalypse the Electro Resurrection recorded live during their historic Suspension show.
www.harshreality.us
www.myspace.com/harshrealitymetal
Lights and sound will be provided my Spectrum Pro-Audio out of Rochester, MN
www.spectrumproaudio.com
Who is Rockin Benefits?
Rockin Benefits was formed by John Weidemann after talking with Lance King about their friends and families after the floods in August. Being they are both from the Winona area they came up with the idea of doing a benefit featuring local bands. So John came up with the name Rockin Benefits and started putting together Rockin for the Flood Victims. Along with Nightmare Records to help promote the benefit John also got out of State Sponsors Hot Pink Promotions from Arizona and Razor Sharp Promotions from Maine.
The first Rockin for the Flood Victims Benefit was held on Oct. 7th at GB Leightons Pickle Park it even made the KSTP news and featured KSTPs own Anne Hutchinson as a guest emcee and six bands from Minneapolis, St. Cloud and Rochester. All proceeds went to help families from Minnesota City, Stockton and Rushford. John is getting ready to start working on another benefit show in the near future for a little girl born with profound hearing loss and needs Cochlear Implants to help her hear and talk something we all take for granted. If you want to raise money for a GOOD cause and want help, you can reach John at the Rockin Benefits page.
www.myspace.com/rockinbenefits
Sponsors
www.myspace/nightmarerecords1
www.myspace.com/Hotpinkproductions
www.myspace.com/razorraywrbc
All my best, Lance King
Vocalist and Owner of....
NIGHTMARE RECORDS & DISTRIBUTION
7751 Greenwood Drive,
St. Paul, MN 55112 U.S.A.
CHECK OUT THE PAGES!
www.Nightmare-Records.com
www.myspace.com/NightmareRecords1 (Label)
www.myspace.com/NightmareRecordsMusic (Distribution)
www.myspace.com/lancekingvox (Professional)
Check out our OFFICIAL NIGHTMARE RECORDS FORUM on ULTIMATE METAL FORUMS
http://www.ultimatemetal.com/forum/nightmare-records-436/
http://www.avianband.com
