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802 For Axel Benefit Honors Vermont Music’s Biggest Fan
On a recent, cool Friday
night at The Venue in South
Burlington, friends and family of
the late William (Bill) “Axel” Ringwig gathered together to rejoice
and celebrate the life of a man
who loved, promoted and
breathed the Vermont music
scene arguably, like no other fan.
Organized by many and
spearheaded by our friends Teri
Richer and Taylor Arsenault of
Rock the 802 – the very promotional machine founded by Axel to
promote all things music in the
Green Mountain State – The
Venue hosted this truly epic, kickass music celebration featuring
nine area bands which were all
happy to donate their time and
music to honor the man they call
Axel. All the funds generated from
the event were donated to the recently created “Axel Foundation,”
a music scholarship fund created
in his honor.
The Venue was packed and
rocked the night away with a
heavy-hitting lineup of homegrown Vermont bands including
Justice, MindTrap, Quadra, Stone
Bullet, Last Words, Nightrain,
Barbie-N-Bones, Pleasure Dome
and the recently formed W.A