THE LATEST NEWS
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1.25.10 | HAITI EARTHQUAKE RELIEF
Here is a chance to get some great music and help a worthy cuase all at the same time. Starting Jan 25 through Feb 7 CDBABY.COM , our online distributor, will donate $1 from every CD sale throughout their website, and $1 from every relief organization with a large presence in Haiti. Now that's any music anywhere on their site.
THE BREAKERS are taking it a step farther and donating $2 more of every CD of ours that is sold in the next two weeks off of CDBABY.COM. If you have only bought our records in digital download form or have not gotten your full copy of either of our albums in digital or hard copy, this is a great chance for you to help us help Haiti and still get some great music in return. Not a bad deal?
Please follow these links below to purchase or goto our STORE PAGE SONGS FOR YOUNG EXECUTIVES
MCCLURE & TROWBRIDGE [l-r] Harold Bradley, fmr Pres AFM Nashville with George McClure
Follow the link below to our Nashville Publisher McClure and Trowbridge's Press Release concerning their new artist THE BREAKERS.
A BIG THANK YOU to everyone for all your support, looking forward to more in 2010! MCCLURE & TROWBRIDGE PRESS RELEASE 1.18.10
Come out to The Phoenix Super Bar in South County for a special 1hr set by The Breakers presented by LaDeDa Entertainent this Friday January 8th 2010. We'll do a mix of originals and some choice cover tunes. Its 8p-9p so get there early. Check the link below for directions and more info. THE PHOENIX SUPER BAR
3924 Lemay Ferry Rd.
St. Louis MO 63125
314-416-4266
Special thanks to our friends at STL SOUND MAGAZINE
and our new friends at S & E Entertainment
for hooking us up with this.More info will follow once the movie debuts. Enjoy the new decade and we'll be in touch soon!
9.23.09 | THANKS FOR SUPPORTING THE BREAKERS! PLEASE SUPPORT PIF!
Well we didn't make it to the TOP4 in Slurpee.com's battle of the bands, Oh well we were never too much into popularity contest anyway, always too busy trying to make great music instead...
boy are we're stupid or what?....point is that we weren't able to win and donate the slurpee guitar
to PLAY IT FORWARD.org, but you guys threw some incredible support our way and we truly appreciate everyone who voted. Also, thanks to all those went out in street team mode, and gathered others to do the same. We appreciate all the support we got from the local music media and especially those at STL SOUND MAGAZINE. Below is an upcoming event tomorrow that will be a chance for us all to give back at little and have a great meal at the same time.
READ THE FLYER BELOW and we'll see you at Applebee's (all STL area locations) to support local music and local music education!
ALSO CHECK OUT THE VIDEO BELOW Becca and Zach hitting the streets with there laptop for THE BREAKERS, THANKS GUYS!
We are the only band selected from St. Louis, from 1000's of band who enter across the nation, and we've made it to the next round in the TOP 16
bands in 7-Elevens Battle of the Bands online contest. We need you vote and your brother and your sister and your mom and dad's vote
to help us represent St. Louis into the next round. Right now our video for "The Ballad of Middle Management" is up
in a head to head competition with a group from Texas. We only have until 11:59PM September 14th to move into the next round of the TOP 8. We need everyone to register and VOTE for us.
and...If its not just enough to help us get a leg up and feel good about doing a good deed for good music,
there is also something in it for you too. Just by registering and voting at SLURPEE.com you too will have a chance at some fabulous prizes! such as....
So what are you waiting for people we have a deadline.
Thanks for getting us this far and let's do it again!!
Login to
SLURPEE.com now and let them know how we do in THE LOU! or where ever you're from if you love some Indie Rock and Roll and your favorite makers of such THE BREAKERS!
St. Louis - The St. Louis, MO based rock band THE BREAKERS are please to announce they have signed a
two song publishing deal with Nashville, TN music publishing house MCCLURE & TROWBRIDGE PUBLISHING LTD
The band has signed two songs from their first full-length album entitled SONGS FOR YOUNG EXECUTIVES
with MCCLURE & TROWBRIDGE PUBLISHING LTD for exclusive representation to Film & Television and
for licensing to Major and/or Indie Label Artist. The publishing house is run by Grammy-nominated writer/producer George McClure, who has stated to make THE BREAKERS' songs one of his top priorities.
McClure's credit's include not only a Grammy nomination for "Producer of the Year", but working with
INTERSCOPE RECORDS and the CBS NETWORK for PUSSYCAT DOLLS PRESENT 2, appearances on TNN, being nominated for "Vocalist of the Year" by the ACADEMY OF WESTERN ARTS, founder of NASHVILLE STAR SEARCH,
and having PHIL HARTMAN's "TROY MCCLURE" give airtime to "THE ALIEN MCCLURE" on the FOX NETWORK's hit show THE SIMPSONS, among many others.
George McClure, who not only heads MCCLURE & TROWBRIDGE PUBLISHING LTD but the
Indie label JIP RECORDS,
first became aware of songwriter DOUG BYRKIT and THE BREAKERS soon after one of the tracks being published MILES AWAY was featured on The Discovery Channel's Hit Show THE DEADLIEST CATCH. McClure was struck
by the song and after listening to the entire album quickly decided to offer a deal. MILES AWAY
along with
the Beatlesk song YOU WERE THE BEST were both chosen as the first two tracks for the company to represent.
The Breakers are once again being featured on Jay Adkins
NUA New,Unsigned,Alternative British radio show this weekend.
Tune in Saturday 8.15.09 (4-7pm Brit time, that would make it 10am-1pm US central time) on www.offthechartradio.co.uk , he's gonna play a
track from us that most of you haven't heard before. If you listen
to the show and email us back with the song title you'll get a free Mp3 of the track sent to your inbox.
In Addition:
The Breakers have been added to two new Radio Stations
Check em out at the links below INDIE LIFE RADIO
Indie Life Radio is an online streaming radio station which airs 24/7/365.
It was founded to meet the needs of independent artists and their music.
Indie Life had signed great DJ's and radio personalities such as Wally and the Y
to host live radio shows.
UNDERWORLD MIX RADIO
UnderWorldMixRadio.com is an internet radio station promoting unsigned and independent artists. It is part of a music network with over 100,000 listeners in more than 20 countries.
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NEW LIVE SHOWS 6.27.09 |
The Breakers are playing live again. New shows are booked.
We'll be doing a mix of originals and covers depending on the club and it should always
be a good time. If you missed the new line up play last year this is your chance to catch up. More shows will be posted soon so keep checking back or sign up for E-NEWS or join us on Twitter and get all the updates. Check the
SHOWS PAGE for more details.
Hey all just a quick update. It case you missed it, a clip of our tune "Miles Away" on The Deadliest Catch is now up on YOUTUBE. Check our VIDEO PAGE
or our
YOUTUBE PAGE
to check it out.Visit the Album Page for Songs For Young Executives or our MYSPACE PAGE to buy or hear the entire song.Happy Interneting!
Check it out we are a Featured Artist today on the lucky 13th of May at WestSideWill Radio in Chicago. Follow the banner above or go to www.westsidewill.com/artistshowcase
Just a quick update on our tune MILES AWAY that will be featured on the
Discovery Channel's Hit Show DEADLIEST CATCH The song will be used
in Season 5 Episode 3 (S05e03) : "Stay Focused or Die". It's original air date will be Tuesday April 28 2009.
If you miss it you can always watch it on HULU.com or at DISCOVERY.com
more Breakers fun to come and live shows too....stay tuned!
plus.........
The Breakers are now on Twitter!
So hop onboard and become one of our first Twitter friends!
follow the link to our page at
Hello everyone again..so soon. First off happy pie day! you know 3.14 in math its...yes we are nerds sorry. Now the news....
We are excited to share the news that through Mike Galaxy and those over at INDYHITS.com that the Discovery Channel's hit TV show the DEADLIEST CATCH will be featuring our tune MILES AWAY off our album SONGS FOR YOUNG EXECUTIVES. Not sure of many details as of yet except it will be used sometime in the upcoming season. Stay tuned and we'll let you know as soon as we do. Special thanks to Mike for hooking us up and we look forward to working with him and INDYHITS.com in the future.
HEY an actual update about the music!! We are thrilled to be featured this week ..especially for Valetines Day..ooooh do you feel the love too?.... Anyway one of our tracks DONT WALK AWAY is being featured on JAY ADKINS radio show on Off The Chart Radio this Feb 14th 12pm to 2pm. Check it out or for all of you love birds who will be a bit busssy or those that cant figure in the British time difference just check him and his show out online some other time. Click the pics above for the linkage! or go to www.offthechartradio.co.uk or www.offthechartradio.co.uk/jay Once again hats off to the Brits and OffTheChartRadio UK from The Breakers!
Hope to be hitting you all again soon, got a few things in the works.
DESPERATELY NEEDED UPDATES!!! |
The Breakers...where are they now circa 2009 |
I would like to apologize to anyone who has repeated checked this site recently
trying to decide if we are indeed dead, lost, gone to the funny farm, ect...
I would think though you could just call mom?? REALLY?
For the rest of you wondering, yes all six
or seven of you... I would like to assure you that The Breakers are not dead yet!
Maybe some close calls here and there... some of those brides on the wedding gigs can be vicious.
I do promise though some day when the stars align, kids sleep through the night,
degrees are attained, bank accounts no longer completely dry, more than 5 minutes can be spent updating this site
we win the powerball, and if some how by then old age has not ravaged us too much....
we or I or whom ever might play another gig or god forbide record another album!
So sit back enjoy the new season of American Idol, pray that 2009 is better than '08
(not sure how it could be worse, unless Obama really is just a good speaker), sign up for e-news and we'll let you know when
the miracle that is the constant death and re-birth of this here little band happens again.
Until we meet again my friends in digital or if perchance actually face to face human contact form,
I will keep myself from jumping into the shark cage if you promise to do the same! or not, really its OK
I wouldn't wait around for me either, i understand. No no I'll just be over here crying in the corner, its ok really
really though feel free to enjoy the music on this site and or email.. would love to say hello and
answer any questions you might have... but seriously mom just call its ok you won't wake the kids I promise
We are excited to have been the featured band of the day on
February 4th on an awesome indie music site called INDIESOLO.COM.
These guys feature only the best in indie music. Thousands of
artist submit to this site and only 365 get picked a year, and
we’re very happy to be one of them. Many Thanks to those over at IndieSolo
& hope you all had a chance to stop by.
First off Merry Christmas and Happy New Year or Happy Holidays or Hanukkah or Kwanzaa
or L Ron Hubbard day and/or whatever you celebrate………..or just what up if you’re a
practicing atheist…. We like to cover all the bases just to make sure things
don’t get weird you know. Ok well maybe things just did…..
We have a little gift for you guys in this the season of giving. We have a new video
for “The Ballad of Middle Management” to coincide with the release of the single on MATCHBOX RECORDINGS There is lots of previously unreleased
footage of the band in this so check it out on the VIDEO PAGE
or these other fine PAGES: THE BREAKERS YOUTUBE PAGE THE BREAKERS MYSPACE PAGE
ALSO on the VIDEO PAGE there are a couple of new live videos.
So make to check them out too
www.matchboxrecordings.co.uk
Our first single (The Ballad Of Middle Management) is being released on a compilation album on an International Record Label based out of the UK!!!
OFFICIAL RELEASE DATE: 26 NOV 2007.
from Matchbox Recordings website…..
STAY IN THE BOX 2 At last the second installment in the amazing " Stay in the Box " compilation series is unleashed.
"SITB2" is officially released on 26 Nov 2007 and is the special Matchbox Xmas album featuring the hottest new Indie
artists and bands from all over the globe. It showcases a wide range of new Independent artists and bands from all over the world. From modern rock and pop to acoustic, electro, punk, hard rock, alt.country and alternative this
compilation illustrates the huge choice of 100% Independent artists out there doing their own thing
Independently and looking for airplay and coverage.
BIOG'S AND REVIEWS Stay in the Box 2" has been written about and reviewed by music journalist Dave Chislett.
Dave is our Matchbox reviewer, a publicist, music journalist, published author and bass player from
Johannesburg, South Africa. He was born in Portsmouth, but he can't help that. Down south in Africa he punts
a few bands, plays a few tunes and reviews music from all over the planet for various famous publications.
We asked for his honest opinions of the SITB 2 bands and the full results can be seen below.
****HERE’s our short review……I guess we’ll take being mistaken for an English band a compliment!!
The Breakers - The Ballad Of Middle Management (review by Dave Chislett)
A chirpy poppy number, The Ballade Of Middle Management is off The Breakers album, "Songs For Young Executives".
Based around the long standing musical partnership of Doug Bykrit and Brian Zielie, this English band create
a mellow pop rock sound that is up tempo and uplifting. Understated and restrained, The Ballade showcases their
taste in all things pop and rock while not betraying too many of their immediate influences.
Yes thats right The Breakers own Joe Liedtke and his lovely wife Sara of Glass Doll
are moving to NY. We want to thank everyone who came out and Panama Reds for making this last
show with Joe a great night. Joe was a long time member of the band, a great friend and will
be missed. All good things do come to end though and a new beginning will be for all.
Sign up on the e-news list to get alerts on when we will be hitting the stage again with a new line up.
THANKS AGAIN TO HIPP NIGHTS on THE BIG 550AM KTRS |
We'd like to thank Joe Hipperson and all the crew of HIPP NIGHTS for having us on,
and letting us be the first band ever to play live in the studio on the show.
We had an awesome time that was so "Chill" (you'll get that if you were listening).
Also in the studio with us that night was Jeff Nations (from Science Hill & RiverfrontRadio),
who is always fun to hang with. We'll have some videos of us playing live on the show up
soon so stay tuned. We'd also like to give special props to all those who called in to say we
sounded great and to those who said we sucked. Hopefully we'll be able to do it again
sometime on the greatest radio show in the known universe.
Thanks again Joe!!
Tune in at 550 AM or listen live on the net at
www.ktrs.com
RIVERFRONT RADIO RF97.COM ROCK VACATION INSTUDIO INTERVIEW
Hopefully you were able to tune in to RIVERFRONTRADIO.COM to hear our featured interview
and some acoustic performances on ROCK VACATION .It was a blast and many thanks to Jeff & Megan for having us on.
If you missed it, 2 videos are now posted on the video page: check 'em out.
If you could have spared about 15-30 seconds out of your day we could have use your vote at the following sites we are sometimes featured on. THANKS A MILLION!!
SORRY THOUGH I GUESS YOU ALL MISSED IT BUT CHECK OUT THESE SITES ANYWAY!
The long awaited full length album is now available. Check out it's discography page
for details and to listen to streaming clips online. Check the store page to buy
or download your copy today. Also available at
Vintage Vinyl in the University City Delmar Loop..6610 Delmar
St. Louis MO 63130
Along with the new record there are lots of new things on the site. Look around
and don't forget to check out the new merch in the store. The new line-up is gearing up for live shows..we'll keep you posted.
If you're not already on the e-news list, sign-up on the contact page and you won't miss a thing.
Thanks for everyone's support and we look forward to seeing you soon and throughout '07
RADIO REQUEST |
To request your favorite songs from the 2005 release "SESSIONS" and the new 2007 release "SONGS FOR YOUNG EXECUTIVES" contact these fine broadcasting establishments:
