[275]RECYCLED PERCUSSION TO PLAY “TRASHY” MUSIC AT MTSU

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Jan. 28, 2009
EDITORIAL CONTACT: Gina Logue, 615-898-5081

RECYCLED PERCUSSION TO PLAY “TRASHY” MUSIC AT MTSU
Four-Piece Band Turns Garbage into Instruments for Electrifying Act

(MURFREESBORO) – Recycled Percussion, a rock band which uses recycled trash as its instruments, will perform in concert at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 12, in the Tennessee Room of MTSU’s James Union Building. This event is free and open to the public. The quartet uses barrels, basement garbage, building site leftovers, pots, pans, stepladders, 50-gallon drums and recycled chainsaws to create a uniquely dynamic act. Their style has coined phrases such as “power percussion” and “junk rock.” The group’s MySpace page (www.myspace.com/recycledrocks) describes their sound as “powerful industrial drumming backed by metal-grinding guitar and hip-hop/funk DJ.” The band’s members—Justin Spencer, Jim Magoon, Ryan Vezina and DJ Pharoah—have been together for four years. They have jammed with performers such as LL Cool J and have performed during halftime shows at many National Basketball Association and National Football League games.
The Fine Arts Committee of MTSU’s Office of Student Programming is sponsoring the concert. For more information, contact Greg Feiling at 615-898-5608 or gfeiling@mtsu.edu.