The Button South Class Reunion 4

4th Annual

BUTTON SOUTH CLASS REUNION

The 4th annual Button South Class Reunion will be held on September 26 & 27 2014 at Revolution Live in Ft Lauderdale Fl.

 

This year’s scheduled reunion performers are:

 

CANAVERAL – GYPSY QUEEN – SLYDER – STRANGER

HEARTLESS – LAST CHILD – MOTOR – PHINEAS J WHOOPIE

 

The Hep Cat Boo Daddies with Joel Da Silva & Randy Blitz

In tribute to Sean GTO Gerovitz

 

The Button South All Star Band

Featuring 15 members from 15 bands

Race, Saigon Kick, Farrcry, Miss Conduct, Autodrive, Psychodrama, Miami Dolls, Big Bang, Baloney Sandwich, Squadron, Trixx, The Realm, Beggars Opera, Sabotage & more!

 

This year’s celebrity hosts are:

Mark Allen “RACE” – Liz Wild WSHE – Steve Stansell ZETA

Madman Mike WGTR – Glenn Richards WSHE

Phil Varone “SAIGON KICK”

 

Doors 8pm – Bands begin at 8:30pm

Tickets are $12 per nite or $20 for a 2 day pass

The Button South Class Reunion has become an annual event to celebrate a legendary nightclub.  It’s a reuniting of customers, employees, bands & musicians that drove the soundtrack of Rock N Roll in South Florida from the late 70’s, starting as the Agora Ballroom to the mid 90’s.  The Button hosted literally thousands of concerts in those years, being open till 6am 7 nights a week.  The stage was dark for only brief moments of those hours for set changes & breaks because in the Button South Kingdom live Rock N Roll ruled.

 

Just a few of the divergent national acts that graced the Button South stage: PANTERA – TED NUGENT – LIVING COLOR – CYNDI LAUPER – FAITH NO MORE – GEORGIA SATELLITES – DOKKEN – FASTER PUSSYCAT – THE ROMANTICS – PAT TRAVERS – OVERKILL – BADLANDS – DREAM THEATRE  JEFF HEALY – HOOTIE & THE BLOWFISH – BLURR

 

The Button South had the likes of Johnny Depp’s The KidsMarilyn MansonSaigon Kick & Nuclear Valdezplaying there on a regular basis prior to being discovered by the rest of the planet.  It was host to regional cover & local original bands by the dozen on any given week.  Bartenders, waitresses, soundmen & door staff wanted to work there.  Customers wanted to drink, party & dance there.  But most of all every musician wanted to play there.

 

The Button South Class Reunion recreates, if only for a weekend once a year, the aura & attitude that wasThe Button South.  All 10 bands playing over the 2 nights played there, all video screens will be filled with footage filmed there & all the music you hear was played there.  It is without a doubt the South Florida Rock N Roll throwback event of the year, every year.

The Button South Class Reunion 4

4th Annual
BUTTON SOUTH CLASS REUNION
The 4th annual Button South Class Reunion will be held on September 26 & 27 2014 at Revolution Live in Ft Lauderdale Fl.

This year’s scheduled reunion performers are:

CANAVERAL – GYPSY QUEEN – SLYDER – STRANGER
HEARTLESS – LAST CHILD – MOTOR – PHINEAS J WHOOPIE

The Hep Cat Boo Daddies with Joel Da Silva & Randy Blitz
In tribute to Sean GTO Gerovitz

The Button South All Star Band
Featuring 15 members from 15 bands
Race, Saigon Kick, Farrcry, Miss Conduct, Autodrive, Psychodrama, Miami Dolls, Big Bang, Baloney Sandwich, Squadron, Trixx, The Realm, Beggars Opera, Sabotage & more!

This year’s celebrity hosts are:
Mark Allen “RACE” – Liz Wild WSHE – Steve Stansell ZETA
Madman Mike WGTR – Glenn Richards WSHE
Phil Varone “SAIGON KICK”

Doors 8pm – Bands begin at 8:30pm
Tickets are $12 per nite or $20 for a 2 day pass

The Button South Class Reunion has become an annual event to celebrate a legendary nightclub. It’s a reuniting of customers, employees, bands & musicians that drove the soundtrack of Rock N Roll in South Florida from the late 70’s, starting as the Agora Ballroom to the mid 90’s. The Button hosted literally thousands of concerts in those years, being open till 6am 7 nights a week. The stage was dark for only brief moments of those hours for set changes & breaks because in the Button South Kingdom live Rock N Roll ruled.

Just a few of the divergent national acts that graced the Button South stage: PANTERA – TED NUGENT – LIVING COLOR – CYNDI LAUPER – FAITH NO MORE – GEORGIA SATELLITES – DOKKEN – FASTER PUSSYCAT – THE ROMANTICS – PAT TRAVERS – OVERKILL – BADLANDS – DREAM THEATRE JEFF HEALY – HOOTIE & THE BLOWFISH – BLURR

The Button South had the likes of Johnny Depp’s The Kids, Marilyn Manson, Saigon Kick & Nuclear Valdez playing there on a regular basis prior to being discovered by the rest of the planet. It was host to regional cover & local original bands by the dozen on any given week. Bartenders, waitresses, soundmen & door staff wanted to work there. Customers wanted to drink, party & dance there. But most of all every musician wanted to play there.

The Button South Class Reunion recreates, if only for a weekend once a year, the aura & attitude that was The Button South. All 10 bands playing over the 2 nights played there, all video screens will be filled with footage filmed there & all the music you hear was played there. It is without a doubt the South Florida Rock N Roll throwback event of the year, every year.

Hawthorne Heights with Red Jumpsuit Apparatus

Punky emo pop quintet Hawthorne Heights came to life in the summer of 2001.  They built their fan base on a demo recording and a series of self-booked national tours. 2004 marked the release of their powerful full-length debut, The Silence in Black and White. While the bandmates relentlessly toured behind it, the album became their label’s highest-selling debut, and its lead single, “Ohio Is for Lovers,” invaded rock radio. Hawthorne Heights’ second album, If Only You Were Lonely, arrived in 2006 along with a DVD titled This Is Who We Are. Lonely debuted at number three on the charts and continued to sell well, eventually going gold.  Hawthorne Heights issued a third album, Fragile Future, in August 2008 and in 2010 issued Skeletons, their fourth album. Also in 2010 the band formed their own label, Cardboard Empire. Along with touring, they began work on a series of EPs beginning with Hate in the summer of 2011, then Hope in late 2012. The following year the band showed their ambitions with Zero, a post-hardcore concept album about a group of rebels in a dystopian, near-future America.

One of the few screamo bands to land a Top 40 pop hit, the Red Jumpsuit Apparatus formed in 2003 in Middleburg, Florida. After writing and rehearsing for 18 months, the bandmembers were urged by several friends to pursue their music seriously. In 2005, the Red Jumpsuit Apparatus began crafting their full-length debut. The resulting Don’t You Fake It appeared in July 2006 and was certified gold by the year’s end, propelled by the success of the Top 40 single “Face Down” and the band’s stint on the summer-long Warped Tour. The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus play melodic hard rock that makes room for punk and power-pop influences. Frontman Ronnie Winter’s emotional vocals get the band classified as emo by some, but their brand of earnest, angsty rock is more closely aligned to that of groups like Hoobastank or Linkin Park.

The Pretty Reckless with Adelita’s Way, Crash Midnight

Taylor Momsen rose to fame as an actress on the TV series Gossip Girl before launching a separate music career. She formed The Pretty Reckless in 2009, finding a balance between hard rock and post-grunge and taking cues from female-fronted bands like Hole and the Runaways along the way. They worked quickly, playing some initial shows in New York City before landing an opening slot on the Veronicas’ North American tour several months later. The tour went well, and Interscope Records signed the band before the year was up.  After spending several months in the studio, the group released its first single, “Make Me Wanna Die,” on the Kick-Ass soundtrack. The band’s first album, Light Me Up, saw release in Europe and Australia in late summer of 2010 and the record rolled out in North America in 2011 to rave reviews. The Pretty Reckless toured steadily behind Light Me Up, releasing the Hit Me Like a Man EP in March of 2012. A year later, the group’s second full-length album Going to Hell appeared and steadily climbed up the Billboard charts.

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