After a quick jaunt over to the Bridges lounge it was back to the rock. For the second time in two years it was time to see the Drama Club at the MMC.
Their set was the same kind of energetic emo-infused, classic rock influenced heavy hitting sound that I, and other fans, have come to crave. Nick Coyle took to the mic with confidence after last year’s performance. The crowd had doubled since the first band of the evening and was more than ready to rock.
The room tingled with excitement and energy and the Drama Club wrapped up their set with the ‘out there’ track “Man From Outer Space.” After tearing down their equipment, I was able to catch a quick word with frontman Coyle.
I asked him about the dichotomy of their music. While the guitars pound and the bass booms, the vocals and lyrics dance around gracefully with almost happy tones. To some this seems a bit odd, to Coyle it’s nothing special.
“Country music can be about death metal stuff if they wanted to. It’s not that heavy. We could make it heavier. It’s no Slayer song.”
Coyle also spoke about his vocal influences and the progression of his voice from screamer heavy Lifer to the more melodic tones of the Drama Club.
“In Lifer, the screaming thing, was something I did that wasn’t my norm. Every band I had been in before Lifer was more along the lines of sining that was heavily influenced by big rock songs—Journey, you know stuff like that where it’s just big hang out and rock it kind of things.”
He went on to say that Lifer was something that was attempting to be trendy. I got the sense that Coyle feels way more at home with the Drama Club and it shows on stage.
However, while Coyle feels more at home, their guitarist, a founding member, has flown the coup. The line-up that played the MMC had only practiced together twice but was still as tight as any other band that played.
“Last week we just decided to ****ing rock it,” explained Coyle. “We weren’t going to cancel any shows.”
I, for one, am glad they didn’t.
Their set was the same kind of energetic emo-infused, classic rock influenced heavy hitting sound that I, and other fans, have come to crave. Nick Coyle took to the mic with confidence after last year’s performance. The crowd had doubled since the first band of the evening and was more than ready to rock.
The room tingled with excitement and energy and the Drama Club wrapped up their set with the ‘out there’ track “Man From Outer Space.” After tearing down their equipment, I was able to catch a quick word with frontman Coyle.
I asked him about the dichotomy of their music. While the guitars pound and the bass booms, the vocals and lyrics dance around gracefully with almost happy tones. To some this seems a bit odd, to Coyle it’s nothing special.
“Country music can be about death metal stuff if they wanted to. It’s not that heavy. We could make it heavier. It’s no Slayer song.”
Coyle also spoke about his vocal influences and the progression of his voice from screamer heavy Lifer to the more melodic tones of the Drama Club.
“In Lifer, the screaming thing, was something I did that wasn’t my norm. Every band I had been in before Lifer was more along the lines of sining that was heavily influenced by big rock songs—Journey, you know stuff like that where it’s just big hang out and rock it kind of things.”
He went on to say that Lifer was something that was attempting to be trendy. I got the sense that Coyle feels way more at home with the Drama Club and it shows on stage.
However, while Coyle feels more at home, their guitarist, a founding member, has flown the coup. The line-up that played the MMC had only practiced together twice but was still as tight as any other band that played.
“Last week we just decided to ****ing rock it,” explained Coyle. “We weren’t going to cancel any shows.”
I, for one, am glad they didn’t.
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