|
Eve 6 plays 'best show' of tour
in Logan
BEAT MAN: Drummer
for Eve 6 Tony Fagenson performs for the song Tongue
Tied, Wednesday in the Field House. / Photo
by Tyler Larson
By Jacob Fullmer
April 10, 2008 | An estimated 1,300 fans flooded Utah
State University's Nelson Field house Wednesday night
for the concert of recently reunited Eve 6.
The band has been on hiatus since 2004. Event promoter
Tom Atwood of Almeria Entertainment said he started
planning the show in December after he heard about their
reunion.
"When I found out Eve 6 was getting together…I jumped
on it," he said. "I told [the band] this would honestly
be one of the best crowds."
Atwood said Logan frequently gets passed up by big
name bands because Salt Lake City has such a draw. He
said he would "like to see Salt Lake come to Logan."
Cache Valley twins Kaleb and Kolten Smith, 12, were
first in line 30 minutes before the doors opened. They
don't know a lot of Eve 6 music but said they were excited
for their first real concert. When the doors opened
at 7, the line stretched from the front doors of the
field house to the Big Blue Parking Terrace.
Long time fans came from beyond the valley to see
a band they remember from high school days and, some,
even younger. Atwood said he had people from Reno email
him concerning the event.
Erik Leckman drove up from Salt Lake City just for
tonight. Now 18, Leckman said he's been a fan for 10
years and owns all three of the band's albums. Despite
the loss of Eve 6's original guitarist, he said he's
ok with a new or the old sound "as long as they're true
to themselves."
After the concert, Leckman said the band "lived up
to all expectations.
Eve 6 took the stage shortly after 9 p.m. and opened
with Rescue from the band's gold-selling second
album, Horoscope. Later in the set, Eve 6 performed
better-known songs such as Here's to the Night
and, from the band's third album, the Billboard top
30 hit single, Think Twice.
Lead singer and bassist Max Collins, Tony Fagenson
on drums and the only new band member, Matt Bair on
guitar, played together like they hadn't stopped since
the band's inception in the late 1990s. Collins' bass
hung below his knees at times, and leaned into the microphone
singing as with excitement of a 2-year-old on his toes.
Eve 6 saved its breakthrough single Inside Out,
from the platinum self-titled first album, for near
the end of the show. The crowd erupted into a chorus
of cheers as voices picked up the line, "Want to put
my tender heart it in a blender, watch it spin around
to a beautiful oblivion. . . ."
No one in listening to the crowd last night would have
guessed fans hadn't heard Collins' trio perform for
the last four years.
The crowd was given a taste of Eve 6's future album.
Collins said the last song performed,as an encore, is
anticipated to the first song on their new album.
After the performance, Collins said the band was tired
from traveling but "invigorated after that rock explosion,"
and called it the best show of the tour.
After breaking ties with RCA Records in 2004, Eve
6 remains unsigned by any major record labels. Thband
plans to record an album in the ensuing months.
The opening act, Side Dish, won the opportunity to
play with Eve 6 during a battle of the bands in Logan
last month. Lead singer Ryan Sanders said he tried to
see Eve 6 every time the band came to Utah.
Playing trumpet for Side Dish, Erik Vorkink said,
"We all spent high school listening to them so when
the opportunity came up, we were super excited."
OPENING ACT:
Ryan Sanders on guitar and vocals for Side Dish open
for Eve 6, Wednesday at the field house. / Photo
by Tyler Larson
MS
MS
|
