Episode #47 - Roots of the Demon - Part 5

Night Demon Heavy Metal Podcast

This week we continue our in-depth exploration of the individual musical and life journeys that culminated in the creation of Night Demon. We pick up the story in Ocean City, Maryland, where a chance meeting resulted in Dusty meeting Shane Mac. Together, the two of them formed New Liberty, an ass kicking riff rock band hellbent on living the '80s rock star dream. After another chance meeting at a singer/songwriter event, New Liberty were invited to Ventura, California to record a demo. Still chasing their pipe dream, Dusty and his bandmates piled into an ancient, decrepit RV and moved cross-country. By chance, they were slated to record their demo with Armand in his studio. Armand and New Liberty hit it off famously, both musically and personally, and Armand joined the band soon after. In this new configuration, New Liberty developed a strong local following and played numerous searing gigs, many of which Jarvis attended as a fan. Meanwhile, Jarvis was pouring his musical energy into Jeff Hershey and the Heartbeats, exploring different musical terrain, lifting his musicianship out of a one-dimensional rut, and learning volumes about other styles of music, showmanship, and European tour life. Eventually, however, Jarvis began feeling that the Heartbeats project had run its course and was left feeling uninspired. At around the same time, New Liberty imploded when the shifting music industry climate conspired to prevent them from parlaying their homegrown success into something bigger. A perfect storm was brewing. The time was nigh for Night Demon.

Become a subscriber today at nightdemon.net/subscriber. This week, subscribers have access to the bonus content below:

• Jeff Hershey and the Heartbeats streaming audio tracks & video
• New Liberty streaming audio tracks & video
• Shane Mac streaming audio track
• New Liberty & Jeff Hershey and the Heartbeats live photos

New Liberty - https://www.facebook.com/newlibertyband/

New Liberty on ReverbNation - https://www.reverbnation.com/newliberty

New Liberty "Devil on the Loose" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=441eFjsGNdM

Army of Freshmen "Body Parts" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1iG6azUPjw

Jeff Hershey and the Heartbeats - https://www.facebook.com/jeffhersheyandtheheartbeats/

Jeff Hershey and the Heartbeats on Bandcamp - https://jeffhersheyandtheheartbeats.bandcamp.com/

Jeff Hershey and the Heartbeats "Knock You Down" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGFzMoQaR2Y

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