Spring Break
Band built on word of mouth, continuing to grow
Craig Bidiman
Issue date: 1/9/09 Section: Diversions
"Gabe and I take the stage for 20 middle-aged bikers while music videos of Buckcherry, Staind and Nickelback are playing in the background, and we are up there with our acoustic guitars and get booed almost immediately."
"They were yelling things like, 'Play some Metallica!' It was awesome," Norris said with a laugh.
All of the OSU members of chemicalwarbear (Collins, Fingerut and Norris) are in their final year of college and are anticipating a move up to Portland to be in closer proximity to Kay and to pursue a more serious approach to spreading their music.
"I think what has kept us together is the fact that we are best friends," Fingerut said. "But we do push each other a lot."
The band is performing tonight as a part of an event called the Pre-Exam Jam 4, which will be held in the International Forum (Club Escape), which is behind Snell hall. The show is being put on by the Oregon State Musicians Guild, and it starts at 7 p.m. Also performing in the show tonight are New Mecca, A Starlight Incident and the debut of Splittin' Aces.
Craig Bidiman
diversions@dailybarometer.com
"They were yelling things like, 'Play some Metallica!' It was awesome," Norris said with a laugh.
All of the OSU members of chemicalwarbear (Collins, Fingerut and Norris) are in their final year of college and are anticipating a move up to Portland to be in closer proximity to Kay and to pursue a more serious approach to spreading their music.
"I think what has kept us together is the fact that we are best friends," Fingerut said. "But we do push each other a lot."
The band is performing tonight as a part of an event called the Pre-Exam Jam 4, which will be held in the International Forum (Club Escape), which is behind Snell hall. The show is being put on by the Oregon State Musicians Guild, and it starts at 7 p.m. Also performing in the show tonight are New Mecca, A Starlight Incident and the debut of Splittin' Aces.
Craig Bidiman
diversions@dailybarometer.com
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