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Festival News: ProgDay Announces 3rdegree!

Posted on Wednesday, June 24 @ 05:00:00 UTC by nightowl

In another "yeh, we know that now already" instance, the folks at ProgDay announced on May 25 that they were "very happy to announce one of the east coast's best modern progressive rock bands, 3rdegree, to the Storybook Farm Stage. 3rdegree hail from New Jersey with a history that dates back to 1990 when founding members bassist/keys man Robert James Pashman joined with drummer Rob Durham to create what they called "challenging music to play with a singable calling card."

"Guitarist Pat Kliesch joined the band several months later and their debut album, The World In Which We Live, was released in 1993.



"Although World was well received and the band gigged all over the east coast, it was felt that the missing element was having a world class vocalist in the mix. Enter George Dobbs, a stirring front man and vocalist who also played keyboards. The result of this pairing was Human Interest Story in 1995. The band again gigged to promote the album, playing well known clubs on the east coast circuit. Unfortunately, due to several factors, the band decided to call it quits in 1997 after a farewell gig at the famed CBGB's in New York City.

"This could have been the end of the story, but in 2005 three of the band's original members met up and decided that it was time to make music again. The culmination of this meeting was a triumphant return to the live stage at The New Jersey Proghouse in April of 2007. The show was filmed and released as a live DVD and album. The band quickly got back to work and released their first new album in over a decade with Narrow-Caster in 2008. The reviews were overwhelmingly positive with many praising the album as one of the best modern prog albums in years. 3rdegree will be sure to rock the field on Labor Day Weekend as they make their first festival appearance.

"ProgDay is the world's longest running progressive rock event. The 15th edition will take place on September 5th & 6th, 2009, at beautiful Storybook Farm near Chapel Hill, North Carolina. 3rdegree (USA) joins Ozric Tentacles (UK), M?rglbl (France), Qui (Japan) and French TV (USA) for another great weekend of the best in progressive music! For more information and to hear music from all of this year's ProgDay bands, please visit us at www.progday.net."

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