The primary goal of NewEARS is to create a community of music enthusiasts dedicated to sharing and promoting progressive rock in the New England area. NewEARS intends to do this through its web site and mailing list and also through sponsored events.
NewEARS additionally hopes to promote progressive rock concerts in the future, utilizing the collected clout of the membership to attract artists to the area and persuade local clubs and promoters to book progressive rock events.
- To promote the recognition and knowledge of progressive and innovative music
- To introduce people to great new progressive music
- To introduce people to great old progressive music
- To meet other people who share an interest in progressive and innovative music
- To build a mutually-beneficial organization with a powerful presence in the New England area to make the worldwide progressive music community take notice
- What we are not.... An exhaustive resource for information about progressive music. The intention of this website is to promote the music and the interaction of local prog fans. There is already a lot of greatinfo out there on your favorite bands. Check out our links, for a start!
In January of 2002, a new group formed, tentatively called ProgForLowell, with the goal of bringing progressive music to the Lowell, MA area. The founders of the new group invited the original NewEARS founders to join their group. It was quickly decided that an opportunity existed to create something larger by fulfilling both the original goals of NewEARS as well as those of ProgForLowell. Thus, the two groups joined forces, adopting the already established name: NewEARS.
The rejuvenated NewEARS and it's new planning committee actively engaged itself in resurrecting and building the NewEARS community. By bringing like-minded people together through this organization, the NewEARS planners hoped to promote progressive rock music in the New England area and eventually bring more concerts to the area by drawing on the collective clout of the NewEARS community.
On Friday, March 29, 2002, NewEARS hosted its Inaugural Listening Party with special guests the band IZZ. The party was held in the home of NewEARS co-founder and planning committee member, Paul Arsenault, in Burlington, MA, and, for this reason, attendance was limited to 25. The capacity crowd witnessed an inspired, 30-minute, live acoustic performance by IZZ and was entertained by DJ John Collinge spinning songs that were pre-selected by attendees. All reports were that the event was a smashing success!
The planning committee is also exploring the possibility of hosting a Progressive Rock
Day at the Lowell Summer Music Series in summer, 2007 (in Lowell, MA).
This is tentative at this point. If things come together, the details will
be announced here and on the NewEARS mailing list.
- NewEARs Mailing List
- NewEARS General email - newears@newears.org
- NewEARS Planning Committee
- Web Site Maintenance - webmaster@newears.org