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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Ref. 2451 February 17, 2005 Globe Gazette and NIACC Performing Arts Series Present Guster Guster, the Boston-based trio whose latest Palm Pictures/Reprise Records release, Keep It Together, consolidates its reputation as one of the most enduring and original bands in modern music. Guster will perform on April 26 at 7:30 p.m. in the North Iowa Community Auditorium as part of the NIACC Performing Arts Series and sponsored by the Globe Gazette. Comprised of Ryan Miller (guitar, vocals), Adam Gardner (guitar, vocals) and Brian Rosenworcel (percussion), Guster has earned critical acclaim and a dedicated fan following with virtually nonstop touring and a series of groundbreaking albums, including 1994's Parachute, 1996's Goldfly, 1999's Lost And Gone Forever and the abovementioned Keep It Together, released last year. Formed in 1992 at Tufts University, Guster has since appeared on The Late Show with David Letterman, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Late Night with Conan O'Brien, The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn, Last Call with Carson Daly and Austin City Limits, and had two songs prominently featured in the film "Life As A House". Two songs from Keep It Together enjoyed major radio success: "Amsterdam" climbed its way to #1 at AAA and to the top 20 of Adult Top 40 and "Careful" is went to #5 at AAA, breaking into Hot AC. In the process, Guster has racked up a wealth of performing and recording experience since its formative days at Tufts University. It was in 1992 that the trio first met, made common creative cause, and kept the ball rolling, busking by day and playing steady club dates by night, quickly carving a niche for themselves on the bustling Boston music scene. Guster's hardcore fans, along with the merely curious and accidentally intrigued, are in for something of a surprise with Keep It Together. The album's baker's dozen of original selections includes the single "Amsterdam" and standout selections like "Diane," "Red Oyster Cult," "Backyard," and "Come Downstairs And Say Hello." Together they take the team of Ryan Miller (guitar, vocals), Adam Gardner (guitar, vocals) and Brian Rosenworcel (percussion) into some intriguing new aural territory, a landscape scattered with vivid cinematic imagery, unsettling insights, and autumnal shadings of the most brilliant and fleeting subtlety. All pretty much standard operating procedure for a group that has built a fanatical fan base through near constant touring and three previous releases: 1994's Parachute, 1996's Goldfly, and 1999's Lost And Gone Forever, which in aggregate neatly lifted Guster from the teeming ranks of alt-rock underdogs into the rarified realms of The Real Deal. This status has been cemented by the group's performances at everything from Woodstock '99 to their own sold-out shows in venues like the FleetBoston Pavilion (Boston), Central Park SummerStage (New York), The Riviera Theater (Chicago), The Warfield (San Francisco), and The Tabernacle (Atlanta), not to mention sharing bills with a raft of heavy hitters such as opening for John Mayer. "We focused on feelings and moods," concludes Gardner. "It's a way to keep the interaction between ourselves and our audience as open as possible. We like to keep things honest, because we're just not very good at faking it." So there you have it. Guster: the band that can't fake it. And that -- along with the willingness to learn new musical skills and share a broken heart with the whole world -- is where good music begins. Tickets go on sale on Feb 17 – March 2nd to NIACC season ticket holders and on March 8th to the general public. For tickets to Guster, call the NIACC Box Office at 1-888-466-4222, ext. 4188. The NIACC Performing Arts Series is sponsored by First State Bank of Belmond; the Elizabeth Muse Norris Charitable Fund; the Globe Gazette; Henkel Construction; Kraft; Crescent Park Corporation; Principal Financial Group; Drs. Beck & Lovick, Neurological Surgery; Clear Lake Bank & Trust; First Citizens National Bank; Hanford Inn; Mercy Medical Center – North Iowa; Pepsi; Sukup; Applebee’s; Godfather’s Pizza and NIACC. #####
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