Abstract Artimus**Gourd**Nicky B Hannas

Abstract Artimus is an American music composer and performer from Alabama currently living in Brooklyn, NY.  His high energy shows and memorable guitar riffs have earned a reputation after years of touring in support of several full length releases.  In his youth his father was the drummer for the Jimmie Van Zant Band (cousin of Ronnie Van Zant of Lynyrd Skynyrd) which allowed Artimus to mature around some of the most prolific Southern Rock musicians of all time.  His formative years consisted of an array of show scenarios varying from living room hurricane parties to a gig at The University of Alabama in which the crowd of students destroyed the room during the bands set.  Artimus was accused of inciting a riot and thrown off campus.  Since then he has toured extensively in Europe, North and South America and has played shows with Gwar, The Dictators, Cheetah Chrome, Eyehategod, Scott Ian’s Motor Sister and many more.  In 2015 he released ‘The City Arrives’ on the largest independent record label in Spain, Subterfuge Records.  He most recently released “Methuselah’s Rhyme” featuring legendary bassist J.D. Pinkus from Butthole Surfers and Melvins.

The Extensions*Singer Mali*Joy On Fire

Featured on NPR’s All Songs Considered last year, and scheduled for a Tiny Desk Concert in 2021, JOY ON FIRE is a sax/bass/drum/vocal rock-jazz quartet that formed in Baltimore and is now based in New Jersey.  Their video for “Uh Huh”—a song featured on their 2020 EP vinyl release, Thunderdome, as well as being the opening track on their forthcoming LP, States of America—is an official selection at the Prisma Film Festival in Italy, the LA Rocks Film Festival, and the London Rocks Film Festival.  Videos have also been produced for the tracks “Selfies,” “Thunderdome,” and “Hymn part 1”—the song featured on NPR’s All Songs Considered.

I Get Wild w/Joy on Fire

I Get Wild

Plays the music of Talking Heads

I Get Wild played its first show in 2016, forming as all cool bands do – without any thought of the future.

It was supposed to be a one-off – a night of Talking Heads music for the recurring Three Ring Bender cover series at Threes Brewing curated by drummer/vocalist Ray Rizzo and bassist/vocalist Annie Nero.

But it was so much fun – and so well-received – we had to do it some more.

Since then, I Get Wild has performed seasonally in and around NYC, playing shows at Joe’s Pub, the FM Bar in Jersey City (R.I.P.), Littlefield in Brooklyn, and Sultan Room in Bushwick.

 

I Get Wild is:

Annie Nero – bass, vocals

Ray Rizzo – drums, vocals, guitar

Jeremy Haines – vocals

Stephanie Sanders – keys, vocals

Michael Phillips – guitar

Conrad Doucette – percussion, drums

Michael Arthur – live drawing, vocals