UnPlugged at the Regent

It has been a while since we were here - and so we came to the Regent Theatre in Arlington, MA to perform a rather unique show - unplugged - that is to say, no electric guitars. It was a different take on us and the songs, and heavily featured the vocalists and their blended harmonies. There was more interaction with the audience, including Q & A and Moon took moments throughout the night to pass on tidbits of knowledge about the bands whose music we perform.

All in all it was a great one off - so far. It's success might produce more shows like this.

Casino Rama, Ontario

One week after we got back from a fantastic week in Dallas, we flew up to Toronto, Canada and from there took a short bus ride to Casino Rama. Huge stage, big lights and sound, and 4000 people in the audience - now that was fun. The new video footage you see on our opening website page was shot there. Thanks to everyone at Rama - we had a great time. (VIDEO)

Dallas, Texas

The AT & T Performing Arts Center in Dallas, TX has just opened a brand new, state-of-the-art theatre called the Wyly Theatre, and we the URO are going to be stamping the theatre's mark on the city with 6 six performances in 5 days - including 2 on New Year's Eve. (click here for details.)

Back in the Boston Area

So next week sees our last Boston area performances of the year at the Regent Theatre, Arlington (click here for details.) We've got three new singers, and a bunch of new classics for you to hear. We're bringing in our light show and are going to make the Regent throb.

Shows are Friday 18th, Saturday 19th and Sunday 20th December.

Orlando, Florida

On the road again! We're piling the band - all 18 of us, plus crew - into a plane and jetting off to Orlando next weekend for a private function. 2000 audience members will be exposed to the rock - and we, in turn, might get to see some warm sunshine. We'll see.

Boston Festivals

The URO performed at a couple of festivals in Boston in late the summer. On September 13th we were on stage on a beautiful afternoon down by the harbor for the Boston Arts Festival. We closed the afternoon's events in front of a large, energetic crowd. And on September 26th we played on the City Hall Plaza stage for the Boston Bike Celebration - immediately following the finish of the Mayor's Cup professional bike race. Bike fans, URO fans and Boston tourists joined together in the early evening to rock the plaza and beyond.

What's Been Going On With the URO?

Well, we've taken a little time to do vacations - much needed. This last weekend we played a great show down in Atlantic City at the Hilton Casino. Long drive there and back, but we had a couple of days there to soak up the sun.

Sal and Alan have been slaving over hot computers editing new videos. Check them out here.

Last Stuart Street Playhouse Performance

As you know, we've been playing at the Stuart Street Playhouse in downtown Boston every Saturday night since January '09. Things have been going great, but we are taking a break from that venue at the end of June. Our last show of this run is going to be Saturday June 27th. So now's the time to buy your tickets before we move out for a while. We're hoping to return there - but we're not sure when. We'll keep you informed.

URO CD on it's way

It's official, a new CD containing studio recordings of 10 of the most popular songs that we perform on a regular basis will be available by next weekend's show (June 6th.) You'll be able to hear 'Bohemain Rhapsody,' 'Black Dog,' 'Golden Slumbers' and 'Space Oddity' to name but a few. They'll be available at our shows, and online here.

The Cisco Kids

If you're lucky enough to be an attendee at the Cisco Conference in Boston this week, you'll be treated to a performance by the Ultrasonic Rock Orchestra at the Wang Theatre on Thursday evening. Promises to be a huge night.

WROR - See New England Festival

The URO will be performing at the WROR - See New England Festival on June 6th at 2:00 p.m. at City Hall Plaza, Boston. Come down and help us get the crowd rocking. CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS

Weekly URO e-mail Participation

Another surprise we've encountered recently is the particpatory response to the weekly emails that Sal has been penning and sending on behalf of the URO. The emails contain fun info about the band, the music we play, the shows we're performing. Contests and surveys are put out to the URO friends - and the feedback we get is excellent. If you're not receiving the URO weekly email, sign up to our Mailing List now. MAILING

Stuart Street Shows Attracting Enthusiastic Audiences

We're just heading in to our 12th performance at the Stuart Street Playhouse, and have been so happy to find that the audiences that have been attending have been consistently enthusiastic and rockin'. Each week it seems like the audience is trying to out-cheer, out-sing and out-rock the prior week's crowd. So, it's creating an amazing feeling out in the seats, and transferring a huge amount of energy to the performers on-stage - who love to feed on it. Keep it up everyone!

New CD - Additional Tracks

I know some of you have been anxiously awaiting the new CD from the Ultrasonic Rock Orchestra - a collection of studio recordings by the band of some of the most popular songs we play in our performances. We, too, are excited to put the CD out, but we are going to delay a short while longer. We have taken the decision to add a couple of Zeppelin tunes, and a couple more Queen tunes. We going to work hard to have it available as soon as possible.

New Shows at the Stuart Street Playhouse

Following our succesful Hoilday Shows at the Stuart Street Playhouse in downtown Boston, we've just agreed to perform there every Saturday night for the near future. Tell all your friends and come and see us as often as you like. We're always working on new material to bring into the Sets and we promise to always deliver the ROCK and give you, our audience, a fantastic night out. Check out www.urorocks.com for more info.

Happy New Year

We at the URO wanted to wish all of you a very Prosperous and Happy 2009. Our Holiday shows at the Stuart Street Playhouse were a huge amount of fun - thanks to the exuberant crowds who partied alomg with us. Today we play the first of two shows at the Mohegan Sun Casino in CT. It's our first time here, and we're hoping to return often.

New Recording - Child Thy Name Is Rock

We've just posted our new studio version of this stage performance favorite. Click the 'Listen' Button on the left of this screen to hear it.

Holiday Shows at the Stuart Street Playhouse

Having just announced shows in downtown Boston at the Stuart Street Playhouse, co-Producers - Sal Clemente (vocals) and Alan Ware (drums) have been spending endless hours preparing for what should be the URO's most exciting performances to date. New songs have been moved in to the Set List, lights and sound are being prepared, and the singers and musicians are deep in intense rehearsals. Check out www.urorocks.com for more info.

Cleveland, Ohio

Last weekend we travelled to Cleveland for a one night show at the Allen Theatre. During our set-up, we managed to find a couple of spare hours to visit the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame - what a great way to get us all pumped up for the show. And, of course, in the true spirit of Spinal Tap, we opened the performance with all 19 of us shouting "Hello Cleveland!" It just had to be done.

Fryeburg and Fireworks

A first for the URO - once we were set up on the moving stage at the Fryeburg Fair in Maine, we had a chence to hatch a little plan with the guys who were setting up the evening's fireworks display. So, 8000 raucous audience members were treated to an amazing fireworks display that began precisely on the last note of our encore song - Flash Gordon. It was quite spectacular.

Revised Web-site Look

So we changed some design elements in our website - giving you the blue URO logo and blue page buttons. The URO "Fist of Rock" has also been used in some parts. All in effort to make our site ever more eye-catching and easy to use.

Pumpkin Festival

October 18 will mark our 3rd year of performing at the Camp Sunshine Pumpkin Festival in Boston. We will be rounding out a day of pumpkin fun as thousands get together to try to set the 'Largest Pumpkin Patch' world record while raising money for Camp Sunshine - a retreat for children with life-threatening illnesses and their families. Join us at City Hall Plaza in Boston at 7:00 p.m.

New URO CD On It's Way

Since the beginning of this year the URO has been spending many spare hours in the studio recording brand new versions of the biggest songs we play during our performances, including Bohemian Rhapsody, Under Pressure, Won't Get Fooled Again and much of Abbey Road.

We're mixing the final tracks now, and the the finished cd will be available this Fall. Watch this space.

Who Takes Our Amazing Photos

We are very lucky to have some great shots of the URO immortalized in digital picture form. Many of those shots were taken by a great photographer friend of ours who has been working with us for a couple of years now. His name is Marshall Goff and you check out more of his work at www.marshallgoff.com.

Many other shots were taken by another great friend of ours, who played bass in a band with Sal and Alan for many years - Shawn Carey. Shawn is primarily a wildlife photographer, and you can see more of his work at www.migrationproductions.com.

Thanks for Erie Supporters

Thanks to all those who came to see the shows in Erie, all those who helped us out at the Erie Playhouse, and an extra special thanks to the Baxters for the very generous use of their house while we were in town.

Erie, P.A.

Just spent 5 days in Erie performing 4 shows at the Erie Playhouse. Although we'd never played there before, the town's reaction was tremendous, and the audience turnout was excellent. We were featured on local TV and radio, and had great support from the Erie Times, which printed an extensive preview write-up and a very favorable review - thanks Dr. Rock.