Category: Flashback Friday
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Flashback Friday – Wrockstock Spooktacular
With Wrockstock Reunited quickly approaching, we wanted to share a vid of the very first Wrockstock! Back in October 2007, hoards of wizard rock lovers descended upon Potosi, Missouri for the very first time. New friendships were made, lyrics were sung, lots of bacon was consumed, and the legend of Uncle Carl began. Here’s a…
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Flashback Friday – WZRD
This week’s Flashback Friday isn’t so much about a certain band or song – it’s about a podcast that helped introduce wizard rock itself to countless Harry Potter fans. That’s right, this week’s Flashback Friday is WZRD! Jamie and Amy released 50 episodes of WZRD starting in 2006, before wrapping up in early 2011. Their…
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Flashback Friday – The Curse Breakers
For this week’s Flashback Friday, let’s all give a listen to Jessie and The Curse Breakers! The Curse Breakers only released one EP, which also came with a homemade bookmark and a Hufflepuff bracelet (or at least it did when I bought my copy, anyways). While Jessie is no longer making wizard rock music, she…
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Flashback Friday – Hollow Godric
Here’s an incredibly old, but no less incredibly awesome, video of one of the rare Hollow Godric live performances. “Autumn Note” will forever be one of my absolute favorite wizard rock songs, and Brandon Blair one of my favorite wizard rock musicians. Hollow Godric’s two albums can still be purchased via their Bandcamp page, and…
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Flashback Friday – Ginny and the Heartbreakers
For this week’s Flashback Friday, here’s Ginny and the Heartbreakers at Wrockstock ’08, performing with a few special guests. Although the band called it quits some time back, their EP “Love Storm” is available as a free download on their Bandcamp page. If you don’t own it, go grab a copy and enjoy!
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Flashback Friday – Phoenix Rising
Last night on Twitter, Doug MacDonald (aka Catchlove) noted that it had been 6 years since the Phoenix Rising conference held in New Orleans, LA. May 2007 was a momentous time – wizard rock was growing quickly, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows was 2 months away from being published, as was the release of the Order…