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SET YOUR GOALS, drops off 4 days of AP tour due to illness

Thursday, September 24th, 2009

Due to an unforeseen health issue with one of their members, Bay Area popcore sextet Set Your Goals have had to drop off the first four stops of the AP Tour Fall Ball. The band’s statement is re-posted below:

“We just wanted to let you guys know that unfortunately we have to cancel our performances on the AltPress Fall Ball ‘09 Tour in Pontiac, MI, Columbus, OH, Grand Rapids, MI and Chicago, IL. One of the members of Set Your Goals is very ill right now and is unable to make it to the first several dates. We will know more about his condition and when we’ll be able to re-join the tour by Monday. Thanks to everyone at Alternative Press for their amazing support and to all our fans in advance for their understanding. We wish our brother a speedy recovery, and will talk to you soon.”

The Fall Ball will still go on as scheduled with the Academy Is…, Mayday Parade, the Secret Handshake and You Me At Six all performing; SYG is currently slated to re-join the tour in Milwaukee on Sept. 30.

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A New Vaccine Found For HIV

Thursday, September 24th, 2009

BANGKOK, Sept. 24 (Xinhua) — Thailand on Thursday announced the breakthrough in the HIV vaccine development — the first time ever that there is evidence that HIV vaccine has preventive efficacy.

“It is found that the vaccine has 31.2 percent efficacy in reducing the risk of HIV infection,” Thai Public Health Minister Withaya Kaewparadai told a press conference in capital Bangkok.
Withaya presided over the official announcement of the outcome of the HIV Vaccine Phase III Trial.

The Public Health Ministry conducted the study, which used strains of HIV common in Thailand. Sponsor of the trial is the U.S.Army Surgeon General, with funding support from the National Institute of Health and U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command, while sanofi-pasteur and GSID provide candidate vaccines for the trial.

With field research works implemented by Thais and deemed the world’s largest HIV vaccine study, with the trial of 16,402 Thai volunteers, has now been completed in central provinces of Chonburi and Rayong, Withaya said.

Withaya said although the efficacy rate is not high enough for use, this nonetheless constitutes significant knowledge that can be applied to improve HIV vaccine efficacy in the future.

“All these will form an important foundation for further HIV vaccine development in Thailand in the future,” said Doctor PaijitWarachit, Deputy Health Permanent Secretary.

Meanwhile, Doctor Mom Luang Somchai Chakkrabhand, Director-General, Department of Disease Control, said that “HIV vaccine development must be accompanied by intensive application of other preventive measures.”

The Department of Disease Control is committed to HIV vaccine development in collaboration with networks of researchers in Thailand and internationally aiming to an appropriate HIV vaccine accessible for people, Doctor. Mom Luang Somchai said.

The Phase III Trial of HIV vaccine demonstrates collective efforts and a common understanding that HIV prevention is everybody’s concern, and which requires participation of all sections at national and international levels in search of additional preventive measure.

“The success is the pride of Thailand. We thank the volunteers, communities in Chonburi and Rayong province, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and researchers for their contribution to the HIV vaccine development,” he said.

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SAN DIEGO ROCK BAND A CITY SERENE INVOLVED IN LIFE THREATENING CAR ACCIDENT

Sunday, September 20th, 2009

Donations are Now Being Accepted to Assist with Growing Medical Costs

Tuesday, September 15, 2009 – On Sunday, September 13, San Diego based band A City Serene was involved in a major traffic accident resulting in all six members being air-lifted to area hospitals with life-threatening injuries. The band, who had just released their Debut EP, The Art of Deceiving Perception was on tour traveling north on Interstate 5 near Bakersfield when a truck traveling the opposite direction lost control, crossed the median, and hit their bus head on. The incident shut down the freeway in both directions while crews cleared the accident and allowed life support to land. All band members were sent to different hospitals, the closest being nearly three hours from San Diego.

To assist with the financial burden this tragic event will pose to the band’s families, A City Serene fund (click here) has been set up through PayPal, allowing friends and fans to donate anything they can to the cause. Updates on the band’s condition can be found here http://www.myspace.com/acityserene and coverage of the accident can be seen here.

A City Serene ranging in age from 19-22, include singers Xander Bourgeois and Carly Baker, guitarists Kris Renfro and Michael Sherman, bassist Michael Koch, and drummer Mike Buxbaum. The band was looking forward to playing their already scheduled homecoming show in San Diego, CA at SOMA on October 3, which will continue on in their absence with all proceeds raised going directly to the families of the band members. More information can be found www.SOMAsd.com.

Band representatives, friends, and families are asking for the support of fans at this time to help spread the word about the tragedy, donate to the fund, and stay up to date on new developments.

Please check back for more information on what you can do to help through ROCK FOR HEALTH.

Contact
Billy Candler
Candler Creative Management
billycandler@gmail.com

Links
A City Serene MySpace
A City Serene PayPal Fund
A City Serene EP, The Art of Deceiving Perception
SOMA show info http://www.somasandiego.com/

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Photo teaser!

Monday, August 10th, 2009

Tat

TAT (c) Jered Scott
Warped Tour 2009

Tags: photos, Tat, Warped Tour 2009
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Three weeks in!

Monday, July 20th, 2009

It’s hard to believe that we are just about three weeks into tour… How quickly time has been flying! Each and every day we are greeted with curiosity and support from kids and bands. Not a day goes by that I am not taken back by the support expressed. There is nothing quite like having someone come up to the table and say, “what you’re doing is amazing…it’s inspiring!” Admittedly, I did get teary eyed a couple times! As the tour has been going on our outreach has been growing and surpassing our expectations, we have you, the readers, the admirers, to thank for it. So, thank you.

Much love to these great people we met this weekend!

Lainie!

The girls who made a bag out of a tee shirt!

Just to bring you up to date. The past couple days we have been conquering the east coast. Friday we were in Camden/Philadelphia, followed by NY on Saturday and Oceanport, NJ on Sunday. We would like to throw out a big thank you to Oceanport, it was the best day so far! We are continuing on to Boston tomorrow and it promises to be a great day…there are going to be some awesome surprises throughout the day so come to the tent and see what’s up!

You guys have been keeping us busy! There is little time to catch bands lately, but Kristina and I were able to catch some of Chiodos the other day (the band is an avid supporter of RFH), they were incredible! Plus, Matt (of Chiodos) was wearing our shirt on stage in Oceanport! How cool?! They sound better than ever! If you have the opportunity to check them out on a future date of the tour- we advise you do so! Rock For Health is lucky enough to be on a bus with a talented new band called There For Tomorrow, our table in Oceanport happened to be pretty close to the Smartpunk stage and we were able to see some of their set…it’s looking good!

Thank you Matt (chiodos) and Nick (guest vocals for chiodos)!

Lil Jon came to hang out in Uniondale on Saturday! He has been a RFH supporter since February of this year! His shirt of preference? The black tee. What a great guy, we were stoked to see him!

Please continue to come to the table. Please ask questions. Your curiosity and support are what keep us smiling throughout the day.

-Amanda & Kristina

A quick thanks to Less Than Jake, POS, A Skylit Drive and Meg & Dia – we recently spotted you supporting the cause!

Tags: Warped Tour 2009
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Rock For Health on FUSE

Saturday, June 13th, 2009

one year ago being interviewed by Steven from FUSE!

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Article in AMP Magazine, May 2009

Thursday, May 21st, 2009

Interview with Kristina Grossmann From ROCK FOR HEALTH

by:

DAN GONYEA

Posted on May 13, 2009 – 1:10 pm | Comments (1)

FOR AMP MAGAZINE

Think of any band that has been around for a long time, and the members will surely have stories of sickness, injuries, and accidents. Without the proper health insurance, many of them avoid hospital visits until severe issues occur. Behind the scenes, there is one person who is striving to put an end to this gamble in health played by musicians on every tour. Kristina Grossmann, the owner of Rock For Health, has stepped in to assist in musicians receiving the medical insurance when no one else will. Her partnership with medical organizations has provided hundreds of bands with a breath of relief, one less stressful thing to worry about in the toils of touring life.

Last year, you were at Bamboozle with Rock For Health, as well as the Warped Tour after that. How much success did you have, and how do you hope to reach even more people this year than last?

The first really big festival that RFH did was actually SXSW in 2008. We were invited 4 days before it started! It was such a whirlwind, but it was amazing. Many of the people that I met there I actually still work with today. As far as Bamboozle last year was, my main goal for being there was to talk to and inform as many bands as I could about the company, as well as hook them up with merch. I spent a lot of time handing out fliers and talking to crew members and other venders at the festival as well. Doing all of that was a huge success – I gained countless new supporters and was able to start helping numerous bands that played the festival. It was great – the company was still less than a year old then, and that’s exactly what needed to be done!

This year I am very excited about! We have a booth out in vendor/merch world, with the help of NakedEye Magazine, who has been really great to the company in helping spread the word. I’ll be releasing a new line of merch here and having signings with quite a few big name bands – information that I have not yet released to the public. I’m very excited to meet new band and new supporters of the company, as well as hang out with everyone that has helped the company get to where it is today! I definitely have a lot of things lined up this year that will attract a lot of people who have yet to be informed about the company.

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