| Show Christian Rock Band Comes To Utah Shauna Smith Contributing Writer On March a California band hit Utah with a alively alively alively lively performance at the McKay Mcay Events Center in Orem In the eight years this Christian band has been touring they had visited visited visited vis vis- vis- vis all but two states s. s Utah was one of them them but but not r anymore Copeland a band from Atlanta Georgia opened the concert playing for about 45 minutes until took the stage Are you guys ready to rock asked lead singer Jon Foreman at the beginning beginning begin begin- ning of the show The crowds crowd's answer was apparent apparent apparent ent when they all screamed and cheered in response I like this place said Foreman began by playing one of their better- better known songs Dare You to Move and continued with most of the songs on their new album titled The Beautiful Letdown The second to last song was the most popular called Meant to Live which is played on several local radio stations After this song the band left the stage and after the crowd went wild screaming ONE MORE SONG ONE MORE SONG they gave in and returned to the stage to finish the concert off with with their song titled Adding to 19 the Noise The California boys who originally nally met as surfers named their band after a surfing term They released their thet- first independent album in 1997 right after Foremans Foreman's younger brother Tim who plays lays the bass guitar for the theand band and graduated from high school They have played an average of snows shows every year since according to The band won the 2002 ASCAP San Diego Music Award for Best Adult Alternative music and contributed five songs to the 2002 movie soundtrack A Walk to Remember Although music is explosive with guitars and drums they have nave an intense longing for meaning in their music Between the breaking of guitar strings jumping off the drum set and even crowd surfing Foreman sings about hope love and even faith in Jesus Christ Foreman strives to take part in changing the world for the better but realizes continued on page 12 continued from page 7 he cannot do it single hand edly I 1 dont don't have a political mind but I have a few political political political ical concerns said Foreman between songs at atthe atthe atthe the concert He proceeded to tell the audience about an organization he is avidly involved with called DATA which stands for Debt Aids Trade Africa This organization is trying trying trying try try- ing to fight the epidemic of AIDS that is taking the lives of an entire genera genera- generation generation genera genera- generation unfair tion and the TRADE policies that keep Africans from being able to sell their products at world prices to earn their own way out out of poverty For more information on DATA visit If Im I'm content as an artist to write a hit song or have a platinum record then Ill I'll have failed a lot of my fellow human beings said Foreman according to the bands band's For us its it's about communicating and connecting with people level on a different |
