Name: Sponge
Start: 2023-09-21T20:00:00-04:00
Location: Space Ballroom

Sponge

Space Ballroom

Fatal Film

Damu Kāru

<p>General Admission Standing Room Only</p>

<h2>S﻿PONGE</h2><p>Sponge has proven to be one of the Motor City&#x27;s heaviest hitters after gaining international notoriety with their debut album &quot;Rotting Piñata” (Sony). Emerging from Detroit with hits like &quot;Plowed&quot; and &quot;Molly (16 Candles),&quot; Sponge received massive airplay on radio stations from coast to coast and were in heavy rotation on MTV. Both “Plowed” and “Molly” hit #5 on Billboard’s Modern Rock Charts, catapulting “Rotting Piñata” to Gold, and ultimately Platinum status.</p><p>Sponge&#x27;s follow up album, the critically lauded “Wax Ecstatic” (Columbia) scored additional top ten Billboard hits including &quot;Wax Ecstatic&quot; and &quot;Have You Seen Mary?&quot; The band’s music was also featured in popular movies “The Craft,” “Chasing Amy,” “Mall Rats,” and “Empire Records.” Sponge’s star continued to rise with network appearances on The Late Show with David Letterman and the Conan O’Brien Show.</p><p>Sponge’s subsequent releases “New Pop Sunday,” “For All The Drugs in The World,” “The Man,” “Galore Galore,” and “Destroy the Boy” showcased the band’s swirling sonic attack rooted in 70&#x27;s glam, and of course, the Motor City influences of The Stooges, The MC5, and Motown—but still sounding distinctly like no one else.</p><p>“Plowed” continues to be the band’s signature rock track, having been spotlighted on Guitar Hero’s “Warriors of Rock – 90’s Rock Track Pack” – and on the Paper Jamz Guitar Series 2, in addition to the soundtrack for the Gerard Butler surf movie “Chasing Mavericks.”</p><p><strong>L﻿inks: </strong><a href="https://www.spongetheband.com/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Official Website</a> | <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Spongerocks/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Facebook</a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/spongetheband" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Twitter</a> | <a href="https://www.instagram.com/official_sponge_detroit/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Instagram</a> | <a href="https://open.spotify.com/artist/1KfpG8s96xjZQRCcZq2GCR?autoplay=true" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Spotify</a></p>

<h2>FATAL FILM</h2><p>Formed two decades ago, New London’s Fatal Film has grown to be one of Connecticut’s greatest and most enduring rock acts. Their rich songbook blends the sounds of 80s SST records and new wave with 90s indie and punk. In the words of Big Takeover’s Jack Rabid, “this is confident, boisterous, wild music,” with “a rocks-off buzzing smarts that makes you stop doing whatever your attention-span-deficient multitasking self was and pay excited attention.”</p><p>Recently reunited with a treasured early band member who’d spent years on the left coast, the band is currently developing new material and revisiting long lost crowd favorites.</p><p><strong>L﻿inks: </strong><a href="http://fatalfilm.com/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Official Website</a> | <a href="https://facebook.com/fatalfilm" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Facebook</a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/fatalfilm" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Twitter</a> | <a href="https://www.instagram.com/fatalfilm.band/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Instagram</a> | <a href="https://open.spotify.com/artist/0CoKprlEgxlPFlgnupKfR5?si=rhnwdhyZRcGINq0dWjyGVw" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Spotify</a></p>

<h2>DAMU KĀRU</h2><p>Started in 2019, Damu Karu is heavy 90s rock with breathy vocals from New Haven, CT (Think Hum, My Bloody Valentine, and Smashing Pumpkins). Phil (Atrina, Bloarzeyd) and Kelly (Atrina, Snake Oil) form the rhythm section while Carl (SadNES) sings and plays guitar.</p><p><strong>L﻿inks:</strong> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/damukaru/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Facebook</a> | <a href="https://www.instagram.com/damukaru/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Instagram</a></p>

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