================================================ Subject: [ Creed Discuss ] News From Michigan (And General) From: "]\\\\[][G}{T§TÖ®]v[" To: Date: Fri 7 May 2004 15:39:30 -0400 ================================================ Hi everyone. Figure that since I need to test the list anyway (see who bounces), I may as well send along a quick blurb about the happenings here in Michigan Tara and I finally got all my paperwork filed. We're now just waiting to hear from the (former) INS about if I am approved or not. Yay for dependencies on Government timeframes! We went to see 12 Stones play at the See Spot Rock show in Adrian Michigan last month. The opening bands were *alright* I guess... I wasn't too impressed with them... well, with the exception of Big Dismal. This Wind-Up band took to the stage first, and put on a phenomenal, if not extremely short show. Anyone who has not yet checked out either of these bands... YOU DISGUST ME! GO NOW AND LISTEN TO THEM!!! ;) 12 Stones has a new album coming out August 11. Wind-Up has settled with the title "Potters Field". Rumor has that Paul had to push some to get this, so everyone is happy now. I've had the chance to listen to 5 songs off the CD now, and I have to say that it is going to be well worth the wait. Creed is no more. Well, that's the general consensus, anyway. They are taking a break to pursue other options, is the official word. Scotty is trying a bit of a solo thing, while Mark and Flip have brought Creed originator Brian Marshall back into their mini-group, and have started some musical work of their own. The new band name they are working under is Alter Bridge (This is original Creed minus Scott Stapp). According to Mark, this is going to be a much heavier sound than we are used to hearing from them, so I'm looking forward to it. You can check out their site at http://www.alterbridgeband.net if you're interested (and who in their right mind wouldn't be?). Tara and I went to a concert at The Machine Shop in Flint last night. My ears still hurt, but it was WELL worth it. Frequency 54 (a small band from Michigan that has a great sound... I'm questing for their CD on their website as I type this) opened up the show, and I was really impressed. The singer, although really short, had a voice that could really sell if they get the chance. Dixie Something-or-other followed... can't remember their full name, and that has to say something... I took this as an opportunity to relax on the chain. He looked like a cross between Bo Duke, Lynyrd Skynyrd, and Jim Morrison. He had the Bo look, the Skynyrd sound, and was high on something when he was up there (had the shakes, bloodshot eyes, and squinting). They were followed by Silvertide. This band has so much energy, and was so successful at working the crowd that they are almost destined to go places. The only thing that will hold them back is the fact that the band comes with the appearance of something out of the 60's... very hippyish. Pictures of the lead singer hanging from the ceiling while singing are coming... poor guy got beat up in the pit though. Nice bunch of guys after the show too. Tara and I started talking to the guitarist, and as we were chatting away, the rest of the band casually wandered up and joined in on the conversation... in a period of 15 seconds, we went from one guy to the whole band (including the singer, draped in a blood-stained towel from his experiences in the pit). Headlining act was Shinedown. Amazing. This guy, while having a look that was a cross between Shaun from Seether and the singer to "The Cure", managed to hit notes and hold them better than anyone I have seen live so far. His range was amazing, and he was so emotional during some of his songs that you could actually identify with what he was singing... that he wasn't up there belting out some pre-manufactured song, but instead he was actually feeling what he sang. An example was their cover of "Simple Man". He dedicated it to a friend of their bus driver, who recently passed away after a fight with cancer. He actually had tears, he was so into what he was singing. If there is only one thing to be done today for all of you, make it a quest to check this band out. _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@creedlisters.com http://lists.creedlisters.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss