What's the difference between FROSTING and FALLEN IDOL?  (Sounds like the beginning of a bad joke.)

Short answer: . . NOTHING!  
FROSTING is FALLEN IDOL and FALLEN IDOL is FROSTING.

Slightly Longer version of the “Short answer”:
FROSTING is the band that features our original music and FALLEN IDOL is the cover band that helps us fund and expose that original music.

Long version of the "Short answer":
So, something has to fund this musical rock experience.   Here's the story:  Through years of rock and roll escapades, Spiv knew Joe and Gina.  Spiv knew Rich and had played many gigs with him.  Spiv introduced Rich to Joe and Gina for a cover band they had.  Joe and Gina liked Rich. Gina asked Spiv to be in a new band with Joe and Rich.  Spiv said, I guess… Gina formed a new cover band called “FALLEN IDOL”.  That band had been together for a couple of years, when at a rehearsal,  Gina sat the band down, looked Spiv in the eyes and said she wanted to work on FROSTING music.  Spiv said, wait -  wha?!

Confused yet?

Amid the flurry of excitement after about a year of rehearsing the past FROSTING catalog and writing for our third FROSTING release, the Fallen Idol/Frosting combo platter was well underway.

However, things tend to get confusing having two band names, an alter ego of sorts, same band members,  promoting both at the same gig, etc.   Playing original music at club cover shows/festivals and promoting both?  We're aggressively working and recording new material for a third FROSTING release, and FROSTING has a music history of over a decade despite a hiatus.   

This is the point where we started to question whether it made more sense to continue using both names or to consolidate to one identity.  

Our decision: 

For now, we are going to continue to play shows using both names.  
Shows booked as FROSTING will mean we play all of our own music (and maybe some covers).  
Fallen Idol shows will be mostly covers but also a good dose of FROSTING.  Either way you will get your FROSTING fix!

As an original music maker my whole life (Spiv), this was always a contentious point being in a band.  Original music purists tend to think less seriously of bands that do cover gigs, blah blah.  That's fine.  I don't.  Good music is good music and a good band is a good band.   If anything, it keeps us playing, keeps us promoting, and makes us a little bit of $ which is helpful when you're writing, recording, pressing, touring and supporting a new release.

So that's the story, that's what we decided on, and that's how we're moving forward. 

Feel free to email us booking@frostingband.com if you'd like to discuss further.  
 

Meanwhile FROSTING is making great progress on writing/recording material for a third release, date tba.  Super exciting times!

Rock on!

FROSTING