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Another great night at Club Cafe

October 6, 2013

Lovely time with everyone. If you were unlucky enough to have missed it, check it out on Youtube.

Is it springtime yet?

March 29, 2013

We had a great time tonight. Get a little love in your life, or at least some music. In case you missed it, check it out on Youtube.

A change of pace - Barry Jive...

November 26, 2012

We hope you had a great Thanksgiving. We certainly did. We had a bit of fun with some great people playing a bunch of cover tunes, songs that we're thankful for. In case you missed it, check it out on Youtube.

Catch up on our last show

July 30, 2012

We had a lot of fun on Friday with Walker and the Rebellion. Thanks to everyone who came out and spent the evening with us. If you missed it or just want to watch it again, the whole show is up on Youtube.

Show at Club Cafe on July 27th with Walker and the Rebellion

July 27, 2012

Come get a big heaping dose of rock'n'roll with Cry Fire and Walker and the Rebellion. Let's have some fun people.

More details here.

Show at Club Cafe on Apr. 19th with In One Wind

April 19, 2012

We're playing with a really cool group from Brooklyn called In One Wind. Should be a lot of fun.

More details here.

Show at Club Cafe on Dec. 29th with our friends Kinetic and Blvd of the Allies

Dec 8, 2011

Winter is upon us again. Come down and rock out with us to keep your spirits up.

More details here.

Show at Mr. Smalls on Sept. 30th with Red Wanting Blue

Sept 23, 2011

Hey everybody - We're really excited to be playing with Red Wanting Blue again. This time we're at Mr. Smalls. The show starts at 8:00pm and we're playing first so come early and get ready for a good night of rock and roll.

More details here.

How it all started...The Known World

June 25, 2011

In a fit of nostalgia, I was digging through some old stuff today and came across a concert poster from our old band, The Known World. I went over to Myspace to try to dig up the old site and through some struggles got most of the music working again there. However, that whole thing is an unmanageable mess and has been for quite some time unfortunately. So I'm going to post here instead.

Get a copy of the original album or Listen to it on Myspace.

The Story of The Known World

I moved to Pittsburgh in the fall of 2004. At the time, I had been writing and recording demos on my own, with little plan beyond getting this material out of me. My roommate at the time told me in no uncertain terms that I needed to stop fooling around with the sad sap acoustic thing and get a band. So in an effort to start meeting people in the Pittsburgh scene, I went on Craigslist and started to respond to audition postings for singers.

The first audition I went on was the last. Jim tells this story best and I have a recording of it somewhere, which I will try to dig up, but to my memory, they were the most terrifically stereotypical rock band I could think of - Jim had long hair pulled back with a red bandana, was wearing a vintage Elvis t-shirt and bell bottoms, Ben (later known exclusively as Patty) looked like Animal from the Muppets, all afro and gangly ferocious energy, Francisco (later known as Frankie Morals) was so slick, all smooth groove and rhythm.

We started recording almost immediately in a basement studio built by Len Lanphar. I recorded vocals in the bathroom. It was a little miserable, but exactly what I assumed recording a small-town rock record was supposed to be. The liner notes from A Year Assembled tell the story:

A year assembled out of scraps of inspiration, forged under the gaze of four whole seasons worth of try-agains, do-overs, and one more time boys... This album was recorded in three sessions. In March 2005, after a hasty three weeks of rehearsals, a first EP was recorded. Four songs were captured: Synaesthesia, Caught Between, Runnin' Ragged, and Good News Gone. Four months later, July's heat produced four more songs -- Rich Baby, Come Slow, I Decided, and When You Go (Stay). In December, stretching into the tender new year of 2006, four additional songs were recorded: These Words, Get It Right, Five Years, and All of Us... The songs are arranged here, on this album, in the best cohesive whole that we could sense. While there is a definite growth that can be heard in the material when viewed in this light, we still believe in the worth of each and every song contained on this collection. Please enjoy.

Our first gig was at Carnival at Carnegie Mellon. We ended up playing again on the lawn of the Sigma Nu fraternity that afternoon. And we were off - writing, recording, playing two to three hour gigs. Having a blast.

About a year later as we were putting the finishing touches on the final four songs that would make up A Year Assembled, Francisco decided that he was going to law school. And that was the first of many lineup changes.

Dan Bozek was someone I knew from Steubenville, Ohio, where I grew up. I knew he was a good bass player and that he had some studio experience, so I reached out to him and asked him to play with us. This was great for numerous reasons, first, because he went from an acquaintance to a great friend and second because he was a phenomenal musician who was also a studio guru.

We started writing and recording what would have been the second The Known World album. The working title was Little Volcano. During this recording, Patty went off to do his own thing and we recorded most of those songs with Pete Wilson on drums. Unfortunately, Pete wasn't able to continue playing with us and at that point The Known World officially died. We quickly reformed with some new people as Cry Fire, which is the band I still play in. Some of those songs made there way onto the first Cry Fire album Strangers. I will try to dig up those original versions and post them here as well.

I am still really proud of all of these songs. They are so full of energy, heart and determination. We were all just trying to figure it out. We still are. Anyway, listen and enjoy.

Thanks,

Nathaniel

Live Audio: May 26 Show at Club Cafe

June 3, 2011

Thanks to everyone who came out last week to see us at Club Cafe. For those of you who couldn't make it you can download a copy of the show below. Then, come see us on the Dollar Bank Stage at the Three Rivers Arts Festival, on June 6 at 6:00pm.

Download the Live Audio from our May 26 show at Club Cafe

Welcome to Summer

May 25, 2011

Hello, hello - Hiya. We've got a bunch of shows in the works for this summer - two coming up soon. First join us at Club Cafe for cool show with our friend Jason Kendall and a new band that we're really looking forward to hearing - Kinetic. Then, we're on the Dollar Bank Stage at the Three Rivers Arts Festival, on June 6 at 6:00pm.

Watch us in action - Club Cafe set

November 13, 2010

We had a great show at Club Cafe with Red Wanting Blue and Chet Vincent and the Big Bend this week. Thanks to everyone who came out to support us. If you missed it or just want to watch it again, we've got most of the set posted on Youtube.

Hear us on your radio dial - 91.3 WYEP

October 25, 2010

Welcome back to fall in Pittsburgh everybody. We've got a few shows lined up to help ease you out into the cold. The first one is opening for a cool band called Red Wanting Blue. Come check them out.

Also, WYEP was kind enough to feature us on their local music show with Cindy Howes. So thanks to Cindy for that.

A hot summer...

August 15, 2010

This summer has absolutely flown by. We've been running around working on all kinds of stuff and all of a sudden the summer had almost passed us by. We have some new stuff coming your way soon though, starting with a show on September 17 with our friends Boulevard of the Allies. Hope to see you all there.

Vote for Best Band in PGH

May 20, 2010

We've been named one of 5 finalists in the Post Gazette Pittsburgh Rocks competition. We would really like to win this so - Go here and VOTE.

UPDATE: We didn't win the competition, but we did get to meet some really cool people and and got some great exposure. Thanks to everyone who voted for us. We hope to see you all soon.

And...it's done!

April 12, 2010

The record is done! The record is done! Now available at:

We're getting closer...

February 5, 2010

Hey everyone. We've got about half of the songs mixed. There is a new one posted on our Myspace. Give it a listen and let us know what you think. Leave us a note on the Myspaciness, or on our Facebook Fan Page, or just send us an email at thebandcryfire@gmail.com.

We've been working

December 8, 2010

When the question changed from, "Do you guys have any shows coming up?" to "Are you still in a band?" it was clear that we had kept quiet for too long.

We've been writing and recording pretty continuously over the last year. We'll have new stuff to post soon. In the meantime, here's a little glimpse at what the last 8 months have been like for me.

- Nathaniel

Welcome to our new site

Special thanks to our friend Rebecca for all of her help. She did the new logo and site design, and did a great job. Check out her other work at rebeccaspitler.com.

home the band the music news/shows links	news Another great night at Club Cafe October 6, 2013 Lovely time with everyone. If you were unlucky enough to have missed it, check it out on Youtube. Is it springtime yet? March 29, 2013 We had a great time tonight. Get a little love in your life, or at least some music. In case you missed it, check it out on Youtube. A change of pace - Barry Jive... November 26, 2012 We hope you had a great Thanksgiving. We certainly did. We had a bit of fun with some great people playing a bunch of cover tunes, songs that we're thankful for. In case you missed it, check it out on Youtube. Catch up on our last show July 30, 2012 We had a lot of fun on Friday with Walker and the Rebellion. Thanks to everyone who came out and spent the evening with us. If you missed it or just want to watch it again, the whole show is up on Youtube. Show at Club Cafe on July 27th with Walker and the Rebellion July 27, 2012 Come get a big heaping dose of rock'n'roll with Cry Fire and Walker and the Rebellion. Let's have some fun people. More details here. Show at Club Cafe on Apr. 19th with In One Wind April 19, 2012 We're playing with a really cool group from Brooklyn called In One Wind. Should be a lot of fun. More details here. Show at Club Cafe on Dec. 29th with our friends Kinetic and Blvd of the Allies Dec 8, 2011 Winter is upon us again. Come down and rock out with us to keep your spirits up. More details here. Show at Mr. Smalls on Sept. 30th with Red Wanting Blue Sept 23, 2011 Hey everybody - We're really excited to be playing with Red Wanting Blue again. This time we're at Mr. Smalls. The show starts at 8:00pm and we're playing first so come early and get ready for a good night of rock and roll. More details here. How it all started...The Known World June 25, 2011 In a fit of nostalgia, I was digging through some old stuff today and came across a concert poster from our old band, The Known World. I went over to Myspace to try to dig up the old site and through some struggles got most of the music working again there. However, that whole thing is an unmanageable mess and has been for quite some time unfortunately. So I'm going to post here instead. Get a copy of the original album or Listen to it on Myspace. The Story of The Known World I moved to Pittsburgh in the fall of 2004. At the time, I had been writing and recording demos on my own, with little plan beyond getting this material out of me. My roommate at the time told me in no uncertain terms that I needed to stop fooling around with the sad sap acoustic thing and get a band. So in an effort to start meeting people in the Pittsburgh scene, I went on Craigslist and started to respond to audition postings for singers. The first audition I went on was the last. Jim tells this story best and I have a recording of it somewhere, which I will try to dig up, but to my memory, they were the most terrifically stereotypical rock band I could think of - Jim had long hair pulled back with a red bandana, was wearing a vintage Elvis t-shirt and bell bottoms, Ben (later known exclusively as Patty) looked like Animal from the Muppets, all afro and gangly ferocious energy, Francisco (later known as Frankie Morals) was so slick, all smooth groove and rhythm. We started recording almost immediately in a basement studio built by Len Lanphar. I recorded vocals in the bathroom. It was a little miserable, but exactly what I assumed recording a small-town rock record was supposed to be. The liner notes from A Year Assembled tell the story: A year assembled out of scraps of inspiration, forged under the gaze of four whole seasons worth of try-agains, do-overs, and one more time boys... This album was recorded in three sessions. In March 2005, after a hasty three weeks of rehearsals, a first EP was recorded. Four songs were captured: Synaesthesia, Caught Between, Runnin' Ragged, and Good News Gone. Four months later, July's heat produced four more songs -- Rich Baby, Come Slow, I Decided, and When You Go (Stay). In December, stretching into the tender new year of 2006, four additional songs were recorded: These Words, Get It Right, Five Years, and All of Us... The songs are arranged here, on this album, in the best cohesive whole that we could sense. While there is a definite growth that can be heard in the material when viewed in this light, we still believe in the worth of each and every song contained on this collection. Please enjoy. Our first gig was at Carnival at Carnegie Mellon. We ended up playing again on the lawn of the Sigma Nu fraternity that afternoon. And we were off - writing, recording, playing two to three hour gigs. Having a blast. About a year later as we were putting the finishing touches on the final four songs that would make up A Year Assembled, Francisco decided that he was going to law school. And that was the first of many lineup changes. Dan Bozek was someone I knew from Steubenville, Ohio, where I grew up. I knew he was a good bass player and that he had some studio experience, so I reached out to him and asked him to play with us. This was great for numerous reasons, first, because he went from an acquaintance to a great friend and second because he was a phenomenal musician who was also a studio guru. We started writing and recording what would have been the second The Known World album. The working title was Little Volcano. During this recording, Patty went off to do his own thing and we recorded most of those songs with Pete Wilson on drums. Unfortunately, Pete wasn't able to continue playing with us and at that point The Known World officially died. We quickly reformed with some new people as Cry Fire, which is the band I still play in. Some of those songs made there way onto the first Cry Fire album Strangers. I will try to dig up those original versions and post them here as well. I am still really proud of all of these songs. They are so full of energy, heart and determination. We were all just trying to figure it out. We still are. Anyway, listen and enjoy. Thanks, Nathaniel Live Audio: May 26 Show at Club Cafe June 3, 2011 Thanks to everyone who came out last week to see us at Club Cafe. For those of you who couldn't make it you can download a copy of the show below. Then, come see us on the Dollar Bank Stage at the Three Rivers Arts Festival, on June 6 at 6:00pm. Download the Live Audio from our May 26 show at Club Cafe Welcome to Summer May 25, 2011 Hello, hello - Hiya. We've got a bunch of shows in the works for this summer - two coming up soon. First join us at Club Cafe for cool show with our friend Jason Kendall and a new band that we're really looking forward to hearing - Kinetic. Then, we're on the Dollar Bank Stage at the Three Rivers Arts Festival, on June 6 at 6:00pm. Watch us in action - Club Cafe set November 13, 2010 We had a great show at Club Cafe with Red Wanting Blue and Chet Vincent and the Big Bend this week. Thanks to everyone who came out to support us. If you missed it or just want to watch it again, we've got most of the set posted on Youtube. Hear us on your radio dial - 91.3 WYEP October 25, 2010 Welcome back to fall in Pittsburgh everybody. We've got a few shows lined up to help ease you out into the cold. The first one is opening for a cool band called Red Wanting Blue. Come check them out. Also, WYEP was kind enough to feature us on their local music show with Cindy Howes. So thanks to Cindy for that. A hot summer... August 15, 2010 This summer has absolutely flown by. We've been running around working on all kinds of stuff and all of a sudden the summer had almost passed us by. We have some new stuff coming your way soon though, starting with a show on September 17 with our friends Boulevard of the Allies. Hope to see you all there. Vote for Best Band in PGH May 20, 2010 We've been named one of 5 finalists in the Post Gazette Pittsburgh Rocks competition. We would really like to win this so - Go here and VOTE. UPDATE: We didn't win the competition, but we did get to meet some really cool people and and got some great exposure. Thanks to everyone who voted for us. We hope to see you all soon. And...it's done! April 12, 2010 The record is done! The record is done! Now available at: Digstation iTunes Amazon CDbaby We're getting closer... February 5, 2010 Hey everyone. We've got about half of the songs mixed. There is a new one posted on our Myspace. Give it a listen and let us know what you think. Leave us a note on the Myspaciness, or on our Facebook Fan Page, or just send us an email at thebandcryfire@gmail.com. We've been working December 8, 2010 When the question changed from, "Do you guys have any shows coming up?" to "Are you still in a band?" it was clear that we had kept quiet for too long. We've been writing and recording pretty continuously over the last year. We'll have new stuff to post soon. In the meantime, here's a little glimpse at what the last 8 months have been like for me. - Nathaniel Welcome to our new site Special thanks to our friend Rebecca for all of her help. She did the new logo and site design, and did a great job. Check out her other work at rebeccaspitler.com.
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