Atlanta - January 30, 2008

Kid Rock

The Paul Green School of Rock Music Opens

You’d give anything for the kid upstairs in 2B to drop out of the band. Or, at the very least, learn to play the damn oboe.

And at his age, you’d have given anything for classes at The Paul Green School of Rock Music, now holding open enrollment in Atlanta for kids ages 8 to 18.

General manager Justin Nihiser (We are Berliners) and music director Greg Lee (Peter Searcy, Sundiver) run a school where triangle section banishings and knuckle rappings land in detention faster than you can say “Down with Tenacious D.”

Students — not teachers — pick their instruments, attending one 45-minute solo lesson and a three-hour Saturday group rehearsal per week. At a school where “the classics” mean everything from ’60s rock to ’90s punk, it’s only right that recital venues include legit spots like Vinyl and East Andrews.

Where the acoustics beat the hell out of your bedroom ceiling.

The Paul Green School of Rock Music, 321 Pharr Road, Buckhead (404-218-3105 or schoolofrock.com).

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