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Grunge heads east
South Carolina’s
Crossfade coming to Ricochet
IF YOU GO
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What: Crossfade with Dark New Day in concert
• When: 9:30 p.m. Sunday,
July 24
• Where: Ricochet, 3853 Cleveland Ave., Fort Myers
• Cost:
$12 in advance; $15 at the door.
• Tickets: Call 277-5288.
THAT
OPENING ACT SURE LOOKS FAMILIAR
That's because some in the group Dark New
Day have performed in Fort Myers before.
Brett Hestla, Dark New Day's vocalist,
used to be the singer with Virgos Merlot — a band that played at X-Fest.
More recently, Hestla had been touring as Creed's bassist.
Dark New Day's bassist,
Clint Lowery, also performed here during an X-Fest, but that was when he was a
member of Sevendust.
You may also recognize drummer Will Hunt, who played with
Skrape and Tommy Lee's side band.
Seattle's grungy influence has reached
all corners of the rock world.
Fourteen years after Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Alice In Chains and Soundgarden forced their way onto rock's world stage, and 11 years after the genre was declared dead with Kurt Cobain's suicide in 1994, a new generation of bands has breathed life into grunge.
The latest in this snaking lineage of grungesters is Crossfade.
The South Carolina-based band released its eponymous debut late last year and has been touring non-stop since then. The band will perform Sunday night at Ricochet in Fort Myers, where fans no doubt will hear the hit single "Cold."
The News-Press tried to get the entire band out of bed earlier this week to talk about their experiences, but drummer James Branham was the only one able to clear out the cobwebs from the previous night's festivities to talk to us about songwriting, their favorite movies and vices and other topics.
• On writing songs:
We start with copious amounts of alcohol and heartache. Seriously, though, the best thing to do is write about what you know. Life experiences. Because if you write about something you don't know, you come across as being fake.
• On going from a quartet to a trio:
Tony (Byroads, a vocalist and DJ) got married and left the band. I think we're a little more rockin' now, and we don't use as many samples and scratching.
• On the worst thing about touring:
(Phone interviews.) No, really, it's being away from my wife and 4-year-old daughter.
• On the best fans:
That used to be easy to answer. Now it's not. We've got some good fans in Columbia (S.C.), Little Rock (Ark.) and Wichita (Kan.).
• On the coolest band besides Crossfade:
Alter Bridge. Those guys were awesome. They were Creed, sold a ton of records and could have been total (expletive) to everyone, but they were incredibly nice.
• On the band or singer that creeps you out:
Tiny Tim.
• On your favorite movie:
"Frank Herbert's Dune." It's a guilty pleasure.
• On eating after a show:
Any place that serves hot and spicy wings. Dee's Wings in Columbia (S.C.) is a favorite of mine.
• On the libation you can't live without:
Captain Morgan Spiced Rum. Throw in a little ice and some Diet Coke. Heaven.
• On cigarettes, coffee, candy or doughnuts:
Cigarettes. Marlboro Lights.
• On your worst job:
A short-order cook in this fast-food seafood restaurant called Chappy's. I hated it.
• On your "Spinal Tap" moment:
Last year, we were in Little Rock before a show, and I ate two Taco Bell bean burritos and (washed it down with) Bombay Sapphire martinis.
Over
the course of the show, I'm lookin' at our singer like 'I gotta go.' Then he wants
to do another encore! After the song, I ran offstage to the bathroom ... (We'll
leave the rest up to your imagination.)
By
MARK S. KRZOS
MKRZOS@NEWS-PRESS.COM
Crossfade
Special to news-press.com
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