Sat. June 23rd @ The Fallout Shelter! Johnnie Lee Jordan, Ernie and the Berts, Alex Payne, & Joey Molinaro

We’ll be rockin’ the shelter with three very different solo artists on Saturday June 23rd.  We’re used to being the odd men out.  This time the difference will be rather obvious.  There’s three of them… and three of us, but they’re all one at a time.

The Artists:

• Johnnie Lee Jordan – Facebook 1 / MySpace / Facebook 2
• Ernie and the Berts – Facebook / MySpace / Twitter / Reverb Nation
• Alex Payne
• Joey Molinaro – Facebook / MySpaceBandcamp / Twitter

The Place:

• The Fallout Shelter – Facebook / MySpace / ReverbNation / Twitter
  818 Raccoon St.
  Aliquippa, PA 15001-2360
• Click here for Google directions.
• (724) 378-3581 / (724) 375-5080
• It’s in the basement of the Sheffield Lanes bowling alley.

The Details:

• 21+
• 9:00pm
• $5
• Sat., June 23, 2012
• Fallout Shelter Event Calendar
• Facebook Event
• Google Calendar
• ReverbNation Event

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Fri. 07/20 – The Scratch n’ Sniffs, OTiS, & Ernie and the Berts @ The Fallout Shelter

07/20/2011

The Bands:

• The Scratch ‘n Sniffs – Facebook / MySpace / Reverb Nation / Twitter
• Ernie and the Berts – Facebook / MySpace / Twitter / Reverb Nation
• OTiS – Facebook / MySpace / Twitter / Reverb Nation

The Place:

• The Fallout Shelter – Facebook / MySpace / ReverbNation / Twitter
  818 Raccoon St.
  Aliquippa, PA 15001-2360
• Click here for Google directions.
• (724) 378-3581 / (724) 375-5080
• It’s in the basement of the Sheffield Lanes bowling alley.

The Details:

• 21+
• 9:00pm
• $5
• Fri., July 20, 2012
• Fallout Shelter Event Calendar
• Facebook Event
• Google Calendar
• ReverbNation Event

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Fri. 06/22 | Don’t Wake the Dead, Nervous Aggression, & Ernie and the Berts @ Ozzie’s Bar & Grill!

06/22/2012

The Bands:

• Don’t Wake the Dead – Facebook
• Nervous Aggression – Facebook / Reverb Nation
• Ernie and the Berts – Facebook / MySpace / Twitter / Reverb Nation

The Place:

• Ozzie’s Bar & Grill – Facebook / BarSmart / UrbanSpoon / Yelp
  403 Perry Hwy.
  Pittsburgh, PA 15229-1818
• Click here for Google directions.
• (412) 931-3990
• OzziesBar@gmail.com

The Details:

• 21+
• 9:00pm Doors / 10:00pm Show
• $5
• Friday June 22nd, 2012
• Google Calendar
• Facebook Event
• ReverbNation Event

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Buy some tickets for the Real McKenzies show!

You’re going to this, right?  If so, & if you still need tickets… get ’em from Ernie (or one of the Berts)!  We’ll give you a discount, and you can win Ernie’s pants.  Email ernie@ernieandtheberts.com or hit up the band any way you know how.

We’ve sold a bunch already, this is going to be a killer show!  Buy tickets now, don’t wait until the day of!

The Real McKenzies, The Goddamn Gallows, The Bloody Seamen, & Ernie and the Berts – Tuesday June 5th, 2012 at the Altar Bar!

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☘·☠·⚔·✪ Real McKenzies, Goddamn Gallows, The Bloody Seamen, Ernie and the Berts – Tue. Jun. 5th @ Altar Bar! ☘·☠·⚔·✪

Read a Bert’s plea for your attendance to what will surely be an awesome evening…

That’s right, Ernie and the Berts are opening for Real McKenzies, Goddamn Gallows, & The Bloody Seamen on June 5th at the Altar Bar!

Hello faithful readers.  I’d like to sell mad tickets for this.  The Real McKenzies are right up my alley, these Goddamn Gallows cats look to be our kind of insane, & the Bloody Seamen remind of us our new bff‘s The Botched for some reason.

This is my personal plea to all of you to come out to this show & show us (Ernie and the Berts – the band, and the people) your support.  We’re selling the tickets for $12 a pop in advance, and we hope to sell out quick… so get a hold of me, or get a hold of Erin [a.k.a. Ernie] at ernie@ernieandtheberts.com to score your tix.

I know it’s a Tuesday, and I know it’s not a $5 bar show… but shows like this really help us get our music/name/faces out there.  Don’t you want more people to be aware of the nearly-controlled chaos that is Ernie and the Berts?

Click here to read the full thing…

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Real McKenzies, Goddamn Gallows, The Bloody Seamen, Ernie and the Berts – Tue. Jun. 5th @ Altar Bar!

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FRIDAY THE 13th AT HOWLER’S!

We’ll be rocking with the shockingly scandalous Steel City Slingers and whoever’s brave enough to step up to the plate!  Here are the details so far, with an incredible flyer by the Slingers’ own Zach.

FRIDAY THE 13TH!

Here are the details so far…

The Bands:

• Ernie and the Berts – Facebook / Reverb Nation / MySpace / Twitter / Yahoo! Group / Google+
• The Steel City Slingers – Facebook
• Look Out Loretta – Facebook / PureVolume

The Place:

• Howler’s Coyote Cafe
• 4509 Liberty Avenue
  Pittsburgh, PA 15224
• (412) 682-0320
• Click here for Google directions.
• howlerscoyote@comcast.net / booking@howlerscoyotecafe.com
• Facebook / Reverb Nation / MySpace / Twitter / YouTube

The Details:

• 21+
• 10:00pm (Doors at 9:00pm)
• $5
• Facebook event: http://www.facebook.com/events/324208480972961/
• Google Calendar
• Reverb Nation Event: http://www.reverbnation.com/show/7166453
• TribLive event

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So you’re coming to the show with The Beautiful View on Sunday at the Smiling Moose, right?  We have a new cover prepared that will blow your mind.  Well, maybe that’s a poor choice of words.  You’ll be all like, “here we are, now entertain us!”  So, we will.  We always do.  By prepared… I mean we sort of ran through it once, but not all the way… but we’re going to play it anyway.  It’s what Ernie commands!  We all know that you don’t F with Ernie (or the Berts).

Remember, it’s an early gig (6:30pm) because it’s all ages.  You’ll be home in time to not be grounded & in time to get to bed so you can get up for work or school in the morning.  Unless you party with the bands afterwards… then you may still be awake when that time rolls around the next morning.

If you’re a Facebooker, you should R.S.V.P. here:  http://www.facebook.com/events/346452698712140/ Let us know you’re coming to rock out!

You can buy tickets in advance for $8 here:  http://www.ticketfly.com/purchase/event/92151?utm_medium=bks  (They’re $10 at the door.)

"We've never heard of Ernie and the Berts, but if we had, I'm absolutely sure we'd be musically in love with them and their incredible rock ideals & punk work ethic."

We also have two 21+ shows on the calendar, Friday the 13th at Howler’s Coyote Cafe in Bloomfield with the infamous Steel City Slingers (we still need 1 more band!), and June 5th at the Altar Bar with The Bloody Seamen, The Goddamn Gallows, & the Real McKenzies.  Don’t forget to buy your tickets from us for that one, so you have a chance to win Ernie’s pants!

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Ernie needs your help – BAND NEEDED FOR FRIDAY THE 13TH!

OK, we tried to set up a show with some crazy/cool/fun/different bands, and those bands all eventually came back & said it was a unfortunately a bad night.

Musicians.  Ha ha.

In the future, we’ll set up some more shows with metal acts, punk acts, rock acts, ska acts, folk acts, blues acts, hardcore acts, & anyone who will play with us.  Sometimes it’s nice to have three totally different bands on the bill, you know?  (And let’s face it, we’re a weird yet awesome “fit” to any show.)

Right now, we need a 3rd band for Friday April 13th at Howler’s Coyote Cafe.  So far it’s us and the newly-formed yet already infamous Steel City Slingers on the bill.

The first 3 or 4 bands we thought of to fill the gap right away are already playing shows soon with the Steel City Slingers.  We don’t want to beat you to death with the same bands… and we don’t want you to not go to those shows too.  Go out & support all the locals!  Let’s mix it up!

Does your band have the chops?  Is your band willing to rock out with us?  Drop Ernie a line at ernie@ernieandtheberts.com or let us know in the comments below.

Not in a band?  Know a band that might rock?  Send this to them!

We’d like to get it nailed down so we can have flyers made & start pimping the bejeezus out of the show as usual.

Also, don’t forget to get your tickets for the Real McKenzies show in June (Get ’em from Ernie or one of the Berts, so you can win Ernie’s pants!) and that we’re playing an ALL AGES gig at the Smiling Moose on April 1st.

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✯✯✯ALL✯AGES✯SHOW!✯✯✯ April 1st, opening for The Beautiful View @ The Smiling Moose!

Ernie says: “This rock and roll event has been approved for all audiences!“

The Bands:

• The Beautiful View
• Ernie and the Berts
• All We Are ??
• Mute Point
• ShirtCollarSmile

The Venue:

• The Smiling Moose
  1306 East Carson Street
  Pittsburgh, PA 15203-1510
• (412) 431-4668
• 
• Click here for directions from Google Maps.

The Details:

• Sunday – April 1st, 2012
• 6:00 PM – EARLY SHOW (5:30 Doors)
• ALL AGES!
• $8 Advance / $10 Door
• Show brought to you by Drusky Entertainment.
• This event is upstairs at the Smiling Moose!
• BUY TICKETS HERE!

Event Links:

• Facebook Event: http://www.facebook.com/events/346452698712140/
• Reverb Nation Event: http://www.reverbnation.com/show/6928283
• Smiling Moose Events Page: http://www.smiling-moose.com/events/index.php
• Google Event: http://bit.ly/ye4cnl
• PittsburghBeat: www.pittsburghbeat.com/mb/viewtopic.php?p=68059
• Drusky Event: http://www.druskyentertainment.com/calendar_show.php?id=1165

More:

Listening to the new songs from the San Diego based quartet The Beautiful View will make you think “sounds like this should be on the radio”, which isn’t a bad thing in this case. There’s a familiarity that the band brings to the table; an honesty; unpretentious, politically incorrect and (as a contrast to the current San Diego scene) they are as “un-indie” as a band can be —dressed in Gucci shoes, tailored clothes and their shows often end in a boisterous conversation at the back bar with a tab worth of shots as long as your arm.

The band blends traditional rock genres from Blondie and even Duran Duran with modern rock bands like The Killers and Franz Ferdinand and even Interpol. For some reason the band conjures up images from the Miami night club scene in Scarface and perhaps that’s because they grew up ten miles from the border in Chula Vista, a city close enough to the Tijuana headlines of cartel drug wars. The city was affected by the border violence but safe enough for kids to feel the conservative vibe of San Diego all while growing up across from a country stricken in poverty.

And Chula Vista (translation; Beautiful View) has a surprisingly rich tradition of successful artists in bands ranging from “indie” Black Heart Procession, “punk” The Zeros, and “rock” The Dragons and “hardcore” P.O.D. Those influences ring true beneath the rich vocals of Aaron Magnan, the tasteful leads of Adrienne Cordero and the masterful rhythm section of bassist Paul Rich and drummer Duane Allan. Each of them taking a prominent role in the group’s layered songwriting and performances.

Magnan, Cordero, Rich, and Allan all met in high school and the four have been friends ever since. The band started in May of 2007 and The Beautiful View earned their stripes playing a ton of new shows while earning a notable following and developing a stage presence with explosive live shows until the band decided to take a step off the stage in 2011 and dedicate all their efforts to creating a full length album. It was recorded at Black Box San Diego with Mario Quintero and mastered at D2 studios in Burbank.

The ten song release due out later this year on Requiemme Records. The songs are well written, well played, well recorded and yes, “alternative radio” friendly— perhaps because the band is just that good.

Look for more news on The Beautiful View’s new release Life is Beautiful later this year, more local dates and a national tour early next year.

The Beautiful View - Life is Beautiful

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Win Ernie’s Pants!

Ernie has informed the Berts (and by extension all of you bad muppet fuzzers) that he will be raffling off his pants at the Real McKenzies show.  That’s the pants directly off of his ass from the show that night.  Maybe you’re hoping he brings extra pants.  Maybe you’re hoping he doesn’t.

These may not be the actual pants that are being raffled off, but these are Ernie's pants.

Ernie has commanded that we the Berts autograph the pants along with him, and I bet we’ll personalize them too.

All you have to do to enter is to buy a physical ticket off of us.  It will be your raffle ticket.  That’s $12 for a show on Tuesday June 5th with the chance to win Ernie’s pants!

Check out the show details here!

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