Senior Discount
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Senior Discount is a punk rock band (with some ska influences) based out of Warren, Rhode Island
. In addition to playing music, the band is also highly involved in the production of film. The band consists of Chuck Staton on vocals and guitar, Alan Sousa on bass and back-up vocals, Tom Wells on guitar and back-up vocals and Christian Staton playing the drums.
As of January 2009, Senior Discount (often shortened to "S*D") had won Best Punk Band in the Providence Phoenix Best Music Poll two years in a row (2007 and 2008), and they were also chosen as semi-finalists in the 2008 95.5 WBRU
Rock Hunt. They had come in 3rd out of 807 bands in the eight-month long RI section of the Emergenza
Festival in 2007, and they sold out a 350-person capacity movie theater in Providence for the one time showing of their full-length documentary/comedy, "VBW Attack: The Senior Discount Movie," which is now out on DVD. They've also garnished at least 15 positive reviews of their debut album, "There Were Four Who Tried..." including positive reviews from AbsolutePunk.net
and Maximum RockNRoll
.
Most recently, their film won "Best Comedy" in the 2008 Indie Gathering Film Festival (which is one of the top 25 film festivals, as rated by MovieMaker Magazine), and the network G4
has bought footage from the film, and has aired the clips in late 2008/early 2009.
Senior Discount released their first full-length CD in August 2006, titled "There Were Four Who Tried...", and released their first movie on DVD on August 5, 2007. It is entitled "VBW Attack: The Senior Discount Movie"
Warren, Rhode Island
Warren is a town in Bristol County, Rhode Island, United States. The population was 10,611 at the 2010 census.-History:Warren was the site of the Indian village of Sowams on the peninsula called Pokanoket , and was first explored by Europeans in 1621, by Edward Winslow and Stephen Hopkins...
. In addition to playing music, the band is also highly involved in the production of film. The band consists of Chuck Staton on vocals and guitar, Alan Sousa on bass and back-up vocals, Tom Wells on guitar and back-up vocals and Christian Staton playing the drums.
As of January 2009, Senior Discount (often shortened to "S*D") had won Best Punk Band in the Providence Phoenix Best Music Poll two years in a row (2007 and 2008), and they were also chosen as semi-finalists in the 2008 95.5 WBRU
WBRU
WBRU is a commercial alternative rock radio station in Providence, Rhode Island that broadcasts on 95.5 FM. It was the first student-owned-and-operated campus radio station in the United States when it started as the Brown Network at Brown University in 1936...
Rock Hunt. They had come in 3rd out of 807 bands in the eight-month long RI section of the Emergenza
Emergenza
is an international music festival for up-and-coming bands, with concerts in more than 150 cities around the world.- History :The first Emergenza Festival was the result of an idea of a group of musician friends in 1991. In 1992, the first ever Emergenza Festival in Rome was held to 245 people....
Festival in 2007, and they sold out a 350-person capacity movie theater in Providence for the one time showing of their full-length documentary/comedy, "VBW Attack: The Senior Discount Movie," which is now out on DVD. They've also garnished at least 15 positive reviews of their debut album, "There Were Four Who Tried..." including positive reviews from AbsolutePunk.net
AbsolutePunk.net
AbsolutePunk is a website, online community, and alternative music news source founded by Jason Tate . The website mainly focuses on artists who are relatively unknown to mainstream audiences, but it has been known to feature artists who have eventually achieved crossover success, including Fall...
and Maximum RockNRoll
Maximum RocknRoll
Maximum rocknroll is a widely distributed, monthly not-for-profit fanzine based in San Francisco, USA. It features interviews, columns, and reviews from international contributors...
.
Most recently, their film won "Best Comedy" in the 2008 Indie Gathering Film Festival (which is one of the top 25 film festivals, as rated by MovieMaker Magazine), and the network G4
G4 (TV channel)
G4, also known as G4 TV, is an American cable- and satellite-television channel originally geared primarily toward young adult viewers, originally based on the world of video games...
has bought footage from the film, and has aired the clips in late 2008/early 2009.
Senior Discount released their first full-length CD in August 2006, titled "There Were Four Who Tried...", and released their first movie on DVD on August 5, 2007. It is entitled "VBW Attack: The Senior Discount Movie"