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Video: Hell or Highwater residency at Constellation Room in Santa Ana

June 8th, 2012, 9:26 am by

Orange County-based rock band Hell or Highwater is hosting a month-long residency at 7 p.m. every Tuesday night in June at the Constellation Room located inside of the Observatory in Santa Ana. The shows are free and open to all-ages.

What started out as the solo project of Atreyu drummer Brandon Saller, pictured left, has turned into a full blown rock band. Initially playing small local gigs under the moniker the Black Could Collective, in 2010 he held auditions and brought together a group of musicians to form Hell or Highwater. Since then, the band released its debut album Begin Again and headed out on the 2011 Rockstar Uproar Tour with fellow O.C. band Avenged Sevenfold.

Click here to see a photo slideshow of Hell or Highwater’s performance at the Constellation Room in February 2012.

We caught up with the band during soundcheck for night one of the residency. Check out our interview and clips from Hell or Highwater’s “Terrorized in the Night” music video in the player below.

Video by Tanya Lyon, for OrangeCounty.com.

Photo by Jenavieve Belair, for OrangeCounty.com.

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Music News: New music videos from Stacy Clark, Hell or Highwater and Blok

May 17th, 2012, 7:24 am by

In this very visual day and age even local artists are jumping on board in creating professional music videos. Local pop artist Stacy Clark debuted her video for the track “Sign” off of her album “Patterns” earlier this week. Check it out in the player below.

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O.C.-based rock outfit Hell or Highwater, led by former Atreyu drummer Brandon Saller, also released a video this week for “Terrorized in the Night” (see it in the player below).

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I’m a little late on this one, but sibling hip-hop/electro trio Blok shared its video for “Skin Off” last month. The effort is directed by Kyle Newacheck of Comedy Central’s “Workaholics” fame.

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Slideshow: Hell Or Highwater at Detroit Bar

April 8th, 2012, 8:35 pm by

Hell or Highwater performed on Wednesday at Detroit Bar to a large crowd along with Fake Figures. The band certainly turned up the volume last night and made sure everyone had a loud and amazing time. The 50 first people got in free, after that it was a $5 cover. For more information and upcoming shows visit Hell or Highwater’s website. 

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Review: Hell or Highwater brings straight rock ‘n’ roll to the Constellation Room

February 18th, 2012, 2:45 pm by

 It was a night of good ol’ rock ‘n’ roll in the Observatory’s Constellation Room in Santa Ana on Friday night with local rock outfit Hell or Highwater, fronted by Atreyu drummer and vocalist Brandon Saller, headlining.

Opening the show was three-piece rock outfit Diana Gone Wrong, which is currently featured on KROQ’s Locals Only program. Led by the group’s commanding female vocalist, Diana Gone Wrong revved up the members of the crowd, who irresistibly began to nod its heads along to the music.

Click here for a photo slideshow of fans and the performances.

Beta Wolf, another O.C.-based act, kept heightening the spirit of the room throughout its entire set until lead vocalist Grant Arnow took a spill onto the drum set at the end of its final song. Witnessing these onstage antics was much like an episode of MTV’s “Headbangers Ball,” with all of the exaggerated thrusting and jumping around. Orange Blossom Special took the stage next and brought us back into 2012, but nonetheless still played a lively and solid performance.

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