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Posted: 9:06 AM Feb 15, 2008
Last Updated: 9:06 AM Feb 15, 2008
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Knoxville (WVLT) - If you're looking for something to do this weekend, there's an all day event Saturday you might want to check out. Friday on East Tennessee This Morning, Allison Hunt was live at Body Custom Graffix in Downtown Knoxville talking about the Support Our Troops Show.
The Knox Scene Coalition is hosting the show in the parking lot of Body Graffix Custom Tattoos on Central Avenue Pike Saturday, Feb. 16, starting at 3 p.m. The line-up features In Truth Be Valor, Awake in the Nightmare, Amidst the Mannequins, My Final Resting Place, In Death There Is No Remembrance, The Coat of Arms, and Receive the Arsonist. KSC will be collecting items for care packages for U.S. troops in Iraq: letters, socks, underwear, magazines, non-perishable food, and candy. Admission to the all-ages show is $5. Anyone over 18 who pays the full cover will get a ticket for a raffle to win a free tattoo; anyone who brings care-package items worth more than $5 will receive a free pass to any upcoming KSC event. For more information about The Knox Scene Coalition, visit their website at http://www.knoxscenecoalition.zoomshare.com/6.html. | |
Cole: KSC gets support from band it helped nurture By Jer Cole ( Contact) Friday, February 15, 2008
![]() ERIC DALE Awake in the Nightmare credits the Knox Scene Coalition for its continuous support and vows the same in return. KSC purveyor "Knox Scene" Doreen Williamson points out that the revival of The Knox Scene Coalition will be short-lived, lasting only through the summer without the support of the bands that KSC has diligently promoted since its inception. Venues are hesitant to sacrifice beer sales for all-ages shows without a significant turnout to compensate. "I believe that after these summer shows at Body Graffix, the Knox Scene Coalition will hang it up for good," says Williamson. "Reason being, without the bands, I am nothing, and their support for the Knox Scene Coalition has dropped. It wasn't that I had let them down, but without a home venue, it's really difficult having weekly shows like we once did. We were told we built the scene stronger than it has ever been, and two of our bands were signed - A Different Breed of Killer and Whitechapel, both playing their first shows with the KSC. But as I do most of my work on Myspace, I see us being taken off of bands' 'Top 8' lists, which to me shows no support for us any longer." The Knox Scene Coalition hopes the upcoming event at Body Graffix will rekindle its former glory and give it a strong-enough push to land a host venue for next winter. "The Knox Scene Coalition has helped this band out more than anybody could ever do," says Awake in the Nightmare vocalist/keyboards Chris Walker. "The KSC is the reason we are still together. The KSC gave us shows and believed in us when nobody else would. We've played many KSC events over the course of our run. We've played countless benefit shows for many different causes. We will always be in support of the Knox Scene Coalition." Awake in the Nightmare, one of the bands playing the upcoming KSC show, is a metal act known for its melodic vocals and use of synths. In its early days, the band was better known as My Final Reunion, but a perpetual sequence of lineup changes altered the group's dynamic and the band's name with it. Though Awake in the Nightmare has a debut album scheduled for release in March, it prides itself on an energetic live performance typical of a Knox Scene Coalition lineup. "If you come out to see an Awake in the Nightmare show you can expect a lot of energy," says guitarist Seth Engle. "We like to actually put on a show since we are a live-oriented band. That's what people come out to see. We are always moving, no matter what. We've been known from time to time to pull a few tricks out of our sleeves and surprise the crowd. You can always expect something memorable when you see us in action. At the end of the day though, it is all about the fans, and if they are having a good time, it makes us feel like we have accomplished what we have set out to do. So show up, grab a friend and start moshing." Saturday afternoon, Awake in the Nightmare and other KSC festivities will take place at Body Graffix (2409 N. Central Avenue Pike). The show begins at 3 p.m. and costs $5. Donations will be collected for care packages to be sent to U.S. troops. Donations and entry fees will earn tickets for a raffle giving away tattoos, concert tickets and more.
Cole: Thank Doreen for increased local concerts
Tireless promoter looks forward to guiding more K-town acts to stage in '07JER COLE
Friday, January 5, 2007
The past year has seen a significant increase in local concerts, particularly in the all-ages-admitted department. This can undoubtedly be traced to Doreen Williamson, or Knox Scene Doreen as she is known to nearly every band in the area, and her work with the Knox Scene Coalition. A 41-year-old mother of five, Williamson has made a personal crusade out of promoting local music for those who need her guidance. She credits the American Plague for her booking and promoting know-how, and the Knox Scene Coalition has taken flight since last year, with at least one performance scheduled every week. While Knox Scene Coalition shows can run the gamut of genres and age requirements, more often than not the shows feature metal-based music and fittingly admit all ages. This can likely be attributed to the ages of Williamson's own children and her inspiration to found the coalition. "I thank my oldest son, Phillip, for this one," says Williamson of her initial interest in the Knoxville music scene. "He was the one that introduced me to going to these shows. He had gone to an all-ages show to see Psychotic Behavior and the American Plague and came home and told me all the details. Having a younger son, Mikey, who wanted to see the same band, I took him the next time Psychotic Behavior played, and it was really amazing. It was an all-ages show, so I felt a bit out of place being the oldest one there, but Mikey, who was 9 at the time, wanted to go, and being a music lover, I wanted him to experience what my oldest son had at these shows. We had a chance to see Psychotic Behavior again at the Pilot Light with 1220 and the American Plague and it was this day I was hooked." So delighted with the American Plague was Williamson that she took up promoting its shows. This ultimately led to expanded promotion as she took on the task of getting as many local bands as much exposure as possible. In addition to booking shows for young acts, the KSC places ads, creates banners and provides general guidance toward becoming an established band in Knoxville. Running the coalition all but single-handedly has become a time-consuming task for the full-time mom, who responds to an average of 50 messages a day. This labor of love has endeared her not only to her own kids but scores of others whom she helps. "I love these bands as if they were my own children, and my motivation is to watch them grow and succeed," Williamson says. "To see a band perform for the first time and then to see them again and see their improvements and growth gives me a warm feeling. You always want your family members to do well, and this is how I feel about these bands. For this, I work very hard to make sure that these bands' shows are known about, literally spending hours online posting the flyers and sending the show information to those that have supported us from the beginning and still do." Williamson says that in the coming year, the KSC looks to repeat its successful productions from 2006, including a Battle of the Bands in July as well as the coalition's many charity benefit shows. Overwhelmed with many of the turnouts for its all-ages events, Williamson says the 18-plus shows may receive more of her attention this year. "Many seem to know who we are now, and the relationship with the bands are not 'band and promoter'; we are family, and that makes it very nice," Williamson says. "When I started the KSC, there was only one venue in Knoxville bringing all-ages shows, and that was Old City Java. We bring all-ages shows now to The Electric Ballroom, Springbrook Rec Center, and have some all-ages shows booked at Halls Community Center. The point of the coalition is to bring more exposure to the whole music scene and not just our own shows. We would love to see people going to our shows, but just going to a show, any show, makes me happy." Tonight the Knox Scene Coalition will host Saturday Night Preacher, After Elvis and Liftkind at The Electric Ballroom. The show begins at 9, and admission is $7. Saturday afternoon the KSC will present Main & 5th, This Photograph, Title Page and 12:08, also at The Electric Ballroom. This all-ages show kicks off at 3 and costs $8. KSC has a third Electric Ballroom show slated for Jan. 10 starting at 9 p.m. That bill features City By City, Search the City and Anchors for Reality, and admission is $7
The Metro Pulse
Friends With BenefitsIf you go see any live music at all in the next few days, odds will be better than normal that your cover charge is going to a good cause. There’s a ton of benefit shows happening through this weekend, starting with Blue Mother Tupelo’s free concert on Market Square at noon Thursday, Feb. 14, for Saving Little Hearts, a non-profit organization that supports children with congenital heart defects. On Friday, Feb. 15, Superdrag frontman John Davis is holding a benefit show at Barley’s Taproom in the Old City for Blood: Water Mission, a charity founded by Jars of Clay singer Dan Haseltine to fight the spread of HIV and AIDS in Africa. Davis will be joined by Stewart Pack and The Leningrads. The show starts at 10 p.m. The Knox Scene Coalition is hosting a Support Our Troops show in the parking lot at Body Graffix Custom Tattoos on Central Avenue Pike Saturday, Feb. 16, starting at 3 p.m. The line-up features In Truth Be Valor, Awake in the Nightmare, Amidst the Mannequins, My Final Resting Place, In Death There Is No Remembrance, The Coat of Arms, and Receive the Arsonist. KSC will be collecting items for care packages for U.S. troops in Iraq: letters, socks, underwear, magazines, non-perishable food, and candy. Admission to the all-ages show is $5. Anyone over 18 who pays the full cover will get a ticket for a raffle to win a free tattoo; anyone who brings care-package items worth more than $5 will receive a free pass to any upcoming KSC event.
—Matthew Everett
We have also had stories about us:
Maryville Daily Times
Metro Pulse
Knoxville Voice
Knoxville 520
Knox Gigs
We have been seen many times on:
WATE Channel 6
WBIR Channel 10
WVLT Channel 8
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FOR MORE PRESS REGARDING THE KNOX SCENE COALITION PLEASE GO TO KNOWNEWS.COM...ENTERTAINMENT...THEN TYPE IN KNOX SCENE COALITION. THERE IS ALOT TO READ ABOUT US.
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