Heavy Electric Blues from the Lou! Since the age of eleven, Tony has been infatuated with the sound and feel of the guitar, and the positive vibe that resonates from its strings. From a very early age, he was fed the music of the blues greats such as Buddy Guy, Freddie & Albert King, Albert Collins, Muddy Waters. Soon that expanded to guitar legends like Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Stevie Ray Vaughan. With his group, The Tony Campanella Band, all of his influences come together to produce heavy hitting but soulful music that can't be described as just Blues. The band has shared the stage with the likes of Kenny Wayne Sheppard, Walter Trout, Mike Zito, Indegenous, John Mayall's Bluesbreakers, Etta James, Shamekia Copeland, Bernard Allison, Micheal Burks, as well as British rock legends Deep Purple, and Robin Trower. The band is also one of the three founding groups of the St Louis annual Tribute to SRV, which continues to sell out The Pageant Theater every year. With newcomer Nick "Young Gun" Collico on Bass and Terry Melton on drums, they form a group that truly lives up to the moniker "Power Trio".Come Get Some, Ya'll!

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The Checks are a rock and roll band from the bottom of the planet.  Down there in New Zealand, the air is somewhat different, and so is this band. Undeniably, there is something confronting about the group. Perhaps the NME summed it up best with – “Not heard 'Hunting Whales' yet? Jesus h. Imagine Free jamming with Liam Gallagher the morning after he was battered by the German mafia, all blitzed to the tits on crystal meth, and you’re still only halfway there. This is their happening, and it will freak you out.” 

Giants of the music industry also recognise that this band is special. International acts such as Oasis, ACDC, Muse, The Hives, The Killers, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Jet, The Hold Steady, and R.E.M have all requested that The Checks open for them, both in New Zealand and around the world. Michael Stipe, of R.E.M, even felt the need to personally introduce them to the audience night after night.

The first album ‘Hunting Whales’(2007) was a blues inspired boogie recorded in RAK Studios, London and was produced by Ian Broudie. The lead single ‘What You Heard’ debuted at number 16 on the U.K indie charts and sparked a 117 show tour through New York, L.A, Berlin, Cardiff, Madrid, Barcleona, Dublin, Belfast, Sydney, Melbourne, London and Glasgow. The band cut their teeth and became one of the tightest bands on the planet under the age of 18. 

The sophomore release, ‘Alice by the Moon’ (2009) was self produced and won ‘Best Rock Album’ at the prestigious Vodafone New Zealand Music Awards. It was a departure from their earlier, more traditional, sound and an arrival into their weird and wonderful world of genre bending grooves. ‘Alice’ birthed crowd favourites ‘You and Me’ and ‘Ballroom Baby.’ Subcultureentertainment.com printed  “Alice by the moon is one of the best albums of the year and it is easy to see that over the years The Checks will soon be regarded as one of the greatest rock bands on earth. “ 
Deadly Summer Sway’ (2011) is the newly released offering that musically and conceptually capitalized on everything they started with ‘Alice’. It was produced by New York producer Bassy Bob Brockman, who having worked with Biggie Smalls, The Fugees and even Dylan claimed that working with The Checks was “one of the greatest experiences of his life- no doubt.”  The lead single ‘Candyman Shimmer’ caught the entire industry off guard and surprised fans and critics alike. “It’s experimental and exploratory. It’s exciting and addictive. I’d go so far to say, it’s the best thing they have ever done, so far.” – Andrew Tidball, Cheese on Toast.  

The Checks are a rock and roll band from the bottom of the planet.  Down there in New Zealand, the air is somewhat different, and so is this band. Undeniably, there is something confronting about the group. Perhaps the NME summed it up best with – “Not heard 'Hunting Whales' yet? Jesus h. Imagine Free jamming with Liam Gallagher the morning after he was battered by the German mafia, all blitzed to the tits on crystal meth, and you’re still only halfway there. This is their happening, and it will freak you out.” 

Giants of the music industry also recognise that this band is special. International acts such as Oasis, ACDC, Muse, The Hives, The Killers, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Jet, The Hold Steady, and R.E.M have all requested that The Checks open for them, both in New Zealand and around the world. Michael Stipe, of R.E.M, even felt the need to personally introduce them to the audience night after night.

The first album ‘Hunting Whales’(2007) was a blues inspired boogie recorded in RAK Studios, London and was produced by Ian Broudie. The lead single ‘What You Heard’ debuted at number 16 on the U.K indie charts and sparked a 117 show tour through New York, L.A, Berlin, Cardiff, Madrid, Barcleona, Dublin, Belfast, Sydney, Melbourne, London and Glasgow. The band cut their teeth and became one of the tightest bands on the planet under the age of 18. 

The sophomore release, ‘Alice by the Moon’ (2009) was self produced and won ‘Best Rock Album’ at the prestigious Vodafone New Zealand Music Awards. It was a departure from their earlier, more traditional, sound and an arrival into their weird and wonderful world of genre bending grooves. ‘Alice’ birthed crowd favourites ‘You and Me’ and ‘Ballroom Baby.’ Subcultureentertainment.com printed  “Alice by the moon is one of the best albums of the year and it is easy to see that over the years The Checks will soon be regarded as one of the greatest rock bands on earth. “ 
Deadly Summer Sway’ (2011) is the newly released offering that musically and conceptually capitalized on everything they started with ‘Alice’. It was produced by New York producer Bassy Bob Brockman, who having worked with Biggie Smalls, The Fugees and even Dylan claimed that working with The Checks was “one of the greatest experiences of his life- no doubt.”  The lead single ‘Candyman Shimmer’ caught the entire industry off guard and surprised fans and critics alike. “It’s experimental and exploratory. It’s exciting and addictive. I’d go so far to say, it’s the best thing they have ever done, so far.” – Andrew Tidball, Cheese on Toast.  

The recorded albums speak for themselves but it’s The Checks live show that invariably sets them apart. The musicians are genuinely special. Each and every one of them possesses an instinct to light up the stage. They also have one of the most inspiring front men in the modern game, “His voice, holy shit, switches between a searing scream to something more melodic and then moves like the devil possessed with some wild dance moves.” - Rip it up. Jonathon Poeman founder of Sub Pop records and Connor McNicholas, editor of the NME both saw the band only once before pledging their support. “What The Checks have beyond undeniable talent, and that so many bands lack, is soul and a genuine sense of musical purpose.” –The Fly U.K.

PRESS:

"Jeffares voice soars above the hauntingly icy bass lines and chilly atmospherics. Bombs and death rays, corporate decay, and failed or failing love are just some of the bleak themes the band explore, and their album's title track might offer the best solution to the hopelessness of it all."
-- SPIN

"The charm of Snowden's debut is its understated authenticity: Underneath all the accoutrements, these are Jeffares's bedroom songs, and it's not hard to extrapolate to their simpler days as anguished acoustic ballads."
-- Village Voice

"The original Snowden taught Yossarian that man is matter-- kill us and we're dead. It's OK for stylish post-punk to matter, too, and Anti-Anti does so without forgetting to be fun."
-- Pitchfork

"[Anti Anti's] balance of gloom and grandeur is brilliantly executed, ultimately leaving the listener with an insatiable thirst for more of the same."
-- Drowned In Sound

"For all the discussion of concept, geography, and songcraft, it's the heart pulsing through the reverb that makes Anti-Anti a must-listen."
-- Stereogum

"It's clear [Snowden] aren't willing to just turn on the cruise control through [their] show; the performance is more like a constant pulse between implosion and explosion with each member able to flail or pull back seamlessly."
-- CMJ

"Such tracks as 'Black Eyes' prove that Snowden can play uneasy funk as well as its peers, but the music is most interesting when the band goes its own way."
-- Washington Post

"Snowden's music sounds like Interpol's dark momentum getting tripped up on the Arcade Fire's treacherous terrain - lacquered bolts of guitar judder over off-kilter percussion, and anomic vocals blear through the densely layered mix."
-- Paste Magazine

"On 'Anti-Anti' Snowden creates plenty more to admire than angry words. To find it, all you have to do is ignore the urge to dance long enough to sit down and listen."
-- MSNBC

"Snowden lace their upbeat, catchy guitar stomps with thoughtful lyrics diametrically opposed to mindless hipsterism."
-- Entertainment Weekly

"Anti-Anti is a cyclonic swirl of guitars approximating jet-engine drones, brackish cascades of water emanating from the bottom of a dank cave and shards of tuned barbed-wire."
-- Atlanta Journal-Constitution

"The Cure never delivered gloom so buzzy."
-- URB

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