Superchick Show May 2007

I went to an AWESOME concert last Thursday!

Alright, the line-up was Superchic[k], DecembeRadio, Krystal Meyers, Nevertheless, and Group 1 Crew. I love Nevertheless, and I've been wanting to check out Group 1 Crew because I keep hearing good things about them. So the first two bands were the ones I was most excited about seeing.

So Group 1 Crew opened the show, and they were AWESOME. The music they have up on their MySpace page is good, but it's even better in concert. They have this pop/hip-hop sound that pretty much anyone can like. The girl, Blanca, has an amazing voice too. And not only that, but they talked about Jesus from the stage, which is awesome. You can hear their heart for God and for people through their music, but seeing them live really shows you how important God is to their ministry and their music.

I was talking to Group 1 Crew after the show, and Manwell (one of the guys) expressed to me why they do hip-hop music. He told me, "You will never hear a kid listening to rock music in the ghetto, he'll be listening to hip-hop. And it's not just those kids who like hip-hop, it's kids in the city, the suburbs, out in the country, everywhere people are listening to it. If you look at the music charts hip-hop is what's popular. It has taken over mainstream music. We want to be able to reach all kinds of people, and all kinds of people like hip-hop." That's not word for word, since I wasn't interviewing the guy, but it was something along the lines of that. So their music is awesome, and they are awesome. (And the two with the same last name, not related in any way. How weird is that?)

So then Nevertheless came on. An outstanding performance as usual. I saw them with This Beautiful Republic last month and they were awesome then too. Afterwards my fiancie bought a t-shirt and we talked to all the guys, and they are just so nice. They love Yes FM and the people here in Toledo! It was pretty funny because the guitarist at one point said, "How are you doing, Toledo?" and realized later that they were actually in Perrysburg. He was afraid people would be mad at him for saying the wrong city, haha. It was pretty entertaining.

Then we were talking to the lead singer Josh, and he was talking about the time he got to meet Jon Foreman (of Switchfoot) and how nervous and excited he was, and it was just so ironic because other people are so nervous and excited to meet him! In a young rock band's mind they are not "famous" and get nervous and excited to meet "famous" people, but in the minds of young music fans, young rock bands are famous and these fans get nervous and excited around them. I just think it's cute.

So then Krystal Meyers went on. I didn't listen to her set much because I was out talking to Group 1 Crew and Nevertheless, but what I heard from the hallway sounded good. She's very cute and small too. I mean, teeny tiny, adorable. Lots of kids went to her table and bought stuff.

DecembeRadio was apparently good. They just won a Dove Award, so they must be good. But once again, out talking to the other bands and missed them. From what I heard they had kind of an older hard rock sound, and pretty much everyone I talked to who is over the age of 30 liked them the best. Maybe it's because of that older rock sound, who knows.

Superchic[k] went last. I haven't always been the biggest fan of them, not because I don't like THEM, but because I generally don't like rock music with female singers. I couldn't tell you why, that's just usually how it ends up. But they were really good in concert. The girls seemed really nice and I genuinely enjoyed watching them. The drummer looks like Reuben Studdard (the dude who beat Clay Aiken to win American Idol a few years back. I bet you didn't even know Clay Aiken didn't win that year!) So I thought that was pretty funny.

All in all, a really fun concert. I really want to buy Group 1 Crew's CD, but it'll have to be once I get some extra cash. Maybe I'll ask for it for a wedding shower gift :)

About to eat a ham and cheese sandwich,

Ashley