Buzz Zeemer - 20th Anniversary Release of 'Play Thing'

The year 2016 marks the 20^th anniversary of the official release of an independently-released album from Record Cellar called Play Thing--made by the little band that could--a band called Buzz Zeemer.

Audio Rumble is taking a week out of 2016 to revisit the music and musicians of Buzz Zeemer--one of the great Philadelphia rock bands of the 1990s! ‪

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Day 1 
:::: Concert audio (and images) - "Useless Information” at Upstairs at Nicks in Philly, USA - ‪‬ April 4, 1997
:::: I Live Next Door to Buzz Zeemer!

Day 2 
:::: To quote Tommy Conwell [interview]--"Frank (Brown) is a great songwriter..."  
:::: Buzz Zeemer - live on Walnut Street
:::: "Everybody’s got a favorite band that they think nobody knows about. Mine is Buzz Zeemer."

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Day 3
:::: Buzz Zeemer concert special on PRISM - "Onstage at the TLA: Buzz Zeemer"
:::: Billboard magazine mention, October 1995 
:::: The greatest combination of a lead rock singer and rock n roll guitar player since Robin Zander and Rick Nielsen: Buzz Zeemer’s Frank Brown and Tommy Conwell! 
:::: Record Cellar's Last Hurrah  


Day 4
:::: Singer, songwriter, and guitarist Matt Maguire with some words on #BuzzZeemer20. 

Day 5 
:::: Buzz Zeemer interview: Tommy Conwell's role in the band 
:::: "The hook on 'Crush' is so infectious you want to loop it over and over and play it forever."
:::: "TC in the house!" Buzz Zeemer performing "My Blue Heaven"
:::: A snapshot of Buzz Zeemer…in critic's reviews.

Day 6 
:::: Buzz Zeemer performs a cover of The Upper Crust's "Let Them Eat Rock" with Tommy Conwell on vocals
:::: "Don't Hang Up" mash-up video
:::: Gerry McGoldrick (of Napalm Sunday) and his thoughts on Buzz Zeemer 
:::: Buzz Zeemer at South by Southwest | 1996
:::: Record Cellar's promotional concert image of Buzz Zeemer 

Day 7
:::: Link to a July/August 1999 No Depression article written by Phil Sheridan
:::: Thanks to Travel Lanes' bass player Mitch Cojocariu for his contribution to #BuzzZeemer20 
:::: Buzz Zeemer covers Flight of Mavis' Through It All