The Pumpkin Patch

The Pumpkin Patch is our answer to punk, specifically horror punk, although our songs aren't all horror based.

The Pumpkin Patch was started in 2005 after I was inactive in music for a few years. The concept of it is rooted in an old band I did called Dementia 13, playing horror punk and general rock music. We had a couple of shows and were generally very well recieved by peers and the local scene, but things just didn't pan out. The drummer stopped playing drums, the bassist and guitarist were unhappy, and of course I didn't play guitar, so there was no Dementia 13 anymore. After the band was dead, I had a handful of unwritten songs that I just put away. In the years following D13, I learned to play guitar and bass and began recording music for a yet unnamed horror punk band. I pulled out the old songs, Camp Crystal Lake, Zombie Holocaust, and Leatherface, threw some chords in there and recorded some demos with my keyboard as the drum machine. I then threw in a cover of Black Flag's Wasted and sent it out to be printed. I had 25 or 30 copies pressed and sold them for three dollars a piece, not really making or losing any money, just getting the music out there. People generally enjoyed it, so I continued the project. In 2006 I was joined by Kyle Dolan on drums and Kyle Burton, and we rushed out The Dead Rising EP, which I think came wonderfully.

We play live, mostly around central NJ. We enjoy it. It's a good live show.

The Ramones Michale Graves The Misfits Blitzkid Mister Monster The Everdead Samhain The Descendents Black Flag The Dead Kennedys Bad Religion Danzig The Adicts The New York Dolls The Cure Johnny Cash 45 Grave T.S.O.L.

A Yamaha faux-Stratocaster outfitted with an EMG where the humbucker belongs. An ESP flying V A Squire bass A Squire acoutic guitar A Presonus Inspire Firewire Interface Amplitube for amp modelling Sonar 5 for production A myriad of plugins