Lawnstock 2 and VinTri Hill

By Joshua Scarselli on September 16, 2025

Words and Photography by Joshua Scarselli.

BALLSTON SPA, N.Y. – September 13, 2025 – Silver Factory Records and Books capped off their summer lawn concert series with three days of grass and music at Lawnstock 2. Christopher Ebbs brought an eclectic mix of artists to Ballston Spa. Day Two was a perfect day to be outside for music. The mix of genres kept the pacing of the event going. There was punk, metal, rap, DJs, and rock n’ roll. Lawnstock definitely had something for everyone.

All summer long, Silver Factory Records and Books has had a wide range of musical artists performing on a stage right on their lawn. People can donate to the artists; otherwise, the events were free. This has added a new space to the music scene that is perfect for newcomers and veteran performers alike.

What really has made these shows special is the sense of community it has built. It has allowed people to network and support each other. Someone brand new can try out their craft and not have to be worried about being booed. It allows people to feel accepted and step outside their comfort zone. Lawnstock put all of this on display.

Lawnstock 2 was a music festival that showcased the bands that played on the lawn all summer. Over 15 bands played over 3 days. I had the pleasure of making it to Day Two. This was the most stacked day with seven bands.

The day started out with Skin Pig, with a dirty, industrial, EDM, metal vibe. HMX brought us some awesome rock songs with a social critique. VinTri Hill rocked the stage with their ’90s punk vibe, reminiscent of Green Day. DJ Riddick & DJ Redmaniac mixed some sweet electric sounds with some sick drops. Kryptik Entertainment brought a touch of rap and rhythm to the night. It was all topped off with the hard rock sounds of the Va Va Voodoos.

I had the chance to sit down with the members of the band VinTri Hill. VinTri Hill has been very active the last few years, playing over 15 shows a year since 2023. They have two albums out and just released their first music video. Vincenzo Baldwin, Dimitri Cerrone, and Tyler Munson talked to us about their summer of success, their new music video, and how they came to play at Lawnstock 2.

RRX: The last time I saw you guys was here at Silver Factory Records and Books. It was raining that day. Since then, you have been all over the Capital District. Empire Live, the Fuze Box, and the Hangar, just to name a few. How does it feel to go from playing in the rain one day to being all over the place?

VB: So, that show we played on the lawn here at Silver Factory, regardless of it raining, it was a lot of fun. So we posted a video of us finishing up one of the songs in the rain, and that got a lot of traction with the local music pages and stuff. Even though we had been playing shows beforehand, I feel it kind of changed how people saw us in a way. We kind of play anywhere we can. We played in the snow one time.

DC: That was crazy. My fingers about froze off. That was insane.

VB: So, the weather doesn’t really hold us back. We played a big handful of shows after that. It just keeps progressing in different areas and facets of the Upstate region. We’re gonna be getting out of the state to play shows. So it hasn’t really hit anyone specifically yet, but it’s cool. I’d say it’s cool.

RRX: Where are some of the places you take your inspiration from? You guys did some Green Day covers last time. You guys were able to emulate their feel pretty good.

TM: Yeah, I mean, Green Day obviously. Especially like writing the music; big inspiration. I mean, I take inspiration from Nirvana, they’re definitely a band I pay attention to. The Misfits, obviously. I know a lot of earlier stuff, especially the Beatles – we’re heavily influenced by that.

DC: I think the cool part for us is that we’re all influenced by different people. That makes sense. You can hear the Misfits, you can hear Green Day, you can hear the Beatles in some of our stuff. But when you listen to each of our cards individually, you can hear the grunge aspects of what he’s doing (points to Tyler). I’m a big Dave Grohl guy, the Deftones, that kind of thing. I look at those guys, and I want to do that when I drum. I don’t know if you really talked about this, but like your influences (points to Vincenzo), like who you looked at as a frontman, and people who have their guitar in their hands that are going at it. When you fuse all those things together and make something beautiful, I think you really hone in on that.

RRX: You guys just released your first music video for the song “Without Me.” Tell me, what was that process like?

DC: So we were thankful enough to get a room. It was like a basement of Sage, at the college. It was like 105 degrees in that room.

VB: It was next to a boiler..

DC: It was a scorcher. We had a great team there. They did a great job. Everything went smoothly. Everything went well. Even as hot as it was. We were like, this is insane. We’re sweating our balls off here. We really just went at it. We kept going. And really, I think it showed our chemistry a lot, too. We had no point that I feel like any of us really felt like we were getting too much off the topic or not heading in the right direction. Even after the fact, when the production was getting done, we were like, oh, let’s try this. Maybe that wouldn’t work, and we would try something else. It definitely flowed nicely, and we really did a good job with that, I think.

VB: It didn’t show it on the camera, but we were like probably 20 pounds heavier just because of our sweat. Oh my god.

RRX: It came together very nicely. The video reminded me of something you would see in the TRL era of MTV. Was that something you were aiming for?

VB: I think it came naturally because we always try to emulate some form of vintage vibe, music-wise, from the ’90s or 2000s. The guy who helped us film it, our producer, his name is James (Lobster Thief on Instagram), he had the idea to put a cold filter on it to emulate a 2000s, almost like a nu metal looking music video, with a kind of Saw-ish looking vibe.

But, yeah, we had some influences of who we were working on, as kind of throwing ideas out. It was a nice collaboration..

RRX: We’re here at Lawnstock 2 at Silver Factory Records and Books. How did you guys end up meeting Chris Ebbs and getting involved with Silver Factory?

VB: So we met Chris Ebbs at the Hangar in December of 2024. We were opening up for Franche Coma’s band, FC Inc. That was a big deal for us because he was the original guitarist of the Misfits. Chris was there taking pictures of the event for RadioradioX. I guess Chris really liked our music, and we clicked with him as a person because he’s an awesome guy. He takes amazing photographs. Yeah, so we clicked with Chris. He has a vision of getting together a venue on the lawn here at Silver Factory. He asked us to come up here over the summer, and we played the show, and that’s when it started to rain.

But it’s a nice little setup, it’s gonna be an awesome time. Chris Ebbs is an awesome guy.

RRX: Do you have any upcoming shows?

TM: So, in the stat,e this is our last show right now. In October, we are going down to Greenville, NC. We will be performing at Alley Cat Records. We will also be doing an underground show at The Kitchen in Richmond, VA.

RRX: Where can people keep track of all your music and upcoming events?

DC: Our website is www.vintrihill.com. Instagram and TikTok are vintrihill_official. Facebook is VTH Punk. Check us out!