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Chris Riemenschneider

Minneapolis

Star Tribune music critic from the jungles of East St Paul / [email protected] / Author of "First Avenue: Minnesota's Mainroom"

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  • 1 week ago | startribune.com | Chris Riemenschneider

    Ahead of its biggest hometown show ever and a cool batch of other summer gigs, one of the Twin Cities' most popular rock bands of the 21st century has announced the release of its first album in a decade. Motion City Soundtrack has set a Sept. 19 release date for "The Same Old Wasted World," which will come out once again on venerable California punk label Epitaph Records.

  • 1 week ago | thebrunswicknews.com | Chris Riemenschneider

    By Chris Riemenschneider, The Minnesota Star Tribune MINNEAPOLIS - With another busy summer of gigs lined up around the Upper Midwest, Gear Daddies frontman Martin Zellar revealed to fans he's suffering from osteoarthritis and can hardly play guitar anymore. "My problems are ones you might expect for someone who's spent 45+ years as a professional musician: my hands, wrists, and ears are in rough shape," Zellar, 62, wrote in his newsletter ahead of his slew of shows.

  • 1 week ago | miamiherald.com | Chris Riemenschneider

    MINNEAPOLIS - With another busy summer of gigs lined up around the Upper Midwest, Gear Daddies frontman Martin Zellar revealed to fans he's suffering from osteoarthritis and can hardly play guitar anymore. "My problems are ones you might expect for someone who's spent 45+ years as a professional musician: my hands, wrists, and ears are in rough shape," Zellar, 62, wrote in his newsletter ahead of his slew of shows.

  • 1 week ago | startribune.com | Chris Riemenschneider

    With another busy summer of gigs lined up around the Upper Midwest, Gear Daddies frontman Martin Zellar revealed to fans he's suffering from osteoarthritis and can hardly play guitar anymore.

  • 1 week ago | dailygazette.com | Chris Riemenschneider

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C. Riemenschneider
C. Riemenschneider @ChrisRstrib
19 Jun 25

The next week’s concert calendar is full of free and/or outdoor concert options, an acclaimed new Pakistani singer and the most ass-kicking Cajun band I’ve ever seen. https://t.co/LNm2OKV3Pu

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C. Riemenschneider @ChrisRstrib
18 Jun 25

Martin Zellar has been fighting through osteoarthritis for years at shows and has to give up playing guitar, but the Gear Daddies frontman's busy summer itinerary shows he’s not retiring from singing. https://t.co/G3jklBnzbu

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C. Riemenschneider @ChrisRstrib
16 Jun 25

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