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Printer-friendly version Bands brave weather to battle on Slayter Hill
Staff Writer Despite the rain and wind Saturday afternoon, a few hundred people went to Slayter Hill to support the five competing bands. Fans of the bands formed a small mosh pit in front of the stage and tossed around Frisbees on the grassy hill. Loose Change started the Battle of the Bands with its original hip-hop sound. Next up were The Malcontents, an upbeat ska band with a female vocalist named Sharon Kolick. The eight-piece band brought a new flavor to the stage with its brass horns, high energy and stage presence. "The judges will have a tough decision to make since all the bands have really good stage presence and all add a different component since they are all from different genres of music," said Crista Lauctes, senior in the School of Liberal Arts. Travis Harmon, friend of the band, drove from Franklin for two hours to see them play. "Energy is everything in music and The Malcontents have soul power," he said. The judges seemed to think so, too, as the band won first place and $200. Kemble, which performed third, had a more mellow sound and incorporated keyboards into its music. Keyboardist and lead singer of Kemble, David Lasuer, said the band was honored just to be selected as one of the five bands to compete out of the 20 that applied. He jokingly blamed their losing on two main faults. One was that their wardrobe did not all match like the wardrobe of The Malcontents, who were clad in white shirts, black ties and black pants. The other fault was that they didn’t have a cute female lead singer like Kolick to pull the show together. He nodded sheepishly and said, "She definitely has something." That seemed to be the consensus among other runner-up bands, including Free Raine. Members Jeremiah Johnson and Will Rashin joked about having a guitar duel over her. The good-natured members gracefully accepted third place at the competition and said that the $50 they won would be recycled within the band for beer. Printer-friendly version |
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