Artist description Original blend of rock and roll that contains the best elements of rock from a hard-driving beat layered with electric guitars and powerful vocals, to a seductive groove and an energetic tune you’ll sing in your car.

Music Style Alternative rock and roll with classic feel, containing pop and funk elements. Lyrically driven rock music laden with guitar melody.

Artist History The Pincushions have played music since the late 1990's and will continue until you coalesce in a sea of violet or raise your hand in the air and proclaim, “rock and roll will never die. Writing, recording, and performing music since 1995 and playing in the Boston area and throughout the Northeast United States. Rich Brewer (vocals, guitar) and Pete Arsenault (vocals, guitar) write songs and play guitars Nick DeSantis (bass, vocals) and Matt Fauller (drums) lay down solid, precise rhythm, providing foundation for a fortress of splendid rock melody, driven by vocals, intertwined with complex lyrical themes. The Pincushions can often be found playing in and around Boston, occasionally at places like at the Kendall Cafe, T.T. the Bear's, or the Middle East in Cambridge, MA, the Ranch House in Marshfield, MA, up to the Rhumbline in Gloucester, over at the Sky Bar in Somerville, and most often at Great Scott on the corner of Commonwealth and Harvard in Allston. We've entertained at colleges including Haverford College in Philadelphia, PA, U.V.M. of Burlington, VT, Providence College, and in the green pastures of Harvard University. We play this music that you hear because we love to play music and express our feelings through songwriting. Pure and simple. So here it is for you. Thank you for listening...

Group Members Pete Arsenault - (guitar, vocals) Rich Brewer - (guitar, vocals) Nick DeSantis - (bass, vocals) Matt Fauller - (drums, percussion)

Instruments Vocals, Guitars, Bass, Drums, Percussion

Albums Lock Lit (Copyright 2000, Produced by Mike Quinn and the Pincushions at New Alliance Studios in Boston, MA); the Pincushions (1995-1998); Acoustics (Rare B-Sides)

Press Reviews the Pincushions - Locklit 6 song CD Taking melodic pages from the books of the Plimsouls, The Replacements, Lemonheads, REM and Blind Melon, this latest disc from the Pincushions is chock full of melodic powerful guitar driven pop, produced by Dragstrip Courage's Mike Quinn. Songwriters Pete Arsenault and Rich Brewer have an uncanny knack for melody and know how to turn a phrase...This CD will be in my player for a while." - Joel Simches, The Noise (May, 2002) "The Pincushions brought down the house at T.T. the Bear's" - Amy Hurd, www.boston.com (11/28/00)

Additional Info Thanks to Jim Jernee for Keyboards on Suggestions and Morning Sun

Location Boston, MA - USA

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