What's New / Gigs in 2004 Sunday
December 19th - Canada's Jane Siberry and The Zambonis play "Hockey"
Saturday
December 9 - THE ZAMBONIS TAKE LATVIA!!! Weekend of December
9th - LATVIA POST GIG REPORT Saturday
October 16 - ZAMBONIS PLAY OPENING NIGHT!!! HOCKEY IS BACK !!!!
Thursday
November 4 - The Zambonis with HEATHER! November
12 Saturday - THIS SHOW IS THE COOLEST !!! Saturday
November 27 - Rudy's!! Friday
September 10th - The Zambonis headline Bridgeports SWEETPORT FESTIVAL.
Saturday
September 18th - The MERCURY LOUNGE in NYC Friday September
24th - The Backroom in Brooklyn
Saturday
September 25th - Jimmys Seaside in Stamford CT...
August 16th -
THE ZAMBONIS ON ESPN.COM Weekend of August 14. We are very excited (and honored) to be playing at the TRAVIS ROY FOUNDATION CONCERT near Burlington, VT. This show will be a classic with celebrity guests, hockey leagues from squirts to seniors, Wiffle Ball tournament, and hockey rock. We will be performing live at the 8th wonder of the world, Little Fenway. You have to check this out! This show is road trip worthy....see you there. Weekend of August
14 - POST GIG REPORT     
 
Thursday August
5th - The Zambonis Win Best Rock Band !!! 
To celebrate our victory, we will perform LIVE at The Temple Bar (120 Bedford Street/downtown) Stamford, CT on Thursday August 5th at 9 p.m. (203) 708-9000. Also performing: Jaws (Best Country Rock Band) and Electric Hill (Best Soul Group). ZAMBONIS to be FEATURED on ESPN's SportsCenter!!!! This Friday night (July 30) at 6 p.m./11 p.m. and repeated throughout the night/morning, the extremely smart ESPN folks are featuring stories on the "sports/music connection." They'll be mentioning the "Very cool, savvy all-hockey band, The Zambonis," showing a live clip of the band, as well as playing our song, "Bob Marley and The Hartford Whalers." Look for more Zamboni stuff coming soon on ESPN.com. We will keep you updated. Saturday July 10 Freddy’s in Brooklyn, HERE WE COME!! Let’s just say it: WE LOVE FREDDY’S!!! We played here once and just loved it. We are on at 10 pm. FYI: The Village Voice called it, "The Best Brooklyn Bar." Freddy's Bar & Backroom is located at: 485 Dean Street, Brooklyn. (718) 622-7035. July 10th - POST GIG REPORT: OOOH, new songs. We Zambonis gave ourselves a challenge for this gig and that was to play a whole bunch of new songs. I remember growing up and going to see REM and then Pavement and when they would play a song you never heard before it was like an awesome secret between you and the band. Some of the new tracks we premiered at this gig were1) "I Never Lived" (a song about Jon from The Zambonis wife and the Stanley Cup) 2) "That's Good" (we literally wrote this one 3 days before the gig and played it at the gig) 3) Bob Marley and The Hartford Whalers (We dug this one up and sort of reworked it a bit. I am pretty sure we have not played this live since Kevin Dineen wore a Whaler jersey) Another highlight was our friend Kevin coming out from behind his computer (he has an awesome website called insidehockey.com) and playing keyboards with us on a few songs. He also filled in for the missing hockey monkey (guy in a monkey suit who comes to all our gigs) For the fear of causing waves with our mascot/hockey monkey, Kevin wore a $15 lion mask forcing us to sing the new classic "Hockey Lion". Again, thanks to all who came down to lovely Brooklyn. Check out this fan site for more on the gig June 5th - NYC's The
Living Room POST GIG REPORT: This was a very sweet night.
We thought being on at midnight might keep some folks away but,
its fricken NYC. People were just getting up. 6 GREAT things about
the gig. 1) one of our SUPERFANS Bob K from Philadelphia debuting
his new Zambonis/Hockey Monkey jersey. He paid around $230 to
make this classic jersey. In Hartford Whaler colors to boot. The
front logo is a classic drawing from our friend and co-writer
of the song Hockey Monkey James Kochalka. The back is a big old
92 representing the year we decided to write songs solely about
hockey. 2) Our new best friend and part time Zamboni member Tom
Tater playing bass. Tom was fearful of a hostile NY crowd, Tom
chose to rock with a shield. 3) We brought out the old 1966 Farfisa
compact organ and she sounded as good as she did back then. Whether
in a hockey arena or at a hockey concert, you just cant beat a
hockey organ 4) A flawless performance from the rarely seen Saskatchewan
hockey monkey (now living in Queens) Whether in a hockey arena
or at a hockey concert, you just cant beat a guy in a monkey suit.
5) Game 6 of the Stanley Cup going into double OT and then finishing
exactly 8 minutes before we had to go on. There is a god and He
(George Burns) loves hockey. And Tampa. And us. 6) Everyone who
came to the show. Thanks for comin from Ohio, Boston, Philadelphia,
Brooklyn, Queens, Da Bronx and the rest of ya. THANKS ! Your the
best ! Saturday May 15 Stamford, CT @ Jimmy's Seaside. A punk-rockin’ evening with The Zambonis, Elvis McMan and The Boardlords (a skater band). We are on around 9—don’t be late. 891 Cove Rd. Stamford, CT (203) 964-9225. Saturday May 22 NYC @ Siberia. 40th St. & 9th Ave. (black door, red light) 9pm Dickvandick 10pm THE ZAMBONIS 11pm America’s Sweethearts. 12pm Navar $5 @ the door. Call (212) 333-4141. 
125th Maxim Magazine Awards Results No awards program has ever dared to commemorate complete and utter Maxim-ness…until now. Welcome to the 125th Maxim Awards. The best part: You chose the winners. -Maxim Online BEST BAND YOU NEVER HEARD OF The Zambonis (Tarquin) 32.43% Broadcast (Tommy Boy) 24.27% At the Drive-In (Grand-Royal) 22.21% The Go-Betweens (Jet Set) 21.09% YES Network! Sir George Steinbrenner’s personal cable empire, YES Network, features a show called “YES Network Magazine.” Soon (so they tell us) they will air a nice lengthy piece on the world of THE ZAMBONIS. This show has not aired yet, but will definitly be airing in the future...we will keep you updated. Please check your local listings. Some select highlights from the show are: Zamboni Dave taking his dream Zamboni ride; future New York Islander (current Bridgeport Sound Tiger) and AHL regular season goal-scoring leader Jeff Hamilton getting drilled on his knowledge of The Zambonis' music. Tivo alert! HELP US WIN THE
FROZEN FOUR!! We need your VOTES !!!!!!!! GUSTER AND THE
ZAMBONIS share the ICE !!!! Fa Fa Fabulous!!! The
popular harmonic rock trio Guster will be using our song called
"Guster Plays Hockey" on their new live DVD titled "GUSTER ON
ICE". The release is set for May 18th. Dave from The Zambonis
gets some nice face time in some backstage stuff with Guster and
The Barenaked Ladies. We hope by using our song the Gusters will
gain a bit more exposure and then stop playing smaller venues
like Radio City Music Hall and move on to playing live in Baseball
/ Football stadiums like The Beatles, Guns and Roses and of course
Sir Robbie Williams. "Guster Plays Hockey" is still available
on our limited edition website only cd called CHIPPY SESSIONS. ;)
May 2nd - Sunday in New Haven, CT @ Cafe Nine. We play at 6:30 pm and our punk rockin' hockey pals The Battlecats play at 8:00 pm. Be there or be Cher. April 10th - Zambonis LIVE @ Rutgers University... (a Saturday afternoon show) 88.7 WRSU-FM presents... A FESTIVAL Multipurpose Room Rutgers Student Center 126 College Avenue New Brunswick, NJ 08901 suggested 88.7 cents donation! (so bring your piggybank) 1 guest / Rutgers University ID (more info: www.wrsu.org)
March 28th - A very cool dude name Michael has a very cool site called oneadamtwelve.com He recently did an interview with The Zambonis CHECK IT OUT !!! March 28th - Hello BROOKLYN ! ! ! We are playing an awesome spot called Northsix. This show is special because we get to rock out with our old friend Atom. Unfortunately, Atom's old band, Atom and his package do not play live shows anymore but fortunately, this night is the NY premier of Atoms new band called Armalite. This band consist of some former hardcore heavy hitters. On bass is Dan formerly of Kid Dynamite, Lifetime and Paint It Black. Mike from Kill The Man Who Questions plays guitar and sings as does our boy Atom. This show is 18 and over so come on down. BROOKLYN ROCKS !!! March 26th - We play live at the 1st annual banquet for the WONDERLAND WIZARDS of CT. The gig is in Newtown, CT. Private gig but just reminding you all to SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL TEAMS/BANDS AND IT'S ABOUT THE KIDS !!!! March 12th - HELLO BURLINGTON, VT !!!!!! YES !!! We are coming back to our home away from home. The place...HIGHER GROUND in Winooski, VT Our last show there consisted of pure hockey rock, an elaborate hockey pinata dropping from the ceiling and just good old FUN!!! This is becoming a once a year gig so do not miss it. Guest to be announced.. HIgher Ground 1 Main Street Winooski, VT 05404 802.654.8888 March 11th - We ROCK Hampshire College with our new friends/band The Sean Fogel Experience. Showtime is around 9pm. March 7th - We play LIVE at the Acoustic Cafe located at 2926 Fairfield Ave in Bridgeport. Show starts immediately after the Bridgeport Sound Tigers take on the Binghamton Senators on our home ice here in Bridgeport. THIS IS AN EARLY SHOW. A great band from NYC called THE VITAMEN get on at 7:30 pm and then we ZAMBONIS hit the ice/stage at 8:15. BRING YOUR TICKET STUB FROM THE GAME. Admission is reduced with your stub. Their will be some special guest (The amazin Rev Dave?? Some Sound Tigers??? So come on down. LETS GO TIGERS!!! LETS GO ZAMBONIS!!! March 1st - We Zambonis are known for our hockey songs but thanks to the fine/smart folks at insidehockey.com, we are now writing a column called Ice Shavings. Its actually us just talkin about stuff we like, hockey songs, jerseys, hockey songs and more. Be sure to check out our 1st piece/column and, stay tuned for more. Feb 20th - We will be playing a 12 band hockey punk pop blow-out !!! Live in Hamden, CT at the very cool and always supportive of the scene THE SPACE. 295 Treadwell St., Building H Hamden, CT 06514 (203) 288-6400 Admission is $7 Besides 12 bands the folks putting this event together are building an ice rink in the parking lot. How? We do not know. Do they control the weather? We cannot answer that question either but, they are going for this so they get major points for the effort. BRING YOUR SKATES !!! Here is a list of the bands that are on the bill...... Sunday Feb 15 LIVE @ NYC's The Living Room - We Zambonis are joining our friends/awesome band The King Of France for an evening of great smart pop songs. Surprisingly enough, they do not write songs solely about kings or France. We, however will be singing about....hockey. King Of France on @ 9pm Zambonis on @ 10pm The Living Room is located at 154 Ludlow St NYC phone number is 212 533 7235 Their is no cover but they do request that you throw $5 in the bucket/helmet for a donation. 1 drink minimum. Feb 11th - We will be playing LIVE on TV for a segment of Lou Tilley's Sports Connection in Philadelphia! It airs regionally, so please check your local listings (this means you New York, DC, and Boston!). We will be doing an interview and playing 2 songs with a special guest (Atom (without the "Package"))!!! It's on the CN8 network at 11pm this Wednesday (Feb 11). Feb 6th @ The Bear & Grill in Fairfield, CT The Zambonis play live right after the Bridgeport Sound Tigers take on the Monsters of Lowell. The rules have always been Zambonis only play songs about hockey. The bottom line is we miss playing non hockey songs so, we will be warming ourselves up this night doing some of our favorite tunes from the past 40 years or so. We will also have some special guest doing some songs as well. Bring your ticket stub from the Sound Tigers game that night and get in for FREE!!! 10 pm THE NON HOCKEYS 10:45 THE ZAMBONIS GIG UPDATE : The YES Television network will be filming The Zambonis at this gig!!! They will be doing a feature piece on Dave's on ice MC work over at The New York Islanders farm team The Bridgeport Sound TIgers and then bringing their cameras over to the Bear and Grill to capture what some call "pure hockey rock." We will let you know when they will be broadcasting this feature. Feb 1st - WE WON !!! Thanks to our AWESOME FANS, we recently won a contest sponsored by Ruckus Sound& Style. The contest rules were, the band who got the most email request by their fans (1 vote per email) would get them a spot on a new cd compilation put out by Ruckus. According to the Ruckus people, "The Zambonis were the overwhelming winners"! The CD is out and we have a freshly recorded shiny new hockey song on it. The song is titled "Here We Go Again". The only place you can get this cd is at our live shows or you can email us. They are very limited. This song will be featured on our next cd possibly titled "Whacky Singin Hockey Nutz". Thanks again to all who voted for us!!!! Feb 1st - Fa Fa Fabulous!!! We have just learned that one of our favorite bands Guster will be using our song called "Guster Plays Hockey" on their new live DVD. It is also rumored that Dave from The Zambonis gets a little face time in some backstage stuff with Guster and The Barenaked Ladies. We hope by using our song the Gusters will gain a bit more exposure and then stop playing smaller venues like Radio City Music Hall and move on to playing live in Baseball / Football stadiums like The Beatles, Guns and Roses and of course Sir Robbie Williams. "Guster Plays Hockey" is still available on our limited edition website only cd called CHIPPY SESSIONS. January 9th @ Freddy's in Park Slope, Brooklyn We are playing with a steamy new NYC band called The Hot Big Bang at a place the Villiage Voice called, "The Best Brooklyn Bar." Freddy's Bar & Backroom is located at: 485 Dean Street, Brooklyn. Phone: (718) 622-7035. Expect the two bands to merge into THE HOT BIG ZAMBONIS and end this crazy evening with a HUGE MONSTER JAM. Or maybe we'll just do some Kinks and Cars songs together. It's all good. E-mail us any player in NHL history with the name Fred/Freddy and we'll buy you a drink at the show. 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