US 70s hard rock worshipping outfit Tines to release video for »Thin Blue Line« on May 31!

Buffalo, NY 70s hard rock worshipping outfit Tines will release a video for their single »Thin Blue Line« on May 31st, 2023. This comes on the heels of last month’s release of their cover of Deep Purple’s »Bloodsucker« featuring guest drummer Andy Patterson. This song is from their debut 7″ single (b/w »Rock & Roll Witness Protection Program«) released in Spring 2020.

The video was shot on location at the Loyal Order of Moose Club Buffalo Lodge # 8 in the Riverside section of the city. A nod of the hat to guitarist Glenn Szymanski and singer Kelly Murphy’s time in cult 90s band Towpath, whose lyrical content dealt almost exclusively with the distinctive subculture of the neighborhood. Moose Lodges were an important part of the music scene in the 1970s, even seminal punk rock band Black Flag played their first show at # 1873 in Redondo Beach, CA.

The production of the video proved to be a huge technological hurdle to overcome. Days before the shoot, the main camera operator decided to send their camera in for repairs. Of course it didn’t come back in time and he was forced to rent a camera that he was unfamiliar with and forgot to turn on the microphone! Luckily, seasoned video editor Jacob Kedzierski was brought in to save the project and worked on it in his free time in between editing seasons of reality TV shows such as »90 Day Fiancé« and »Love During Lockup«.

Tines are currently writing new music for a full length including material that brings in elements of Santana/The Mars Volta style Latin rock and plenty of bluegrass style banjo picking.

They’ve played Maryland Doomfest and Descendants of Crom Festival in Pittsburgh and look forward to getting back on the live circuit in the near future.

Tines are:
Glenn Szymanski – Guitars/Backing Vocals
Kelly Murphy – Vocals
Arrow Fitzgibbon – Keyboards/Guitars
Mike Hermann – Bass

Find Tines online: linktr.ee/Tines

Bojan Bidovc // music enthusiast, promoter, misanthrop and sometimes a journalist as well