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Article in AMP Magazine, May 2009

Thursday, May 21st, 2009

Interview with Kristina Grossmann From ROCK FOR HEALTH

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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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