In January 2023, Brendan Laverty had the perfect idea for celebrating his 30th birthday: bringing together a group of longtime friends and musicians to perform three full hours of the music they grew up listening to in front of a live crowd. What he didn’t know was that it would become the best live show any of them had ever played and mark the inception of When We Were Thirty.

Comprised of members from the Watertown-based bands Against What’s Best and The Northmen, it wasn’t long before word spread throughout the North Country that a new group had formed. Promoters quickly began reaching out to book them for upcoming shows. The only problem was that this had never been intended as a band, but rather as a one-time event. However, the idea of continuing something that had already been such a huge success was too exciting to pass up. As a result, six of the original nine musicians reunited to build on the growing buzz and turn the project into something more.

Performing an extensive collection of 2000s pop-punk and emo hits from bands such as Blink-182, Taking Back Sunday, My Chemical Romance, and many more, When We Were Thirty quickly found an audience among the region’s 20- to 30-somethings who grew up with this music. In just over a year, the band performed at events ranging from the Downtown Block Party in Watertown’s Public Square to The Gig at Turning Stone Casino in Verona, New York. Constantly refreshing their ever-growing setlist, the band also puts its own pop-punk spin on popular songs, including fan favorite “Mr. Brightside” by The Killers. With a catalog that continues to evolve, you’re never getting the same performance twice.

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It is a little-known fact that most Amish practice a tradition similar to the Christian “Confirmation” and Jewish “Bar Mitzvah” called “Rumspringa” (literal translation: “running around”) in which Amish children at the age of 16 have an opportunity to live free of the strict Amish code of conduct before deciding if they want to come back and be baptized into the Amish church.

Surprisingly, virtually all of the youths return.
But sometimes they don’t.

Four out of the original six members of The Amish Outlaws were born and raised in Lancaster, PA and had a strict Amish upbringing. No electricity from land lines, no alcohol, no musical instruments, but their spirits were too wild for the Amish lifestyle. Once they trampled in the Devil’s Playground, there was no turning back. In the years since Rumspringa, the members of the Amish Outlaws have become very well acclimated to the pleasures and vices of the modern world… music, most of all. Hip hop, rock, country, metal, disco, opera. There is no genre they do not touch upon.

Thus, with a bold lust for life and a fire for music and performance that can only come from 16 years of repression, The Amish Outlaws were unleashed upon the world.

Learn more at https://amishoutlaws.com/

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With a reputation for one-upping the competition by arriving via helicopter at rooftop listening parties for his own T.R.U. (The Real University) imprint, and with the kind of grandiose ambition a rapper from Atlanta’s Southside needs to chase the American Dream, 2 Chainz officially launched his solo career as the newest signing to Def Jam Recordings. 2 Chainz was brought to the label through Sha Money XL, Senior Vice President of A&R for the Island Def Jam Music Group.

“We are proud to welcome 2 Chainz to the Def Jam tradition and family of artists,” said Island Def Jam President & COO Steve Bartels. “We have a tremendous amount of respect for the incredible buzz 2 Chainz has built, and it’s our job to nurture and protect that. 2 Chainz has a credibility and flavor uniquely suited to the Def Jam lifestyle and brand. We look forward to great success together.”

With digital downloads of T.R.U. REALigion, his latest indie mixtape sensation (released in November 2011), numbering in the millions, 2 Chainz was winning new fans every hour. His hit tracks—including “Riot,” “Boo” featuring Yo Gotti, and the Drumma Boy-produced smash single “Spend It”—helped establish a new sphere of influence for the lanky, outspoken rapper.

“I think the world is catching up to me,” he reflected in a rare moment of calm amid an otherwise hectic life. “I’ve always been confident in what I do and have had the respect of the people.”

2 Chainz is a product of the competitive Atlanta scene that spawned his first group, the duo Playaz Circle (in which he was known as Tity Boi). They made their mark in 2007 with the rap-R&B-pop crossover hit “Duffle Bag Boy,” featuring Lil Wayne on the hook, released through the DTP (Disturbing Tha Peace)/Def Jam label. College Park native Tity Boi was a lifelong friend of Chris Bridges, a.k.a. DTP CEO and Def Jam recording artist Ludacris. But the time would come when 2 Chainz would leave the DTP nest and make it on his own.

His first step toward independence was the 2007 mixtape Me Against the World. Proving he could stand on his own, he vowed to “turn up” in 2009. He did exactly that with the double-disc mixtape All Ice on Me, followed by his two-part Trapavelli series. Both projects featured cameos from the likes of fellow underground kings Bun B and Gucci Mane, as well as his 2009 street hit “Stupid” and the surprise 2010 radio smash “Boo.”

“It’s The Real University, Two Gun Gang, Street Executives,” 2 Chainz recently told XXL. “It’s not DTP no more. I’m actually behind [Ludacris]; he’s still my homie. I just took another route as far as running my own company and bossing up. But on the other hand, I’m still working with him. He has an album coming out this year as well. Matter of fact, we are label mates now, which is crazy. So, yeah, that’ll be cool. I’m looking forward to that.