Local talents ‘fired up’ to battle for spotlight

DAINA HAVENS ASST PERSPECTIVES EDITOR DMH724@CABRINI EDU

Only the most badass band will survive when Battle of the Bands kicks off at Cabrini College. The five local bands that will entertain all include at least one or more Cabrini students, and each will be competing for the spot to open for the Phantom Planet concert, along with Philadelphia, Pa. natives, Pepper’s Ghost, on April 8, at 7:30 p.m.

The bands will battle their way into the spotlight on Saturday, March 18, at 7:30 p.m. in Grace Hall. Each band will have a chance to showcase their musical skills with only three songs, and will be observed and ranked by outside judges.

The coordinator of this event, LoriIannella, said,“We really want Cabrini to embrace this concert because it’s to celebrate the campus winding down the 2006 school year,” Iannella said. The Cabrini band that opens for Phantom Planet will gain positive recognition for the school within the surrounding community, and that this public event will be a great opportunity for involvement within the student body Ianella.

Musical genres will include everything from indie to metal/experimental. The first band to brawl will be New Union Rules, followed by Epilepsy, Avant Garde, Lethean and finally The Company, in that order.

“It’s gonna be a fire in there, so we’re gonna stop, drop and rock,” The Company member Matt Serfass said. “So, if you don’t have work, surgery, cru- sades or any other kind of prior serious engagements, come check it out,” Serfass added.

“It gives us an opportunity to see some local flavor,” Maura Gertz, junior english and communications major, said. While commenting on one of last semester ’s performances in Grace Hall, Gertz said, “ I wouldn’t think of it as a big concert. It’s more like a bunch of friends getting together to play music.”

The alternative-jam band Avant Garde is composed of three Cabrini students, including; EJ Gilchrist, Barry Magagna and

-Matt Serfass

Mike Dunphy New Union Rules includes two Cabrini juniors, graphic design major Kevin Connolly and english and communications Ryan Conklin. They’re accompanied by other band members Lee Miyahara and Chris Daubert. Epilepsy Cabrini band members inclue senior philosophy Conor McLaughlin, sophomore english and communication major Brian Fairman and alum David Ehrlich claim that they are “going to rock Cabrini like it’s no ones business.” The Company also contains four Cabrini students. Connolly from New Union Rules said, “We’re just looking forward to playing in front of a college crowd and looking to have fun. We just want to put on a good show and hopeful- ly play music a lot of people will enjoy.”

“W e invite everyone to come outandsupporttheir favorite to open for Phantom Planet and Pepper ’s Ghost,” Iannella said.

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The battle of the bands will take place in the Grace Hall Atrium on April 8, 2006 at 7:30 p.m. The event will include five local bands.