Barb Rocks is recognized for putting on highly-organized and well-attended shows at reputable venues in the San Jose Bay Area with various local and touring bands. Barb Rocks Presents focuses mainly on all types of rock music, from indie to punk to progressive to metal, but is open to music of all genres, but is expanding her shows to include all genres of music, including reggae, hip hop, and DJ's. Each show is carefully organized for cohesion between the bands, so that the music compliments each other and audiences get to experience a unforgettable night of entertainment that flows together. Many local favorites will only work with Barb Rocks, as their experiences with her surpass others in quality, communication, and compensation.
Barb Rocks also manages some talented local bands, including Jade of Days, Point 3, My Monster, Letters Make Words, Broken October, and NothingLeft. She is constantly expanding her network, including show exchanges and collaborations with The Avila Group, Your Music Magazine, Pacific Art Collective, NorCal Entertainment, and Junta Promotions, amongst others.
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music
U2, Depeche Mode, Green Day, Linkin Park, Cure, Pixies, Killers, She Wants Revenge, 30 Seconds To Mars, We Are Scientists, Arcade Fire, James, Collective Soul, No Doubt, Lovemakers, Shiny Toy Guns, Keane, Snow Patrol, Shins, Death Cab For Cutie, Evanescence, Dido, Moby, Erasure, New Order, Cake, Live, Third Eye Blind, Radiohead, Muse, Hole, Garbage, Pearl Jam, Smashing Pumpkins, VNV Nation, Apoptygma Berzerk, Wolfsheim, Delerium, Enigma, Peter Gabriel, Coldplay, Dave Matthews Band, NIN, REM, Dramarama, Sheryl Crow, Melissa Etheridge, Shania Twain, Oingo Boingo, Social Distortion, Clash, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Beatles, Doors, Rolling Stones, Queen, Fleetwood Mac, Dire Straits, Heart, Guns-n-Roses, Queensryche, Metallica, Iron Maiden, ATB, Ayla, Tiesto, Paul Oakenfold, Mystre, Dyloot, St John, 80's New Wave, and local bands: Jade of Days, Solid State Logic, Reflektiv, The Moderna Complex, Unjust, Broken October, Point 3, My Monster, Nothingleft, Otto, Flexx Bronco, Kaura, The Devil Himself, KungFu Vampire
artists
Marc Chagall, Patrick Nagel, Amy Brown, Jessica Galbreth, David Delamare, Nene Thomas, MC Esher, Tord Boontje, Claude Monet, Van Gogh
movies
300, Donnie Darko, True Romance, Nightmare Before Christmas, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, The Prestige, The Illusionist, The Departed, Pan's Labyrinth, Memoirs of a Geisha, Moulin Rouge, Chicago, Rent, The Matrix, Equilibrium, Velvet Goldmine, Rules of Attraction, Sin City, Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs, Trainspotting, Garden State, Versus, Hero, House of Flying Daggers, Kill Bill, Lord of the Rings, Batman Begins, Memento, Amelie, Corpse Bride, Big Fish, Finding Neverland, Walk To Line, Deja Vu, American Psycho, Butterfly Effect, Fight Club, Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, Snatch, Amores Perros, 21 Grams, Chasing Amy, Clerks, Dogma, Mallrats, Harry Potter, The Crow, Identity, Lady in the Water, Sixth Sense, Match Point, SLC Punk, The Incredibles, Almost Famous, The Outsiders, Run Lola Run, Highlander, Office Space, Face/Off, 12 Monkeys, Heathers, Pump Up The Volume, Strange Brew, The Princess Bride, Underworld, Spider-Man, The Full Monty, Battle Royale, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, The Ring, The Usual Suspects, American History X, The Island, Tron, Logan's Run, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Willy Wonka/Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
tv shows
Grey's Anatomy, Prison Break, Dexter, CSI, 24, Rescue Me, Weeds, Entourage, The Tudors, October Road, Criminal Minds, One Tree Hill, Smallville, Scrubs, Family Guy, American Dad, and Invader Zim
actors
Christian Bale, Wentworth Miller, Channing Tatum, Scarlett Johansson, Edward Norton
Occupation
Marketing
Favorite Quote
"You come to love not by finding a perfect person, but by learning to see any imperfect person perfectly."
Books
Atlas Shrugged (Ayn Rand), Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury), Lord of the Rings (J.R.R. Tolkien), Harry Potter (J.K. Rowling), Dune (Frank Herbert), Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy (Douglas Adams), Brave New World (Aldous Huxley), The Da Vinci Code (Dan Brown), Celestine Prophecy (James Redfield), The Five Love Languages (Gary Chapman), The Four Agreements (Don Miguel Ruiz), and anything by Agatha Christie, Sidney Sheldon, Mary Higgins Clark, James Patterson, Bret Easton Ellis, and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Quotes
The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do. --Jack Kerouac-- Without music, life would be a mistake. --Friedrich Nietzsche--
Sports
skiing, hockey, soccer, tennis, volleyball, horseback riding, surfing
Activities
local music shows, concerts, hanging out with friends, travel, reading, karaoke, dancing, and art & wine festivals
