WATERSHED "HITLESS WONDER" MEMOIR RE-LAUNCH PARTY

Join Watershed at 6 PM THURSDAY JULY 30th at Used Kids Records!

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The Columbus rock 'n' roll institution, prior to kicking off a concert tour, will be celebrating the 15th anniversary re-release of bassist/vocalist Joe Oestreich’s legendary memoir, HITLESS WONDER. The book re-launch will include a panel moderated by Rob Harvilla (host/author of the podcast/book, "60 Songs that Explain the ‘90s"). The band also will be celebrating the release of the 2-LP set, HITLESS WONDER: DEFINITIVE CUTS.

Formed in 1985 by Oestreich, Colin Gawel (vocals and guitar), and Herb Schupp (drums) while they were still in high school, Watershed signed with Epic Records in the early nineties. After the release of a live EP and a studio album (1995’s TWISTER), Epic dropped the band.

Many artists would have broken up at that moment, but Watershed—owing to equal parts optimism and stubbornness—found a new drummer (Dave Masica) and kept plowing forward, producing their best work, including the albums THE MORE IT HURTS, THE MORE IT WORKS, FIFTH OF JULY, and their most recent studio effort, BLOW IT UP BEFORE IT BREAKS.

Thanks to significant airplay on WWCD, tracks from these albums cemented the band’s place in the annals of Ohio music.

For the full story, read HITLESS WONDER, which Sirius XM’s Lou Brutus called the “BEST. ROCK. BOOK. EVER.” and Publisher’s Weekly called “a hilarious and savvy look at the harsh realities of the music industry.”