Fire Garden is Progressive Rock Band from Chicago.  New album 'Sound  of Majestic Colors' is OUT NOW Order your copy www.firegardenmusic.com/shop 

Toledo, OH born, Chicago, IL based singer/songwriter/studio project.

Garage rock tracks influenced by Nirvana, Radiohead, Pearl Jam, Ben Folds, Elliot Smith, The Beatles, and more... drifting into country, folk, indie, electronic.

No professional material here.  Everything was recorded and mixed in some kind of home studio setup, usually with Apple's free software Garage Band.  Recordings date from the early 2000s to now.

From a neurotic mind but not necessarily my own.  Anxiety, paranoia, mortality, human interaction, technology, duality.

Trends and fads come and go, but honest, heartfelt rock ‘n’ roll is here to stay, especially if Chicago rockers Vintage Blue have anything to say about it. Described as “poised to become the Windy City’s next great rock n’ rollers” by SOCO Magazine, their freshman LP - Strike The Mics, produced by the Grammy-nominated Jamie Candiloro (REM, Ryan Adams) has been added to over 150 radio stations across the country and Canada, and has been the subject of features on both WXRT in Chicago and WOCM in Ocean City, Maryland. Released in February 2012, Strike The Mics was met with even further acclaim, as the band sold out their CD Release show at Subterranean in Chicago and headlined at the Chicago House of Blues. Summer of 2012 had the band opening for Lifehouse in Chicago, Fitz & The Tantrums at Milwaukee's Summerfest, and supporting Chicago favorites The Lovehammers at the House of Blues. 

Since creating the band in 2011, Vintage Blue, which includes Will Crowden (grandson of the founder of Ludwig Drum Company) and songwriters Ryan Tibbs and Ben Bassett, has had the opportunity to support 90s rockers Vertical Horizon and even spent some time touring with Sister Hazel in December 2011, which further fueled their growth and desire to reach the masses. What they learned from those bands can be seen in their live performance, with one reviewer saying “they have a lot of fun and it is contagious,” and from another show describing the musicianship as “not only technically proficient … but entertaining.” 

Although the band are regulars in the ever-thriving Chicago club scene, selling out shows at the House of Blues, Double Door, Schubas and Subterranean, the band also just completed their first national tour.  The band rocked with some great crowds in Nashville, Atlanta, Ocean City, Philadelphia and Cleveland … and that’s only the beginning. This band is already working on the next big thing here in Chicago.


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