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The third round of the 17th Annual High School Rock Off, which took place last night at House of Blues featured another 10 bands competing for a spot at the upcoming Final Exam. There wasn’t as much diversity — most acts fell loosely into the alt-rock category — as the first two rounds but three bands still moved on to the Final Exam.

St. Edward’s Freezing Rain started things off with a set of garage blues. The duo concluded with a credible cover of the White Stripes’ “Seven Nation Army.” Halfway Home followed with a solid set of noisy alt-rock that drew from the screamo well. Afterwards, they handed out copies of their demo, which was produced by local guitar hero Neil Zaza. The Oberlin-based indie/punk trio Bam! followed with a set of similar-sounding songs that recalled Blink 182 and Lakewood’s Outburst Jr., yet another trio, also delivered a noisy punk set. Led by a woman with a particularly powerful voice, Sonorous, a Brunswick band that recently underwent a complete line-up change, followed with a set of mid-tempo alt-rock that included a mix of originals and covers, including a Paramore song. It scored points simply because its guitar player dressed as a frog.

This article appears in Jan 16-22, 2013.

Jeff has been covering the Cleveland music scene for more than 25 years now. On a regular basis, he tries to talk to whatever big acts are coming through town. And if you're in a local band that he needs to hear, email him at jniesel@clevescene.com.

8 replies on “Concert Review and Slideshow: High School Rock Off Round 3 at House of Blues”

  1. Would it be good for the Scene if it got more activity on the social media? I have been discouraged by joe12750 to NOT try to apply my talents to help the social media of Cleveland in any way. Be it PD or Scene, it’s like no thanks. we like NO ACTIVITY at all if it comes from Kenny Jaeger. Joe12735 hates him and we woundn’t want to offend him (joeblowgrovernorquist) now would we?

  3. But not to be descouaged by joe 12750 or any Koch sucker from the far right, Kenny the Pirate From Cleveland Ohio stayed on offence.

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  6. Where did Joe go? He had a bunch of far right Koch-up-the-ass-shit a few weeks ago. I am still waiting for a civil debate at the City Club (no less).

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