Members of the band This is the World are, from left, Austin Zarnick, Jesse Ort and Jason Brahler. They will be playing at the South Butler Community Library in Saxonburg from 4 to 6 p.m. Saturday. SUBMITTED PHOTO

SAXONBURG — An up-and-coming local rock band, This is the World, will help usher out 2018 on Saturday, but the members of the group might be sorry to see the year end.

After all, the trio of Jessie Ort, 16, singer/songwriter/lead guitarist; Austin Zarnick, 15, bass guitarist; and Jason Brahler, 15, drummer/songwriter, have been having a pretty good year.

They were selected to participate in radio station WYEP's 2019 Reimagination Project, meaning one of This is the World's original songs will be included on the "Reimagination Volume 6" album set to be released in May.

And the band released its first CD, “This is the World,” in May. The 10 songs are all original, said Sean Zarinick of Great Belt, Austin's father and the band's manager.

The band originated three years ago this April. The music on the CD is in the style of “classic rock,” said Zarnick.

“It's almost a classic rock sound, it has a punk sound to it like the Ramones or early KISS. It's an up-tempo classic rock kind of sound. The Ramones and KISS were Jessie's idols. He grew up listening to them,” he said.

Read the full story in Wednesday's Butler Eagle.