3RDEGREE: January 2009 PA Featured Artist
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Topic: 3RDEGREE: January 2009 PA Featured Artist
Posted By: M@X
Subject: 3RDEGREE: January 2009 PA Featured Artist
Date Posted: December 10 2008 at 12:06
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3RDEGREE Bio (source: 3rdegreeonline.com) : 3RDegree began when founder/bassist/keyboardist/vocalist Robert James Pashman met with drummer Rob Durham in December of 1990 with a common love of the progressive rock bands they had grown up with & in hopes of picking up where Pashman’s last band had left off. A six month union with a guitarist didn’t pan out until new guitarist Pat Kliesch was added in the summer of 1991 & the band played its first show that November. Kliesch’s hard driving off-kilter riffs & juxtaposed melodic acoustic writing gelled with Pashman’s soaring hooks within strange meter: all this thrown in with the most capable Durham who reveled in the challenge of holding it all together. This would be the band’s mantra to the present day: create challenging music to play but always with a memorable, singable calling card. The first chapter would be THE WORLD IN WHICH WE LIVE-a 10 song collection which was played all over New Jersey & New York City in rock venues from 1992 through 1995 alongside the much more interesting & refined tracks that would be its epic follow-up. The band would be included on a Todd Rundgren tribute CD & Pashman would moonlight with metal band POWER (featuring Alan Tecchio of Watchtower & Hades) on a tour of Germany & the ViaRock festival in Belgium in ’95. But one piece of the puzzle would be imperative to getting the band more noticed than ever before: a world-class lead vocalist. George Dobbs, who would be added in the summer of ’95 would be that man. Also a keyboardist and bassist, the band’s live shows would be a much fuller affair & the studio album a much more polished & diverse one. HUMAN INTEREST STORY was released & well received in April of 1996, but frustration with the band’s inabilities to find its market niche & fan base in a pre-internet age would make a January 1997 CBGB’s performance its last. Pashman would go on to work with Spiraling’s Tom Brislin who toured with Yes on their 2001 Symphonic Tour and with Camel at Nearfest 2003. In December of 2005, the three original members of the band met in a NYC bar with the idea of reforming. Demos were made of new & old songs left on the cutting room floor that the band had always thought were their strongest. Their singer would be found by July & the backing tracks for a new album recorded by October. April of 2007, would see the band playing their first live shows in over ten years at NJ Proghouse-a venue that would definitely have saved the band from its earlier demise. The event & previous night’s acoustic show would be captured in high definition & later released on DVD & double CD. The internet would also figure largely into 3RDegree redux finding new fans & even re-connecting with the original ones so that by summer 2008 when the band were ready with NARROW-CASTER-it wouldn’t fall on deaf ears at its Nearfest (Bethlehem, PA progressive rock festival) debut. The reviews of this CD would herald that it was nothing short of the band’s ”masterwork” & possibly even worth the wait! A new plastic-less “Eco-Wallet” version is out December 2, 2008. 3RDegree plan on writing & recording new material in early 2009. http://www.3rdegreeonline.com/3RDegree/Welcome.html - - m Listen to us here: http://www.reverbnation.com/tunepak/873831 - http://www.reverbnation.com/ Our new CD NARROW-CASTER is getting great reviews at: http://www.3rdegreeonline.com/3RDegree/Reviews.html - http://www.3RDegreeONLINE.com/ Please join or mailing list here: http://www.reverbnation.com/3rdegree?add_email=true - http://www.reverbnation.com/ Come see our latest video HERE (click on "watch in high quality"): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W91j0btmDRg&feature=PlayList&p=1416880DF1938660&index=0 - http://www.youtube.com/watch? If you go to these sites, please add us or be our friend: http://www.reverbnation.com/3rdegree - http://www.reverbnation.com/ http://www.myspace.com/3RDegreeNJ - http://www.myspace.com/ http://www.last.fm/music/3RDegree - http://www.last.fm/music/ http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=6CD81E71018A9125 - http://www.youtube.com/view_ http://www.reverbnation.com/tunepak/481155 - http://www.reverbnation.com/ http://www.ilike.com/artist/3RDegree+%28NJ+prog%252Fpop+band%29 - http://www.ilike.com/artist/ ------------- Prog On ! |
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Posted By: micky
Date Posted: December 10 2008 at 17:59
good choice M@X... good stuff  ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: Queen By-Tor
Date Posted: December 10 2008 at 18:00
Just listened to their latest album. Good stuff indeed! I hope to have an interview with these chaps online sooner than later 
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Posted By: micky
Date Posted: December 10 2008 at 18:07
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awesome Mike ... interesting group... with some interesting influences hahha
------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: Ricochet
Date Posted: December 11 2008 at 05:58
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A really cool year for Crossover, if I could say so. Frequency Drift, Lunatic Soul, even Panic Room or Pinneaple Thief. 3RDegree is lower in my preferences compared to the above, but it's still good music. Nice choice.
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Posted By: Dan Bobrowski
Date Posted: December 11 2008 at 23:10
| I'm holding out for their iTunes download. Should be up any day. |
Posted By: M@X
Date Posted: December 14 2008 at 21:30
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forum_posts.asp?TID=54053 - 3RDEGREE interviewed by PA's King by-tor
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Posted By: Chris S
Date Posted: December 16 2008 at 13:51
^ and making for some more interesting listening. Great interview and review Mike ------------- ...As I venture through the slipstream, between the viaducts in your dreams...[/COLOR] |
Posted By: E-Dub
Date Posted: December 19 2008 at 18:57
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I, too, got this in the mail today and gave 'er a spin. I haven't been too fond of the PA Featured Artists so far, so I was a little skeptical. Really nice upon my first listen. I wish there were some mid range to long range epics because a band like this could really pull it off. Very minor criticism, though. Nice disc. E ------------- 
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Posted By: Garion81
Date Posted: December 20 2008 at 14:03
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Made my top 5 this year.
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"What are you going to do when that damn thing rusts?" |
Posted By: Windhawk
Date Posted: December 21 2008 at 14:09
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On the precarious 5th place in my list so far; nice album. Reminds me quite a bit of Man on Fire's third release, although with different musical leanings.
------------- Websites I work with: http://www.progressor.net http://www.houseofprog.com My profile on Mixcloud: https://www.mixcloud.com/haukevind/ |
Posted By: M@X
Date Posted: December 23 2008 at 13:06
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Audio Interview is available in the artist playlist ../artist.asp?id=3948 - http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=3948 Thanks so much to KING BY TOR and 3RDEGREE !!! ------------- Prog On ! |
Posted By: Dan Bobrowski
Date Posted: December 31 2008 at 10:59
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Great CD. Top five for me. Very eclectic. The vocalist is great. I'm hearing lots of influences. Queen, Echolyn, Izz, KC....
Now we just gotta get 'em out to CalProg '09.
Right Brian?
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Posted By: 3RDegree
Date Posted: January 01 2009 at 11:54
Who's Brian and how much will it cost us  ??------------- www.3RDegreeONLINE.com www.facebook.com/3RDegree "Defiling Perfectly Good Songs With Prog Since 1990" |
Posted By: fernandobz
Date Posted: January 31 2009 at 09:49
3RDEGREE, is fresh air in progressive rock
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Posted By: Queen By-Tor
Date Posted: January 31 2009 at 12:40
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they sure are
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Posted By: elenahitomi
Date Posted: February 23 2009 at 22:52
Very unique combination of sounds, rhythms and techniqies... 
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Posted By: hermosotrozo
Date Posted: March 09 2009 at 02:41
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i seriously feel that the gropu is getting the dues it deserves! i tried searching for the lyrics and couldnt find any. plzz somebody post the http://www.smartlyrics.com - song lyrics here
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Posted By: 30761760
Date Posted: October 14 2009 at 10:21
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Sounds like QI (not good) Too much trying to sound like prog and not enough trying to sound good. in places has shades of elevator music and 80's jazz. Made me want to put knives in there instruments to see if they cared or if it would make it sound better.
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Posted By: inrainbows
Date Posted: October 17 2009 at 16:17
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^^^ I really can't get into your point, this album is so nice! ------------- 
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Posted By: 3RDegree
Date Posted: October 29 2009 at 12:17
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Here's something new from the band:
Hello. 3RDegree here. A few years ago (and many times since) the British progressive rock band Marillion tried a novel idea with their fans and it changed the equation of the band/fan relationship for many thereafter. They asked their fan base to buy their new album many months before they finished it offering many exclusive perks to those who did.
On September 6th, 3RDegree played live in Chapel Hill, North Carolina at the progressive rock festival ProgDay. Thinking it was a pretty important milestone for us, we made sure to have a 6-camera HD video crew and a multi-track mobile recording facility capture the event. What we would "do" with that was dependent on a few things. Paramount was the question: would anyone want to buy a DVD of this? We thought maybe we would just ask you if you would be willing to purchase a DVD in a few months and take a head count. You can weigh in with a return email to us, letting us know of your interest for this future "product", but we would like to see if we can do better than that. Here is our offer: If you purchase our new DVD 3RDegree Live from ProgDay 2009 between now and November 27th (the day after Thanksgiving) via paypal at http://www.3rdegreeonline.com/3RDegree/Buy.html - this link or mailto:info@3RDegreeonline.com - personal check - for $19.99 (plus shipping), we will give you the following free (which will become unavailable to those who wait for the standard release): 1. A download of the audio from the concert in high quality mp3 (or CD quality 16-bit WAV/AIFF if we can arrange a way to download it) 2. If you request it (in the paypal box), we can autograph the DVD (2 or 3 members-Pat being on the U.S. west coast makes it impossible to include him). We would have to open the DVD to sign it, thus taking off the plastic wrap. 3. This is a big one-our last CD Narrow-Caster, in its original jewel-case form-now a rarity- *while supplies last* (buy this pre-order soon to guarantee your copy). You can give this to a friend (or keep) if you have the eco-wallet already OR if you have the jewel case version, you can request (in the comments section at paypal) an eco-wallet instead. 4. Your name in the thank you list inside the DVD case. What will the DVD contain? The nearly 90-minute set in its entirety with a set list that includes a few songs not on the previous live REUNION CONCERTS DVD ("Be There" & "The Proverbial Banana Peel"), 2 brand new songs from a future studio album ("Memetic Pandemic" & "Prelude To A Bailout/ AND one or more of the following (state your choice in the paypal drop down menu): 1. The "making of" Narrow- 2. An acoustic version of the title track " 3. "Human Interest Story" live from Europa Club in Brooklyn, NY where we were opening for Phideaux & Edensong a month before ProgDay. This features guitarist Eric Pseja. 4. "Top Secret" live from our 2007 NJ Proghouse concert-as featured on The Reunion Concerts DVD/CD. All of this in a DVDigipak or DVD eco- Thanks for hearing us out and please get your special items listed above by purchasing the pre-order by November 27, 2009. Thanks for your time! 3RDegree ------------- www.3RDegreeONLINE.com www.facebook.com/3RDegree "Defiling Perfectly Good Songs With Prog Since 1990" |
Posted By: JLocke
Date Posted: November 14 2009 at 21:42
| ^ Sounds like a great deal to me! Looks like I need to set some money aside by thanksgiving! |
Posted By: 3RDegree
Date Posted: November 15 2009 at 06:15
Good deal? Yes, we think so. We hope to have you onboard for the pre-order.  ------------- www.3RDegreeONLINE.com www.facebook.com/3RDegree "Defiling Perfectly Good Songs With Prog Since 1990" |
Posted By: JLocke
Date Posted: November 15 2009 at 13:02
| ^ I'll probably go ahead and order the t-shirt/Human Interest Story deal along with the pre-order, since I've been intending on getting that record anyway. Hopefully in the next few days. We'll see. |
Posted By: 3RDegree
Date Posted: November 15 2009 at 15:12
That would be awesome. Both "deals" cut a bunch of bucks off both items. I actually need to update the drop down menu on the shirt. I think I've run out of some sizes/colors. Pick your fav and let me know here or on FB and I can let you know if I have it before hand. It's easier than doing a refund-assuming you'd only like one color. They're all dark!  ------------- www.3RDegreeONLINE.com www.facebook.com/3RDegree "Defiling Perfectly Good Songs With Prog Since 1990" |
Posted By: JLocke
Date Posted: November 15 2009 at 15:28
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