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Roy Hendrickson - Professional Musicality and Creativity

Roy Hendrickson is an experienced and successful
engineer and mixer whose focus for the past 30 years
has been on the integration of musical creativity with
the evolving studio landscape.

His musically rich discography is a testament to the
work he has done with many artists and producers
including Miles Davis, Zedd, Aloe Blacc, Frank Sinatra,
Frankie Grande, Diana Krall, Empire of the Sun, Missy
Elliott, Paul McCartney, James McCartney, Paramore,
B.B. King, Phil Ramone, Russ Titelman, Desmond Child,
David Foster, and David Hentschel, to name a few.
His intimate knowledge of Power Station is born of a
32-year love affair with the studio where he began
his career in New York City. Hendrickson’s musicality,
creativity, and warm demeanor are renowned among
hitmakers across the globe. Roy has worked with Tony
Roy and Tony Bongiovi at Power Station, NYC Bongiovi founder and builder of Power Station Studio
photo courtesy of LOMM Staff becoming the world’s most successful studio.

Radio Buzzkills - Playing Pop-Punk That You Know and Love

Raucous owners of stage, high energy entertainment and to Latte+, Horror Punks, The Moans and The Prozacs –as
hardcore pop punk, St. Louis based Radio Buzzkills plays the well as playing a one-off show as The Twenty-Sevens with
kind of 90s pop punk you know and love. Their current line- Screeching Weasel co-founder John ‘Jughead’ Pierson.
up could be the greatest pop punk band you’ve yet to hear,
with a sound that blends the best elements of the Ramones The Buzzkills also signed with independent label Milksop
and Screeching Weasel, Records specifically for vinyl re-
leases, which quickly yielded the
with bassist Jen’s back- release of the ‘Hi-Sci Fidelity’ 7”.
ing vocals lending sound In 2018 the band has been scal-
that’s influenced the Teen ing to higher heights, with their
Idols only harder. Formed “Get Fired!” full length earning a
in 2016 by front man Zac place among the year’s most es-
Buzzkill, the band drew on sential releases. At the time of re-
a shared love of Screech- lease, realgonerocks.com called
ing Weasel for their ear- the record “a throwback to when
liest compositions. That pop punk was great” as well as
same year, a DIY EP re- claiming the Buzzkills were now
lease “The Quick and The “ready to mark their place within
Cheap” was well received photo used by permission: Radio Buzzkills the pantheon of great pop punk acts.” Described in a nut-
by the punk underground and quickly became the best-sell- shell these guys are about fun, good music, high octane en-
ing release in the history of the Braindead Records label. tertainment and giving the crowd an experience to go home
Their “Can’t Be Killed” EP followed at the beginning with. Never leaving the crowd without a full lathered sense of
of 2017, which saw the band trading in fun songs having “come” to a drenching hot St. Louis punk rock show.
about zombies for angry messages directed at Don-
ald Trump. The success of the EP led to the band signing Zac Buzzkill- Vocals, Jesse Buzzkill - Guitar, Vocals
with Glendale, CA. label Outloud Records also home GG Donahue - Guitar, Vocals,
Jen Buzzkill - Bass, Vocals, Bass Amp - Drums

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