ROCK QUOTES “Thank you for your continued and loyal support over the years — this one’s on me.” As Reznor's album 'The Slip' was released for free on NIN.com. (05-06-08) "That's My Pig..." As a Giant Inflatable Pig got away during a Roger Waters concert at the Coachella Music festival. (04-30-08) "Everyone has made Axl out to be this crazy person...But having been in a band with these guys for five and a half years, I'm not so sure that it was all Axl's fault." Scott Weiland has some insight into the demise of Guns n' Roses. (04-20-08) Halloween 1999...man, was that a show! Peabody's Monster played that year at the Alaskan Hotel. Led by the late great Bill Kozlowski, (co-founder of Rock Alaska Records, which still has its home at 154 Franklin St. Downtown), Simon Taylor on Bass, Ryan Stanley on Guitar, Josh Lovette on Drums and Doug Fanyak on alternate percussion, the venue was packed. Unknown to us at the time we were starting a Rock Alaska Records tradition that would spawn 7 years of rockin' Juneau's downtown scene in the Fall. 1999 was my first year living in Juneau. I was sound man for the show, and found myself in awe at the throng of bar patrons brightly disguised in imaginitive and intricate costumes, their collective interests: drinking and dancing the night away until the wee hours of the night. With daylight savings kicking in at midnight and giving us an extra hour of festivities, this only added to our rollicking good time. Our lame prize for best costume back in 1999, was an autographed bowling ball Bill bought at Salvation Army. Our costume contest prizes have gone up a notch or three since then. The year we autographed and gave away Bill's old guitar, the bar was forever raised to give away better prizes every year. Last year we gave away a brand new Fender guitar donated by Odem Distributors. The contest winner is based on crowd response and we have no intentions of letting our fans down this year. Now seven years later its become a tradition for RAR to play a big show with 2-3 acts somewhere downtown...just follow your ears. Each year we try to get as many musicians working up at Peabody's Monster Studios in the act as possible. Such names as Peabody's Monster, Contra Public, Brown Haven, Zuya Chante, Daralict and Old Goat have raged the stage for the event and the patrons just keep coming back for more. For me, Rock Music and Halloween go together like Vodka and Tonic. Spacey Guitar Jams and Rock Anthems set a great mood for the Witches, Monsters and Ghouls that come out of Juneau's woodwork. This years Halloween show marks RAR's 7th annual event, taking place at the Rendezvous on Saturday October 28th at 9pm. We always play the Friday before just to get things ready for the multi-band show. Costume contest starts around Midnight on Saturday. Brown Haven, featuring Darin Jensen on Guitar and Vocals, Damien Horvath on Bass and Vocals and Alex Romero (thats me) on Drums and Vocals, will be headlining the show this year. As usual, Brown Haven will be performing new original material never before played live. Opening acts this year include, Showcase Showdown, a 5 piece act to recently emerge from the ashes of other RAR projects. Members include: Caleb Wylie and Doug Fanyak of Zuya Chante, Dave Pichard of Satan's Taint, and two newcomers Scott Crass (from Fairbanks) playing bass, and Nikki Skeek leading the boys with her amazing vocals. We've enjoyed seeing this band emerge over the past couple of months and we know they will bring a lot to our show this year. All that said, get your best costume on, and join us at the Rendezvous for the Rock show of the year for us. We promise not to disappoint. Alex Romero Co-Founder of Rock Alaska Records RAR NEWS Brown Haven was featured on the statewide AK radio program on February 17th 2008. Visit out Radio section of this site or just CLICK HERE to download our available MP3 here on Rock Alaska Records. (02/17/07) Brown Haven have released four tracks on our MP3 page. Download them and give a listen to the whole mp3 and share them with friends. Click HERE to download four available MP3's here on Rock Alaska Records. (10/30/07) Dirt Jake Replicas' self-titled CD has been released. Recorded at Seattle's Hype Schwartz studio, this endeavor is the talk of the town. Click HERE to download four available MP3's here on Rock Alaska Records. Click HERE to get the RAR CD Review. (10/05/07)

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