Philadelphia’s Fosterchild promises to bring rock sounds, old and new, to Sweet Caroline’s nightclub Friday.
The group, which has one album — 2007’s “Independence Day” — behind it, will be at the club with The Niki Barr Band.
Fosterchild has a blues-based hard rock sound in the vein of bands like Guns N’ Roses, The Cult, and Led Zeppelin, guitarist Brian Quinn said in a recent telephone interview.
He didn’t compare his band to those groups, but noted that Fosterchild has drawn inspiration from them. When the group plays covers, it draws from the catalogs of the groups that have inspired it, too, which also includes bands such as AC/DC and The Faces — “just good blues rock from back in the day,” Quinn said.
Fosterchild decided to play Sweet Caroline’s because its management company, which also handles The Niki Barr Band, said this area likes original music and rock and roll, Quinn said. The group, which played its first show July 4, 2005, recently ended a seven-month national tour with Tantric and is looking for a new record label.
The band jettisoned its old label after two members left, Quinn said. The band has many new songs and ideas that “need an objective ear and a producer’s touch,” he said, adding that the band hopes to record this fall.
While the band has a Web site, www.fosterchildrocks.com, is on Facebook and MySpace, and posts on Twitter, touring has been the best way it has gotten word out about its music, Quinn said. It has been all about “getting in front of as many people as possible.”
Friday’s show will be for people who want to see a lot of Les Paul guitars, Marshall amps, long hair, and sweat, he said. “We just want them to come out an have a blast.”