MINNESOTA HOMEGROWN MUSIC SUBMISSIONS

Rockin' 101 is looking for new material from bands for Minnesota Homegrown.  You can also email Tim Ryan the location of your CD quality mp3 file to tim@rockin101.com.  Submit you material to:

 

ROCKIN' 101 MINNESOTA HOMEGROWN

Attn:  Tim Ryan

PO Box 366

1010 2nd Street North

Sauk Rapids, MN 56379

 

      

 

 

Minnesota has a TON of very talented bands.  Every month Minnesota Homegrown will highlight one of those local favorites.  As music fans who support the local music scene, simply vote for one of the five choices in the right hand column.  You can vote ONCE PER DAY.

 

The band who has the most votes during the month will kick off Minnesota Homegrown for every show of that month.  We'll also highlight the band right here at Rockin101 - dot - com.

 

Top non-winning band will carry though to the next month's voting. 

NOTE:  Bands can only carry over one month.

 

Qualified band should have enough material for a month of airplay on Minnesota Homegrown.

 

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PLAYLIST

July 14, 2019

 

Lance King "Reaction Formation" - Artist of the Month
Downtread "Rise Up"
Cold Kingdom "Ammunition"
Emergent "Plastic People"
Revenant Soul "Long Time Runnin'

( BREAK )

Capital Sons "Hard Enough To Say"
Michael Shynes ft. Anica "Heart Of Glass" (Blondie Cover)
Abisha Uhl "Love Isn't"
Arena "Take Me Down"
Conditioned Response "Deep Inside"

( BREAK )

Harbor Drive Hook Up "Workin' 'Til I'm Dead"
Kat Perkins "Drive"
The 9th Planet Out "Burn It Down"

 

 

 

JULY 2019 MN HOMEGROWN BAND OF THE MONTH

 

 

LANCE KING

Photo by Mark Walentiny

 

 

BIO: 

I was born Lance King, that is to say, it’s not a stage name. I love creating a vocal soundscape with amazingly compelling music. I forge a powerful mix of modern and classic tones and deeply felt lyrics with cutting edge production. My lyrics focus on societal ills, inner turmoil, balance of duality, personal power, the law of attraction, the celestial nature of self-reliance and self-awareness, age-old battles of right and wrong both within and without ourselves, and the subjective nature of "truth." Blending 70's Progressive Rock and Melodic Metal, I create an amalgam of my influences with which I grew up, spanning the best arena rock and early MTV stars with the deeply musical artists of today.

A few artists who have had a large lasting impact on my tastes in music include Heart, Queen, Genesis, Yes, ELP, Journey, Pink Floyd, RUSH, Whitesnake, TNT, Loverboy, April Wine, Boston, Kansas, Aerosmith, The Police, Queensryche, Pat Benatar, Ratt, Megadeth, LynchMob, Dream Theater, Symphony X, Opeth, Iron Maiden, Blind Guardian, Crimson Glory, and Vicious Rumors (with Carl).

I’m probably best-known for owning the US metal label Nightmare Records, and for singing with Danish/American PowerProg Metal band PYRAMAZE (2003-2007), British/American ProgPower band BALANCE OF POWER (1997-2003), and the American Hair/ProgPower Metal band GEMINI (1985-1993). With these successes, in part, I’ve created over 30 hours of music thus far and will continue to do so!

Besides being a singer/songwriter, I am also father of two, an entrepreneur, a spiritually-centered philosopher, and a music and energy healer! I’m a Martial Artist as well as a big fan of Sci-fi and Action Entertainment (a huge Star Wars fan in particular). I love being outside in the sun and being active with things like snowboarding, skiing, and riding motorcycles, fast cars, or fast boats to explore our beautiful world. I treasure learning about other times and cultures and I have a strange affinity for dragons and hand weapons of pretty much any era. I believe I’ve been here before... several times.