You’re at a bar or a party on a weekend night some time in 2012. You’re with your friends and you’re looking forward to socializing, drinking and having an all around good time. Then the host says one seemingly deadly, four syllable word-KARAOKE. Now maybe you like karaoke, maybe you despise it. But on this particular night, you don’t want to hear a bunch of drunk shmucks stumble over their words to a modified, prerecorded track. You think, “karaoke would sound a lot better with a live band.” You don’t need to look far for this experience! A karaoke band exists in Connecticut and you can rock with them every Friday night.
Bandwith Karaoke
Overall Grade: A
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/BandwithKaraoke
Location(s): Friday 10:00 PM Coach’s Bar and Grill, 201 Ann St, Hartford, CT
2nd Saturday of every month: Center Station, 845 Farmington Ave, Berlin, CT
Atmosphere: 10/10– Bandwith Karaoke delivers a truly thrilling atmosphere on Friday nights at Coach’s Bar and Grill in Hartford and on the second Saturday of every month at Center Station in Berlin. On those days, you can rock out with Lefebvre, Whit, J-Mo, Debbie and Stereo Joe to a wide selection of songs. These songs transcend the genres of rock, pop, rap and country, so there is something for everyone. If you’re nervous about performing in front of people, don’t worry! The band makes you feel welcome in front of the audience and provides you with the lyrics on screen that rests below the mic stand. You can perform a song by yourself or rock out with a friend, or two, or three…
Service: 10/10– Bandwith Karaoke provides excellent service in terms of instrumentals and organization. Bandwith Karaoke isn’t one of those bands you hire for a high school dance or wedding. These guys actually rock! We were impressed by their instrumentals, backup vocals and their ability to perform for hours without tiring. This is a band that performs well live and that’s more than we can say for many mainstream and local bands. The band also organizes their set list with precision. They try their best to make sure everyone has a chance to sing at least once. Arrive early so you can secure your name on the set list!
Price: 10/10 $5. This score should be self-explanatory
Variety: 10/10 Bandwith Karaoke provides a long list of songs for you to rock out to. They’re always adding songs to the list and they’re open to suggestions. Have a song idea? Simply leave the band a comment on their Facebook page and they’ll consider it!
In A Nutshell 40/40: Bandwith Karaoke scores a perfect A because they bring a true rock star experience and provide a night of fun at an incredibly low price! If you’re curious about the songs or the experience itself, check out the YouTube video and the set list below. We strongly encourage you to join this band!
Current Set list:
| 3 AM – Matchbox 20 99 Red Balloons – Goldfinger/Nena Ace of Spades – Motorhead Ain’t Too Proud To Beg – The Temptations Alive – Pearl Jam All Along The Watchtower – Jimi Hendrix All The Small Things – Blink 182 American Girl – Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers Animals – Nickelback Another One Bites The Dust – Queen Any Way You Want It – Journey Are You Gonna Be My Girl? – Jet Are You Gonna Go My Way? – Lenny Kravitz Baby Got Back – Sir Mix-A-Lot Baby One More Time – Britney Spears Back In Black – AC/DC The Bad Touch – Bloodhound Gang Basketcase – Green Day Beat It – Michael Jackson Before He Cheats – Carrie Underwood Betterman – Pearl Jam Beverly Hills – Weezer Billie Jean – Michael Jackson Bitch – Meredith Brooks Black Dog – Led Zeppelin Black Velvet – Alannah Myles Blitzkrieg Bop – The Ramones Blue Bayou – Linda Ronstadt Blue On Black – Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band Bring Me Some Water – Melissa Etheridge Bulls on Parade – Rage Against The Machine Bust A Move – Young MC Cat Scratch Fever – Ted Nugent Come Out And Play – The Offspring Come Together – The Beatles Crackerman – Stone Temple Pilots Crazy Bitch – Buckcherry Crazy Train – Ozzy Osbourne Creep – Radiohead Criminal – Fiona Apple Cumbersome – Seven Marry Three Dammit – Blink 182 Dancing With Myself – Billy Idol Dani California – Red Hot Chili Peppers Drive – Incubus Don’t Stop Believing – Journey Dr. Feelgood – Motley Crue Far Behind – Candlebox Fat Bottomed Girls – Queen Feel Like Making Love – Bad Company Fell On Black Days – Soundgarden Fight For Your Right – Beastie Boys Fire – Jimi Hendrix Flagpole Sitta – Harvey Danger Folsom Prison Blues – Johnny Cash Fortunate Son – Creedence Clearwater Revivial Free Fallin’ – Tom Petty Friends in Low Places – Garth Brooks F@!K You – Cee-Lo F@!kin’ Perfect – P!nk Gel – Collective Soul Girls Girls Girls – Motley Crue Girls Just Wanna Have Fun – Cyndi Lauper Give It Away – Red Hot Chili Peppers Gives You Hell – The All-American Rejects Good – Better Than Ezra Got You (Where I Want You) – The Flys Heartbreaker – Pat Benetar Hemorrhage (In My Hands) – Fuel Hey Jealousy – Gin Blossoms Hey Ya! – Outkast Hit Me With Your Best Shot – Pat Benetar Hotblooded – Foreigner I Believe In A Thing Called Love – The Darkness I Fought The Law – The Clash I Kissed A Girl – Katy Perry I Love Rock and Roll – Joan Jett and The Blackhearts I Touch Myself – The Divinyls I Wanna Be Sedated – The Ramones I Want You Back – Jackson 5 I Want You To Want Me – Cheap Trick I Will Survive – Gloria Gaynor Inside Out – Eve 6 Interstate Love Song – Stone Temple Pilots Jet Airliner – Steve Miller Band Johnny B. Goode – Chuck Berry Just A Girl – No Doubt Just Like A Pill – P!nk Just Like Heaven – The Cure Killing In The Name – Rage Against The Machine Kryptonite – 3 Doors Down Laid – James Last Kiss – Pearl Jam Last Name – Carrie Underwood Like A Stone – Audioslave Like A Virgin – Madonna Limelight – Rush Living After Midnight – Judas Priest Livin’ On A Prayer – Bon Jovi Longview – Greenday Love In An Elevator – Aerosmith Man In A Box – Alice In Chains Mary Jane’s Last Dance – Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers The Middle – Jimmy Eat World Misery Business – Paramore Mother – Danzig Mr. Brightside – The Killers Mr. Jones – Counting Crows Mustang Sally – Wilson Pickett My Hero – Foo Fighters My Own Worst Enemy – Lit Nearly Lost You – Screaming Trees The Needle and The Spoon – Lynyrd Skynyrd Need You Now – Lady Antebellum Nothing But A Good Time – Poison One – U2 The Only One – Melissa Etheridge Only The Good Die Young – Billy Joel Panama – Van Halen Paradise City – Guns N’ Roses Paralyzer – Finger 11 Paranoid – Black Sabbath Pardon Me – Incubus Picture – Kid Rock w/ Sheryl Crow Piece of My Heart – Janice Joplin / Big Brother and The Holding Company Plush – Stone Temple Pilots Poker Face – Lady Gaga Pour Some Sugar On Me – Def Leppard Proud Mary – Tina Turner Push – Matchbox 20 Redneck Woman – Gretchen Wilson Renegade – Styx Revolution – The Beatles Roadhouse Blues – The Doors Rock and Roll – Led Zeppelin Rock and Roll All Nite – Kiss Rockin’ In The Free World – Neil Young Rock n’ Me – Steve Miller Band Rolling In The Deep – Adele Santa Monica – Everclear Santeria – Sublime Say It Ain’t So – Weezer Semi-Charmed Life – Third Eye Blind Separate Ways (Worlds Apart) – Journey Sex on Fire – Kings of Leon Sharp Dressed Man – ZZ Top Shimmer – Fuel Should I Stay or Should I Go – The Clash Shut Up and Drive – Rihanna Simple Man – Lynyrd Skynard Since You’ve Been Gone – Kelly Clarkson Smells Like Teen Spirit – Nirvana Smooth Criminal – Alien Ant Farm Something To Talk About – Bonnie Raitt Son of a Preacher Man – Dusty Springfield Song 2 – Blur Start Me Up – The Rolling Stones Stay (I Missed You) – Lisa Loeb and Nine Stories Summer Nights – Rascal Flatts Sweet Caroline – Neil Diamond Sweet Child o’ Mine – Guns N’ Roses Sweet Home Alabama – Lynyrd Skynard Take Me Home Tonight – Eddie Money This Love – Maroon 5 Tighten Up – The Black Keys Tik Tok – Ke$ha TNT – AC/DC Tomorrow – Silverchair Torn – Natalie Imbruglia Train Train – Blackfoot The Trooper – Iron Maiden Turn The Page – Bob Seger And The Silver Bullet Band (Metallica) Undone (The Sweater Song) – Weezer Waking Up In Vegas – Katy Perry Walk This Way – Aerosmith Wanted Dead or Alive – Bon Jovi The Warrior – Scandal The Way You Make Me Feel – Michael Jackson Waterfalls – TLC What I Got – Sublime What I Like About You – The Romantics What’s My Age Again – Blink 182 What’s Up – 4 Non Blondes When I Come Around – Greenday White Wedding – Billy Idol Who Knew – P!nk Wonderwall – Oasis Would? – Alice In Chains You Belong With Me – Taylor Swift You Give Love A Bad Name – Bon Jovi You May Be Right – Billy Joel You Oughta Know – Alanis Morissette You Really Got Me – Van Halen You Shook Me All Night Long – AC/DC Youth Gone Wild – Skid Row Zombie – The Cranberries |
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