There have been a lot of RUSH videos online this week, but probably few like this…. The members of Half Step Down say thanks to OCD/C, Presidential Brewing, and everyone who attended!!
Kalamazoo Academy of Rock
We help teens, tweens, and grown ups rock! Rock bands, acoustic performances, music lessons, & more!
06/13/2026
Half Step Down crushing Presidential Brewing like Teddy Roosevelt would have!!
06/06/2026
Next Saturday, June 13th, please come out to Presidential Brewing in Portage to check out a really fun KAR band called "Half-Step Down." With an average age of around 13-point-something, they'll wow you as they open up for OCD/C, the area's premier Bon Scott-era AC/DC tribute group. See you there!!
🍺🇦🇺 G’DAY KALAMAZOO!🇦🇺🍺
Summer’s here, mates, and we’re launching it with a thunderous bang at Presidential Brewing Company on Saturday, June 13!
Your boys in OCD/C — Kalamazoo’s high-voltage AC/DC tribute band — are firing up the night alongside the deadly special guests Half Step Down. We’re cranking out all the classics from 7–10pm with full-tilt energy, big riffs, and that raw rock ‘n’ roll thunder you love!
🔥 $10 cover at the door
🔥 VIP seating available: https://presidentialbrewing.com/music/
Come chuck back some cold ones, sing your lungs out, and kick off summer proper with us. It’s gonna be a ripper!
Who’s getting amongst it? Drop a 🔥 or a 🤘 below if we’ll see ya there!
OCD/C (AC/DC Tribute) + Half Step Down
Presidential Brewing Co.
Saturday, June 13 • Music 7–10pm
Let’s gooooooo! 🎸🍻🇦🇺
Check us out at ocdckzoo.com
04/20/2026
Nepo Warning!!!
Nah, actually, nepo schmepo:
Gavan Schmavan (Demos), by Will Gavan 11 track album
04/17/2026
R-O-C-K
and
F-U-N
04/15/2026
The instruments are ready for Night Two. Get thee to Bells!!
Here's Thursday Varsity Two (Jay, Wayana, John, Michael, Deven, and Clyde) getting the Led out in prep for their show on Thursday, April 16th at Bell's Eccentric Café & General Store. You don't wanna miss it.
12/11/2025
Thanks to Sage Lee for the cool write-up, to Alex Velo for the kind words, and to everyone involved in KAR for making things rock!!
Youth Reviewer Lab: Kalamazoo Academy of Rock musicians deliver high-voltage show at Bell’s – Second Wave A Dec. 2 showcase at Bell’s Backroom highlighted young musicians from the Kalamazoo Academy of Rock performing energetic rock covers after a semester of collaborative rehearsal.
12/07/2025
TODAY at 5pm!! And, if you can't make it, you can watch it livestreamed at one of the links, courtesy of JackAGregory Studios:
https://www.facebook.com/share/14J3hgjWAEw/
https://youtube.com/live/9mXyt2YdsBw?feature=share
12/04/2025
Wonderful two days for KAR at Bells!! Thanks everyone!
Sad day for rock and roll:
Steve Cropper, guitarist and member of Stax Records' Booker T and the M.G.'s, dies Steve Cropper, who co-wrote classics including "(Sittin' on) the Dock of the Bay" and "In the Midnight Hour" during his years playing guitar at the legendary Stax Records in Memphis, has died. He was 84.
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