Rockstead & Michael Eakins Band

Name: Rockstead & Michael Eakins Band
Start: 2025-02-14T22:00:00-05:00
Location: The Palm Room

Schedule

Fri, 14 Feb, 2025 at 10:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

The Palm Room | Wrightsville Beach, NC

Rockstead & Michael Eakins Band
Rockstead is a five-piece, passion driven rock/reggae group based out of Cincinnati, Ohio. Their music encapsulates the feelings of love, unity, and happiness while demonstrating the strength of togetherness and positive vibrations.
With roots leading as far back as middle school, Rockstead combines a lifetime full of influences ranging from rock, punk, reggae, jam and metal. After ruling the college party scene with impromptu house shows, they began performing to packed basements of DIY venues, followed by college fests with massive crowds, such as Ohio University's infamous spring festivals. This early success catalyzed the debut of their first album “Wake Up and Live” (2013) shortly followed by their popular self-recorded “Rise” EP (2014). These releases ignited their inner road warrior leading to a plethora of plays at music festivals and concert venues across the Midwest. Since then, Rockstead continues to widen their reach touring throughout the Eastern U.S. and down into Florida.
Though member changes have occurred over the years, front man singer/guitarist Jake Burns continues to drive the group forward as they have shared stages with international acts such as The Wailers (Jamaica) and Sticky Fingers (Australia) as well as many staple East coast reggae acts like Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad, Badfish, Tropidelic, Bumpin’ Uglies and Ballyhoo!. The band has now grown to include Nate Anuci (drums), Jacob Riley (lead guitar), and Alex Kessis (bass). With a healthy gap since their last full release (Homegrown, 2016) Rockstead dropped their first studio album “You’re In Control” in September 2020 which scored them multiple features in blogs and podcasts across the scene. By using their relentless high-energy performances and genre-bending set lists, while aligning their unwavering dedication to the do-it-yourself work ethic, Rockstead shows no sign of slowing down their mission of bringing people together through music.