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Full Name: Aaron Baygell

Hometown: Sacramento, CA

Years Skateboarding: 4

Arbor Preferred Skateboard Quiver: Hybrid 38 and the Team Board. The Assault is a shred machine as well.

Other Sponsors: Caliber Truck Co.

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Please describe your style of skateboarding: I like a bit of slop in my riding. It helps me control the board with road obstacles and just makes it so I can have a really responsive feel. Hauling ass is always fun, but there’s just something special about technical riding and laying down ‘thane.

Where is your favorite place to skateboard? I’ll always appreciate the hills of Malibu. I really enjoy Sacramento’s 10-mile run as well.

Do you surf? I’ve been a few times and would like to try some more.

Do you snowboard? I’ve been skiing since I was 2 years old. Only missed one season since then!

If you could pick four people to go skate with, who would they be and where would you skate? That’s a tough one. I’d make sure to include the fellas I started skating with back in Sacramento. Back when we started, we didn’t know anyone else with a longboard! Now with so much talent…there are just too many great riders to choose from.

What is the worst lie you ever told your mom? One lie can ruin a lifetime of integrity. I stay pretty damn honest with her! Non-disclosure > lies.

What is the worst lie she ever told you? Stay home now and be a good boy.

Mac or PC? Mac

Would you rather be smart and ugly or dumb and beautiful? Smart and ugly I suppose. I mean, I’m not talking ogre status but looks can only get you so far!

What is your worst habit? Procrastination!

Describe your perfect day of skateboarding: Scenic hills with 3 or 4 close friends.

Home Town: Venice, CA

Band Members & Instruments Played:

Mick Kelleher (guitar + vocals)
Chevy Martinez (bass)
Robbie Coleman (drums)
Ben Kilmer (lead guitar)

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Albums: MK EP (October 2007, 6 tracks)
MK&GENTLEMEN (EP) (May 2009 release, 6 tracks)
CTY EP (July 2010, 4 tracks)

Biography: MK&GENTLEMEN are on the upswing, led by front man Mick Kelleher. The unsigned band has been packing house parties and festival shows with their unique sound, high energy, and dedicated fans. “I never really planned on pursuing a music career,” admits the 27-year-old kid from Texas hiding behind a beard that should mask his boyish face, but doesn’t.

So what does MK&GENTLEMEN bring to the party? Songs in the vein of chasing women in the city, beach parties, or both. Everything you would expect from a band coming into their own, yet what sets them apart are honest lyrics, a commanding albeit laidback presence, and a natural, honest view of what life in the city and beach can create.

Team rider Josh Hunt slides through on the new Assault.

Arbor’s most advanced downhill design, the Assault is a fiberglass reinforced, drop-through skateboard that’s built to deliver high-level speed, drift, and carve performance. The new Assault’s cambered, symmetrical shape is ideal for switch and slide management, while its flex provides an amazing level of rail-to-rail power with a phenomenally smooth ride. Added sidecut creates a centered stance and improves turn initiation. Expect stability, control, and return in a lightweight package.

“With the Assault, we set out to refine the shape of our new Axis skateboard deck and create the ultimate all-around freeride design,” says Arbor’s President, Bob Carlson. “We enhanced the materials and adjusted the specs to deliver a flex, wheelbase, and lightweight shape ideal for hardcore downhill freeriding. What we ended up with is the most responsive drop-through on the market, built with a completely unique fiberglass-reinforced lay-up.”

The Assault is built with a combination of sustainably sourced maple and pre-cured fiberglass. The deck is finished with tip-to-tail Jessup grip tape that includes a die-cut logo. Completes come Arbor’s new 72mm, 75A Durometer Slalom Series Wheels (made from sucrose-based bio-urethane), 9” Gullwing Chargers Trucks, ABEC 5 bearings, and recycled plastic risers. Complete Assaults are competitively prices at an MSRP of $249.50.

Arbor Assault Video from Arbor Collective on Vimeo.

Home Town: Boulder, CO

Musician & Interments Played:
Jarden Carlson: Santa Cruz 1929 00 Acoustic, Larrivee om 03, Fender American Stratocaster

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Album: Midnight Sky

Biography: Jaden realized her passion for guitar quite early. Starting her venture with classical training, she quickly moved to acoustic and electric rock, teaching herself many of her favorite covers and writing her own original material.
Possessing an amazing ear and an insatiable love for playing and performing, Jaden’s repertoire includes her beautiful and touching originals, as well as many covers by Michael Franti & Spearhead, Trevor Hall, Bob Marley, Jimi Hendrix, Ziggy Marley, John Lennon, Pink Floyd, The Grateful Dead, and more.
She has performed with Michael Franti & Spearhead, Trevor Hall, Radioactive, Keaton Simons, Matt Butler, Rob Drabkin and Melvin Seals & JGB, as well as many other notable musicians.

Home Town: Venice, California

Band Members & Interments Played:

Peter Goetz: Guitar, Uke, Vox
Jason Yates: Keys
David Ralicke: Horns
Fernando Cardoso: Drums
Scotty P: Drums
Sidh Solanki: Bass
Brian Bolland: Bass
Christopher Hawley: Guitar
Grecco Buratto: Guitar
Gustavo Biermann: Cajon, Guitar, Vox

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Albums: Outside Observer (2008) and Indian Summer (2009)

Biography: Peter Goetz was born and raised in sunny southern California. Goetz’s story is unique. Travel is his muse. While attending UC Berkeley, he landed a job working for the television show, Survivor. Over the past eight years Goetz has traveled worldwide making films and television. Most of his songs are reflections of life on the road. Constantly curious of what lies beyond the horizon and this desire is expressed in his music. Goetz directed three music videos across the globe, from Venice, California to Barcelona, Spain. Recently Goetz finished a new EP “Indian Summer”, which fuses influences of world, reggae, and surf rock into a sample platter of his melodic range. Join the journey!

Cross Country Trilogy from Peter Goetz on Vimeo.

Home Town: Omaha, NE

Band Member & Instruments Played:

Albert Kurniawan: Guitars, Vocals

James Luther: Guitars, Keys
David Luther: Drums

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Album: Kill The Love (2006)

Biography: Hailing from Omaha, NE, the three-piece Go Motion concocts irresistible dance rock with original flair. Their debut album, Kill The Love, conjures dark imagery with energetic tempos and displays Go Motion’s progressive take on an established genre.
Tracked at Black Lodge Recording Studios (The Appleseed Cast, The Get Up Kids) in Eudora, KS, the new LP was mixed by the band at Smart Studios in Madison, WI (Beck, As Tall As Lions) with the help of Beau Sorenson. The collaborative result is a melodic rock album that demands dancing. The intertwining of guitars provided by James Luther and Albert Kurniawan in combination with Luther’s keyboard talents creates ethereal resonance – simultaneously energizing and hypnotic. Kurniawan takes on lead vocals, and channels The Cure’s Robert Smith as he effortlessly ranges from entrancing to eerily robotic. David Luther’s percussion varies from sparse and meticulous to drunkenly discotheque and is supported by Albert’s bass lines, which bump and bounce with exuberance. 

Go Motion have played with many major and indie label bands in 2007 to 2009 including Kill Hannah, Under the Influence of Giants, Shiny Toy Guns, The Stills, Snowden, Tapes ‘n Tapes, Pattern is Movement, MC Chris, What Made Milwaukee Famous, Del The Funky Homosapien and many more.

Home Town: Folly Beach, SC

Band Member and Interments Played:

Dan Lotti: Vocals, Godin Acoustic Guitar

Mike Sivilli: Electric Guitar, Backing Vocals

Steven Sandifer: Drums, Backing Vocals

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Albums: Beermuda (2007) and Moonscapes (2010)

Biography: Post-roots trio Dangermuffin casts a fresh perspective on American roots music. Based in Folly Beach, SC, the group is anchored by the thought-provoking lyrical wit of songwriter Dan Lotti and framed by Nashville-veteran percussionist Steven Sandifer and fluid lead guitarist Mike Sivilli. Accolades include winning Relix Magazine’s JamOff! competition for emerging bands and the reader-voted Best House Band in the Charleston City Paper’s Best Of 2009. Dangermuffin brings a new level of groove to Americana music — a punchy, folk-jam pastry for the sweet-toothed soul of the South.

Home Town: Nashville, TN

Band Members & Instruments Played:

Shane Dwight: Lead Guitar and Vocals

Kevin Stewart: Bass Guitar

Robby Z: Rhythm Guitar

Kit Bergman: Drums

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Albums: Gimme Back My Money (2009) and Plays the Blues (2009).

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Biography:
Northern California native, now Nashville-based, Shane Dwight is a young American Roots Music artist for the 21st century – a killer blues player who can rock the house all night long with the best of them, and an introspective singer-songwriter whose voice rings true at alt-country, Americana, R&B, and flat-out Rock N Roll.

Shane Dwight cut his teeth on the rough and tumble East Side of San Jose California, where his natural talents were influenced by the neighborhood’s diverse musical undercurrents. He became proficient at various styles, and played in jazz and rock bands before finding his groove playing his own unique style of Roots Music. Shane’s popularity spread quickly, and in 2002 he easily won the Monterey Blues Festival Battle of the Bands. Since that time Shane has released several self-produced CDs and kept up a hectic schedule, appearing at countless clubs and festival Main Stages throughout North America.
In 2009, Shane moved to Nashville, Tennessee and signed with Vizztone Label Group as his record label and was also signed by one of the top booking agencies in the country, Intrepid Artists International. This year he’ll be performing over 180 shows throughout the US, Canada and Mexico.

Home Town: San Pedro CA

Band Members & Instruments Played:

Cliff Wagner: Banjo, Fiddle

Craig Ferguson: Guitar, Dobro

Devitt Felley: Mandolin

Lucas Cheadle: Bass

Steve Mugalian: Drums

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Albums: Cliff Wagner’s greatest hits vol. 1 #1 (1999), Take Me Back to the Delta (2005), My Native Land (2008) and Hobo’s Lullaby (2009).

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Biography:

Cliff Wagner & The Old #7 are a band like nothing you have never heard. Mixing Bluegrass, Blues and Honky Tonk in a way that has audiences on their feet. Cliff and the other members of The Old #7 are taking American Roots Music to the next level, and the fans are following.

The Old #7 gained nation wide exposure on FOX TVs “The Next Great American Band” and played to over 10 million people each week. Originally the shows judges insisted that the general public would not accept a “Bluegrass” band and the Old #7 would have a short stay on the show.
They not only appeared on six of the final shows but finished 7th out of 8,000 bands who originally tried out for the show. This was due the huge number of fans who showed their support each week by voting to keep Cliff Wagner on the show.

The bands latest release, “HOBO’S LULLABYE” produced by the gold & platinum award winning producer/engineer, Michael Vail Blum showcases the bands musicianship, versatility and song writing skills. Featuring hard driving blues influenced songs like “Rollin’ & Tumblin”, Bluegrass influenced tunes like “Lil’ White Chapel”, the country pop of “Shaffertown Road II”, and tender ballads like “Same Old Me” and “Hobo’s Lullabye” the album has something for everyone. They have even included some of the fan favorites from the FOX television show like Elton John’s “Honky Tonk and the 50s classic “Poison Ivy”.

Released in November 2008 the album debuted at #35 on the AMA Americana chart and shortly rose to #28 ! Also appealing to international audience the album climbed to #9 on the Euro Americana chart.

Cliff has just finished composing an original sound track for the sequel to the indie horror sensation “20001 Maniacs Beverly Hellbillies”. Cliff not only wrote songs for the movie but played a leading role as “Legend” the scary minstrel for the maniacs crew.The movie will debut in Hollywood in july of 2010. The band is also featured in the debut episode of “Justified” coming out on FX this march. They perform cliff’s song “Castleneck” while wearing the original costumes from “Oh Brother Where Art Thou”.

Cliff Wagner And The Old #7 showcase superior musicianship, magical harmonies and an energetic, fresh new sound. This combined with a live show that must be seen to be believed.

Home Town: Venice, CA

Member & Instruments Played:
Stevie Starlight: Vocals, Guitar, Piano, Synth

Kaiwi Lyman-Mersereau: Bass, Backing Vocals

Ian Stone: Drums, Backing Vocals

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Albums: Starlight Express was released in 2010.

Biography: Stevie Starlight is an extraterrestrial being from the planet Celestrion. Great Shamans must undergo mortifications of the flesh, brilliant songs matched with a golden heart scraping the edge, leader of the Californian dream revolution on a wave that will never crest! “Emerging from the godly ashes of Hendrix, Bowie, and Zepplin, STEVIE STARLIGHT is igniting the flame for classic rock! Arguably the best guitarist anyone has ever seen, Stevie’s music and lyrics are an unstoppable force that speak to the mind, body, and soul of his listeners. The power three piece, projects not only an abundance of catchy hits, but also a never ending energy on stage. Keep your eyes open for this band, they are a glorious creation!

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Home Town: Huntington Beach

Group Members & Instruments Played:

Jake Smith: Guitar

Matt Lynott: Drums

Tommy Andrews: Bass

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Albums:
The White Buffalo E.P  (2007)
Hogtied Revisited (2005)

Biography:
The White Buffalo is quite possibly a legend in the making. A throwback to the time of hard touring, hard drinking artists who really lived what they sang about. Everything about him is big, from his imposing physical size to his amazing vocal range. He’s as comfortable playing in a dive bar as he is in front of thousands in a European arena. With only an EP out, but literally hundreds of songs written and more coming all the time, the future is exciting for a guy who has that much raw talent.

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Home Town: Asbury Park, NJ

Band Member  & Instruments Played:

Bryan Kienlen: Bass/Vocals

Pete Steinkopf: Guitar/Vocals

Greg Attonito: Vocals

Michael McDermott: Drums

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Album: “Ghosts on the Boardwalk” (2010), “The Gold Record”  (2006), “Anchors Aweigh” (2003), “How I Spent My Summer Vacation” (2001), “Hopeless Romantic” (1999), “The Bouncing Souls” (1998), “Manaical Laughter” (1996), “The Good, the Bad, and the Argyle” (1994)

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Biography: You can count the number of bands who’ve stayed together for 20 years on two hands, and you can use just one to count those who’ve consistently released quality material for two decades. This year, The Bouncing Souls enter that esteemed category, and in keeping with their D.I.Y. roots, they’ve done it without major labels, corporate radio, MTV, or teen magazine pinups.

When married couples celebrate twenty years together, they’re usually showered with anniversary gifts. The Bouncing Souls are celebrating their milestone by reversing that tradition and giving back to the fans, releasing one original song per month throughout 2009. More on that later, but first let’s look back on some earlier days…

Picture it: 1989, a Knights of Columbus Hall in Bernardsville, New Jersey. A supportive music-loving teacher throws down $120 to cover expenses. A bunch of sweaty high school kids gather to sneak beers and rock all night at the debut show of a band called The Bouncing Souls. And a Jersey institution is born.
But the Souls’ story actually begins a few years earlier than that historic gig. “Pete [Steinkopf] and Bryan [Kienlen] had a cover band called The Switch around ‘86 and ‘87,” recalls frontman Greg Attonito. The band was largely booked at parties teeming with college chicks and kegstands, and occasionally, their friend Attonito would join in to channel his inner Roger Daltrey or Billy Idol.

“Then we started another band called Brad Karma and the Absent Minded Fruit Bats,” says guitarist Steinkopf. “There was one song that we had called ‘Quest For Goodie’ and Greg would jump around and sing all kinds of crazy shit to it off the top of his head. We were all teenagers growing up in the suburbs, just looking to create our own fun.”

The threesome spent ever more time hanging at shows in New York City and haunting Trenton’s legendary, late, great City Gardens. The chemistry was undeniable and unstoppable, and it wasn’t long before their creative juices flowed together. Tapping original drummer Shal Khichi, the band holed up in Greg’s dad’s attic and started writing what would make up the early Souls songbook.

Like any young band with energy to burn and original songs under their belt, the boys took to the road in order to share their music and spirit with any crowd that would listen. While there were aspirations to find audiences across the globe, even college parties and basements were enough to keep hope alive in the early days. As bassist Kienlen puts it, “We never spent too much time worrying about the future.  The point of the band was always celebrating the here and now, trying to make the best of whatever was in front of us at the time.”

Though it wasn’t until 1995 that the band was able to tour on a full-time basis, they soon found the road to be a more frequent home than the comfort of their own beds. From headlining tiny rooms in remote towns to playing Wembley Arena with Green Day and Tokyo’s Budokan with My Chemical Romance to spending time on seven different editions of Vans Warped Tour (totalling 11 months, with more sure to come), The Bouncing Souls have clocked more travel time than most airline pilots.

Since 1996, the band has had a constant traveling companion and honorary fifth member – their primary touring vehicle, lovingly called The White Castle. For ten years, she gave dutiful service, until The Gold Tour, when her engine gave out – with 300,000 miles on the odometer. Regarding her decade of service before temporary retirement (the proceeds from that tour are rebuilding the old gal’s guts), Attonito says, “We converted those miles into road hours. Estimating about 40 MPH – because a lot of them aren’t highway miles, with plenty of time sitting in traffic – it was staggering. Our estimate rounded out to 333.33 days driving in our truck! No exaggeration: that’s about a full year!”

Fortunately, there are many more tour dates in store for both the band and their beloved Castle. Exactly how many of those dates is impossible to say, though, since the band hasn’t exactly been keeping score. “I’d love to figure out how many shows we’ve played…I wish we kept count,” says Steinkopf. “I know bands that have and it’s awesome. It must be way up in the thousands by now, though.”

Frequent attendees of those gigs (true believers, all) hail the Souls as one of the best bands in the world, and the boys feel the same devotion to their fans. “Bouncing Souls fans are the greatest friends ever,” enthuses Attonito, “They’re passionate and full of life. They really are part of the band in the sense that we’re plowing a path through life together in good times and in bad.”
“It’s pretty much across the board too,” adds Steinkopf. “every age group…all different kinds of people. My favorite is when we meet people that were there from the start and now they have kids of their own that they bring to our shows. We really are a part of each others’ lives.”

“And any time someone says you’ve influenced them certainly makes an impact on you. To know that someone has looked at something you’ve done and they have taken something from it – whether it be in a lyric or the way you play your instrument – has got to be the highest compliment paid,” says drummer Michael McDermott. As a final piece of evidence, Kienlen points to the MySpace gallery of band-based tattoos adorning their admirers: “Last I checked it’s up to over 400 and counting. Our fans are hardcore in their unwavering support. We really are one big family.”

And families share things, which is why this year, the Souls have decided to gift their family of friends and fans with twelve spanking new songs, available for the standard less-than-a-buck download on the first of each month in ‘09, or for purchase on 7″ vinyl in quarterly compilations on their own Chunksaah Records (each featuring one additional bonus track).
Steinkopf elaborates: “We all decided that we wanted to do something different. We’d been on the same schedule for years: write a record, record a record, wait for the record to come out, then tour on it until we wanted to start the cycle again. We also wanted to break our own patterns and do something that was going to be inspiring and new for us.”

Attonito adds “I remember being in New Zealand and saying we should do a release that doesn’t come out all at once…I was thinking in the context of a TV series. Somebody else might have come up with the first of the month idea but usually all the creative stuff we do is a process. Everybody kind of throws a stick on the fire at the right time in the collaboration.”

Doing it for the sake of the music, the fans, and their own inspiration for twenty years, the group – and their White Castle – are going pedal to the metal on a full tank of gas. According to their frontman, “The shared driving force is part of the mechanics that keeps the beast truckin’ down the next highway. We were – and still are – a few passionate, rebellious, creative, idealistic, party loving punks looking for a good time, for something to believe in, and for something meaningful to live for.”
With twenty years behind these legends from the Garden State, there’s a lot more still to come from The B.S. – and that’s no bull.
- Bruce J. McDonald

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HOMETOWN: Easton, NH

HOME MOUNTAIN: Loon Mountain and Mammoth Mountain

YEARS SNOWBOARDING: 15

SETUP: Board Sizes: 157-161. Stance: +18-15, 24″ centered. Snowcross Board Size: 161. Stance: +28, -3, 20″, setback.

ARBOR PREFERRED QUIVER: Wasteland, Nightrain and the Draft.

OTHER SPONSORS: Stony Field and Smith

.WHAT’S YOUR FAVORITE PLACE ON EARTH TO RIDE? On snow.

IF YOU COULD PICK FOUR RIDERS (alive or dead) TO SNOWBOARD WITH, WHO WOULD THEY BE AND WHERE WOULD YOU GO? Terje Haakonsen, Brian Iguchi, Travis Rice and Lonnie Kauk.

WORST LIE YOU EVER TOLD YOUR MOM? That I didn’t eat her ice cream. I never really had to lie to her.

WORST LIE YOUR MOM EVER TOLD YOU?
Told me there was a Santa Claus.

MAC OR PC? PC

WOULD YOU RATHER BE SMART & UGLY OR DUMB & BEAUTIFUL? Smart and ugly as long as I still have my skills.

WHAT’S YOUR WORST HABBIT? Sleeping in.

SUMMER TIME: SKATE, SURF, OR RIDE? Ride.

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