Recent and Upcoming Events

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Recent and Upcoming Events

Coming in 2010...

"A Tribute To The Homeless 3"

Classic Metal tribute band show

to benefit

Stop The Bleeding

Saturday, March 20th, 2010

at the Honey Fitz in Malden

Featuring Ozzy tribute Crazy Train,

Ravage, more TBA...

Click here for more details on "A Tribute To The Homeless 3"

"A Tribute To The Homeless 4"

All tribute band show to benefit

Stop The Bleeding

Featuring:

Moby Dick, Cocaine Tongue, High Voltage, Master Of Beers,

more TBA...

Saturday, April 24th, 2010

at Patrick's in Malden

Click here for more details on "A Tribute To The Homeless 4"

"A Tribute To The Homeless 5"

Sunday, July 4th, 2010

at Uncle Eddie's

Salisbury Beach, MA

Featuring AC/DC tribute High Voltage, 80's tribute Hard Attack, Poison tribute Flesh n' Blood,

more TBA...

Click here for more details on "A Tribute To The Homeless 5"

Yeah, so this didn't help...

Hey everyone - we recently put on our final show of 2009 "STB Blues 2". Something tried really hard to derail this show, from being pushed from November into December, losing it's venue, and then a shortened lineup and a ton of snow and slush the night of the show. Although the weather did pretty much kill attendance, we did raise $176 for Renewal House, a domestic violence shelter in Boston, mostly from donations from the regulars. That combined with Patrick's in Malden saving this show from cancellation by agreeing to host it for us, great performances by The Mighty Bad Habits and BluesFire, and some promo from some great folks who came out in the snow from Emerson College resulted in what can only be described as a successful show. We'll take $176 on a brutal Winter-like night in December for a good cause, absolutely. Thanks to all the patrons at Patrick's, the owners, the staff, the bands, the Emerson crew and everyone who came out to the show. It all counts.

Peace

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

Check this page over the Winter for upcoming shows in 2010!

Check out these great Blues bands - they stuck it out with us through a lot of problems to play this show, and they will not disappoint.

The Mighty Bad Habits

BluesFire

Last weekend we did something we rarely do - put on a show to cover our own expenses. Out of the 16 shows we've done in the last 4 years, we've only done this twice, but the need for a reliable sound system for our future shows has emerged as a priority, and so we put on The Rock Show 7. We did okay, with a total of $333 - a little short of what we needed for the mixer we've had in mind, but not by much, so we went ahead and purchased the mixer. So we have the first piece of our PA solution in place and we're working on the rest.

Behold:

The Behringer PMP 3000 1200 Watt powered mixer.

Thanks again to the following bands for playing the show and for keeping the bar high when it comes to the STB live shows. Check them out by clicking on the links.

'Til the next one...

Matt Hannon

Vein

Emily Rising

Mason Vincent and the Cannibal Kings

This past weekend Stop The Bleeding presented our second tribute band show

"A Tribute To The Homeless 2"-

at which we raised $287.50 for Renewal House.

Considering we were only able to get 2 bands for this one, this is actually a pretty decent total. Great, nice long hour and a half sets from AC/DC tribute High Voltage and Stone Temple Pilots tribute

Big Bang Baby. Check them out by clicking on the links below.

High Voltage

Big Bang Baby

The back and forth trend continues - in a good way - as Stop The Bleeding brought "The Rock Show VI" to a new venue - the Honey Fitz in Malden. I'm pretty pumped to tell you we topped our previous high total of $713, set 4 years ago, by raising $875.35 for the Nashua Soup Kitchen and Shelter. Hell yeah. Great venue, great bands, great show all the way around.

Check out these five bands - they turned in five awesome performances for the cause.

Emily Rising

Project 18

Tripmynd

Ichabod

Dying Days

And..............back down we go. For several reasons that I won't go into here, we only managed to get 4 people to come to our hardcore show this past weekend. That plus a t-shirt purchase and a few donations put our total for this show at $52.25. Fortunately, this show was also to benefit the

Matta Home for homeless veterans, who we just had a good show for, so this will be a nice add-on donation and put us over $600 raised between the two shows.

Again, as always, badass rip it up performances from all involved - so thanks to the bands and the 4 people who came.

Check out these bands for all your Hardcore needs.

Peace

Widow Sunday

Under Lying Truth

Wolves Of Wysteria

As The Grass Grows Green

We're Baaaack! in the Saddle Again!

Our first tribute band benefit show brought in an audience of 54 people and a grand total of $576 for the Matta Home for homeless veterans. What was really cool about this show was that pretty much the whole crowd stayed for the whole show. That's the first time that's happened at one of our shows, so Thank You to everyone who came out to the show and all the bands for their ridiculous kickass sets. I think we may be on to something with this tribute band thing. Check out these bands - they are some of the best tributes you will find anywhere, hands down.

Peace

Beast Over Boston

Sad Wings Of Destiny

Supernaut

High Voltage

Hmmm...did I say we were on the upswing? I should really know better by now, I suppose. After two back-to-back shows with decent attendance, we unfortunately once again suffered from what I'll call GreatShowButNoOneThere Syndrome - a puzzling and recurring condition especially fond of small grass roots operations like ours. But hey - better than nothin'. It was our first Blues show, it was fantastic, and we raised $134 for the Bread and Jams Day Shelter in Cambridge. In case you missed it, and you probably did, check out the pics below, and check out the great bands that donated their performances by clicking on the band names below, which will take you to their websites.

And just for the record, we ain't done with the Blues...

Wolf and the Jam Daddies

Dirty Sugar

Lil' Stevie and the Westsiders

Emily Rising

FINALLY - it would appear that we're on the upswing with the Stop The Bleeding benefit shows, as evidenced by the results of our latest show, "The Rock Show V", from which we raised $603.50 for the Sancta Maria House. This is the second show in a row that we've seen a crowd of around 50 people - very encouraging. 5 great bands, a decent crowd, and a decent amount of money raised. Add that to the fact that venues are finally stepping up to help us and we are definitely on a roll. If you'd like to help keep it going, come on out to our first Blues show May 16th at the Baseball Tavern in Boston and in the meantime check out these five great bands who played "The Rock Show V".

Peace

Emily Rising

Route .44

Shakyfoot

Bone Dry System

Mason Vincent and the Cannibal Kings

*Update on the Reggae show proceeds*

We wanted to let you all know that we used the proceeds from this show to buy clothing for the residents of the Matta Home, a homeless veterans shelter in Brockton. The Matta Home takes in those veterans that other shelters can't or won't deal with - and we are proud to help in that effort.

I'm happy to say that our first Reggae show, held on November 8th, was a hit. Not only was this our first Reggae show, it was also the first show we've done for homeless veterans, something we've wanted to do for some time now. We raised $506.50, which is more money than we've made at any single show in almost two years. Pretty good, considering the economy, especially when almost $100 of what we made were donations. Kudos to the Baseball Tavern and it's patrons for their generosity. We will be using this money to literally take some homeless veterans shopping for things they need, like anyone should be able to. We are currently looking for the appropriate organization to work with to this end.

As always we will keep you posted on this. Thank you to everyone who came out to the show and I want to thank all the great bands that played this show for their awesome music and their time. Please check them out if you love Reggae by clicking on the following links.

Peace

Neil Christian Schramm

High Hopes Band

Dis-N-Dat Band

The Uplifters

Tom O'Brien

Hello everyone -

Saturday night we embarked on the next chapter of the

Stop the Bleeding Concert series with "The Rock Show IV" - featuring Emily Rising, Crazy Jane, and Blue Moon Harem. This was our first show at this venue - the Overtime Sports Bar in Beverly - we were a little shorter than we expected on bands, and a little short staffed due to STB budget limitations, but all in all we did okay. We raised $236 - We've done better, we've done worse - but it was our goal at this show to make enough money to fund the next few shows with, and we did, so we'll take it, and we'll thank the bands for playing the show, because they all ROCKED - and everyone who came out to the show, as well as the regular patrons who weren't there for the show but who made a donation anyway - and the Overtime Sports Bar for having us - much appreciated everybody - and rest assured, we will be stretching your donations as far as is humanly possible in order to put on the next few shows.

Stay tuned and keep your ear to the ground, because that sound you hear is progress.

Please check out these top-notch bands - I'm not just saying that because they played the show - I'm saying it because they are 3 amazing bands and I feel sorry for anyone who doesn't get to hear them.

Check 'em out -

Crazy Jane

Emily Rising

Blue Moon Harem

Stop the Bleeding's "The Rock Show 3" results are in - and I'm sorry to say that the steady decline in attendance has continued straight on through this show as well - again - at the risk of sounding like a broken record, GREAT performances by all, but again hardly anyone there to witness it. I feel like me and my crew are privy to the best kept secret in town, but hey - you know what? Thank you to all who did come and everyone who performed and my STB circle - their contributions keep me moving forward when the roadblocks are being thrown down in my face. We did manage to raise an even $100. As this is kind of a small amount of money, we decided to gear up for this Winter's STB outreach and make the best use of this money that we can by purchasing $100 worth of Winter clothing items at $1 a piece. That said, we will be taking a BRIEF hiatus from these shows, due to the aforementioned low attendance and several issues involving venues, but we will be back, as it is our committed goal to bring an end to homelessness, albeit one small step at a time. Thanks to all who care.

As always, below you will find links to the participating artists websites - my thanks for their time, effort, and music - check them out.

Peace

Neil Christian Schramm

Founder, Stop The Bleeding

Jeremy Breen

Matt Hannon

Emily Rising

Await Rescue

Stop The Bleeding's latest benefit show "Acoustic 3" has come and gone - I think I'll classify this one under "Keep On Keepin' On" - again - EXCELLENT show - but again, low attendance - but we raised $250 for the Bread and Jams Day Shelter in Cambridge - and as everyone keeps teling me, any amount is good - and they're right. However, I'd really like to be getting the attendance back up at these shows - I'm not sure why we're having this issue - I know we need more promotion - perhaps the novelty of it has worn off for some people, who knows - know this though - I will keep pounding away at Boston's homelessness problem until people do take notice on a larger scale - but I digress - GREAT show - GREAT performers - and thanks to everyone who does care and everyone who does come to these shows - the STB crew, the performers, the audience - everyone - together we will push this to the next level.

Click on the links below to hear some of the best acoustic performers the Boston area has to offer - the "Acoustic 3" roster.

Thank You

Peace

Chris

Emily Rising

Talaria

Mark Lipman

Lisa Bastoni

Allright! - We're back in the swing of things with the first Stop The Bleeding show of 2007 this past Sunday at The Midway Cafe in JP. This show was hands down the most difficult to put together - we had 7 date changes, 3 venue changes, and countless roster changes - but we got it done. We raised a decent amount - not the smallest amount and not the largest we've raised, but still a decent total of $346 for the Nashua Soup Kitchen and Shelter, and, as usual, awesome performances from all involved. The quality of STB shows will always be top notch - so when you come to a show(hint hint) you not only will be helping a great cause but you will witness a great show as well.

As always, here come the props -

Thank you to all who came out to this show and

CHECK OUT THESE BANDS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

They all performed at The Rock Show II and are worth your attention.

Click on the band names to check out their music.

Peace

Neil Christian Schramm

Emily Rising

Blue Moon Harem

Beast Over Boston

The Ale Marys

I'm happy to say that the 4th Stop The Bleeding benefit show - and the last one for 2006 - The Rock Show - was a success.

Thank You to all who came out to this show and to all the performers who played the show. We managed to raise $667 for The Renewal House, a domestic violence shelter in Boston - definitely a great cause. I'm thrilled that we could end this year with a decent take at a show - some shows went better than others this year in terms of attendance, but ALL performances and efforts put in and encouragement will forever be appreciated - good job everybody - you all ROCK.

Peace

Neil Christian Schramm

Feel free to check out these bands - they all turned in fantastic performances at the Rock Show a couple weeks back at The Baseball Tavern, and they are all still out there doing their thing, so check'em out by clicking on the links below...

Route .44

EarthShip Emily Rose

Weightless

Deep C

Plasma Factory

The Second Stop The Bleeding Acoustic Benefit Show - "Acoustic 2" - is in the books as well. Again, AMAZING performances by all the artists. Unfortunately, again, there was also a rather low attendance, something which I'm currently addressing as I plan the next Stop The Bleeding show - but hey - we raised $201 - a modest amount, but still decent - today I wrote a check for the recipient of the proceeds from the first Stop The Bleeding show in May, the Sancta Maria House - at the time I had hoped to raise a little more than we had for them so I thought this would be a nice add-on donation to the first one. Not to mention the phenomenon that's currently happening of me calling shelters and telling them I'm putting on benefit shows and looking for places to donate to and them not calling me back. I still can't figure that one out. So Sancta Maria House it is. The average it costs them to put someone up for the night is about $10, so the $201 we raised will actually go pretty far there.

I am working hard on improving attendance for these shows though - always a difficult thing, but it will happen - and every little bit helps, so tell your friends to check it all out - Please :>)

Stay tuned...

Neil Christian Schramm

P.S. Check out the artists that played the show by clicking on these links - they are amazing...

The first Stop The Bleeding Metal/Hardcore benefit show is history -

What can I say about this show? The attendance wasn't what we had hoped - perhaps the location was an issue? The day and time maybe? Hard to say - but I will say this - much respect to the bands who came and delivered regardless - they came there to play for a good cause, and that's exactly what they did.

Keep an eye out for the following bands, and my thanks to all of them for coming together for this cause.

Peace

Neil Christian Schramm

Sacreligion

Blackout Frenzy

GUT

Wreckoning

Cadaveryne

Under Lying Truth

The First ever Stop The Bleeding benefit show is in the books!

This past Sunday on May 7th we raised a total of $713 for the Sancta Maria House, an independently run temporary shelter for women in Boston. Sancta Maria House has been in operation for 33 years, and they do an amazing job helping people in need - I'm so glad we were able to help.

The show was awesome - it really was - all the performers were great, the audience loved all of them, and I think considering we were up against great weather that day, we had a decent turnout. So Thank You to all involved - the performers, my small but dedicated "staff", everyone at the Midway Cafe, and everyone who came to the show. And if you missed this show - YOU CAN STILL DONATE - feel free to donate $10 - the price of admission - I will be happy to accept it on behalf of the Sancta Maria House - it's never too late to donate!

I am also planning 3 more shows for this year, so check this page for updates.

Peace

Neil Christian Schramm

Founder - Stop The Bleeding

Check it out! Pictures from the show...

The Midway Cafe...

The Stage...

Anomaly...

Maria Termini...

EarthShip Emily Rose...

My save-my-butt-at-the-last-minute soundman Derek...

Stephen Brodsky...

Me looking REALLY serious about something...

Deep C...

Kasofa...

Kenny Chambers and The Stone Strangers...

P.S. The show may be over but the music never stops - if you like their music, please continue to support the artists who played the show - they deserve your support! You can check them out on this site on the MP3 Jukebox page or you can click on the links below.

March 2005 - The building of the website

*KUDOS*

My Mother - I've already said it a bunch of times , and I know you don't need me to say it, but thank you again for coming down from Maine to work the door and to help me set up for the shows - not to mention your endless support of me with Stop The Bleeding and EVERYTHING I do.

My woman Angel - What can I say? You are what Stop The Bleeding is all about - from kicking me back into gear when I'm stalling out to freezing with me on the streets of Boston to bringing the dirt - Thank You and I Love You.

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