Barb
When I was 16 my older brother played in a band. the scene to me was very underground.
if you weren't in it, you didn't know it existed. it's not that they wanted it that way..
I guess it just happened. the first show I went to I noticed a lot of things. 1. all the
bands were 100% male. and 2. the crowd was almost 100% male. to me that was strange even
though I mostly have had male friends all my life. I wasn't into going to teen dance clubs
and stupid crap I guess. I continued to do that for about a year. I knew everyone's name
but no one knew me. until I met Ryan. that was two years ago. we started to hang out everyday
and allot of my views changed. I was really into good DIY punk. I was into dumpster diving.
I
was into an alternative way of live. my family really came down on me hard for feeling differently
about things like the government and supporting corporations. I sounds silly now how much it
affected me but it did.
(don't worry.. I am getting to the point)
so I got more into different things and hanging out with different people. shows were about
more than music. they were about knowledge and the message bands were trying to convey. and to
this day I stick to my views. it takes all kinds was my first band. the original line up was matt
on drums, Ryan on bass, me on guitar, and Krystal on vocals. I quit the first day.
Krystal couldn't do it. she was shy. and Neal joined and Ryan sang. I used to attend all their
practices and sit in the back and listen. one day matt told me to sing. I was really embarrassed
but I got up there and did it. we practiced for my first show and little did I know, but putting
aside my nervousness and just doing it was one of the best decisions I have made. our first show
was amazing. we did good. and I had a feeling in my stomach that I can't put into words. it was
crazy!
I now had something else in my life that I could share with my best friend
Ryan. and there is
no better time to get up in front of people and talk about issues that you need to address. our
lyrics have meaning. when we go to some small town in the middle of nowhere and talk about
respect and acceptance, you can just tell by the expression on someone's face how they are
touched by something that may seem small to you. now we live in Rochester and there are a whole
other group of faces at local shows. but more of those faces are girls' faces and to be that is
sort of an accomplishment. I wrote the song called girl so I could address to the crowd that
gender is irrelevant and talk about how I don't come to see my boyfriend play or my brother.
I go
because I have a love for the scene and we all enjoy doing this. it isn't a weekend pastime.
it's my life.
barb
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