So far 2012 has been a wild ride for the band. Towards the end of 2011 Chris Fleury gave his notice to the remaining band members that 2012 would be his last stint with the band. With ample time and Chris sticking around honoring the already booked shows, we decided to start looking right off for a new front person.
Over the first few weeks of January we had posted an ad on Craigslist and also reached out to a number of local musicians asking for their help in the search. We had a rather large number of people interested and the auditions came to a close. It was clear, with the number of people we had, that one person stood out from all of the rest, was on the same page as we are and is a good friend of all of us in the band. Enter Gary Greeno (fomerly of Ambush). 
The decision was kept under wraps for quite sometime and for good reason. We informed Chris in early January of our decision for his successor. We then contacted Axel from Music News (a strong supporter of local music) to do a video interview with us. Part 1 of this interview has been released and is on our YouTube channel at www.youtube.com/justicevt. Part 2 will be released later this week and can be found via the same link. Chris’s last show with the band was an epic one and it was great to see all the support for both him and for us at Franny O’s that night (2-3-12). We wish him and his band Cousin Itt the best of luck in the future.
Now we move on to phase II of JUSTICE. We have been inundated with offers from new places in and around Vermont and Plattsburg, NY. While it will be impossible to honor them all, we are sifting through the requests and looking at what areas are best for the band and our fans. Our fan base has grown so much over the past year, we want to do our best to keep you all happy. Look for a couple of big shows to happen this year. One for sure will be the Higher Ground show with 8084 on June 29th. We helped them sell out the joint last year, so let’s see if we can rally to do it again this year. Tickets are on sale now at Higher Ground. We are looking to break into the downtown Burlington area and Plattsburg as well. You will have to stay tuned for more on this.
Our first show with Gary is coming up on 2-24-12 at On Tap and we have been re-working the set list and adding more/different songs. We think you will like the additions and look forward to seeing you all out for our Mardi Gras Bash. We will have tons of beads, great music and a great atmosphere.
For now this is all we have to report. We will continue to work on new songs. We will be adding to our light show for On Tap. We will also be putting together some band photo’s for promotional purposes and maybe even a 4 song demo.
JUSTICE is alive and well and we hope to see you out in support of our “In Rock We Trust Tour 2012″.
