Sounding like Springsteen backed by a heavier, alt-country version of the Counting Crows, Fallon and his bands (indie-rock KATSU and punk/country LOWJACK) have performed with JASON MRAZ, PRES. OF USA, SMITHEREENS, WASH. SOCIAL CLUB, and DEXTER FREEBISH
2003-At 21, 1 of 4 finalists for US MAVERICK RECORDS UNSIGNED ARTISTS CONTEST
2004-KATSU has first album Gorgeous Mess chosen as the #1 indie release for the state of PA by PA MUSICIAN MAGAZINE
2005-Fallon’s version of “Rapper’s Delight” is part of the MTV BOOKS project “Lit Riffs,” a book inspired by classic rock songs and the accompanying soundtrack. (featured in ROLLING STONE MAGAZINE)
2006-single song publishing w/ BLUE TOOTH MUSIC. Song "PLEASE DONT START" is featured on VERONICA MARS on CW network. LOWJACK art featured on FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS
2007-Fallon(w/LOWJACK) will perform at SXSW in Austin through MUSIC GORILLA
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Latest News

Dennis will be performing with LOWJACK at SXSW! Details to follow, showtimes, locale, etc....
Dennis has also just signed his cover of Grandmaster Flash's "The Message" to a publishing deal with THE MUSIC LIBRARY PUBLISHING.

I cant wait to get a pair of cowboy boots

KATSU PRESS QUOTES

THE BUZZ:

“A unique combination that really translates across many genres, who would have thought that if hip hop and Dylan had a baby, they would name it Katsu”
--Michael McCoy,
PD WLAN (Lancaster,PA)


"crisp, inventive modern rock from a disc that gets better with every listen. not the same-old-same-old."
Mike Naydock—WKAB (Berwick,PA)

“a crafty bunch of fast and furious tunes anchored by witty lyrics and a pop-meets-rock-meets-punk vibe.”
Alan Stout-Knight Ridder

“Katsu subscribe to the long lost strategy of putting on a kick ass live show to build a fan base. Not Possible? You really have to hear them to believe it.”
--Electric City Weekender (Scranton, PA)

“…with this album Katsu shows it has the drive, originality, and the musicianship to compete with any major label band and seems poised to shed its independent status.”
--- Centre Daily Times
(Knight-Ridder, State College, PA)

“Driven by the brilliance of Dennis Magee Fallon’s lyrical skill, Gorgeous Mess is a wonderful, well rounded album…variety, aggressive and skilled musicianship, intelligence, freshness, and soul.”
(#1 of TOP TEN PA Albums of 2003)
--PA MUSICIAN

“Cant imagine there will be many better albums than this in 2004…[KATSU] cook, with passion and intelligence…9 out of 10.”
-Hazelton Standard Speaker (Northeast PA)

Dennis Fallon Press quotes/Bio

“…brilliant lyrical skills, throwing down wonderful rap/rants with Dylanesque turns of phrase with awareness, cynicism, and momentum…”
-PA Musician, Sept. 2003

“… [Fallon’s] got a flair for the dramatic…painting full, robust images, like treatments of scenes and scenarios from the identifiable to the absurd. Yet they’re lyrically executed convincingly…great pop sensibilities, cleverly avoiding the 6,700 clichés usually worked into this theme…file it under ‘regional classics.’ Great!”
--Hazelton Standard-Speaker
(Northeast Pennsylvania)

“Dennis Fallon, the band’s vocalist, is the album’s charismatic focal point...he’s like a rubber ball on top of an exploding rock and roll geyser…”
--Centre Daily Times
(Knight-Ridder, State College, PA)

“ …Fallon displayed a brassy voice and an upbeat stage personality as he fired up the large audience with free-wheeling original tunes…expect to hear a lot more about him in the months to come…”
--PA Musician (June 2002)

“The more lead singer Dennis Fallon and his band mates seem indifferent to big commercial success -- focusing instead on the sheer joy of playing live to their loyal local following -- the more they seem to court success.”
--The Daily Collegian
Penn State University
*BIO*
“I’d call what I do a MUSICAL CAR WRECK,” says Dennis Fallon of his style, “Love it or hate it; you can’t look away because it demands attention.”
For the past three years, this 26-year-old has demanded attention from music lovers up and down the Northeast. With word of mouth and bootlegging as his tools, fans of Fallon’s heart on his sleeve, politically conscious and sometimes humorous writing style have made it clear that his songs resonate and made him a show-stopping performer wherever he goes. With College degrees in Journalism and English, Fallon combines his flair for the literary and the dramatic with the simplicity of a folk singer and a pop song.
Immersing himself in all things musical (as a Deejay and music writer) and hungry for a creative outlet, Fallon began performing solo shows in his hometown of State College, PA, home of Penn State University. The student body there would embrace Dennis and his songs, where he cut his teeth as one of the city’s premiere performers, releasing the regional favorite, SUPERSWEET POISON.
With so many songs to get out from his overflowing and quick-witted mind, Fallon formed the band KATSU around his songs. For the past two years, Dennis Fallon and Katsu toured non-stop, performing with such national acts as: JASON MRAZ, THE PRESIDENTS OF THE USA, THE SMITHEREENS, WASHINGTON SOCIAL CLUB, DEXTER FREEBISH, and every popular regional act throughout Pennsylvania.

DATES AND EVENTS OF NOTE:
2002—One of only 20 singer-songwriters on the East Coast chosen for the DEWEY BEACH MUSIC FESTIVAL
2002—One of four finalists for the Northeast US in the MAVERICK RECORDS UNSIGNED ARTISTS CONTEST
2003—Fallon’s Band, KATSU, has their first album (“Gorgeous Mess”) chosen as the #1 independent release for the state of Pennsylvania by PA MUSICIAN MAGAZINE.
2003—signed with Northeast Record Label, SAM RECORDS and Chris Fetchko Management (www.samrecords.net)
2004—“The Stalking’ Song” is chosen as a worldwide finalist in the International Songwriting Competition for the “Pop” category.
2004—“Brave New World,” a track from the “Gorgeous Mess” LP, will be featured in the feature film “Everything’s Jake,” starring Ernie Hudson and Debbie Allen to be released in the fall of 2005.
2004—Fallon’s version of “Rapper’s Delight” is chosen as part of the MTV BOOKS project “Lit Riffs,” a collection of short stories inspired by classic rock songs and the accompanying soundtrack. (As featured in ROLLING STONE MAGAZINE.)