{"id":53,"date":"2019-01-18T23:35:05","date_gmt":"2019-01-19T04:35:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2019\/?p=53"},"modified":"2020-03-08T15:07:53","modified_gmt":"2020-03-08T19:07:53","slug":"funk-rock-fusion-legends-brand-x-to-headline-progstock-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2019\/funk-rock-fusion-legends-brand-x-to-headline-progstock-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Funk-Rock-Fusion Legends Brand X to Headline ProgStock 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Triumphantly returning for a third straight year to Rahway, NJ, ProgStock 2019 hits the Union County Performing Arts Center (UCPAC) Mainstage Theater on <span style=\"color: #993300;\"><em><strong>Columbus Day Weekend (October 11-13, 2019)<\/strong><\/em><\/span>. More announcements are coming soon!<\/p>\n<p>We are thrilled to announce that the Saturday headliner of ProgStock 2019 will be funk-rock-fusion legends\u00a0<strong><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><em>Brand X<\/em><\/span><\/strong>! With founders John Goodsall (guitar) and Percy Jones (bass) still at the helm, they\u2019ve reached some new peaks with keyboardist Chris Clark, percussionist Scott Weinberger, and drummer Kenny Grohowski, each bringing their own unique artistry to make <strong><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><em>Brand X<\/em><\/span><\/strong> such a unique live act.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><em>Brand X<\/em><\/span><\/strong> finished off 2018 with a bang, touring from the Mid-West to the North-East (USA), releasing a new live DVD edited and mixed by Stephen W. Tayler (Real World Studios), and releasing a new live album as well, culled from their headlining performance on the opening night of RoSFest 2018. They will delight audiences again in 2019 on Cruise to the Edge with Yes, February 4-9, 2019, and at ProgStock 2019 on October 12, 2019.<\/p>\n<p>Founding member\/guitarist John Goodsall: &#8220;Every tour we add some new songs and change some things around for a fresh new show. Some of these songs we haven\u2019t played in ages \u2013 and some never before at all \u2013 and now we\u2019re starting to work on writing some new material as well for a forthcoming album.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The band are playing exceptionally well live, so we\u2019ve recorded a new live DVD and a new live album to document it.&#8221; says manager Norman Bedford. &#8220;They\u2019re breathing new life into some timeless music in a way I\u2019ve rarely seen \u2013 every night on stage they do something differently, and it\u2019s all very exciting to watch.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>A great opportunity to see <strong><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><em>Brand X<\/em><\/span><\/strong> is coming this October. Learn about their legendary 45-year history and their plans for the future on their Facebook page:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/OfficialBrandX\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Official Brand X<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Triumphantly returning for a third straight year to Rahway, NJ, ProgStock 2019 hits the Union County Performing Arts Center (UCPAC) Mainstage Theater on Columbus Day Weekend (October 11-13, 2019). More announcements are coming soon! We are thrilled to announce that the Saturday headliner of ProgStock 2019 will be funk-rock-fusion legends\u00a0Brand X! With founders John Goodsall&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-53","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-progstock-artists","category-progstock-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":632,"href":"https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53\/revisions\/632"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}