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I ROCKED with you all in Viroqua, WI. I just found a sticker of yours and put it on my clarinet case. My memory of ya’ll brings great joy to my heart. I hope to be with you live again someday.
Your music is so joyful — may you be as happy as your music!
The wild and amazing things you find on the internet…Who knew that MY niece was a “cymbal abuser, bad behavior enabler?” The apple definitely does not fall far from the tree! Missing and loving you in San Diego…hit me up, Sam!
Dear USAToday:
The ABSOLUTE Startup Rules are:
1.)Do not trust the Big Banksters and
the BIG Service Providers.
2.)If I was in the position, I WANT
TO HIRE JOEY, because he has COURAGE.
3.)Service depends upon QUALITY depends upon PEOPLE.
4.)The problem has NOTHING to DO
with UNIONS. European UNIONS are on
the board of directors of large
corporations. Only in the USA does
the CIVL WAR CONTINUE!
5.)In my company, EVERYONE must be
‘in the band.’ Can’t sing? Beat the tamborine. Deaf? Then wave the flag and be a dancer. Blind?
Play the organ.
6.)The words for your new music title:
The Manager SUCKED THE SOUL out of the ‘corporate’ body. (metaphor)
7.)IF Romeo and Juliet were working
at the BIG HOTEL CHAIN (on different chaingang shifts) can management keep them separated on
different shifts for over THREE YEARS? Heaven forbid that they
should SMILE AT ONE ANOTHER.
After seeing “Joey quits” and really liking the music I watched more on you tube.. I love the music you played when you guys invaded Times Square in New York city..
Any plans or thoughts of maybe visiting Baltimore Marylands Inner Harbor??? I’d love to see and hear you guys play in person!! Maybe in the summer of 2012??? I hope to see you here!!!
Thanks!
They should actually be frightened. Not only since your but also thanks to your incredible video. Maybe the greatest, clearest and most pacific way to say with a big amount of dialectical humor: “Fuck you! It’s enough! Treat us like shit and your company, your business, your society, your country and your family won’t work. Treat us and treat yourself the other way, the one who includes the respect, and it will work. So instead of ‘quit the shit’ let’s ‘employ the joy’!”
With all my respect to all of you!!!!
Andi from exenemy germany
wow!
http://www.vandaag.be/bizar/81461_man-gebruikt-fanfare-om-ontslag-te-nemen-video.html
a Belgium site
~p
YOU HAVE TO COME TO ARGENTINA !!!!! look out where I found you, guys:
http://www.taringa.net/posts/noticias/12948813/_-me-canse-renuncio-_.html
you guys are awesome. go joey!
I’m Dan’s cuz – who knew!!!
Hi guys!
What is the song you guys play in the Joey Quits video? It’s fantastic! Also, do you do weddings? Curious… hahaha…keep up the beautiful tunes! You guys are so fun!!
I listen to hip hop mostly. You guys fuckin rock loud! I love it. Keep it up
you should visit Guca 2012 in Serbia,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6T9-7QUSYwk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0wk-Cnwe4M
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QV6HrABMXak
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFvIg_OuJkQ&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIPFSV5iW38
much endolphin from joey quits video and i surfed to come here. u guys were quite active band! i thought of just school band or smth. very nice one! pretty much enjoyed ur video clips here. thanks! i expect more things to watch. nice job, dudes!
Our sympathy for Joey and all of you! Go on people, music heals the world! Saludos from Berlin and Barcelona.
The Joey quits video gave me the biggest smile which brought me to your site. Great band. Hope to see you guys on the West coast soon. Kudos to all the success that comes your way.
You guys are awesome!!!! I want to see you sometime. Please publish future dates on your website as soon as you set them- and PLEASE COME TO THE SOUTH! It may not be your venue, but i think ya’ll would be huge at Bonnaroo.
Joey quit, Joey quit!!! LOL
Priceless…I may just hire u guys to do mine when I go, yesssssssss!!!!
Joey Quits video rocks. That’s all I gotta say.
We love you guys and gals! Pleeeeeaaaaase come over to Australia and make some beautiful noise ..
Lotsa Love & Respect from the Land of Oz
You guys are absolutely fantastic. I saw the “Joey Quit” video, and got instant nostalgia to my families old Serbian movies. Greetings and best of luck from Toronto; I only wish I had heard about you back in August. Come back soon and you’ll have a packed Balkan house.
You guys are hilarious! I’ve always wanted to quit in a dramatic way and you nailed it!
Oh man, you guys are awesome. Any chance of rocking SoCal at any time?
The metal sound of this brass band in the Joey quits video clip was unreal! Did not give the douche-boss any opportunity to place a single word. It was EPIC – you guys are awesome!!! Joey and the band ROCK!!! Glad you quit this horrible job. YEAH!!!
I saw you giving a quit, with serbian song on tube. Than I found more and more great stuff about you. Best wishes from Serbia.
Come to DC, we need some of your cheer.
PS. Joey Quits was awesome
LOVED the Joey Quits video. Much kudos for the creative and funny way you pulled that off. Nice work! Also saw the photo from MECA. I live just outside of Portland. Are you coming up there again?
Hey! I love the music, it reminds a lot of the music of our folkore carnaval in Maastricht, the Netherlands. I bed you would love it too
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84Tz5RycCxM&feature=related
For bend from USA you are very good in playing balkan songs (Ederlezi). I am from Croatia and i just have to say keep doing a greate work.
Come to Croatia, Istria, Labin…
To real balkna “fešta” (party)
joey. you’re hot. let’s be together forever!!!
Absolutely love your music. My husband just found Joey Quits on the Gazeta website from Poland! Having just resigned from a position I’ve held for 23 yrs due to a similar situation, I am jealous that I could not have gone out with such style! Take it from someone who is 61, never settle…..
Picked up an article in Daily Mail (UK paper). Funny, I’ve stayed at that MARRIOTT hotel several times. They treated Joey like shit? I will never stay there again.
Well done to the ‘carnival band’!
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2049688/World-discovers-new-hero-Hotel-worker-resigned-accompaniment-19-piece-carnival-band.html
You guys are an awesome brass band! Sadly there’s not much of this type of stuff in Tucson, let alone Arizona. Keep bein’ sick!
From some random high school tuba player who admires y’all
Two years ago, in Providence, I was having a shitty day. For whatever reason, I was stuck in my own head that day, deep in anxious thought. Things just weren’t going my way. I was sad. And then I heard the music. Trumpets, tubas, drums, oh my! I walked over the bridge, and there you all were, playing, and people dancing. I hadn’t been so happy in a while. You cheered me up, in a way that the magic of that day has always kept a spot in my heart….(I also decide to go to work 2 hours late and didn’t care) Thank you.
Play for free at Temple University! The bell tower would be an awesome spot. I will pay you in beer and nachos. Lots of people will come! I swear! Virgins will be complimentary.
But seriously you guys should come. People would love your tunes and it would be a great time.
YOU GUYS kick so much ass. every time i see you i feel can feel all of my blood moving around my body. cant wait for the show on the 17th!
up the WC?B
I’M EVAN’S SISTERRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!
Caught you in Detroit @ the Trumbullplex. Fantastic show!!! Thank you for the great music
Caught your impromptu performance today on the Wolfe Island ferry. Great!!!
Saw the band from the harbour view (in our inflatable dinghy) Awesome!! I am a FAN! I got lots of super photos of the band with tons of kayaks in the foreground. This made our weekend. This pics are good and I will send them along. Thanks for bringing spontaneity into the festival. That’s what it’s all about. I especially love the bikinied trombone player. She’s GREAT and so is the rest of the band. What FUN…
Michele Boulay
You guys were awesome in the harbor at the folk festival yesterday! It was the highlight of my summer. Thanks for lighting up the harbor.
You guys were a shining, energetic light in Watkins Glen! Your energy and talent is amazing! Thank you so much, I can’t wait to see you play again.
Jess Long – Waitsfield Vermont
Saw you guys at Super Ball IX…..AMAZING! Had such a blast whenever you guys were near, so much energy, made my weekend complete!!
You guys rocked it! Saw you at Super Ball this weekend and have to say you were one of my favorite parts of the whole festival! Awesome. Come to Cleveland!!
Caught you guys at the Phish Ball after a chain of unfortunate events caused us to miss both of their sets Friday night. Suffice to say my friends and I were pretty unhappy about the situation, but then we found you guys and had a blast! Incredible showmanship and skill. You have a great thing going here. Best of luck to you all
Hey!
Just wanted to say, you guys were ABSOLUTELY the non-Phish highlight of the Super Ball weekend! Thanks so much for coming out, you guys KILL IT! I will definitely be getting out to one of your upcoming shows now.
Got caught in the middle of the band during the late night set at Phish this weekend and had an absolute blast! Can’t wait to run into you all again.
Hey there. I happened to witness yourselves in action this evening and just wanted to share that for the first time ever in my meager 26.5-year existence, with the perhaps the exception of some childhood incidents that I can’t recall, I finally let go of myself and legitimately danced… and I have you to bow down to and worship eternally for it. Thank you.
Hey guys,
-Jake
I just wanted to thank you all for coming to my school. I think what you guys did got a lot of people on their feet and reminded them that music was, and still should be, about more than making money or fame. You sounded fantastic, Chop Chop,thanks a ton for letting me try those drums out. I’m going to push as hard as I can to get you guys invited back!
(Milford, MA)
Hey! My baby en stroller, wife, and I marched amidst you for all 3 1/2 hours of St. Anne’s on Mardi Gras day and all we have to say is WOW! Aeli (11 weeks old, dressed like a turtle that day) took a 3 hour nap that afternoon AND slept 7 hours straight that night. If that’s not a testament to your awesomeness, I don’t know what is. You guys were phenomenal, thanks for making our Gras!
HEY! I marched behind you guys in the Krewe of Tucks parade. You guys kicked so much ass!
You will make a displaced northeasterner extremely happy if you ever play the Carrboro/Chapel Hill area. (Also, NC is home to Cheerwine soda, which is like totally a sign.)
Hey! I’m looking for contact info for fall 2011 booking???
ok, i’m a huge fan and a beginning trumpet player – do you have sheet music?
thanks!
ericka
Hey this is Laila from Cakalak thunder! hated we couldnt make honk this year, and ofcourse thought of the amazing energy you guys brought to the table last year we came. Dust showing some continued love and eternal support, always bring the heat and the noise!
Peace & gratitude
Laia
Hey you guys sound awesome you need to head down to florida some time
Loved you guys at Honk Fest! Specially
the well executed under 195 parking lot sound explosion, the Feist tune, and marching out
to Sufjan Stevens. Awesomness!
Saw you twice at Honk! So fun. You guys are great.
Heard you guys at the Foo Feast. Fantastic!
Did you know your name is the same as a small town in Iowa?…..What Cheer, Iowa, is found in Keokuk County!
your performance in the nek was the most furiously fun dancing. thank you thank you. incredibly memorable. y’all are beautiful.
Tell me and the rest of the world what time you guys are in Providence tomorrow night. I’m telling everyone! Saw you at the Newport Folks Fest and we’re hooked.
My wife and I saw you guys in Florence July 2010 in the middle of the street. You guys rock. We need to bring you to Chicago. Unreal. I still think about how much fun I had watching and listening to you guys.
Hope to see you soon.
Peter Katz
I had a blast dancing with you guys around the fire at NEKMF! You fucking rock!
You were fantastic at Newport! Definitely the hit of the weekend. I am sending a few videos to Chop Chop. You rock!!!!!!!!!!
I saw you guys at the Newport Folk Festival as well, and haven’t been the same since. I’ll never forget that set you played on Saturday early afternoon, full of soul and fire, on a hill above a crowd of people. There is nothing more awesome than you. I’ve never felt so alive (and regretful that I chose to study flute instead of trumpet back in 4th grade).
That being said, PLEASE come to Ithaca, NY. You’d gain tons of happy followers here and I’m not sure I can go much longer without seeing and hearing you beautiful people. Also, I’m dying to dance with Nick and his sexy bones.
Thank you for existing and doing what you do.
-Catherine
I saw you at the Newport Folk Festival yesterday. You were the best part of the entire event. Screw running away to join the circus; I want to run away and join the What Cheer? Brigade.
We hope the Brigade comes and visits us inside the Fort!
mvyradio is broadcasting and streaming from Newport Folk at Fort Adams this weekend. Look for live and downloadable audio, plus pictures at http://www.mvyradio.com
We’re also offering free downloads from artists appearing at the Festival, right now at http://www.mvyradio.com/newport/sampler.php
See you there!
Great job monday night at Soundsessions. You sounded fantastic. Keep up the great job and add me to your list. I don’t want to miss ya guys again. Best of luck!
Peace and Love
Triple J DJ
Saw you guys in Florence; just got back to the states. You guys blew that city the fuck up. You piss lightning and shit excellence. I miss you, and I will do everything in my power to bring you to Penn State at least once before I graduate.
LOVED the show in Providence this weekend so much we wrote about it. And looking forward to seeing you again during Sound Sessions. And again. And again. And again.
i spoke to some members of this band on Amsterdam airport during the security procedure. They give me the adres of this website. I like the music you make. Now my question………….when you come to Holland?????
Grtz Roland
Estaba pasando un fin de semana en Florencia y oí un sonido que atraía mucho un par de calles más allá.
Cuando os ví, la sorpresa fué enorme, me quedé una hora y media viendo el show.
Indescriptible, fenomenal, muy bien, … me faltan adjetivos.
Gracias por ese rato de Florencia
Congratulations from Amorebieta, Basque Country!!!! We just knew you were going to win. It was amazing the way you played and moved, very inviting ,… People were a bit stiff but their souls were mad with movement,I’m sure!!
By the way , I’m the mum of the 3 year-old girl with the pink top who couldn’t stop dancing and running around you on Saturday evening. Never saw her like that before!!! If you have some pics of her, it will be great to see them.
Thank you for all the fun!!!
We were visiting NYC from Cincinnati and caught you guys at the Renegade Craft Fair in Brooklyn. You tore it up! Thanks for the energy!
My sis and I were at Renegade Craft Fair this past Saturday. Thanks for making us forget how freaking hot it was that day
You were all amazing!!! I had never seen(or heard) anything like you all. Come back to NYC and do a show.
Avast Ye! This is the only contact I can find for What Cheer? Brigade. Are you into playing @ Firehouse XIII on July 17th with HUMANWINE? This would be after Europe.
Spit & Spirit,
holly
I found you looking for songs by the Infernal Noise Brigade. And it’s good to see that there are other bands out there performing equally well. I hope to see you some time soon in Berlin!
wow. you guys have really great lyrics. i’m moved.
I just had the indescribably magical experience of hearing you all play on Willow Street in Providence. An impromptu “bella ciao” for us all in this west side neighborhood. I was instantly reminded of walking down streets in Sicily, and of Roberta Torre’s use of the marching band in her films, and of Fellini-esque revelry: we just don’t usually get to experience this kind of intensity and play on the streets of our own towns and cities. Thank you for making our evening–and with a piece of music that is so significant and resonant. I also LOVED your outfits. Can’t wait to learn more about your music and performances. We made some video footage and will send it to you.
Found you guys on Flickr by accident, and WOW! Awesome sound; can’t wait to get the Amazon MP3 on May 25 (it’s noted in my calendar). If you ever play Nashville, TN, I’ll be there.
loves, you are on FIRE. what fantastic energy, sex appeal, and general amazing performance. i’ll come while seeing you– oh-i-mean come OUT to see you at any point.
word.
(oddball’10.)
Loved you @ Lupos, have you guys thought about barging into Key West…anytime a good time but they do their annual Fantasy Fest in October and in April they have their annual independence celebration, when I saw you w/ Fungus Amungus I thought of those events instantly! Great job!
Saw you guy’s at Rhode’s 3-28-10
Heart pounding and foot stomping.
My favorite: Bass Drum WOW
Thanks for the fun.
Being in High School and KNOWING people in a local band makes showing you off to my friends so much more fun
Can’t wait to actually see you live, hopefully sometime soon 
I saw you guy in Chattanooga in the back of JJ’s Bohemia and you rocked our asses off!! I love the CD I bought too. You guys are awesome.
Please work in Cincinnati into your 2010 lineup! I just moved out here and there are bridges perfect for you to march across!
Myself and members of the Swarthmore College Balkan Brass Band were dancing wit y’all at Zlatne Uste Golden Fest last year. And we’re coming back for more next weekend.
This shit is awesome!!
Tell Dan on da sousaphone that I shall never see him in the same light again!! And that he should bring it to the next family gathering…
Happy Thanksgiving!
U R AMAZZING!!!!!I LUV U GUYS!!!!!I”M HYPER ON MONSTER ENERGY DRINK!!!YES, I DO ADMIT IM CRAZY!!GO SAXAPHONES!!
Hey I saw you guys the other day with Dan at the bike shop in Pawtucket and I talked to one of the trumpet players who said you guys are looking for more trumpet players. I play and have played for nine years and am very interested in joining. I am a student at RISD but I live to play music as much as make art. Please email me cause I think your band is the amazing and so does all of RISD! You guys blew our freshman minds at the latern lighting.
I saw you lead the Halloween Parade at Brown ST. park yesterday. After we went trick-or-treating with the kiddies I immediately downloaded your ablum from itunes. I absolutely love it!
pleeeease play at my party?? I live North of Boston. I will provide the beer and snacks. Lots of snacks!
Last year at Honk you guys did a Tom Waits cover while marching down Mass Avenue at Honk. This year you continued to blow me away. Thanks for coming to Honk.
you guys are awesome! pleeeeeease come play a show in wahsington dc!
hey we just saw you play (three months ago) in new orleans at allways lounge. it was wonderful and you felt like you belong in our city. hopefully we can play together in yours this spring. love.
From the scenic city of the south… Chattanooga,TN was so honored to have you guys play for us..I saw you at JJs in the back outside after ya’ll had been playing all day long in the city..I danced like I hadn’t all year long.. the most music fun I have had in Chattie for a long time..please come back in the spring.
Travis Upton
You were great. I was at Mel and Greg’s wedding and can’t say enough good things. Thanks.
Chattanooga Tn really enjoyed your music this summer. I think my 3 year old son enjoyed it the most. He loves making music, especially playing any drum. We bought your cd and he has to listen to it everytime we get in the car. He thought the man in the mask was a little scary, but he made him a good scary guy by giving him the name Walrus man(from star wars). HIs favorites were the drummer who laid down while drumming(he had to do that right when we got home that night)and the tuba player who jumped up and down a lot. Thank you for all the great energy. My son is proud to say that the what cheer? brigade is his favorite band.
I saw you last night at my girl Melissa’s wedding it was awesome! The bonfire was the best part! I will send pics soonn
Hey, do you folks have any idea the time at which you will play during the Oct 10 Somerville Gig?
I was there when you guys played from the back of that army truck in Little Rock and at the party later. You guys are one of the most impressive bands I have ever seen play. You can’t help but dance and/ or bang on things.
Peace, Leah
I saw you at the Blackfly Ball the Beehive held on Saturday. You were easily worth the drive to Machias all by yourselves. I’ve never had more fun to a brass band — and I’m from a town where one plays every week.
You guys are great.
As far as I’m concerned you were the best band I saw at Lollapalooza last weekend. Talent, energy, attitude, brass instruments…keep up the good work!
We adore you guys in Athens! I was hoping you all were still touring nearby because my great grandmother just died and I wanted to invite you play the burial, big band N’awlins style!
Love you!!!!!!
DANCEDANCEDANCEDANCEDANCEDANCEDANCE
Ya’ll kick some ASS REAL GOOD! I was in utter amazement at your talent, style, and ENERGY!! I loved it when you blew up the lodge atrium with your BIG SOUND. ALSo the pool dance party was bRIllIanTly done.
abSOluteLy a sMASHing gOOD tiMe!! for future tours do keep MulwAAkee in mind when planning stops… plEASe. we nEEd your lOviN!
DANCEDANCEDANCEDANCEDANCEDANCEDANCE
Damn! Wish I knew you guys would have been playing in LR this month! Now I’m shitting myself because I don’t know when you’ll be back in AR.
Guess I’ll just have to buy the mp3s…
While I was too late to make it to the street festival due to work, I was completely surprised when the whole freakin’ band sneaked their way into JJ’s Bohemia and proceeded to TAKE OVER THE PLACE….TWICE!!!!! Y’all rocked! Come back to Chattanooga!
Saw you guys at Lollapalooza today, and I had a great time! I danced more with your music than I did with almost anything else all weekend. I wish they’d let you play longer. Come back to Chicago soon!
Thank you for being the highlight of my summer. Hope we showed you some southern hospitality. I wont be able to drive down Markham and Kavanaugh the same now, without having flashbacks to imagery o bike blockades and what cheer parades. At some point around 5 in the morning,while sitting around the campfire, i was told to mention the idea of nomads and sedentary interactions and human movement and settlement patterns and how it relates to what cheer cheer brigade on this message board, but i forgot the exact way it phrased. hope you bring bck the whimsy soon. travel safe -<3-
Much needed fun and excitement and costumes in Little Rock. Hope you come back soon. Have fun at Lollapalooza!
Fantastic show at Eyedrum Sunday night. My one regret in life is that I did not head up to Athens Saturday night to see both Georgia shows. What the hell was I thinking?!?
Last night’s show was phenomenal. Hated for it to end. I’m a friend of March Fourth and Extra Action, and you guys are definitely in the same league. Would love to see a battle royale one day. Come back to New Orleans soon!
spiritual defibrillation.
please come back to athens soon!
<3
We we leaving Big City Bread after dinner and I usually turn right. But today I felt a strange urge to go left. After about a block I knew why! We found ourselves in the midst of your band walking down the street. Was it the sight of the small redhead with a mohawk and a horn as big as he was or the fierce looking bass drummer who clearly signaled she was a force to be reckoned with? Anyway, we felt compelled to follow you down the street to a small park where an impromptu concert took place. It was riveting. What’s up with the guys in the Bruno shorts? I’m tempted to say “You Rock” but perhaps it would be more appropriate to say “Polka Forever!” We especially enjoyed the number where you surrounded the audience. I can now die at peace knowing that I have seen the future, past and present all rolled into one big ass band. Next time you come to Athens, we’ll have you over for a house party that the neighbors will talk about for years. Thanks for the great time.
Bill Lee, Athens GA 8-1-09
Just saw y’all at Center City Park in downtown Greensboro and it was awesome. I was phsyched you played Ja Helo. I don’t know who wrote it, but I know it from The Infernal Noise Brigade. Did y’all link up with Cakalak Thunder while down here? They’re our radical marching band. Anyways, thanks, and keep FUCKING SHIT UP
Fantastic.
Crazy, noisy and infectiously joyous.
You guys rock.
You all should totally hook up with Slavic Soul Party again ASAP! They are doing a New England tour for their new CD and want to party in Providence in early October. You have soo many fans that would love to see you all team up again!!
I just discovered you guys while browsing the web, and you guys are another inspiration to me. The amount of energy you put into your music and the amount of fun you have while playing it is truly something to look up to.
You put me, my sax, and the wimpy ass groups I’ve played with in the past to shame. T___T
Hopefully someday I’ll be able to join a group like yours.
Keep spreading the good times around with your music guys.
I saw you folks outside the RISD auditorium a while back while on my way to nab a coffee. Danced myself stupid instead. Best experience I’ve had yet here in the Rhodes.THANKS!
Simply stated “You guys ROCK”. Great entertainment, keep it up.
You guys were amazing today! Thanks for the free show today at my school, Middle School East in Milford, MA.
WOOOOOO!
Hey, I was just thinking about that time you did a free show on the rooftop of an apartment building in Hollywood. Almost couldn’t remember your band’s name. That was the greatest thing I’ve ever had the privlidge to be present for. Hope to see you guys again some day.
awesome awesome “Dum maro dum” is our classic song . Thanx4 playing that.Let us know when you’re playing in cali so we can come see you Masters.
THANX
Jimmy brars
Congratulations on your fantastic band! Greetings to Nick from way back. All the best! Colleen
Cheeeeeeeeeers from Chile!!
frecuently here we have some big carnivals.. and just i discovered this great band.. i have to say you fit perfectly! lol
search Banda Conmoción and you will know what im talking about!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vI2QnnFXlE
I thought the glass window at The Golden West was gonna shatter! Ya’ll ROCKED the house sat. night… The floor was like a trampoline. keep up the sonic mayhem!!!
YOU FOLKS MAKE ME PROUD TO BE FROM RHODE ISLAND!!!
I’m gonna be in Philly March 27th- 30th. Are you playing more than one show in the area? I’m hoping to catch you on that Friday!
that’s the website
http://www.bandanconmcion.cl
http://www.myspace.com/bandaconmocion
See you
Hi everybody,
Greeings from sunny Chile (summer here), please visit the website of one of my favorite Chilean band of gipsy music, Northern Chilean Music it’s something like your work. I like your work in Europe and other videos…..see you in Europe and maybe who know here in Chile…..what do you think???..
I still say you bastards don’t know how great you are. I mean…you make folks smile and all that, but really…DO YOU KNOW HOW AMAZING AND UNIQUE YOU ARE!?!?!? Sure there are other brass bands out there, but none like you. the rest are shite. trust me. I have been in a brass band before. you folks are a cut above the rest. Bastards!
Hey you lucky bastards!!! When will you play in Europe??!! How long I must wait? Without your music, i will die….. oh shit…
Samantha…I looked every fucking where for your fucking face. email me your info…I’m living house to house or in my car and I wanna come visit u before I’m nothing more than carrion and pure disease.
Rock on
John James (fuck)
Aivan vitun Huigee bändi!!!!
hi! I listened you on youtube…you’re great!
i’m from argentina…here we habe a band called “la bomba del tiempo”…that’s like your band. but less kusturikense (lol)… but only with percussion instruments
hope you could come here sometime…both bands together could make the grates how
i listened the songs in your web and youtube, i really love it…where can i buy your cd here in argentina buenos aires?
kisses!
Saw you guys on election night outside Bravo Brasserie downtown. KICK ASS STUFF! Keep the Cheer coming.
Saw the What Cheer? Brigade at the Olneyville Fall Festival with the Big Nazo puppets. What an awesome experience.
I was overwhelmed to the point of tears for the first three tunes. Only Prince and Loretta Lynne every brought tears to my eyes. Great stuff.
Way to rock HONK! fest!!! we loved every second of our time hooping to your music in the parade! Boston Hoop Troop loves What Cheer?! Hope we can all play in the street & stop traffic again soon!!
Alicia & The Boston Hoop Troop
Whoa! I just saw the show at Pearl St. It was a band geek’s wet dream…
ALSO at the wedding this past weekend and I was FLOORED. You had my 82 year old nana, my 60 year old dad, and me up and dancing. You were INCREDIBLE!
was at the wedding you played this past weekend. oh my! superstar amazing!
thank you!
Hey Photos don´t work..! By the way you are one of the most energetic bands i´ve ever heard!!! Shit, it does good to me. PLEASE deliver your CD to one of Europe´s net shops. Shipping from USA is too expensive.
ROCK ON!!!
You guys were a very pleasant surprise last night! I’m so glad I temporarily ditched a wedding to come out and see what was going on. Thanks for the CD, and I will definitely be there the next time you’re in the Jersey area
You were the highlight of the UC Music fest on Friday night.
…AND the pig roast!
I heard y’all are missing Purchase! Can this possibly be true? What are we going to do with all the liquor and tuxedos we prepared?!!!
hi there.
we are putting together our annual harvest dinner and wondered if you all
would want to play at it. the last time we heard you was lots of fun, at
coyle street in maine.
below is info on our project…the harvest dinner is always fun, and we
are planning a day of workshops/skill share, too. we’d love to have you there. we are
planning for saturday nov 8, in portland maine.
thanks so much,
margot and wcp
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The mission of the Winter Cache Project (WCP) is to free ourselves from a
dependence on industrial agriculture and to increase our community food
security by developing sustainable local food systems. By growing and
storing our own food to last throughout the winter and educating ourselves
about agricultural issues, we aim to create a working example of how we
can come together as a community to provide for our basic needs by
employing the principles of mutual aid, equal access, and
self-determination.
The Winter Cache Project
PO BOX 1303
Portland, Maine 04104
http://www.wintercacheproject.org
hey guys, I saw your vids on youtube and juz wanna tell you that I loved your version of Dum maro dum. You guys bring street bands to the next level!
love and respect from Singapore!
I’m ready to pack my trombone and move to Providence to join you. Take me – Please!
It was enlightning to see you Sunday night parading around the Fremont neighborhood in Seattle, playing around our beloved Troll and underneath our Lenin statue. Please come back – maybe we can get some locals to join in.
It was great chatting with you, the drummer and t-bones – great guys! Owe you all a few beers!
You guys make my day last week here in Hollywood, I’m the one who let you come to my building, in the roof remember? OMG. It was the happiest day I have in years! No only me, but most of the tenants here went crazy. I don’t know what to say! The band, natural enthusiasm, I never saw something like that, and I’m from Brazil, I though I have seen everything. Please come back to Hollywood, CA again! Come to my roof again! Please! Thank you!
Wow, you guys stomped us into the ground in SF last night (in a good way). Thanks so much for coming to the West Coast.
I’ve linked my user name, below, to a handful of pics. Rock on.
Had so much fun at your impromptu show last night near the Santa Monica Pier. Just happened to be riding my bike and had to stop. What an amazing sound!
Hello,
I saw on the street band page that your gonna be in L.A !
Well ……….
I’m start g a radical marching/samba band here so will come out to see ya next week.
Our first practice is tommorrow.
Wish us luck.
Take care
where the fuck you guys at yo?
Hay – sounds good! Never have seen yall, but looks like fun. I’m a former drum corp dude and present drumset playah + really wish I could catch you at Sound Sessions but am gonna be on tour in the Azores. Peace – MC
Saw you guys at the SummersDay Revels in Boston last weekend. I tried to describe the band to people who weren’t there, and the English language just isn’t enough. I loved it.
I also baffled people by saying I thought you guys would be a great wedding band. I just got blank stares. Now I see you actually have been a wedding band! This is great! I feel validated!
Loved you at Summer’s Day Revels Boston.
Thanks
Jamie Reveler
You played at my niece’s wedding and fronted the parade from the reception to the after-party at the bar a block over. What a huge blast!! People were coming out to join in the parade, the wedding guests rocked to the sound — you helped make this the best wedding reception ever in the history of weddings!!
Any chance you guys would want to preform in a small town like Fayetteville, WV?
you guys pwned at Summer Revels! Can’t wait to see you again. awesome stuff!
The best reaction was the old lady who stuck her fingers in her ears and ran away. My clapping couldn’t match that
Yo. You guys need more merch. Let me screenprint some shirts for you. Talk to pandrew about it.
Wow, you guys rock! Had the pleasure of hearing you play on the I-195 on-ramp and was hella bummed when the Man shut you down. Can’t wait for your next random street appearance.
MOAR NY SHOWZ!!!???
You people are WOW^(100*689,256+78945^456). Unfortunately I haven’t manage to see you at Serbia when you came, but please come back! You are just WOW!hahahaha
I am looking forwards for your next visit in Europe!
Cheers!haha
HEY! what about the raffle? where are my tickets!!??
[MYSPACE.COM]:
WIN US IN A RAFFLE
Current mood: drunk
That’s right, you can win all 18 of us in a raffle. for a measly two bucks you could do all sorts of things with an 18 piece marching band. Yeah, ther are some rules, but you can check them out and buy raffle tickets at:
whatcheerbrigade.com
So what are you waiting for? What the hell!? You never wanted a marchig band following you around ala black cat/white cat, or underground? Yeah, you know you have.
BRRRRRAIIIIIINNNNNSSSSSSS!!!! come back to pchase.
Brilliant Show Last Night. Cheers!
What Cheer? was possibly the best thing about Saturday’s historic preservation conference in Providence. Certainly the least expected pleasure. I am deeply impressed by the 9AM performance.
Saw you folks today at the RI Preservation Conference… What fun! Where do you find the energy at 9 Am in the morning?!
Show you guys for the first time at the radical purim shin-dig. Absolutely ridiculous!
braaaiins…
i love you.
and all youve left me with is whiplash from my body convulsing in ways thatd make my grandmother proud. come back you ravishing undead creatures.
great music! nice dressing
the best spirit!
we also like this style in the southwest of france!
if moving around, don’t hesitate to visit us in bordeaux.
Musically yours!
Hey! You guys rocked at Union Pool in Williamsburg Bklyn! Made my Sunday night.. So much energy, excitement & wonderful antics!!
Come back and play again!!!
-C
You guys showed up at my dorm at MICA and played in our courtyard. It made my night. Thanks.
Hey, what’s wrong with you dudes? I wanna see you all in Europe pretty soon!!!
F.e. in Austria, that’s the place where i’m hanging around a lot!!!
If you’re interested, contact me!
It would be me an infinite great pleasure!
R4Ph0suN
We would love to have you perform at one of our many musical events in Greenville, South Carolina! We have outdoor musical festivals pretty much all through the Spring, summer and Fall.
ever coming to switzerland? comecome, please, cheer us all up!
I just saw you guys for the first time at Golden Fest. I just want say that you guys brought a great show and a positive energy. Keep it up. Do plan to return to Boston anytime soon?
Pink Puffers love you from Rome!
hey i’m back .. smelly chimp chop
how are you ? merry xmas and stuff to you and what cheer ? keep it real banana peel..
I sent the photos by mail! Please let me now when you get them!
Hi mates ! I just discovered you on http://www.brasscast.com. What a surprise for such a formal podcast, but i enjoyed the sound and the interview. We’ve got a lot of brass bands like yours in France, but you do have a ‘je ne sais quoi’ which makes you very special. And i’m very glad you went to Guca this year because that’s the best trip i would advise to any brass band. I went there 2 years ago with my band ! Did they stick banknotes on your forehead to order a tune ? Did you attend the duel-like final competitions in the stadium ? Well, congratulations for going there ! I look forward to seeing you back in Europe asap !
Hello from GREECE .I am the photografer Vrettakos Alexander who sent you the photos from Guca.I can sent you for free the original photos.Please let me now your adress.I engoy your music very much!!!
you guys killed honkfest, in a good way of course. amazing performances both days…inspiring, fun, full of passion, heart & whiskey – all the things music should be made up of. i will see you again on halloween…i’m looking forward to having my ears blasted out & being berated by the chimp.
speaking of the chimp, i would like to have chop chop’s babies. i know, i know…get in line….
come back to boston soon, you lovely people
I tore the muscles around my ribcage dancing to y’all at HONK! The only way that I can heal is if you come down to Philly and play at Puppet Uprising. Til then, I will lay on the floor, twitching.
hey What Cheer?
I attended both sat and sun of the Honk festival and you guys were just insanely awesome. i’m so glad i got to see you 2-3 times, and the parade march! what an amazing weekend. hope you had fun in boston. come back again soon!
My fiance and I saw you play recently at PPAC before the Pilobolis show, and we were blown away! You guys are amazing! I would have been happy watching you guys all night and skipping the show.
I have to say that out of all the weddings i’ve been to in mylife u guys really made this one amazing. I’ve never danced so hard and for so long before but it was absolutely the greatest thing ever. Im sure you havent done too many jewsish weddings but i was throughtly impressed!! My friends and i plan on seeing your concerts in providence now and cant wait to dance to your music again!
love to watch you soon
I saw u I listen your nice music and I took some good photos from u at Guca. Take a look here. http://www.photofolio.gr/main.php?g2_view=core%3AShowItem&g2_itemId=69&g2_page=4 and use them free.
Hi, remember the Bulgarian woman that kissed you all at Sziget before you went to Gucha? I absolutely LOOOOOVE you guys!Come in Bulgaria, please please!!!
Koma
Thanks for a great afternoon of raucous music. I love your style. Looking forward to September 29th.
Incredible live jam in the middle of the sziget’s mud! “what cheer?” is the true way of music!
avanti cosi’!!
hi band and band’s fans! do you all know about hypnotic? if not, you should check them out. they’re a big brass band (like you) but there are only about 9 of them (unlike you) that plays ridiculously great music (which isn’t quite like yours, but is equally great in a different way). so here you go. listen to baliky bone and enjoy!
http://www.myspace.com/hypnoticbusiness
Guys,i just want to say…SEE YOU NEXT YEAR IN GUCA,AGAIN(hope you’ll come)…Greetings for best foreigner orchestra(to all members)
I saw you at sziget festival and you were the second best band that heard after Cassius.
Your style is really well done and I felt directly driving in Hell by your impressive music.
god save THE WHAT CHEER BRIGADE
And mail me when you come in France
I saw you in Gucha and it was love at first sight, you’re absolutely amazing:) Greetings from Poland
agnieszka mirahina
ran into on sziget as well, and was hooked and bought your cd.
love the subtle constellation references.
keep up the good work, i hope to be able to see you once more someday.
ran into you guy’s at the Sziget festival the first day you played, ended up watching all three shows TOOOOOO good to miss. keep up the good work. hope you like the pick.
…saw you at Sziget and West Balkans
you are absolutely amazing
Ahoy!! Been there too on the sziget festival. For me you are the real pied pipers! I´m shure that everyone who´s been there will know what i mean. just crazy. YOU KICK ASS!!
Saw you guys at Sziget on the first day…..set my week right up so it did!! Everything else felt like a bonus! You guys really do rock a whole bunch..especially the crazymonkeydrummerboy of course!!
Come play in the UK!
Nuz and Gem.
the first note in german
Ich habe Euch auf dem Sziget-Festival in Budapest 2x gesehen und wir konnten uns das nicht beschreiben wir Ihr die Leute so annimiert habt! Euro Performance zur Misik ist einfach genial und jeder müsste einmal “What Cheer?” gesehen haben! Ich hoffe das es Euch noch lange gibt und wünsche Euch sehr viel Erfolg und gutes Gelingen!!! Machte weiter so. Ps: würdet Ihr nach Österreich/Austria kommen für einen Gig?
Liebe Grüße Christian
Saw you in Guca, your energy and music you played blow us all. Hope you’ll come again in Serbia.
Pozdrav!
Funny that i should come all the way from Baltimore, MD to Hunagry to discover you . . . i did take an interactive panoramic photo of you guys, so enjoy:
http://www.sziget2007.com/Panoramas/p2_articleid/25
cheers,
andras
If you come back to Berlin after Guca (if you survive it!), let us know!
Soline (I saw you last Saturday at Lovelite)
juchuu, that was funny and loud in the pudel club! thanks for this great show.
we had the absolute pleasure of your warm up show on saturday at White Trash – my god, I don’t know if it was the 4 glasses of prosecco or the overall effects of a dirty weekend in Berlin, but you were AMAZING and you have to come to the UK to perform
bisous
xxx
You guys rock! Just droped by at the ACUD in Berlin. Hope to see a longer show of you
some time soon!
cheers
Evil and Evelyn
evilandevelyn.blogger.de
Just saw you at Tacheles, you are really great!!!!!!!
Berlin loves you, greetings, Xarah
I was falling asleep in my friends apartment, alone (yes at 9pm) and heard this amazing music coming through my window. so i put my shoes on and followed the glorious sound to Tachelles. am now back, listening to your cd. U guys rock!
Comrades,
Congratulations on your “Best of Rhode Island” win – how deserving!
Also, thanks for your dexterous performance at the Belanger/Vierra wedding on June 30th; the music transformed the occasion into a festival!
Wishing you safety and success overseas,
Diane Hogan
What a great night Yesterday! I’m trying to come to Guca next week! You are the best!
Hugs,
E.E.
DAMNIT id love to see u guys in the golden pudel but i cant come! its gonna be ridiculous!!
I also saw you guys at Jakes on Sunday. Crazy! What a great time.
I saw you guys play Jake’s last night opening for Okkervil River.Though i have seen you on quite a few occasions, this night took the cake. i have never seen a room full of people so happy and shaking their booties. Thanks!
My good friend dragged me out into the rain drenched woods with the promise that I would leave smiling and happy no matter how low I may be after seeing a bunch of half crazed loons in marching band. Who knew she’d be right.
Oh What Cheer! I loves ya! Especially that sexy burly sousaphone player. Though I believe he just shaved his head. Eh, there’s always the other 17 of you!
I am officially What Cheer? Brigades new biggest fan!
Cheers!
SSMFJ LOVES YOU!!!!
Peace people
We love you
YOU GUYS WERE AMAZING!!!!!!!!!
FANTASTIC!!!!!!!
AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!
Thank you for playing at our birthday party!!
The birthday boy has thanked me every day since you guys came for ‘giving him the ruckus’ for his birthday. He loved it. His best friend and his wife who came out from LA were awestruck– very, very, impressed– and kept going on and on about how each and every one of you had such character, etc, etc. And some unknown woman told me that she had ‘hostess envy’ because the band was so cool!!
We all loved loved loved loved loved loved it.
I can’t tell you how many people were so astonished and kept coming up to me asking where you guys came from, who you were, etc, etc.
You guys are the best. I wish I could kiss each and every one of you.
You were SMOKING!!!
hey! I’m excited to see you guys at rubulad this weekend! I live in ri and have seen you guys a lot but go to school in brooklyn now. convenient? yes! I’ll take lots of pictures, rubulad parties are amazing!
Yo ya’lll..I saw you play today at the benefit in Providence. You really really really made my day. Big brass band and marching band music is my favorite shit.
I was supposed to journey with my best friend to visit my other best friend in New Orleans for Mardi Gras last week and they canceled our flight so we never made it down.
Thanks for the fucking cheer today. I felt like it was my make-up mardi gras.
I’m in a queer dance troupe. Ya’ll ever think about adding a step and dance squad to your brigade?
I hope to catch you around banging and blowing into shit in the street soon!!
Hearing you play Erdelezi made my new years. Awesome, many thanks!
It is Tuesday and I’m still hung-over. You guys are great! I had lots of fun tagging along New Years Eve but I’m paying for it now. Keep it up and I hope to see you all out again soon. Do you ever play on the Cape? If so let me know so I can show some support.
Rock it and sock it!
So just thought I’d let you all know, my cousin and I were having a horrible New Years Eve until we ran into you guys outside and then watched you at AS220. You’re amazing. Thank you.
We saw you at the Honk Festival and you were great! My daughter is only 1 1/2 years old and she is STILL talking about the “monkey drummer.” (Her picture is in your photobook… she’s the one who followed the band around the corner after the set). She pretends to be the monkey drummer and marches around with an imaginary drum. I don’t think it is an overstatement to say that What Cheer? was the highlight of her life. Let us know when you’re playing so we can come see you again.
saw you at honkfest in somerville: awesome; you make me proud to be a Providence native….
all of you are freakin’ hot. saw you in somerville. won’t forget you any time soon. awesome awesome
my daughter and i really enjoyed the honkfest and
chop chop and the whole lot of you really pulled
out all the stops.; thanks for a great time.in our
neighborhood.
Oh my! I bring out such feelings in you. I had no idea.
You better run monkey, I’m hot on your tail. As soon as I catch you you’re going to be chained to the organgrinder again you little furry turd. Back to the travelling freak show with you!
I saw you guys at the as220 last week. Awesome! Wanna play my 30th birthday party?
We love you love you love you. Let’s make bad little marching band babies and hope they don’t grow up like the Extra Action Band.
saw you guys at foo fest and last night at AS220, you rock and I love you. keep playing, you should come to NY
Hey guys-
I had a great time as your flag boy at Providence Sound Session! Keep on rockin’ it!
Peace from Budapest!
SARDINIA!!! i stayed in a little seasid village not too far from Olbia once, for week. It was beautiful. All the little birdies hanging out o the wild wheat shafts that bllomed.
As for writng is our own guestbook…why the heck not! Not many others are. C’mon, give me guff for it to my little chimpy face.
“fly” from sardinia to providence…eheh maya knows
chimpo ~~~ hahah made myself laugh
you smell bad ………………………
I miss you all so much!
I probably haven’t danced since the last time I saw you play, and I probably haven’t gotten laid either. I don’t remember. But I love you!
See you in August, for the bicycle carnival!
love,
Larkin
CHIMP GET YO’ FINGAS out o’ yo’ mouth!
Oh, no, you’re signing your own guestbook!
Well, I KNOW you will soon be widely recgnized for your blissful and musical ways.
How about this, I dub you responsible for starting a carnaval tradition in Providence.
Saw you guys play at Foo Fest, then followed you guys up the street to Mojos, twas a shit load of fun. Hopefully I’ll catch you guys on the 22nd.
“fly” where?
amazing!
can’t wait to fly there…
I’ve heard of breakin’ ankles, but burstin’ lungs? That’s the realness!
saw you play at building 16, really incredible.
ahoy. you motes who are lookin’ but ain’twritintg.
Anyway.l..i am drunk and signing our own guest book. look at me! Oh the fauxpas! look at mne writint fauxpas drunk!
Anyway. Hey…what cheer mamalukes…fill in your damned profiles so I can laugh laugh laugh.
I really hope my mom isn’t the next one to leave a comment.
Chimpily yours.
Chop Chop.
I’ve never had the chance to see you guys play, but I just listened to the poorly recorded live sample from a net cafe here in Xining, Qinghai, China… it rocked! My I mention that I am in no small way responsible for Chris Erway’s super-sino-specs? Wheeeee!
Rockin’ time at the cemetery this afternoon, and a big thanks to Paul for helping us out during the parade earlier.
And pencil in the HONK festival, a brass band blow out we’re putting together in Davis Square, Somerville on September 30….multiple outdoor performances and an evening gig at Johnny D’s. We’ll be in touch.
Maury
Second Line Social Aid and Pleasure Society
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