Launched in 2009, One Night Band is a day-long music experiment in which 40 selected Boston musicians are randomly shuffled into bands of five on a Saturday morning. These newly formed bands must prepare a four-song set (including one cover) to play that night in front of an audience at legendary Cambridge rock club the Middle East. The event is produced by Boston Band Crush, a local blog covering Boston music.
All proceeds from the 2010 event will again benefit ZUMIX, a local youth music program whose mission is "Empowered youth, who use music to make strong positive change in their lives, their communities, and the world."
ONB 2009 was documented by students from the Center for Digital Imaging Arts at BU:Download audio from the 2009 show below (thanks to Hugh Wyman for recording the show!). Right-click/control-click a band's name to download.
Awesome Chariot (Jen de la Osa, Michael Potvin, Ad Frank, Joel Reader, Abe Lateiner)
It Kitties! (Jen Johnson, John Powhida, Izzy Maxwell, C.D. Di Guardia, Martin Rex)
Battle Toadz (Ben Weiser, Cameron Keiber, Henry Beguiristain, Nick Balkin, Matt Graber)
Milk of Amnesia (Kerri-Ann Richard, Magen Tracy, Jimmy Ryan, Jim Zavadoski, Travis Richter)
The Pink Meninos (Sarah Guild, Adam Ritchie, Tony Savarino, Justin Day, Darron Burke)
The Champagne of Bands (Bo Barringer, Duncan Wilder Johnson, Tad McKitterick, Brendan Boogie, Cullen Corley)
The Peppermint Patties (Jason Dunn, Chris Mulvey, Julie Two Times, Joe DeGeorge, Rich Adkins)
The Monster Trucks UK (Andy Santospago, Caleb Epps, Matt King, Ernie Kim, Doug Fuller)
