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Dead Bundy

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Dead Bundy is a pop-punk band based out of Cleveland, Ohio. The band radiates an anarchy ridden energy, with songs that showcase their fun-loving nature. DB is able to highlight sophistication in tracks such as “When I’m High” and “Not Sorry,” off their frenzy ignited 14-track album, Not Sorry. As the band’s music continues to grow, so does their career. Being featured on this year’s Ohio is For Lovers Festival alongside pop-rock icons, Hawthorne Heights and New Found Glory, as well as a past performance at Inkarceration Festival in ’21. The band is coming off the heels of re-release, (Still) Not Sorry that presents acoustic renditions of “When I’m High” and “Better Alive” with singles, “Stupid State Of Mind” and “It’s Not You, It’s Pee,” resulting in an album of organized chaos, complimenting Dead Bundy’s hectic spirit.






Detention

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DETENTION is a high-energy pop-punk, alt rock band of teens from Akron, Ohio. This summer they shut down an entire city block during the Porchrokr festival. Their set was one of the biggest buzzes of the day and the most highly attended.  On July 25, they performed at Wonderstruck Music Festival in Cleveland among headliners Portugal. The Man, AJR, Trombone Shorty, Third Eye Blind, and Dayglow. After their power-house performance on the third stage, Denny Young, President of the Elevation Group invited DETENTION to play the main stage at Wonderbus Music Festival  on August 28 in Columbus and Wonderstruck in 2022. 

DETENTION played at the world-famous Whisky a Go Go in LA and had crowd-surfing fans as they won the 24th Annual Tri-C High School Rock Off at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, Ohio. Barry Gabel, Senior Vice President for Live Nation said, “The band was tight, fun, exciting, and had the audience going crazy!” 

Join the army of Detainees at www.detention.live, and follow their rise on Instagram/Facebook/Twitter @Detention.live. For booking information and press inquiries, please visit: www.detention.live/booking. Contact [detention.ohio@gmail.com] 

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Morning in May

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 Cleveland, Ohio band Morning In May are known for descriptive lyrics that bring songs to life in a cinematic way, MIM finds themselves at the forefront of modernizing pop-rock. With tours including Warped Tour 18’ and others alongside names such as Hawthorne Heights, Underoath and August Burns Red. MIM has headlined shows at Hollywood's Whiskey A-Go-Go and has played Launch Music Conference main stage accompanied by acts including Set It Off and I Set My Friends On Fire.
The group has worked with Escape The Fate’s frontman Craig Mabbitt in single release “Orpheus in Retrospect,” released in October of 2020. Morning In May has contrived and maintained relationships with Spirit Airlines and booking agency, Dynamic Talent International. MIM has been previously signed to Manic Kat Records and Needful Things/Tragic Hero Records.
Morning In May's works include music videos for singles such as "Monsters Look Under The Bed For Me At Night," manifesting an eerie atmosphere of fighting with yourself, and “Everybody’s Innocent Here, Don’t You Know That?,” the leading single off of the band’s 6-track EP, Somewhere In Slumber. The song’s title refers to the movie, The Shawshank Redemption, as a fan, MIM shot their video at The Ohio State Reformatory, where the film had been made.
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Now, the band are ready to release a full-length debut record, Dead Set Slander featuring singles, "Jake From State Farm Ruined My Life," "Live Laugh Love (Die Cry Hate)" and "Monsters Look Under The Bed For Me At Night." Each track showcases dynamics within the bands music while staying cohesive to one another.




The Tufted Puffins


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The Tufted Puffins is a re-emergence of musicians from numerous local bands of note in the volatile 80's and 90's Cleveland / Kent / Akron scene. Mike Baker (Sleazy Jesus and the Splatter Pigs and Hucklebuck ), markeymoon (Zen-Luv Assassins, Professional Againsters, Roscoe Disposal Co ), Tom Huff(Burning Lesbians , Roscoe Disposal Co) and Brian McCafferty (Rainy Day Saints, Rumbling Spires, Beatnik Termites ….. ) is the lineup of this powerhouse group.  The music is a high energy blending of Garage Punk and Rock and Roll. Having been through it all before, the Puffins are in the perfect space to focus on the music and ignore the BS. As a part of the burgeoning Cleveland music scene they're surrounded by great bands and venues and audiences that other towns would kill for. It's a band of seasoned musicians who just want to play for the pure joy of raucous music.
Make no mistake. The point of a Tufted Puffins show is big sweaty aggressive fun. They leave it all on the stage every show. The audience sweats as much as the band. That's the Cleveland way to do it!

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