Prospect Hill
Prospect Hill will be playing the Boston Freedom Rally for the second time this year and closing this year's event as the co-headliner with Graveyard BBQ.
Prospect Hill was nominated for a 2009 High Times Doobie Award, and they were the headlining act for the first ever High Times 4/20 Party and 2009 Miss High Times Pagent.
Prospect Hill has played countless benefit concerts to benefit MassCann, and they have also played at the Maine Vocals festival, and a concert to benefit New York NORML.
This summer, Prospect Hill has been busy, opening for bands such as Korn, Disturbed, Hinder, and Buckcherry, and have played at Gillette Stadium, the Tsongas Arena, and the Alltell Wireless Pavillion.
Prospect Hill's activism has had a noticeable affect on post-Question 2 laws in their hometown of Methuen, MA. In January 2009, Methuen Mayor Bill Manzi attempted to pass a city ordinance that would impose an additional $300 fine to "public consumption" of cannabis. Prospect Hill's video interview with Mike Cann led to an open dialogue between MassCann and Mayor Manzi. In the end, Mayor Manzi's proposal was reduced to a $50 fine for public consumption of cannabis in parks and schools, and the public consumption of alcohol fine was brought in line with the cannabis fine.
Lawrence, Massachusetts, which sits just north of Boston may not be considered a hot bed for producing fresh talent, but that all changed in the summer of 1998 when a local band broke out and made it big. Fast forward to the summer of 2009 and another local band is starting to generate the same buzz that catapulted Godsmack to the top of the charts.
Formed in 2003 by friends Mark Roberge and Derek Rousseau, the group experimented with their sound before finally finding their niche. Prospect Hill released their first full length album titled “Out of The Ashes” in 2006. As 2007 came around, so did a new lead singer.
With the addition of Adam Fithian, Prospect Hill literally found the voice they had been looking for. With all the key players in place, the band began the process of putting a fresh demo together. With the release of a four track demo featuring newly penned tracks “Breakdown,” “Panacea,” “S.O.E.” and “Walk Home,” Prospect Hill took to the road with their electric live shows, touring relentlessly up and down the east coast, building a bigger and stronger fan base with each stop. As 2007 continued on, the process of recording their new album began to take shape. Touring along such big name acts as Powerman5000 and Hinder, Prospect Hill dazzled audiences with their hard hitting new sound.
In May of 2008, Prospect Hill released “For the Lovers, the Haters and the Dead.” The album featured Godsmack’s own Tony Rombola on the track “S.O.E.” The radio ready “Breakdown,” which also appeared on the demo released a year earlier was re-produced by renowned producer Anthony J Resta, whose previous credits include acts such as Collective Soul, Duran Duran and Elton John. “Breakdown” became an instant favorite at live shows and even garnered enough attention to gain regular rotation on New England rock radio stations.
The band’s sound, which they have labeled “metal-odic,” is a blend of everything from metal to pop rock, which as allowed their music to resonate with a vast fan base. Prospect Hill continues to tour in support of their latest release, playing venues all over the U.S. the group was invited to perform at the 12th Annual Rock And Roll Marathon in San Diego.
Though they have only been together for a short period, Prospect Hill has been recognized nationally for their talents. In 2006, Iowa’s rock radio station Z98 FM named Prospect Hill Best New Band. In 2007, Z98 FM of Iowa nominated the group for “Best New Act,” “Best New Song” and “Best Hard Rock Song.” Also in 2007, after a nation wide search, Taco Bell recognized them as one of their “Fourth Meal” Bands.
Prospect Hill is currently working on their highly anticipated sophomore LP with “A” list producer Jon Wyman. The new album is expected to hit the streets on September 25, 2009.
For more on the music at this year's Rally and some more pictures of Prospect Hill.
Copy & Paste this code to add this banner to your website/myspace. Easy!
Share on FriendFeed
Comments for this post
