What's New / Gigs in 2005

Nov 27 - Zambonis with The Defenders, The Philistines jr, and The LeeVees!!!!!
Cap off the long holiday weekend with a fantastic--and early!--Sunday show
featuring four "top shelf" acts. At 7, the show kicks off with our old
friends The Defenders, whose kick-tail surf instrumentals rule like
Moondoggie.

Oct 20 2005 583 ART FACTORY WELCOMES MOBY, ZAMBONIS, James Kochalka & more...
Zambonis will be playing live at 9pm. read on for more info.......
For five weeks, 583 Art Factory will be transformed into a haven for visionary aficionados as electronic recording artist Moby brings his Little Idiot collective to downtown Stamford,CT. From October 20 to November 26, the south end gallery will showcase the music mogul’s limited edition prints. An electrifying "meet and greet" launch party with Moby and the Little Idiot artists will take place on October 20 from 6PM to 9PM. During the opening night celebration, visitors can enjoy the complimentary Teany Beverage Bar, featuring Moby’s line of natural herbal teas and the famous Teany Martini. Throughout the launch party, Moby will be signing the first 100 t-shirts purchased. The free event will also include a concert by the Zambonis, the world’s favorite and only all-hockey band. (Band scheduled to perform at 9:00PM). "Moby has also specially designed commemorative event t-shirts. The sale proceeds from these collection-edition shirts will benefit Friends of Animals in Darien,CT". Moby is a vegan and passionate animal rights activist. 583 Art Factory is located at 583 Pacific Street Stamford, CT. For event or merchandise information, call 203-325-1924 or visit www.583artfactory.com .

Oct 18 The LeeVees hits the stores!!! (its already up on itunes)
If you have not heard, Dave from The Zambonis and Adam from Guster have started a fun side project called The LeeVees. The guys signed to Warner Bros/Reprise Records and in no time have written and recorded a fine cd called "Hanukkah Rocks". Recorded with Producer and a founding member of The Zambonis Peter Katis (Pete recorded both Interpol cds, Guster, Get Up Kids, The National and a bunch of other great stuff) Just in time for the holidays comes 10 songs solely about Hanukkah. Yes, 2 jews have taken it upon themselves to fill the void of cool Hanukkah songs. The other team has classics, "White Christmas" (especially the Bing Crosby, David Bowie rendition) Little Drummer Boy, "Father Xmas" by the Kinks and many many more. Check out The LeeVees at WWW.The LeeVees.com and listen to some songs and check out our MYSPACE.COM page

Saturday Sept 9th Zambonis rock out with The Hold Steady at @ Central
Connecticut State University
OK, we love hockey but, we really love music to. Don't get us wrong, we gladly rock a hockey game or arena, but every now and then there is nothing better than a gig with a great band in a small club. THIS IS IT. The Hold Steady are an awesome band and we are seriously soooo excited to be playing with them. Here is the info.... Central Connecticut State University @ Alumni Hall in the Student Center. Address is Central University 1615 Stanley St. New Britian, CT $2 for Students w/ CCSU ID $5 for General Public for directions, visit www.ccsu.edu

Saturday Aug 27th ZAMBONIS FIGHT CANCER WITH A CONCERT!
We are very proud to be playing live in Bridgeport, CT @ The Wonderland Of
Ice. This concert is a benefit to raise money for a 5-year-old boy named Paulie Cordero who is battling brain cancer. "Paulie's Fund" has been established as a fully tax-deductible charity through the NHL Hockey Fights Cancer initiative and is designed to assist families fighting cancer. The event begins at 6:30 p.m. with a hockey game between Paulie's All Stars against "Bridgeport'sFinest" Police Team.

THE ZAMBONIS CONCERT begins at 8 p.m. sharp. Tickets are $20 for adults and $10 for children. If you would like to make a donation, please send it to:
Paulie's Fund c/o
Wonderland Of Ice;
123 Glenwood Ave.;
Bridgeport, CT 06610 ph: (203) 338 0202.

Saturday Aug 20th (PRIVATE SHOW)
We play our second hockey-themed wedding in Massachusetts.
Yes, we do weddings but only if they involve hockey...and don't force us to play "Margaritaville."

Aug 4th .....NEWS FLASH !!!!
The Zambonis were on National Public Radio's "Day to Day" show . Click here and listen to the story.

Aug 1 Dave "Zamboni" Schneider writes a nice feature in The New Haven
Register.
Dave's top ten mix tape.

August 2005 ZAMBONIS WIN AGAIN!
For the second consecutive year, fans have voted us BEST ROCK BAND in the
Fairfield Connecticut's Weekly's Grand Band Slam. A BIG thanks to all who voted. Your support is always hugely appreciated. Let's all grab dinner at a diner--on us.

JULY 22 Friday Night
New Haven, CT @ the legendary Toad's Place! Why legendary you ask? Everyone has played this place over the last 35 years. Here are a few names, Dylan, Stones,Johnny Cash, The Cure, X, Robyn Hitchcock, PIL, Cake, , Debbie Gibson (We said everyone) Dave from The Zambonis and about 90 other folks even saw a cool band from Ireland called U2 there in 1981. Well, Its about time The Zambonis hit the Toad's Place Stage. Email us with your address and we will send you as many free tickets as you would like!!!!

JULY
ZAMBONIS ON ITUNES click here!!!

Saturday June 11-- ZAMBONIS PLAY CANADA...FINALLY!
We are sooo psyched to be rocking Toronto (home of the Hockey Hall of Fame!) as part of the prestigious North By Northeast Music Festival ( NXNE ) We will be playing LIVE at the legendary El Mocambo Club and we take the ice at 10:45. This is our first visit to Canada in many years. We need to be as huge in Canada--as Hasselhoff is in Germany. This is our shot. O Canada, come on down and support us. See ya in Toronto, Can't wait.

JULY 15-16, 2005 CULLY’S KIDS CELEBRITY WEEKEND Fargo/Grand Forks, North Dakota
We are honored to be performing at this wonderful event. NHL star Matt Cullen (currently a Florida Panther) and his awesome wife Bridget asked us to get involved. The Cullen Children’s Foundation is excited to host the inaugural Cully’s Kids Celebrity Weekend July 15-16 in Fargo, ND. The weekend fundraiser will provide financial resources to children’s healthcare needs, with an emphasis on cancer. The funds raised will benefit nonprofit children’s organizations in the Fargo-Moorhead area. We play at Playmakers House Of Rock. Doors open at 8pm and we are on at 9:30. Tickets are $50. With your help, the event can be a big success. If you would like to participate in the weekend or an individual event, please call Bridget at 701-306-3326 or email bridget@cullyskids.com for a registration form. And, if you would like to donate a silent auction item, please feel free to contact Bridget as well.

MAY
Dave "Zamboni" Schneider and Adam "Guster" Gardner announce their new band and side project, The LeeVees. They will be putting out a CD called "Chanukah Rocks" hopefully by this holiday season. Keep your fingers crossed. The songs were written in the span of 8 days on the Guster tour bus, in dank backstage areas and various hotel rooms during the Guster/Zambonis midwest tour in April. Oh, by the way, every song is about Chanukah (seriously), with tracks including "Apple Sauce vs. Sour Cream," "All Our Goyem Friends," "At The Time Share," and "Kugel."

Sunday May 1st - Guster and The Zambonis
Midwest tour is over but will never be forgotten! Thanks so much to Guster their crew/family and to all the Guster fans that were not afraid of an opening band in all hockey gear. Below are video clips from the tour. Here are your descriptions from left to right. Enjoy!!!

1.Guster Joe and Zamboni Steve Deuled Nightly on the Chicken-Pickin' Solos on our tribute to Johnny Cash "The Greatest Season
2. 20 minutes before we hit the stage in Winona, MN we asked the horn section from "Fred Savage and the Unbeatables" to play horns on our song called "Breakaway"
3. Last show of the tour, Guster and the Zambonis do the super jam on our song "Guster Plays Hockey"
4.Tarquin, Dave and John from the Zambonis and Brian from Guster hit the slip n slide hard at Rhodes College in Memphis, TN. Filming and Laughing supplied by Matt "the monkey" Gonzales
5. Guster and the Zamboni's wiffle ball game (with an unusual method of team selection)

May 2005 - Zambonis LOVE Insidehockey.com
They recently asked us a few questions about our recent tour with Guster through the Midwest. Check it out at INSIDEHOCKEY.COM Stay tuned for more Zambonis rants/writings/interviews on insidehockey.com.

Saturday May 14th - The Bear and Grill, Fairfield, CT
ALL AGES (bring the family) This is our coming home party from the Midwest tour with Guster. The show is in support of the local magazine, the Fairfield Weekly getting original music back in the bars and not cover bands. We Zambonis are on at 9 also playing will be 3/4 of The Zambonis called Tanski's Revenge. Don't miss em. for more info call 203 333 1522 The Bear and Grill is located at 2000 Black Rock Turnpike Fairfield, CT

April 2005 - Skate Around the USA Tour
The Zambonis hit the midwest with Guster!!! Please note that some shows are for students only, as noted (sorry). All shows are in April.

14 - Cleveland, OH - Case Western Reserve University (students only)
15 - Delaware, OH - Ohio Wesleyan University
16 - Memphis, TN - Rhodes College (students only)
20 - West Lafayette, IN - Purdue University
22 - Winona, MN - Winona State University
23 - Collegeville, MN - St. John's University (students only)
24 - Peoria, IL - Bradley University
26 - Mason City, IA - North Iowa Community College
27 - Appleton, WI - Lawrence University
29 - St. Paul, MN - University of St. Thomas (students only)
30 - Milwaukee, WI - Eagles Ballroom (The only club show of the tour)

Check our www.guster.com for more info!

Sunday April 10 - Bowling For Soup, American Hi-Fi, Ridlin Kids and The Zambonis LIVE in Hartford, CT!
We are very excited to head back to Hartford's wonderful Webster Theatre. We will be on in between American Hi-Fi and Bowling For Soup (around 9:30 or 9:45.) Also playing are a great band called Riddlin Kids and MClars. Doors open at 7pm. Just get there early, all of these bands are really good! We have played this club twice before, once with Guster and Ben Kweller and the other time with The Get Up Kids and Superchunk, and both were amazing shows. We are sure this will be a memorable one, too. Can't wait and hope  to see you all there.

Saturday April 9 - The Knitting Factory in NYC!
Not only are we headlining at one of our favorite clubs in NYC it is FREE! This gig is to celebrate the existence of New York's premiere street hockey league, Black Top Street Hockey. Doors open at 7pm, Beers are at a special hockey party price and we Zambonis are on at 8:45 sharp! The band and the party people have to be out of the club by 10pm so don't miss us and remember, ITS FREE !!!!!!. Knitting Factory 74 Leonard St Manhattan, NYC (212-219-3132).

April 2005 - Nice Zambonis feature in Nova Scotia paper
The Chronicle Herald - Halifax, Nova Scotia

April 2005 - Roger Farina (NHL's Inaugural 7th Man Fan of the Year in 2003)
We recently had the pleasure of being contacted by Roger Farina. He is an extremely devoted Hockey fan and is the co-creator of Fans Strike Back! Some of you may know Roger as the NHL's Inaugural 7th Man Fan of the Year in 2003. He has been seen on the Today Show, Fox and Friends and had the honor of dropping the puck at Game 1 of the 2003 Stanley Cup Finals. Roger also reigned as Commissioner for a day. This included a luncheon meeting with Commish Bettman. Many fine points were made by Roger except maybe when his love for The Islanders took over and he recommended that Bettman disband the NY Rangers. He actually wanted to have the dispersal draft at 3 o'clock that afternoon. We Zambonis respect his effort and love for the game and have given him the world premiere of our new anti-NHL Lockout song called "Just Play". The version he has up is not the finished version but you get the idea....Just Play (what do you expext us to watch basketball?) check out his site at www.nonhllockout.com.

February 2005 - The Zambonis  have achieved a career milestone with our debut feature in the holy grail of hockey, The Hockey News!!
We wrote/ranted on a few things we would like to see in "Our NHL " and, in addition to getting some nice words in the legendary magazine, they used a HUGE picture of the band. One dream completed.  Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Iissue, here we come.

Monday and Tuesday February 7 & 8 - NAHL All-Star Game!
The NAHL (National American Hockey League) has not only declared The Zambonis the league's "Official Hockey Band", but they are also flying us in to Dallas/Frisco to play at the inaugural NAHL All-Star Celebration. Monday night (2/7) we PLAY LIVE ON THE ICE while friends, family, fans, and wonderstruck onlookers skate around the rink. Dubbed, "We Play, You Skate," there is simply no better way to enjoy a hockey band performance. Tuesday night (2/8), we play before the All-Star Game in the corridor and then rock out at the after party at the Dr. Pepper Center in Frisco.

Saturday February 12 - Albany River Rats welcome The Zambonis!
The Albany River Rats, the primary affiliate of the National Hockey League's New Jersey Devils, have asked us to perform live at the club’s February 12th game against the Binghamton Senators. We will start playing at 3 pm in the atrium, one hour before game time. We will also perform  during the 1st period intermission. The game will also feature a live appearance by Nickelodeon's Dora The Explorer. Keep your fingers crossed for a Zambonis/Dora duet. The  Zambonis  will follow their Pepsi Arena performance with a 9:00 pm show at King's Tavern, 241 Union Avenue in Saratoga Springs, NY.

Saturday February 12 - Part 2 - Saratoga Springs, NY @ Kings Tavern
For the first time ever, we are joining forces with another hockey band. We are proud to announce our friends, Two Man Advantage, will be joining us for this show (you might remember they were featured with us in the recent Wall Street Journal article). They sing some songs about hockey, some about Heineken, and some about cars--and they all rock. As we all know, we still sing solely about hockey. Also on the bill are the Vertical Agents.

Thursday March 3rd - Stamford CT here we come! 
We will be taking part in the Weekly's original concert series at  The Temple Bar, 120 Bedford Street in Stamford, CT. (203) 708-9000 . We will be on at 9 pm. Hockey rockin' on a Thursday night, start your weekend early and come on down. ..We will be adding another band soon....stay tuned.

Saturday Jan. 22 - BROOKLYN IN DA HOUSE!!!
We love playing in Brooklyn, especially at the borough's coolest bar, Freddy's Backroom. Show up and you'll hear some classic oldies, classic newies and see the Hockey Monkey in his full dancing glory. How can you pass that up?! Playing with us are our friends The Saucers (9 pm), plus a special solo performance from the leader of the great band Sam Champion, Noah Chernin (10 pm), who we'll back up for a song or two. We are on at 11 pm. Freddy's Backroom, 485 Dean Street Brooklyn, NY. Phone: 718.622.7035.

iTUNES into The Zambonis!!
We always knew Steve Jobs was a hockey fan. Finally, you and your cousin from Billings can find legally downloadable Zambonis songs on the Web. Yes, the first pair of full-length Zambonis CDs, ("100% Hockey (and other stuff)" plus "More Songs About Hockey (and buildings and food)") are now available on iTUNES.COM!! Whether you choose the epic seven-minute Cold War on ice, "Hockey on The Moon" or the two-minute toe-tapper "Hockey Monkey", they're all just 99 cents. News flash: In just days, we're already the most downloaded all-sports rock band on iTunes!