The ECIS will once again head out on the Warped Tour in one month!  We will be traveling with the tour for a month hosting some of the best signed and unsigned bands around.  This year the ECIS will be hosted on the Kia Kevin Says Stageing area so make sure to come out and support the bands!

 Hey all you warped tour fans!  Our 2009 line up is complete. A few bands may be added here but these are the basics.

This summer is going to be a TON of fun.  Great bands and good time, so who’s coming!?

Switchblade Killers
Pull The Pin
Kelsey And The Chaos
Reflective Insight
Missiles and Markers
Down With Webster
Alamance
The Status
Say Vandelay
He Is Legend
Set Phasers To Stun
To Speak Of Wolves

Zach Neil, owner of East Coast Independent Inc and founder of the East Coast Indie Stage confirmed Friday that in fact the East Coast Indie Stage would return for Warped Tour 2009. Zach Neil had this to say, “Last year we had a hell of a time trying to float the expenses of the tour with fuel prices at $5 per gallon running a tour bus and a semi truck. A lot of people have always counted my little stage out for some reason? Well surprise again, we are the little stage that could I suppose. Even though last year was a struggle, watching Four Year Strong and Patent Pending play to three thousand screaming fans in Detroit and Long Island reminded me exactly what this stage is all about and why its so important to be out there. In short you could say I have been inspired once again by rock and roll! In the same vein as the previous years my stage will showcase upcoming bands that we have hand picked. Some people don’t like the bands we pick for the stage however I feel like our radar is spot on with our picks, I mean lets remember the bands we have debuted on the stage, All Time Low, Four Year Strong, Forever The Sickest Kids, Scary Kids Scaring Kids, Motionless In White, If I’m not mistaken most of those bands have gone on to be headliners of the tour… That’s what its all about for me, taking baby bands and helping them graduate. I can’t wait to get back out there!” Kevin Lyman (warped tour founder) has partnered with Zach Neil to present the stage in 2009 sharing Kevins already stellar staging and production the ECIS will be redressed and repacked as the Kevin Says/East Coast Indie Stage. For all things ECIS visit www.eastcoastindiestage.com www.myspace.com/eastcoastindependentconcerts

“East Coast Independent has no affiliation with the Individual Nick Tyler and also no further affiliation with Playwork Productions.  After a brief relationship co promoting a stage together our relationship with Playwork ended and will not continue.  Please disregard any information regarding any connection between ECI and Nick Tyler.  East Coast Independent is dedicated to the pursuit of the arts and the entrepreneurial  approach to building a community of strong independent businesses and artists working together for a prosperous future.”

For the East Coast Indie stage, warped tour has come to an end. We had another successful year but most of all we’ve all made memories that will last a lifetime. Something about being on the Warped Tour will always make me feel like a kid, it brings me right back to the first time I stood in line to get in back in 1997. After all these years, I’ve seen a lot of changes, some I love and some I hate…but nothing is better than passing by your favorite artists playing your favorite songs all day. From a kid admiring the tour to now being part of the production is truely a dream…we would like to thank Kevin Lyman for making this all possible for us. So many unsigned bands have had the chance to play the biggest tour in the world because of the East Coast Indie Stage, we are blessed that Kevin cares about the small guys as much as the big to allow us to make these dreams happen.

Thanks to all of the fans that came out to support the bands on our stage, without you this all would not be possible!!!

Raise your glass and toast to good times…to my bus mates…I love you guys….and your smelly clothes and dirty feet…I can’t wait to do it again. See you guys next year…

Wanna know what we’re up to?  Add us to your myspace page at www.myspace.com/eastcoastindependentshows or check our website at www.eastcoastindependent.com

Till next summer my friends stay safe and continue to rock!

Daniela