GRETCHEN SHAE & THE MIDDLE EIGHT

GRETCHEN SHAE: VOCALS AND RHYTHM GUITAR
RONAN FAHY: LEAD GUITAR, VOCALS
KILLIAN CORCOSA: BASS, VOCALS
NICK MEHOS: DRUMS, VOCALS

COMING OF AGE IN THE 90S ALT ROCK WORLD, IN THE SHADOWS OF POST PUNK, GRETCHEN SHAE & THE MIDDLE EIGHT PRESENT SONGS THAT INCORPORATE ALL OF THESE FLAVORS. THIS PAST YEAR SAW THE RELEASE OF “EXIT FIRE,” THEIR DEBUT RELEASE. IN ADDITION, THEY ALSO PUT OUT A MUSIC VIDEO FOR THEIR LATEST SINGLE, “SKELETON CLOSET” DIRECTED BY GENE DANTE. THE BAND IS COMPOSED OF BOSTON-BASED ROCKERS.

RONAN FAHY (LEAD GUITAR, VOX) HAS PREVIOUSLY PLAYED THE RUMBLE AS A MEMBER OF COOLING TOWERS. KILLIAN CARCOSA (BASS, VOX) ALSO PLAYS IN THE HOUSE BAND AT THE SUNDAY BLUES JAM AT THE PORCH IN MEDFORD, AS WELL AS POST-PUNK WITH DUNC. NICK MEHOS (DRUMS, VOX) HAS BEEN SEEN PLAYING IN HIS PREVIOUS GLAM PUNK OUTFIT THE GALA WITH HIS FIRST GIG OPENING FOR THE LEGENDARY L.A. GUNS (FEATURING PHIL LEWIS AND TRACII GUNS) IN 2019. GRETCHEN SHAE (SONGWRITER, VOX, AND RHYTHM GUITARIST) HAS PERFORMED IN HER PREVIOUS BANDS (BLACK BARBIE, THE KNOCK UPS) IN THE BOSTON MUSIC SCENE FOR DECADES. IN 2015, SHE PERFORMED “ALL I WANT IS YOU” ONSTAGE WITH U2 AT THE GARDEN. THE NEXT NIGHT, ADAM CLAYTON WORE THE KNOCK UPS T-SHIRT ONSTAGE WHEN THEY CAME OUT FOR AN ENCORE TO HER SURPRISE AND DELIGHT! WHEN SHE IS NOT PERFORMING WITH THE BAND, SHE CAN BE FOUND TEACHING ABOUT TOPICS SUCH AS MASS INCARCERATION AT BERKLEE COLLEGE OF MUSIC; THIS INTEREST IS CONNECTED TO HER WORK AS A BOARD MEMBER AT NEW BEGINNINGS WOMXN’S REENTRY SERVICES, THE FIRST RESIDENTIAL REENTRY PROGRAM DESIGNED FOR WOMXN. GRETCHEN SHAE & THE MIDDLE EIGHT OFFERS THE LISTENER GRIT AND GLAM, HORROR AND HARMONY.

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