OCTOBER 7, 2006 - MACH 5 IN THE CITY
Mach Bell and the whole M5 gang will return to the Abbey Lounge in Somerville MA for a night of fun and excitement. Saturday Oct. 7! Also on the mainstage will be Jaded, the world's hottest all girl band. Do not miss this big event.

Halloween 2005 - Jimmy wearing a Cowboy Mach Bell costume.

MAY 2006 - HEADBANGERS BASEMENT CAPTURES MACH 5

Mach 5 is on the latest comp cd from PERRIS RECORDS. The cd brought the MACH 5 boys to the attention of Montreal deejay Darrel Michaels, host of the syndicated radio program "Headbangers Basement".

In this weeks show (# 50706) Darrel Michaels features Mach 5 and conducts a 2-part interview with Mach Bell. The Cowboy talks via phone with Darrel and relives rock'n'roll adventures with Thundertrain, the Joe Perry Project and Mach 5. The program includes six Mach 5 songs and a bonus Thundertrain classic.

Headbangers Basement with Darrel Michaels is a weekly two-hour rock/metal syndicated program featuring a mix of classic hard rock / metal and new artists. Airing every week on broadcast and internet radio. Including: EXTREME RADIO, THE POINT 99.1 FM (AZ), MEGAROCK RADIO, THUNDERGROUND RADIO, BAD ATTITUDE RADIO, IROCK RADIO, STICKMAN RADIO (NY / NJ), BEARCAST (CANADA), RADIO 5150, THE EDGE, RADIO GAME RIFTS, 105.1 THE FOXXX.

You can hear show # 50706 right now on a 24-hour internet stream: http://www.angelfire.com/ultra/headbangersbasement/

Mach and Oedipus get another party started. Photo by Lynn Ciulla

MAY 1, 06 - MACH 5 MAKES HISTORY

Drummer Ray Fernandes (The Atlantics, The Illegals) is now a podcaster. "History of Boston Rock - Part 1" stars Ray with guest host Cowboy Mach Bell. The show debuted on internet in the United Kingdom and features classic Boston rock from Willie Alexander and the Boom Boom Band, the Real Kids, Thundertrain, the Cars, the Atlantics, Nervous Eaters, Classic Ruins and many more Boston underground stars of 1975-82. Produced at Ray's famed Butta Beats studio where Fernandes and Bell add their personal anecdotes and commentary. A suprise bonus cut from Mach 5 rounds out the podcast.

Visit: http://www.nessmp3.com (UK) Click on: "This Weeks Top Ten" and choose: "Ray Fernandes History of Boston Rock Part 1".

Or go to "History of Boston Rock" on the Noiseboard (Boston) Podcast Archive.

http://www.thenoiseboard.com/index.php?showforum=23

April 2006 - MACH 5 DOES CARMELITA

Go behind the scenes during Mach 5's live jam and interview at Boston's massive WAAF radio studios with super hostess Carmelita. Check out Dee, Jeff, Cowboy and Jimmy as they party up with Carm's all-star Baystate Rock crew.

Photo feature shot by our own Eric Law.

Go to our SIDEPOT page now. http://meetmach5.com/sidepot.htm

Jimmy helps Dee tune up his guitar for the upcoming Mach 5 radio appearance.
Photo by Jim Curran

Sun April 23, 2006 - LIVE ON BOSTON'S WAAF 107.3

Mach 5 will be the in-studio guests of Carmelita on her long running Bay State Rock radio show (10pm sundays). Jeff, Mach, Dee and Jimmy are slated to perform 4 songs starting at 11:30 pm. The M5 boys have also been asked to hang out for a short interview right after the performance. Mach last sang live on WAAF back in October 1983 at a Joe Perry Project concert that was broadcast from the Family Theater in Fitchburg MA. Tune in!

http://www.baystaterock.com

Dee Stroy, Jeff and Mach on the Rumble battleground.
Photo by Eric Law

April 2006 - RUMBLE PHOTO FEATURE

Visit our Sidepot page and see Mach 5 waging war at the WBCN Rock'N Roll Rumble. Lots of cool shots taken by Jim Curran, Johnny Arguedas and Eric Law.

http://www.meetmach5.com/sidepot.htm

MON APR 3, 06 - WBCN ROCK'N'ROLL RUMBLE

Mach 5 has been invited to battle it out with Boston's Baddest in the 28th annual Rock Rumble. 24 bands will fight for thousands in cash prizes. The pre-lims will take place in Cambridge MA at the Middle East Club (upstairs) on April 2-8. Ric Provost of Thundertrain has already booked a flight into Boston for the big event and many more M5 fans worldwide are expected to throng to Cambridge for the epic battle. Trivia: Mach Bell fought in the very 1st WBCN Rumble, held in Kenmore Square at the Rat in 1979.

WBCN RUMBLE PRELIMINARY ROUND

http://www.mideastclub.com

TAXPAYER 9:00 - 9:30PM

MACH 5 9:50 - 10:20PM

SCAMPER 10:40 - 11:10PM

PLAN B 11:30 - 12:00AM

(Apr 3, 8PM, $9, 18+ ,472 Mass Ave Cambridge MA)

MARCH 17, 06

MACH 5 HONORS SAINT PATRICK

Boston area residents will flock to the Abbey Lounge in Somerville on Friday March 17 for a thunderous St. Patrick's Day party with Mach 5 and their rockin' special guests. Click onto our LIVE page for lots more info about this show and other upcoming events.

MARCH 1, 06

EUROPE WANTS MORE MACH 5

Watch out for a big glossy Mach 5 feature and interview coming in the March '06 ish of Spain's "This Is Rock" Magazine. Meanwhile, log onto Italy's "Slam Rocks Party Zine" for another rave review of the debut cd "Meet Mach 5".
http://www.slamrocks.com/review.htm

FEBRUARY 7, 06

WIN MACH 5!

You can win a free Meet Mach 5 cd right now over at Rock N Roll Universe. All you have to do is enter your name to win. Hurry, the big contest ends on Feb 7.

http://ROCKNROLLUNIVERSE.COM/

Petite Vikki Sixx sings UNDER MY WHEELS with Mach 5. - Jim Curran Photo

FEBRUARY 1, 06

"PUBLIC SPECTACLE"

"Photographer Jim Curran shows us the public spectacle that is ... Mach 5 at the Abbey". Don't miss this PHOTO feature in the Boston Groupie News online with some nice Mach 5 live action shots (along with guest star Vikki Sixx) captioned by co- editor BLOWFISH.
http://www.bostongroupienews.com/MachAbbey.html

JANUARY 28, 06

MACH 5 ON SHOW MONGER LIST

One man attends 151 shows in a single year and lives to tell about it! Here's Eric Law's 2005 live show year in review!
http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Bistro/5174/

Drummer Jimmy Birmingham reporting for action.
Photo by Kelly Davidson

JANUARY 3, 06

AMERICA'S NEWEST HITMAKERS!

What Mach 5 songs are you playing on your radio show?

Shred at WBCN : Get It Up, Quincy Girl, Kenmore Square.

Carmelita at WAAF: Deadly Combination, Under My Wheels.

Sean at WGMU: Quincy Girl.

Joanie at WMBR: Kenmore Square, Deadly Combination, Quincy Girl.

Alex at WMFO: Deadly Combination

Sean at WMUC: Kandyland, Under My Wheels, Quincy Girl, Deadly Combination.

Islapiko at Islapiko.com: Under My Wheels

Jeff Breeze at WMBR: Deadly Combination

Mach 5 salutes rock'n'roll deejays everywhere!

Visit our MACH'N'ROLL page for more about the MEET MACH 5 album and sample MP3s.

Presenter Mach Bell at the fabulous Maxie Award show.
Mike Qube Photo.

JANUARY 1, 06

MACH 5 NOMINATED FOR 5 MORE AWARDS

The 2006 Maxie Award Ceremonies will be held at the Middle East in Cambridge on Sunday January 15, 2006 at 2pm. Mach 5 is nominated for the New Band and Live band categories.

Dee Stroy is nominated for Guitarist. Mach Bell has been nominated in the Stage Presence and Male Vocalist categories. Thank you to everyone who voted for Mach 5 in the Noise poll.

DECEMBER 28, 06

MACH 5 "YEAR'S BEST" WINNERS!

The Lord Rutledge Awards have been announced and Lawless Recording stars Mach 5 scored big on the Lord's year end "Best" lists. MEET MACH 5 made the "Top Ten Album of 2005" list, rocketing in at #4. Mach 5's GET IT UP was voted #9 on the "Top Forty Songs" list!

In a controversial move Lord Rutledge canceled his "Best New Artist" award this year "due to fact that it is almost always a jinx". Rutledge did comment that "the Shop Fronts, Rat Traps, Red Invasion, MACH 5, and the Suspicions all dropped amazing debut releases over the past year."

Meanwhile, Now Wave writer Brian Mosher has published his "Favorite CDs of 2005" year-end list. Meet Mach 5 makes the grade again at a solid #7 !
Get in on more red carpet action over at Now Wave Magazine online: http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Bistro/5174/

DECEMBER 17, 05

M5 INTERVIEW IN RAZORCAKE

"Stiv's Drinking Buddy. An interview with Mach 5"

Brian Mosher talks with Mach Bell and Jimmy Birmingham and gets the scoop on Mach 5. See the BAND page for more M5 interviews, pic galleries and bios.

http://www.razorcake.com/interviews/default.asp?ArticleID=519

DECEMBER 6, 05

"MEET MACH 5" IN THE MALLS

The new Mach 5 album from Lawless Records is now on sale at all 26 New England locations of Newbury Comics.

DECEMBER 1,06

MEET MACH 5 - GET IT UP!

Debut album is reviewed in the Noise.

http://www.thenoise-boston.com/cd_reviews/257.asp

NOVEMBER 19, 05

MACH 5 VISITS NEW YORK

(Reprinted from Metroland - Albany NY)

Mach 5 / Valentine's, Friday

Albany, meet Cowboy Mach Bell. Actually, you may have already met. The whiskey-voiced Holliston, Mass., native Bell sang lead for Boston-area band Thundertrain through the late '70s and early '80s; during that time, the band played a number of now long-boarded-up venues in our fair city. But you may know him best as the vocalist on Once a Rocker, Always a Rocker, the third and final album by the Joe Perry Project. (Perry, of course, being the at-the-time erstwhile Aerosmith guitarist.) Anyway, enough with the history lesson: Bell has a new quartet together, cleverly named Mach 5, and the members brag to be the "most rockingest, most handsomest players in the world." Whether or not they can back up that claim, their debut disc, Meet Mach 5, is a darn fine slice of skanky, Boston-style garage rock. Also on Friday's bill are the Red Hopes and Boston's fabulous Rudds.

Bassman Jeff Thomas just released a solo album.

See more on his Band page bio. Kelly Davidson photo.

NOVEMBER 11, 05

MEET MACH 5 CD RELEASE PARTY

(Reprinted from Miss Lyn's Boston Boston Groupie News11/15/05)

Well if you were not at the Abbey on Friday night you missed out on a GREAT show put on by Boston's Most Handsomest Band, Mach 5 .and remember you can get the new and ultra rocking Meet The Mach 5 cd from Lawless Records .man I tell you there are HITS HITS HITS on this disk...these guys are like the next Beatles or something...you'll see when you get their new release!! ... Mach and Dee Stroy wrote a paean to Kenmore Square that really hits home. The lyrics are spot on...

NOVEMBER 10, 05

MACH GUESTS ON WMBR LATE RISERS CLUB

Cowboy was the in-studio guest with popular rock radio hostess Joanie Lindstrom. Mach took calls and spoke with Miss Lindstrom who played "Kenmore Square" and "Deadly Combination" from the new album "Meet Mach 5". Go behind the scenes at the Later Risers Club broadcast weekly on WMBR in Cambridge. See the SIDEPOT page.

OCTOBER 20, 05

LIVE FROM STUDIO DEE: MACH 5

A live performance and MACH 5 Interview featured on the "On the Town w/ Mikey Dee" show. Broadcast and streamed live from Tufts WMFO Radio 91.5 Medford MA.

Thank you to our hostess Jo Ellen!

WMFO Broadcast Setlist:

Under My Wheels

Get It Up

Something Else

25 Hours a Day

If You're Goin' to the City

Walk With Me Sally

All For the Love of Rock and Roll

Deadly Combination

Mama Weer All Krazee Now

JUNE 1, 05

MACH 5 MAKES NOISE COVER

"Mach 5 - Go Speed Racer Go".

The band's first feature interview. By Shady.

See more M5 interviews on the BAND page.

http://www.thenoise-boston.com/features/252.asp

Dee Stroy! Photo by Kelly Davidson


WWW.MEETMACH5.COM