HIT
N RUN (Biography)
Thanks
for your interest in Hit n Run, Buffalo's premier party band.
Hit N Run is a 6 piece band that was inducted into the Buffalo
Music Hall of fame in 2009. Hit N Run had won 9 years in a
row "Buffalo's Music Awards" Top Pop Rock band.
We are Channel 4's reigning winner over the last few years
for "Best-Of Cover Rock Band" and have won the Peoples
Choice award for Top Rock band, just about every year they
had it. In 2011 Hit n Run was given a inducted into the NightLife
Hall of Achievments. In 2009 Hit N Run was signed to a National
Recording Contract with Rhapsody records & cut our first
CD.2
The
band has won over 30 awards for the group alone. For individual
awards, Mark Valentino (Lead Vocalist) started Hit n Run
and has Buffalo's Top Male vocalist 18 times between the
Buffalo Music Awards, Art Voice AwardsNightLife and the
Peoples Choice awards. Mark was flown to NYC by promoters
to sing on Broadway with members of American Idol.Mark was
inducted into the Buffalo Music Hall of achievements in
2010 and Nightlife Lifetime achievement award in 2011. Dan
Kaplin (Top Guitarist) and Pat Annunziata (Top Rock Keyboardist)
have won 4X each in their categories. Chris Olivieri hs
been nominated for Top Drummer 6 times while Annette Falaso
was nominated several times for Top Female Vocalist. Guy
Nichols (Bass Player) has won so many awards and times that
he was put into the Buffalo Music Hall of Fame. In October
of 2009 Hit n Run, the band was inducted into the Buffalo
Music Hall of Fame, and in 2011 into the Nightlife Hall
of Achivements which is a tribute to all present & past
members.
Hit
n Run has opened for such National Acts as: The Kinks, Brett
Michaels of Poison (2X), Frankie Valli & the 4 Seasons,
The Tubes, Honeymoon Suite (5X), Jeff Healy, The Fabulous
Thunderbirds, Rick Derringer, Edgar Winter, The Rascals,
The Tokens, Blue Oyster Cult, Steppenwolf, Firehouse (3X),
Asia, The Little River Band, Survivor, The Guess Who, Boston
and many more. We have also received offers from Styx, Kim
Mitchell, Eddie Money, the Grass Roots, and Night Ranger
to open for them. To be able to open up for groups from
the 60's, 70's 80's and 90's, a band has to be both, very
good and very versatile. We exceptionally reproduce anything
from ACDC, to Neil Diamond, Bon Jovi, Boston, Bruno Mars,
Styx, Rush, Franki Valli, Kansas, Supertramp, REO Speedwagon,
Michael Jackson, Goo Goo Dolls, Motley Crew, Poison, Cheap
Trick, Theory of a Dead Man, Van Morrison, Van Halen, Train,
Garth Brooks, Lynard Skynard, Grand Funk Railroad, Whitesnake,
Triumph, 3 Doors Down, Dion & the Belmonts, BuckcherryPat
Benatar, Foriegnor, Prince, Queen, Def Leppard, Journey
and more.
Hit
N Run promotes all the functions that we play at. We send
out 1500 weekly emails to loyal Hit N Run followers and
weekly invites to our over 4000 Facebook friends and send
over 500 postcard each month. Our website (www.hitnrun.net)
has over 545,000 hits and you can see the crowds that we
draw on each and every show through the website in the "Club
Pics" area. We have a number of local radio stations
provide us some free plugs on the band and where we play
(97 Rock, WBEN, WYRK, 102.5 and more.) You can call (I will
provide references) any of the larger local clubs (Macaroons,
The Cove, Yellow Jaguar) or Lawn fetes chairs (Queen of
Heaven, Clarence Carnival, Alden Carnival, St John Vianney,
Resurrection, St Johns in Alden, St Martha and nore) and
they will tell you that Hit N Run is the best drawing band
for their club/function in the area.
With
the wide array of material (mostly Dance and sing-along
Classic Rock, with some Oldies, newer Alternative material,
and a touch of Country, Disco and Blues) we strive to play
something for everyone. This is why we are such a success
at the outdoor, all ages performances, like the Erie County
Fair, The Canal Concerts, All major huge Lawn Fetes, The
Taste of Buffalo, Fire hall parties, Bisons Park Shows,
Wingstock, Christmas parties, Town Park Shows (Lancaster,
North Tonawanda, Niagara Falls, Cheektowaga and Williamsville)
and Carnivals.
All
of that means nothing. You can put it on a website. But
to realize the true representation of a band is to go and
see them "LIVE" with their current line-up. This
way you can judge the actual talent, see the crowds they
draw and the reasons behind it. Our CD's and clips are from
live shows. The tracks have a typical sound, and typical
mistakes. We did not go to a studio and make multiple takes,
or use pitch correctors in order to get the perfect sound
or eliminate mistakes, because that is not what you will
see live. We want you to feel that what you hear and pay
to see, will be exactly what you get. I would NEVER recommend
that you book a band without seeing them in person. 99.9%
of the people who has seen us live, have booked Hit N Run
and been extremely happy.
We
look forward to working together with you on an upcoming
date. You can call us at 656-1522, or email us through the
website www.hitnrun.net
or at markjvalentino@yahoo.com.
Sincerely,
Mark Valentino
Hit N Run
Hit
N Run - "Live at the
Erie County Fair 2016"
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