Hello Everyone,
   We would just like to ask people to come out and support us on July 7th at the North Star starting at 8pm sharp, we are the first band of the night. Tickets are 5 bucks and believe me this is going to be a good show with some new stuff. Please message us back if you want a ticket and we will make house calls to drop off tickets.

Hope to see everyone out there on Tuesday at 8pm,
Interstate76

Hello everyone!,
We are writing this to update people on what the band has been up to. As of Wednesday 3/11/09, we have been in Upper Darby recording our first EP in Cheek's Studios. So far everything has been going very well and we are excited about getting some stuff out there.

Until mid April we will be working on the EP and booking allot of shows for the summer. We will also be uploading videos and pictures of us working on the EP.

Hope everyone is having a good year so far,
Interstate76

Hello everyone!,
We just want to try and have everyone vote for us in the BATTLE OF THE BANDS EVENT. By following the link below you can vote for us to play at The Electric Factory in Philadelphia and you can vote for us to play Rams Head Live in Baltimore. Both of these venues are amazing to see a show at.

Please vote for us and the account is free to make. Can't beat that vote for us to win and the account is free to help us. Come on what are you waiting for? So please help us. Vote in PHILLY and in BALTIMORE.

link: www.battleofthebands.com/interstate76.

Thank you so much for your support,
Interstate76

Hello everyone! Stephan here just letting everyone know our lastest news.

As of right now we are in the process of booking shows for 2009. So far we might 2 or 3 shows. To us, that is not enough. We want to play so much more so please if you have anywhere you want us to play let us know.

The main reason for me to write this blog is to let everyone know that I was asked to play with a band on a float for the mummers parade. We are part of the Jolly Jolly Comic division. We will rocking out all the way up Broad Street and then later that night down 2nd street. If you are going to be at the parade please say hi and let us know what you think.

Thanks,
Stephan
Interstate76

On Saturday November 1, we played at the Artist Cafe in Brick, New Jersey which is 2 miles from the shore. After a 2 hour drive and a 20 minute delay in some small town we made it with 45 minutes before we would play.

When we arrived there was an acoustic set with a performer named "Astronaut Jones" getting his things ready to play. After his set there was a band named "Fast Exit". They were pretty good and were able to get the crowd of about 30 ready for us. Before we started to play Stephan was trying to figure out which songs to cut from the set list due to his voice being nearly gone from the previous nights before. Wedensday the Phillies won so everyone was going crazy then Friday was the parade, now you should see why he did'nt have a voice.

When we started playing everything sounded okay except for a little cracks here and there. The set we played was "Come Home' by Back Door Slam, "I-95", "Silence", "Carolina Blues" by Blues Traveler, "She Looked So Fine", and a new one we just wrote but don't have a name for it. By the time we hit "Carolina Blues" Stephan could not sing anymore so we basically talked all the words. For the new one, which we will call "No Idea" for now, Stephan tried as best he could to sing the very last part which to us sounded pretty good.

We would like to thank SeaShore Music for making this event possible, we would like to thank The Artist Cafe for holding this event and being so generious with giving the band drinks, and we would like to thank everyone who stayed to see us, a unheard of band from Philadelphia.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO EVERYONE. WE SHOULD HAVE PICS IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS.

Hello everyone Stephan here!!!! I am writing to just update everyone on the band and myself. First order of business, we have a HUGE show on August 27 at The Balcony. We will be playing with our good friends from the BlackHawks. Please get everyone you can to come out and witness this amazing night. Doors will open for this event at 7pm.

Second, as may of you may or may not know I, Stephan, got into the Guitar Sessions at Berklee College of Music. I am sitting here in the media center, which is located on the 1st floor of the dorm building, relaxing after 3 days of some pretty hard classes. Here is my planner for every day this week: First class is at 9 and the building where the class is held is about 4 blocks away. That class is my ensemble class with a teacher from Berklee named Mr. Julien Kasper. In his class we are preparing for a major show on Friday where we will pay for 700 people including the major people that run Berklee. The songs we are performing are a Jimmie Vaughan song( I cna't remember the name right now), and a Freddy King song as done by Ronnie Earl called "San Hose Zay". Both are very difficult and very fun to play.

The next class is Blues style 3 with Mr. Michael Williams. This is a great class because Mr. Williams is one of the main people who taught the great John Mayer. This class is amazing in the sense that it he teaches you some amazing riffs just like how the greats played them.

Then last but not least I have Fretboard Harmony with Ms.Robin Stone who is also one of the teachers here at Berklee. This class is mainly Theory along with reading music.

Sorry but at this moment I must got finish doing my laundry. So for now I say Cheers and thank you for reading.

Stephan Sirochman
Interstate76

Hello everyone!!! I'm just updateing everyone about our songs. Starting next week ( Monday or Tuesday) we will be adding some live tracks to our player. These were recorded at our show on June 13th @ The Trocadero. The songs that will be added our player; "Come Home" by Back Door Slam, "She Looked So Fine" by Stephanessence, "One Day" by Stephanessence, and last but not least "Carolina Blues" by Blues Traveler.

Once we upload these we ask that everyone takes a listen and lets us know what you think. Also, update on the show on July 18th. The Doors will be opening @ 6pm SHARP. First act is set to hit at 6:30 SHARP.

Thank you very much and hope everyone is enjoying their summer as much as us,
Stephan
Stephanessence

Hey whats going on folks. Stephan here just giving an update about the summer shows. We are currently working on booking shows in Philadelphia and its surrounding areas. So far today we have booked 3 shows in Philadelphia. They are as follows: July 18th @ The Fire 412 West Girard Ave, this is an ALL-Ages Event Doors open @ 6pm. Then on July 23rd @ The Balcony with the Bluebond Adult Student rock Program, Doors open @ 7pm. This is a 21+ event. Then on July 29th we are playing The New Music Tuesday Event @ North Star Bar. This is also a 21+ event. If you want us to play sometime at a venue just send us an message saying where and when.
Also, we are writing new material to start using and also to go into the studio with, there maybe a sneak preview on our page so keep posted!.!.

So everyone enjoy your summer and hope to see you at a few of our shows,
Stephan