Great Lakes Run.

A couple weeks ago we jumped in the van and headed west for some shows around the Great Lakes. It's a convenient run for a band since there are plenty of Rock and Roll markets along I-90!

Saturday November 5, 2011:
We drove over night to save some time and relax in Detroit for a little while and maybe catch some zzzzzs. We still had some time to kill so I wanted to drive by the next day's video shoot location and check it out. While driving around we noticed some politically-charged signs and tents near a group of people. On a whim, we stumbled upon Occupy Detroit! So, what did we do? What do you think we did?....




Later that night we played The Ritz in Warren, MI (for the second time) with Jakkd, Xfactor1, A Year in New York. Thanks to Jamie Sgroi and Roni for having us.

Our last show there was back in February. Nice venue, cool staff, great sound. We hooked up with some long time friends and made some new ones. They booked us again February 11, 2011.
Sunday:
The next day we filmed a video for the song "The Lord Came Down" in the old NBC building in Detroit.



This was the former home of the "National Biscuit Company", not National Broadcasting Company (for the record). The director, Eli Brown is full of energy and has great vision. This video is going to kick ass! We met the owner of the record label, Mark Nawara - Goomba Music and got to meet up with our old friend and A&R rep Tim King from the band SOiL and our marketing director Len Moore.
Monday:
We drove to Chicago, since it was on our way to the next show near Milwaukee, and spent the night at our friend Johnny's from the band Beneath Me. We toured with them back in February. Great band and really nice guys.
Tuesday:
We stayed with our friend Nikki (near Milwaukee) who we met years ago on tour with Motorhead in 2005. Nikki and her friend won tickets to the show through a radio station and met us back stage. We've been friends ever since (including her kin: Mitch, Kory and Mike).

Wednesday:
We played a long show, both acoustic and electric, at Shooters in Sussex, WI.



Our good friend Jaymz Lennfield from Beatallica provided sound for us and really made this show happen. Special thanks to Nikki again for booking us.
Thursday: 
We jammed at The Underground Lounge in Chicago, IL thanks to our friend and fan (DJ Eleven) from Club Neo.



Thanks again to Jaymz for helping us find an opening band - Dead Man's Wake. Creative songwriters and energetic live show.
Friday:
This show was booked at the last minute (just a few days prior) at Planet Rock in Battle Creek, MI.

We are very thankful that the owner allowed us to open the show. There was a good crowd early in the night and we had a blast. We made some new friends including the bands 8 Foot Grimmiss, Elegant Junkie, and D-Day. Good stuff.
Saturday:
We capped the week off with a show at Chuggers in West Seneca, NY with Brass Knuckle Intercourse (Utica) and Stemm (Buffalo). The owner Mike is a rowdy, kick-ass host and the staff is great!


Special thanks to our friends Red Brue and Sam Jackson for making the long drive to see us and thanks again Sam for taking care of us (she got us home safely).

Each of the venues asked us back so we're going to re-create this Great Lakes run in February!!

In the meantime,
Check out our upcoming shows - http://www.reverbnation.com/rss/artist_shows_rss/brandnewsin
"Like" us on Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/pages/BrandNewSin/152717627497?ref=ts
Connect with us - http://facebook.com/brandnewsin
Share our music -  http://reverbnation.com/brandnewsin
Stay up to date - http://brandnewsin.com

-Kevin
kevin@brandnewsin.com