{"id":1,"date":"2024-02-28T20:20:00","date_gmt":"2024-02-28T20:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ctlsites.uga.edu\/learning-technologies\/?p=1"},"modified":"2025-01-24T03:10:05","modified_gmt":"2025-01-24T03:10:05","slug":"event-coverage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ctlsites.uga.edu\/rp-georgiahartley\/event-coverage\/","title":{"rendered":"Rosie and the Ratdogs To Make 40 Watt Club Debut"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By: Georgia Hartley <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Left to right- Donnie Malone, Ben Shytle, Jordan Russell and Eli Bell prepare to take the 40 Watt Club stage on Feb. 27, 2024. They make up the band Rosie and the Ratdogs, where they bring psychedelic, punk metal to their listeners. (Photo\/Rosie and the Ratdogs)<\/sub><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

A metal sound will fill the halls of the 40 Watt Club at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 27 as four Georgia-based bands, Apostle, Rosie and the Ratdogs, Attest and Oxystar, will take the stage. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rosie and the Ratdogs, an Athens band named after former band member, Andrew DeLong\u2019s, beloved dog, Rosie, recognize that their sound may be different from what the typical Athens listener is used to. The Classic City is known for its alternative and indie rock music scenes<\/a>. However, the band agrees that they have seen growth in the Athens metal scene over the past five years and expect that growth to continue. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere is a scene for sure, but it\u2019s not very prominent,\u201d said Eli Bell, the drummer for Rosie and the Ratdogs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rosie and the Ratdogs formed seven years ago but they expressed that they had not taken their band seriously until this past year. The current members have played together since summer 2023. This will be the first time this band iteration will play at 40 Watt Club. This includes Donnie Malone on vocals, Ben Shytle on guitar, Jordan Russell on bass and Eli Bell on drums. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Attendees of Tuesday\u2019s 40 Watt Club event should expect hardcore punk, high-energy performances, and a lot of headbanging, or, as Shytle described it, \u201cheavy psych-sludge-metal.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI kick a bunch and there\u2019s a moment where I look at one of these guys\u2026 and I just started laughing because I\u2019m uncontrollably tired, but also having like the most fun I\u2019ve ever had,\u201d Malone said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oxystar will open the show, followed by Attest, Rosie and the Ratdogs and Apostle. The 40 Watt Club\u2019s doors will open to the public at 7 p.m. and the music will begin at 8 p.m. Tickets<\/a> are $10. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Athens, Georgia, is known for its music scene, but not its heavy metal music scene. Four heavy metal punk bands taking the stage at the 40 Watt Club constituted a newsworthy event. During this event, I learned valuable journalistic skills about covering live music, especially doing interviews in a loud, fast-paced environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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By: Georgia Hartley Left to right- Donnie Malone, Ben Shytle, Jordan Russell and Eli Bell prepare to take the 40 Watt Club stage on Feb. 27, 2024. They make up the band Rosie and the Ratdogs, where they bring psychedelic, punk metal to their listeners. (Photo\/Rosie and the Ratdogs) A metal sound will fill the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","post-preview"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ctlsites.uga.edu\/rp-georgiahartley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ctlsites.uga.edu\/rp-georgiahartley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ctlsites.uga.edu\/rp-georgiahartley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ctlsites.uga.edu\/rp-georgiahartley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ctlsites.uga.edu\/rp-georgiahartley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ctlsites.uga.edu\/rp-georgiahartley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ctlsites.uga.edu\/rp-georgiahartley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ctlsites.uga.edu\/rp-georgiahartley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ctlsites.uga.edu\/rp-georgiahartley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}