SURPRISE! Another new album!

Swimmers!

It is with great mirth, and a little girth, that I present to you: Black and Brue.  This is a collection of songs I've been recording here and there over the past couple years. It's raw, like a sweet raw onion.  Enjoy!



Safe swimming, see you in 2013,

Vincent

Mercury Lounge Thanks/Setlist/Photos!

Swimmers!

Thank you to all who came out to the Mercury Lounge last week, ho-ho-holy balls that was great! Seriously. You'se guys are the best.  Here's what we played

I Think It's Time You Moved To Florida
Dire Straits
New Family*
Lost Boy
C,L,R
Driveway Dreams
Overtired*
Lonely Hwy
The Red Eye
We Used to Dance

*debut performances

Here are some pics, thanks to Ray and Courtneys and Dave and Eve.






Safe Swimming,
Vincent

Mercury Lounge Stage Set-Up '12

Prepare accordingly.

Ta-Da! New SJSLCB Album Out Now!

Swimmers!

It's a Christmas Miracle, the latest South Jersey Seashore Lifeguard Convention Band album "We're Having a Great Time," is available NOW!

Dig it, it's awesome.

Come celebrate with us THIS THURSDAY at the Mercury Lounge as we open up the annual Xmas Show with pals East River Bandits and Wormburner!  Much merriment will be made!

Safe swimming,

Vincent

FLYER!

Swimmers!

Get your tickets NOW!  Whenever we've done the X-Mas show at the Mercury Lounge it has sold out well in advance.

http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/0000494FE946C5EC?brand=mercurylounge

Update: Sandy/Mercury Lounge X-Mas Show/New Album

Swimmers!

We hope you all battened down your hatches and fared well through the storm, and continue to fare well in the aftermath. The past few weeks have been a nightmare for everyone in our area and all over the region.  It's sad to see so many lives, homes and entire towns devastated by the storm. Overall we consider ourselves fairly lucky, but Lifeguard Nights HQ (aka Bruetown) flooded and there's pretty extensive damage throughout the first floor. Our percussionist PJ's house got hit even harder by the storm and lost basically everything. It sucks. Everything's falling apart, I'm over it, and at the moment there truly seems to be nothing left to live for....

...with one exception: The Annual Xmas Show which is taking place at the Mercury Lounge on Thursday December 20th.  We'll be opening up for East River Bandits and Wormburner, and as always the night will be capped off with an all-star rock-and-roll Christmas-themed jammy jam.  This show is quite literally the only thing stopping me from sucking on an exhaust pipe right now.  I really hope you can make it.

http://www.mercuryloungenyc.com/event/176688

We'll also be celebrating the release of a NEW South Jersey Seashore Lifeguard Convention Band ALBUM at this show.  It's titled "We're Having A Great Time" and as you may or may not know from reading this blog, we started recording it about two years ago at a house on LBI, which may or may not still be standing after Sandy.  If I had to guess, it's not in a good shape. And that is sad, because that house was awesome and that was the best vacation of my life.  Anyway I'll be putting the bandcamp link up soon when it's ready, and then you can hear it, and you will probably love it.

Safe swimming,

Vincent

Boo!

Swimmers!

Long time no nothing, how you been?  Sorry for the radio silence of late but I assure you things are cookin' on the stove and soon you will feast like kings upon the succulent sounds of lifeguard lullabyes.  In the meantime, Halloween is just around the corner so it's time once again to unleash our Halloween-themed masterpiece, "BOO" upon you.  Here it is:



Scare your children with it.  Or yourselves.  Whatever you wanna do.

Stay tuned for news about some exciting gigs coming up and new albums and other wild stuff.

Safe swimming,

Vincent

Mercury Lounge Set/Thanks/The Future

Swimmers!

Thanks to all ye who came out to the SJSLCB reunion at the Mercury Lounge last night, it sure was something!  We played all these old hits:

Whiny White Boy
Beach Party
Disaster Area
Paradise
Where Roses Lie
We
Dark Side of the Pool
Night Patrol
Mexico
Wave Goodbye

I'll post pics and maybe video if any exists.  The SJSLCB is going back on hiatus for a long, long time, although we do have a new album coming out in the fall entitled "We're Having a Great Time" which we actually started recording over two years ago at the house we rented in LBI.  It's a party.

Lifeguard Nights will be back up and running soon though with all new hits, new recordings, some new players, and gigs.  It's an exciting time for us all. Stay tuned, and safe swimming!

Vincent    

Mercury Lounge Thurs Aug 9th W/Razor Blazers

Swimmers!



That's right, we're back for one more SJSLCB reunion show, this time at the legendary Mercury Lounge with our pals Razor Blazers! Old hits! Special guests! Tiny pants! It's early too so you can head on over right after work and be home in time for Louie. You better be there or we're letting you drown next time.

Safe swimming though,

The SJSLCB

PS oh yeah, tell em LIFEGUARD NIGHTS sent you cause that's the name they're advertising it under.

Fundraiser in BK tomorrow night!

Swimmers!

Tomorrow night, Thursday July 26th, we'll be rocking at Shea Stadium (liveatsheastadium.com) which is at 20 Meadow Street in Brooklyn (and not where the Mets play) for a good cause!  All proceeds from the door will be going to The MS Society and a bunch of great bands are reuniting for the event, such as Le Rug, Rainbow Party, Michael Jordan, and EULA!  We're opening up with a set of old and new hits, it's going to be a great time, COME!

Doors at 8
$8

https://www.facebook.com/events/202123449916965/

Hope to see you there, safe swimming!

Vincent

"The Last Summer" is here!

Swimmers!

Tomorrow night at 7:09 PM EDT, Summer begins. What better time to release Lifeguard Nights' latest and greatest album, THE LAST SUMMER.



Except instead of tomorrow night at 7:09 PM EDT, we're releasing it NOW. This album's been a couple years in the making and features contributions from some of my very best and most talented pals. It's a full-band album in the tradition of "The Church of Song" and "Punch Sky" in that we took songs that I had already recorded solo and went into Retromedia Studios to record the drums/bass/guitar/vocals live, then overdubbed the rest at my place. This is the last time we're going to be following that M.O., hence the name. We'll still be recording albums of course, but we'll be doing all new stuff and we'll be recording it all at our lovely new home studio.

Here's the link:



I hope you dig it like a moat around a sandcastle. Enjoy the summer, and safe swimming,

Vincent & Lifeguard Nights

Lamp Post Thanks/Setlist!

Swimmers!

Thanks to all ye who came out to the Lamp Post this past Saturday for the Lifeguard Nights power-trio extravaganza.  We had a lovely time and hope you did too.  In case you missed it, here's what you missed:

I Think It's Time You Moved To Florida
Dire Straits
Summer Dress
Radiator
Lost Boy
Whore
Lonely Hwy
The Red Eye
Over It
We Used to Dance

We'll be back soon, stay tuned and safe swimming,

Vincent

Desmonds Thanks/Pics/Setlist!

Swimmers!

Thanks to everyone who came out to Desmonds a couple weeks ago for the SJSLCB reunion show! It was great playing those old songs with most of the old band (thanks Jay Sorce for sitting in on a few!) at our old stomping grounds to some old and some new friends. Hopefully we'll be doing these reunion shows a little more frequently than once every two years from now on. I only have a couple pics from the show at the moment but I hear there are plenty more gems out there, if anyone has some and could send them to me that'd be super, thanks! Here's the setlist (we had to skip a few cause we were running out of time):

swim children
sideways smile
bank account
serenity now
sandbox
paradise
disaster area --skipped
where roses lie
dark side of the pool -- skipped
wave goodbye
night patrol -- skipped
driving home with nipsy
mexico









Safe swimming,

Vincent & The SJSLCB

SJSLCB REUNION SHOW!

Swimmers!

Thursday May 24th the SJSLCB is returning to play all our old hits from Dive, Wave Goodbye, and Dark Side of the Pool, for one night only, at our old stomping ground, Desmonds Tavern! Steve Dans on the drums, Boris Veysman on the bass, Mike Biskup and John Dorocki on guitars, and me singing and stuff. Special guest Paulie Donofrio on percussion, and rumor has it Jay "Master" Sorce will be hopping up to jam out a few oldies with us. It's gonna be awesome. Come!

Hope to see you there! Safe swimming,

Vincent & The SJSLCB

THANKS!

Swimmers!

THANK YOU to all who came out to The Press Room this past Friday night, we had a real damn good time and hope you did too!  Thanks to Mansions and Junipers for fluffing the crowd for us, and thanks to everyone at the Press Room for being awesome and hospitable.  Hope we can do it again soon!  Let's also give a big hand to Mr. B.Yost for making his debut performance on the drums with us!  Here's a photo courtesy Evando Panter:

And here's the setlist:

I Think It's Time You Moved To Florida
Dire Straits
Summer Dress
White Light
Lost Boy
Whore
My Chevrolet
Driveway Dreams
Radiator
Lonely Hwy
Amen
The Red Eye
Over It
We Used To Dance*

*debut performance

Safe swimming,

Vincent

GIG! May 4th @ The Press Room!

Swimmers!

Tis the season to sing and rejoice, so that's what we're gonna do on Friday May 4th at The Press Room in Asbury Park, a great new venue! We'll be joined by our pals Mansions and Junipers (www.facebook.com/mansionsandjunipers)so it's going to be a swell night all around!

Mansions and Junipers are going to kick things off at 10 Sharp and we're going to follow them with our usual mix of old and new hits, so be sure to pack an extra pair of underwear!

The cover's only $5 bucks. It's a steal, Jerry, a steal.


RSVP if you want to come:

https://www.facebook.com/events/360580963979568/

Hope to see you there, safe swimming!

Vincent & Lifeguard Nights

Our Latest and Greatest Unauthorized Music Video

"Darker Side of the Pool" Out Now!!!

Swimmers!

Holy crap it almost feels like Spring out there, ain't it great?  You remember, that season we used to have, Spring?  I think we might have one this year.  We're pretty pumped about it.  We're also pumped because we're releasing another new (old) album RIGHT NOW, "Darker Side of the Pool," the SJSLCB's "Dark Side of the Pool" outtakes.  If you recall (and you probably don't because I'm talking to no one) "Dark Side of the Pool" was originally supposed to be a double album.  But then things kinda fell apart and I ended up half-ass-ing it and putting it out as one album.  But recently I went back and found all these gems (?) and decided to finish it all up.  They're kinda different, and there's a good reason they didn't make it on the album, but I think there's some hot stuff here and the songs kinda work together in a nice way to make a quaint little oddball album.  There's also a really long two part jam session which nobody really remembers.  Enjoy it with a little LSD.

Anywho, here's the link to the album.  It's a mere $5 and you get all sorts of goodies with the download.  DO IT!




More fun updates coming soon!  In the meantime, safe swimming,

Vincent

Stone Pony Thanks/Setlist/Videos!

Swimmers!

Thanks to all you guys n gals who came out to the Stone Pony last Friday night and rocked with us, we had a great time and hope you did too! Here's the setlist, and some video courtesy of Lifeguard Wife!

Setlist:

Out of Sorts
Spare Tire
Stealing Coins from Wishing Wells
Dire Straits
Driveway Dreams
White Light
One Divided By Zero (debut performance)
Whore
The Red Eye
I Rattle When I Run

Valentine's Ball @ Stone Pony Friday 2/10!

Swimmers!

Lifeguard Nights will be making our first appearance of 2012 at the legendary Stone Pony on Friday, February 10th, opening up for The Gay Blades as part of their "Valentine's Ball"! It's our first time ever playing the Pony and we're thrilled. As usual we'll be doing some oldies and some newies, and the lineup will be the same as the Bowery Ballroom, with the addition of  Hall O' Famer Dr. Ew Brady on keys and vocals. We're pumped!

Doors are at 7 but we go on at 8 PM SHARP! FOR REAL. They run a tight ship so be on time.

You can buy tickets DIRECTLY FROM US for a mere $10, all you have to do is send the 10 via Paypal to vebrue@msn.com and let me know your address and I'll mail them to you, or if it's close to the day of the show I can just meet you beforehand and give them to you in person. OR you can buy them online at the door for 12 bucks but that's dumb. Save your two bucks.

RSVP!

https://www.facebook.com/events/231305906947701/

Hope to see you there, safe swimming!

Vincent & Lifeguards

New album "Chapter 11" is here!

Swimmers!

Here is "Chapter 11," the 11th home-recorded Lifeguard Nights album. Technically I recorded it in 2010, but I've been sitting on it for a while. Eventually it said "Get the hell off me!" so here it is. At the moment, Bandcamp is the only place to buy this album and/or hear these songs. In an effort to save money and be environmentally-friendly, all of our future releases will be digital, and probably straight through Bandcamp.

Happy New Year!

Swimmers!

Happy 2012! We here in Lifeguard Land hope all your holidays were lovely! I promise this year will be much more productive than 2011, which was the first year since the beginning of time in which I did not release an album. I was working hard on new stuff, though, and you will hear that stuff very soon.

First up, I finally finished "Chapter 11" the 11th (see what I did there?) Lifeguard Nights home-recorded album. After that, the long-awaited "The Last Summer" album, the third and final Lifeguard Nights studio album featuring a wide variety of Lifeguard Nights All-Stars. I am also finishing up the "Dark Side of the Pool" outtakes, which will be it's own album, and The South Jersey Seashore Lifeguard Convention Band's "We're Having A Great Time", which we initially started recording Summer '11 at our LBI house. After that will be a new Lifeguard Nights album, tentatively titled "Black and Brue" featuring all brand spankin' new hits.

I'll also be finishing up the debut album from Ballroom (http://ballroomband.blogspot.com) which features former and occasionally current Lifeguards Steve Honoshowsky and Mike Biskup. That should be out in a couple months.

It's going to be a great year, stay tuned and safe swimming!

Vincent & Lifeguard Nights