NEW SONGS JUST POSTED! 'Halfway Home' AND 'You Were The One' 11/2009
After touring North America as second guitarist for Green Day in 2005, guitarist Terry Linehan (Waterdog, Frustrators) decided it was time to apply what he had learned and start a band in his native Rhode Island. Having spent months recording home demos, Terry realized he needed a top notch singer to accomplish his vision and turned to Paul Everett, whom he had long admired in bands such as Coat of Arms, Delta Clutch and The Blizzard of 78.
After months more of writing new songs, the two realized they had something great and recruited a band of Providence's finest. Guitarist Eric Fontana had made his name in local band Mother Jefferson, as well as being a first call studio musician (No Doubt, Dropkick Murphys, Avoid One Thing, The [Amazing] Royal Crowns). Jack McKenna, also of Mother Jefferson and Von Doom, had made the jump from drums to bass and was a perfect fit, as was Paul Myers, who had been bashing the drums in perfect time for Delta Clutch and The Blizzard of 78.
Showing influences such as Jesus and Mary Chain, The Cure, The Clash, David Bowie, The Replacements, Generation X, Psychedelic Furs, Husker Du, U2, The Ramones, T-Rex, Brian Wilson, and The Ronettes, Hope Anchor has opened for several national touring acts, including White Rabbits, The Bravery and The Mooney Suzuki.
In April 2007, Hope Anchor recorded a four song E.P., “The City Limits,” with the legendary David Minehan (The Neighborhoods, Paul Westerburg) at his Woolly Mammoth studio (woollymammothsound.net) in Waltham, Ma., now on sale at amiestreet.com/hopeanchor, buzzplay.com/hopeanchor and myspace.com/hopeanchorri. Hope Anchor are currently mixing SIX NEWLY tracked songs, with the great Sir Dave behind the board yet again, for a full length Spring 2010 CD (sneak previews right here).
Several of the new cuts have already gained prime time, lunch hour play on 95.5 WBRU, Providence's main alt-rock station, and one of the largest radio markets in the New England area.
Performing songs of a post-industrial, small city, their vision is to bring the characters that are Providence to life, in a way that honors Providence's history and tradition as one of the birthplaces of alternative music, while remaining universal and connected to anyone standing in the outer shadows of their own town, anywhere in the world.
