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\u201cAnd the winner is…SPANKING CHARLENE!\u201d Those were the words of Little Steven Van Zandt, longtime Bruce Springsteen guitarist, Soprano, and Underground Garage Guru, at the end of the \ufb01nal round of Sirius Radio\u2019s \u201cBest Unsigned Band in America\u201d contest (1000 bands competed) in NYC. As a result, New York City\u2019s SPANKING\u00a0 CHARLENE are now found on Van Zandt\u2019s WICKED COOL RECORDS, America\u2019s coolest garage rock record label. <\/p>\n
Two of the singles produced\u00a0 by Steven Van Zandt, \u201cDISMISSED WITH A KISS\u201d and \u201cCANARSIE\u201d are out now and will also be available on SPANKING CHARLENE\u2019S 2nd full length record \u201cWHERE ARE THE FREAKS?\u201d (produced\u00a0 by Eric \u201cRoscoe\u201d Ambel) which will be released on January 17, 2012<\/p>\n
Spanking Charlene is a New York City band and \u201cWHERE ARE THE FREAKS?\u201d song\u2019s draw from the city\u2019s nightlife. The quest for the party that never ends, sex and romance, in\ufb01delity, gossip, and gentri\ufb01cation in the city where anything can happen at any time. The bands soul-punk sound is a blend of Mcphersons\u00a0 dynamic vocals and the bands straight up hard driving guitar grooves.<\/p>\n
\u201cDismissed with a Kiss\u201d: Little Steven Van Zandt produced, played keyboards, and the track was released on Van Zandt\u2019s label, WICKED COOL RECORDS<\/p>\n
Crowned \u201cCoolest Song in the World\u201d for the week of May 8, 2011, on LITTLE STEVEN\u2019S UNDERGROUND GARAGE, internationally syndicated radio show (1.2 million listeners in the U.S. alone and is broadcast\u00a0 on 148 stations in over 200
\u2660\u00a0 markets including Canada, Europe and Armed Forces Radio, making it the most successful rock music program in the past
30 years, and Siriuis XM\u2019s satellite UNDERGROUND GARAGE channel<\/p>\n
Voted\u00a0 \u201cNo.3 Coolest\u00a0 Song in the\u00a0 World\u201d for the\u00a0 \ufb01rst half of 2011\u00a0 on LITTLE\u00a0 STEVEN\u2019S\u00a0 UNDERGROUND GARAGE
syndicated show, and Sirius XM\u2019s UNDERGROUND GARAGE channel<\/p>\n
\u201cCanarsie\u201d: Little Steven Van Zandt produced, played keyboards, and the track was released on Van Zandt\u2019s label, WICKED COOL RECORDS<\/p>\n
Crowned \u201cCoolest Song in World\u201d for the Week of September 12, 2011 on LITTLE STEVEN\u2019S UNDERGROUND GARAGE, syndicated\u00a0 radio show (1.2 million listeners\u00a0 in the U.S. alone and is broadcast\u00a0 on 148 in over 200\u00a0 markets,\u00a0 including internationally in Canada, Italy, Norway, Spain, Ireland, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, as well as Armed Forces Radio. The most successful rock music program in the past 30 years)
\u2660\u00a0 In New York City: featured on Q104.3 in New York City\u2019s \u201cOut of the Box\u201d new music program on Sunday, September 25, 2011
\u2660\u00a0 Added to request rotation on WXRT radio in Chicago
WHAT THEY\u2019RE SAYING<\/p>\n
\u201cSPANKING CHARLENE are one of our favorite local working class New York bands. They\u2019re great…constantly getting better.\u201d\u00a0 \u2013Steven Van Zandt<\/p>\n
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\u201cI love doing a radio show where I get to play brand new exciting rock n\u2019 roll bands like SPANKING CHARLENE.\u201d
-Drew Carey, comedian, game show host, Underground Garage DJ<\/p>\n
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\u201cSexy, direct, powerful rock and roll. There is no mistaking the speci\ufb01c intent of SPANKING CHARLENE!\u201d
\u2013Eric \u201cRoscoe\u201d Ambel, producer, guitarist<\/p>\n
\u2018GO TO\u2019 TRACKS SECRETS
REV IT UP STUPID ME
WHERE ARE THE FREAKS? DISMISSED WITH A KISS<\/p>\n
RESIDENCY<\/p>\n
SPANKING CHARLENE perform every third Saturday of the month at the legendary Lakeside Lounge in New York City.<\/p>\n
Sources:
SPANKING CHARLENE
www.akanycgroup.com
spankingcharlene.com\u00a0 | spankingcharlene@yahoo.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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