Day Of Rock Two Festival 2-DAY PACKAGE
Event Date- August 17, 2024 and August 18, 2024Door Time- 12pmShow Time- 1pmThe Day of Rock 2 Music Festival is the largest Multi Genre Rock Music Festival in the Carolinas. Bringing together 28 bands over a 2-day period at the iconic Grey Eagle in Asheville, NC. Bands will descend from all over the east coast including newcomers, well established locals, guitar legends, regional, and national touring acts which are amongst the hottest names in rock music right now. Headliner – Veterans of Blue Ridge Rock Fest and supporting bands like Black Stone Cherry and Trapt on tour, Citizen Kane an American Rock band from Tri-Cities Tennessee is Influenced by early British Metal and American Rock. Known for their Hard Rock sound of Tube Driven Guitars, Thundering Bass and Powerful Vocals that Scream in your face American Metal since the groups formation they have released two Studio Albums and one Self-Titled EP. From dive bars to Grand theatres, Rock Arenas to Monster Rock festivals CKY continues pounding out Pure Metal to the masses. Headliner – Hailing from the Southwest of Virginia, Dying Oath has managed to snag the eyes and ears of local and national radio stations, magazines, and podcasts abroad, as well as thousands of views on their music videos. Through a unique combination of early 2000’s metalcore, modern heavy guitar riffs, well-crafted songs and a powerful and charismatic front woman in Mindy Jackson, they are rapidly rising to stardom in the rock world already performing sold out shows and booking a string of festival appearances in 2024. A portion of the proceeds will go to benefit the Chris and Vicky Cornell Foundation – the late Soundgarden, and Audioslave front man’s effort to assist and protect abused and poverty-stricken children throughout the world. Don’t miss your opportunity to be part of the newest and most exciting Rock Summit, poised to become a perennial powerhouse festival for years to come!
OUTPOST: Copperhead FREE SHOW
– ALL AGES- STANDING ROOM ONLY- RAIN OR SHINE Formed around the campfire at the French Broad River Festival in 2016,Copperhead began playing gigs in 2019. The band works to take your old favorite songs new places and has an array of accessible original songs to complement their catalog. Copperhead is Michael Thurman on guitar and vocals. JayCopley also jams guitar and vocals. Eric Snoddy hangs out in the lowlands on bass. George Hodges,Jr. imitates guitar and vocals. Mark Murphy plays piano, Hammond, and also vocals. Jenn Webb holds us all together on the drum kit and/or percussion.
Drivin n Cryin
ALL AGESSTANDING ROOM ONLYDRIVIN N CRYINIn 1985 Drivin N Cryin played their first show at Atlanta’s famed 688 Club. Recent inductees to the Georgia Music Hall of Fame and the Wisconsin Music Hall of Fame, founding members Kevn Kinney and Tim Nielsen find themselves enjoying a continued legacy, having survived the pressures of fame, a shifting musical landscape and multiple lineup changes. The current lineup includes guitarist Laur Joamets (Sturgill Simpson) and longtime drummer Dave V Johnson.Best known for radio hits “Fly Me Courageous,” “Honeysuckle Blue”, “Let’s Go Dancin’”, “To Build A Fire,” “The Innocent” and stand out anthem “Straight To Hell,” they’ve toured all over the US and abroad including recent runs with Hootie & The Blowfish, The Black Crowes, Blackberry Smoke, Marshall Tucker Band, Soul Asylum and Jason Isbell.
OUTPOST: DARK CITY KINGS
– ALL AGES- STANDING ROOM ONLY- RAIN OR SHINE Dark City KingsThe Dark City Kings marry the garage rock of the Asheville underground with the mountain music of this region. We are heartache, raucous sing-a-longs, indie pop, Irish music, country music, get-up-and-dance-and-then-make-out-with-your-baby-at-the-dark-end-of-the-bar music. We are fans of Lucinda Williams and Blondie, The Waterboys and The Cure. This is Black Mountain flirting music. 40 20 10s40 20 10s are an Asheville-based Americana band that plays the type of music the Cohen Brothers would make a movie out of. The band consists of Galen Holland, Springs Wade, Donny Brazil, Didier Rubio, and Josh Gibbs. Fashion BathResurrected from the ashes of COVID-19, Fashion Bath is the self-effaced love child of Max Murray and Kevin Boggs. Joined by Zack Hayes and Peter Gonsalves, Asheville’s favorite slacker rock band plays tunes that are outlined with catchy hooks and harmonies, baby oil slick grooves, and other things people tend to enjoy. Get em while they’re hot.
OUTPOST: Kevin Daniel & The Bottom Line
– ALL AGES- STANDING ROOM ONLY- RAIN OR SHINE Kevin Daniel & The Bottom LineHas been described as “radio and TV ready with enough darkness creeping in around the edges to appeal to fans of Jason Isbell & Langhorne Slim.” Daniel showcases a masterful ability as a songwriter to seamlessly incorporate bits of rock, soul, country, blues, roots and Appalachia into thoughtful examination of pain and awakenings, visceral and spiritual. A big-voiced crooner with a heart of gold, Kevin strikes a chord with “his raw and soulful, Chris Stapleton-esque timbre.”Melissa McKinney writes songs about the trauma and pain that every person inevitably experiences in their lives. She sings these songs as a cry for hope, healing, and inspiration. She is passionate about creating community and hopes to create Joy through music in a way that makes a positive impact on the world.
PATIO: Carpal Tullar
ALL AGES LIMITED PATIO SEATING IS FIRST COME FIRST SERVECARPAL TULLARCarpal Tullar is a compelling rock/art pop band based in Asheville, NC. Chris Tullar has been making Carpal Tullar albums for nearly 25 years, so the band plays a wide variety of originals and also some covers. The music is infectious, lyrically captivating, and spattered with influences from the greats of the 1960s and 70s.The current live band has been active since 2016, and consists of Chris Tullar (lead vocals, keys, guitar), Dave Baker (backing vocals, guitar, keys), Rob Heyer (bass), and Troy Crossley (drums, vocals), whom you may recognize from The Lefties, Ska City, or Modern Strangers.Carpal Tullar has been played on 98.1 The River, WNCW, Asheville FM, appeared on NPR’s All Songs Considered podcast, opened for Tiffany, and even made a musical appearance on the popular NPR radio show Car Talk. In 2022, Carpal Tullar’s song, TSA, was chosen by Holy Crap Records as a top ten song of 2021. The video for that song was chosen for the Crowd Favorite award at the 2022 Music Video Asheville awards.
CHAT PILE
ALL AGESSTANDING ROOM ONLYCHAT PILE Like the towering mounds of toxic waste from which it gets its namesake, the music of Oklahoma City noise rock quartet Chat Pile is a suffocating, grotesque embodiment of the existential anguish that has defined the 21st Century. Between a dying planet, ever-increasing socio-economic disparity, and a general quality of life in a tailspin, one can’t help but muster a chuckle at this self-destructive dumpster fire of reality. It’s self-parody in its bleakest form and within that nihilism something undeniably alluring that four slacker okies would channel into a sound that has captivated the underground and beyond. From the very get-go, there was an immediate allure to the idea of four otherwise ordinary guys all coming together, smoking copious amounts of weed and recording some of the heaviest, hellish, and harrowing music to ever emerge from the American heartland, if not the world. For as oppressively bleak as its sound is, Chat Pile provides a distillation of the universally relatable modern dread felt by countless people every day. Formed in 2019 and adopting the aliases of Stin (bass), Captain Ron (drums), Luther Manhole (guitar), and Raygun Busch (vocals), Chat Pile generated an immediate stir amid a burgeoning Midwest noise rock renaissance and beyond, releasing two EPs, This Dungeon Earth and Remove Your Skin Please. Its debut full-length record God’s Country, released via The Flenser in 2022, would take the world by storm, receiving universal critical acclaim, numerous accolades including Pitchfork’s Best New Music and countless year-end lists, including Rolling Stone’s Best Metal Albums of the Year and SPIN’s Best Albums of 2022. In a similarly explosive fashion, Chat Pile would enter 2023 with a bang, in just the first six months alone, the band served as support for Lingua Ignota’s final run of shows, released Brothers In Christ, a split EP with fellow “Flyover-Country” noise roc ade its fiery international live performance debut at Roadburn 2023. PORTRAYAL OF GUILT Portrayal of Guilt eschew predictability. While the Austin, Texan outfit have released material at a rapid clip since their formation only six years ago, it has been near-impossible to predict what each ensuing release might sound like. The only window into what to expect has been those releases’ titles, wallowing in themes of affliction, isolation, and just plain underworld allusion. Naturally, this leads to…Devil Music. After shifting their sound over several immediate releases (most recent, 2021’s widely acclaimed CHRISTFUCKER), Portrayal of Guilt has transformed from masters of the traditional ‘90s screamo template, to fit a more blackened and sludgy metal intensity. Citing a wide spectrum of influences, Devil Music, tracked in two different sessions in early 2022, is an experimental approach to writing heavy music. It offers five new original songs on Side A; and then a reimagining of those same five songs on Side B, replacing much of the traditional guitars and bass setup with an orchestral string section, acoustic bass, and brass. NIGHTOSPHERE
Sgt. Splendor ft Kate Vargas & Eric McFadden
– ALL AGES- SEATED SHOW- LIMITED NUMBER OF PREMIUM SEATING TICKETS AVAILABLE SGT. SPLENDOR Before joining forces, the duo behind Sgt. Splendor were already formidable solo artists, Kate Vargas chalking up acclaim at outlets like NPR, SPIN, and Vice (including praise from the “Dean of American Rock Critics” Robert Christgau); and Eric McFadden amassing an impressive resume including stints on guitar with George Clinton & the P-Funk All Stars, Fishbone’s Angelo Moore, and Eric Burdon & The Animals, plus a slew of solo albums, and session work with everyone from Jackson Browne to The Clash’s Joe Strummer. Sgt. Splendor’s intoxicating chemistry has its roots not just in enduring friendships, but also in the love and connection of its creative partners, Vargas and McFadden. After circling each other’s orbits for a time, they finally met at a songwriting retreat hosted by Pat MacDonald (of Timbuk 3 / “Future’s So Bright I Gotta Wear Shades” fame) in Sturgeon Bay, WI, initially bonding over yet another parallel, a New Mexico upbringing. Their Southwestern roots come through with Sgt. Splendor—combining mysterioso desert and carnivalesque Waits-ian vibe
OUTPOST: Caged Affair
– ALL AGES- STANDING ROOM ONLY- RAIN OR SHINE Caged Affair is an alternative rock band based out of Asheville NC. Their neo-grunge punk hybrid sound has drawn parallels to bands like Queens of the Stone Age, Nirvana and Royal Blood. Led by guitarist/vocalist Tyler Kemmerling, whose music has been heavily influenced by the Foo Fighters, Nirvana, My Bloody Valentine and Smashing Pumpkins, Caged Affair delivers music written with a sense of both despair and whit, a counterculture look at modern day society. “Falling into Madness,” a recently released single, vividly illustrates youths’ disillusionment with the fading American dream. The Appalachian RenegadesA rock band that fuses classic sounds and modern tones, The Appalachian Renegades call upon guitar heavy riffs mixed with soaring saxophone melodies and clean vocals to form their core sound. Having spent 7 years playing shows across WNC, the renegades are currently writing music for their 4th studio release. Devil’s Wish, the third of their career, had two #1 singles in the summer of 2022 on Buzz Radio Asheville. The guys produce a sound reminiscent of rock bands like Greta Van Fleet, Clutch, Volbeat, Government Mule, Jack White, Black Stone Cherry, and My Morning Jacket among many other influential contemporary and classic rock artists.
PATIO: The Squealers
ALL AGESLIMITED PATIO SEATING IS FIRST COME FIRST SERVETHE SQUEALERSThe Squealers is a 4 piece Blues Punk band that draws inspiration from rockabilly, country, bluegrass. Known for their erratic live performances, (namely the spontaneous antics of leader Jesse Harman and his dirty harmonica) The Squealers have been leaving audiences scratching their heads and excited to come back for another show. The tight yet fun timey rhythm of Taylor Olin (drums) and Johnny Caucasian (bass) juxtaposed against the lightning fast ferocity of Matt Daniels on the telecaster is a forced to be reckoned with.
