Beethoven's Nightmare - A Deaf Band......seriously.

After 30 years a well known Deaf band called Beethoven's Nightmare has finally produced a CD with the label "Turn It Up Louder!" in their debut CD splash this week at their release party in Hawaii:

The CD, which is the first known in the world to feature an all-deaf rock band, is another milestone for Hawaii-based Beethoven's Nightmare, which has played venues around the United States and wowed audiences and record executives alike.

"After 30 years, it's finally paid off," said Ed Chevy, the band's bassist and an American Sign Language teacher, at a CD release party yesterday in Hawaii Public Radio's Atherton Studio. "We want to say music is a universal language. ... This kind of music helps us express ourselves."

You can go here to watch their video clip story in ASL on how their band came about and listen to some samples of their rock music as well. Read an article here about the band in the Honolulu Star-Bulletin in 2003. Also here, here and here.

Even though I've been playing the piano ever since I was 7 I love how Bruce Hornsby plays his paino piece. His best piece? "The Way It Is." I prefer solo piano pieces. But as for Beethoven's Nightmare, rock on!