Boston Emissions' ReBirthday Party/BENefit for Ben Garceau from Roman Traffic

me with Ben and Evan of Roman Traffic
(formerly Gravehaven) on Rumble Finals
night, April 2009

We are pulling off a party/benefit - with little notice - for Saturday, August 14 at Harper's Ferry in Allston with The Luxury, Streight Angular, Dead Cats Dead Rats, Gene Dante and other special guests

From the Luxury's invite:

As some of you may already know, our friend Ben Garceau, the former lead vocalist for Gravehaven/Roman Traffic and an all around great 24-year old guy, got in a serious accident about a month ago, and has been recovering from body and head injuries at a hospital in New Hampshire. He's lucky to be alive, and we're just glad he's still with us.

Ben, like millions of us, has no insurance. His hospital stay cost him in the tens of thousands of dollars.

About a week ago, Harper's Ferry asked us if we wanted to take the night on Saturday, August 14th at their venue. We had a gig in NYC, but the opportunity to set up a benefit for Ben trumped the trip. It was incredibly short notice and a lot of the bands who wanted to play simply weren't able to, but luckily for us the list of supporters was very long, and we've got a great bill together.

Anngelle Wood is taking the opportunity to celebrate a year of Boston Emissions surviving the death of WBCN, as all of the bands participating were either in the 2009 Rumble alongside Gravehaven and Ben or, in Streight Angular's case, a hot new Boston act that you simply must hear. Anngelle will be DJing between sets and hosting the evening.

The show will also be Steve Foster's last performance with The Luxury, as he's heading out to Portland, Oregon with his girlfriend in September.

I hope you'll all consider coming out and supporting Ben and having a great time doing it.