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URL:https://kingstonhappenings.org/events/guitarmy-of-one-live-at-kingston
 -pride-festival/
SUMMARY:Guitarmy of One Live at Kingston Pride Festival!
DESCRIPTION:Scott Helland\, who was the co-founder and bassist of the legen
 dary 80s Hardcore Punk band Deep Wound with J Mascis and Lou Barlow (Dinos
 aur jr) and current guitarist of Post-Punk duo Frenchy And The Punk\, rele
 ased his third solo Surf Spy album\, ’Silver Screen Spy Scene’ in Nove
 mber 2025.\nDriving reverb-soaked guitars and twangy riffs blend seamlessl
 y with dark bass grooves and drums creating a tension-filled ambiance that
  listeners have come to expect from Helland. The spy themes in titles such
  as ‘Espionage in Black Camouflage’\, ‘Overt to Covert in the Coven 
 of Spies’ and ‘Western Spies Surf at Dawn’ serve as prompts for the 
 storyline that the music evokes creating an imaginary movie in the listene
 r’s mind. Helland\, who goes under the moniker Guitarmy of One\, says\, 
 “I have always loved the sound of surf guitar but it’s always been a p
 art of my musical evolution to push the boundaries of what has come before
  so my version of Surf is through my particular filter of influences.”\n
 He has a decidedly different approach to surf guitar in the live setting w
 here\, with his Fender Acoustasonic Jazzmaster\, he pivots from the guitar
 ’s built-in acoustic/electric features and adorns and grounds the sound 
 with loop pedals and electronic percussion. On the albums he records more 
 like a traditional band performing the bass\, guitars and percussion separ
 ately. His intricate arrangements based around driving bass lines borrow f
 rom post-punk\, metal\, funk and classic surf rock. The sound is akin to a
  progressive punk and surf guitar mash up.\nHailing from a background root
 ed in the rebellious energy of punk rock and thrash metal\, Helland got hi
 s start playing bass guitar in the hardcore punk scene in the 80s and 90s 
 with not only the band Deep Wound but also with East Coast hardcore and cr
 ossover thrash stalwarts Outpatients\, School of Violence and Darkside NYC
 . He went solo in the mid nineties releasing numerous eclectic instrumenta
 l albums and then in 2005 formed the Post-Punk/Dark Alternative duo French
 y and the Punk with French born singer Samantha Stephenson with whom he st
 ill tours. With Guitarmy of One\, Helland channels that raw and unconventi
 onal spirit into a unique fusion of genres.\nThe new album ’Silver Scree
 n Spy Scene’ is available worldwide on most streaming platforms with phy
 sical copies available on Bandcamp (and downloads) and the store site Bat
 frogs.com.Silver Screen Spy Scene is the follow up to the 2023 The Wave Fi
 les and The Spy Detective Collective in 2021.\nGUITARMY OF ONE - Links:htt
 p://www.guitarmyofone.bandcamp.comhttps://open.spotify.com/artist/0CxpdMMj
 7wIbm8X95FQVbUhttp://www.guitarmyofone.comhttp://www.youtube.com/guitarmyo
 fonehttp://www.instagram.com/guitarmyofonehttps://bsky.app/profile/guitarm
 yofone.bsky.social/http://www.facebook.com/guitarmyofonehttp://www.tiktok.
 com/@guitarmyofonehttp://www.threads.com/guitarmyofone
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CATEGORIES:@Featured,@Newsletter,Music,Nightlife and entertainment
LOCATION:Academy Green Park\, 238 Clinton Ave\, Kingston\, NY\, 12401\, Uni
 ted States
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