Sorrow

this is my song i wrote to support gay marriage equality in the state of PA in hopes that they will pass gay marriage this year and make it leagle.. CMON orbit DO your civil duty to make gay marriage legal!!!

Aint Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me Around

No Christmas This Year is a folk-punk Christmas album for the people who never see themselves in the Hallmark specials. It’s for the working-class, the overlooked, the grieving, the exhausted, and everyone who’s ever tried to find warmth in a season that feels colder every year. This isn’t a record of jingling bells and perfect families—it’s a collection of winter stories pulled straight from the front steps, the bus stops, the detention centers, the small towns, and the cracks beneath the Christmas lights.

Blending stripped-down acoustic riffs with raw, unfiltered folk-punk energy, the album tackles the realities hiding behind holiday postcards: families torn apart by ICE, neighbors whispering through frosted windows, inflation killing the Christmas spirit, and the loneliness that creeps in when the world expects you to be merry on command. These songs are protest carols—torn wrapping paper over hard truths—delivered with the urgency of someone who cares too much to stay quiet.

The music swings between melancholy ballads and driving punk rhythms, carrying stories of empty chairs at dinner tables, communities fighting back, memories of the 1914 Christmas Truce, and the small sparks of hope people cling to even when everything feels lost. It’s political, it’s personal, and it’s painfully human—an album for anyone who knows that sometimes the most powerful gift is simply refusing to look away.

No Christmas This Year isn’t about giving up on the holiday. It’s about reclaiming it—about honoring the people hurting in the shadows of the season and reminding them that they aren’t forgotten. It’s a winter album with a pulse, a protest wrapped in tinsel, and a reminder that even in the darkest December, someone out there is singing with you.

Snowfall Overture

This is the first album for the artist known as.  Released in 2010 by Just Plain Awful Records.

The Artist Known As

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Carving out raw emotion through distorted chords and stripped-down storytelling, I create music that lives between punk rock rebellion and folk honesty—with a touch of gritty rock driving it forward. My songs are equal parts defiance and confession, weaving rough-edged anthems with storytelling that cuts straight to the bone.

This is music for late nights, long drives, and anyone who’s ever felt both lost and alive at the same time. Welcome to the noise, the stories, and the heart of folk punk.

Snowfall Overture

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