{"id":868,"date":"2005-05-12T16:50:00","date_gmt":"2005-05-12T16:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/acloserlookmedia.com\/?p=868"},"modified":"2024-04-03T16:51:09","modified_gmt":"2024-04-03T16:51:09","slug":"its-not-far","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acloserlookmedia.com\/?p=868","title":{"rendered":"It\u2019s not Far"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsreview.com\/media\/images\/articles\/featured\/2020\/07\/35375-01.jpeg\" alt=\"Nothing inspires Gratitude like a free show!\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Nothing inspires Gratitude like a free show!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>If you grew up in Sacramento, chances are you\u2019ve heard of Far. One of the area\u2019s most revered bands, Far unfortunately never quite achieved the super-stardom of its friends the Deftones. Nonetheless, Jonah Matranga, Far\u2019s ex-frontman and a current member of Gratitude, has become somewhat of a rock icon, drawing hundreds of kids to his shows in every state across the nation. What\u2019s his secret? Perhaps it\u2019s his modest, well-mannered nature and his ability to bring a crowd into his world. Gratitude, which has a new album out on Velvet Hammer via Atlantic Records, is arguably his best post-Far project (others included Onelinedrawing and New End Original). Catch the band on Friday at Cesar Chavez Plaza, located at Ninth and J streets. The 5:30 p.m. show is absolutely free and includes Headrush (featuring ex-members of Simon Says and Splender) and Zero To Heaven (members of the unfortunately defunct Pocket Change). Visit\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.downtownsac.org\/\">www.downtownsac.org<\/a>\u00a0for more information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(SN&amp;R)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you grew up in Sacramento, chances are you\u2019ve heard of Far. One of the area\u2019s most revered bands, Far unfortunately never quite achieved the super-stardom of its friends the Deftones. Nonetheless, Jonah Matranga, Far\u2019s ex-frontman and a current member of Gratitude, has become somewhat of a rock icon, drawing hundreds of kids to his [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-868","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-media"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/acloserlookmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/868","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/acloserlookmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/acloserlookmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acloserlookmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acloserlookmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=868"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/acloserlookmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/868\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":869,"href":"https:\/\/acloserlookmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/868\/revisions\/869"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/acloserlookmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=868"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acloserlookmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=868"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acloserlookmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=868"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}