Tuesday, January 8, 2008

The Greenery


The Greenery 
(Long Beach, California)

A show on sunday night is one of two things: Empty or nonexistent. That being said a show on the night before most high schools go back after winter break might as well have been booked on the moon. 

The Scene: A Sunday night show booked the night before San Antonio high schools go back after winter break. Picture this, about three paying customers and a smattering of band members totaling to about 12 people show up to see The Greenery. The young band's first tour supporting it's first EP was on it's third date when it rolled through San Antonio, which is, of course, when I got to sit down and chat with lead singer Matt Lanners about the band's outlook on life: 
"We all decided that we weren't going to be the next Beatles or Rolling Stones but we are going to have a lot of fun."

at which point Brandon Richardson chimed in

"That's our motto, No Music, All Movement"

.. The set was filled with more raw energy then anyone expects to see with such a poor attendence.
The band (Jokingly calling the show their best practice session ever) pulled off an amazing performance,no doubt, fueled by the members astoundingly young ages ranging from 19 to 20.

The Greenery's First EP entitled The Party Animal is available free at the band's Myspace.

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