Default
Opener: Greenwheel
Rock Stage – Summerfest
July 3, 2002
Age 19
Normally I dread opening acts, I have even refused to go to a concert when I knew the opening act was a band I hated (at Summerfest - were you must get there early to reserve your spot and wait through the opener), but on the flip side, opening acts can expose you to something you may have not come across on your own. The first time this happened to me was when my brother and I went to Summerfest to check
out the band Default. The opening band was Greenwheel and we walked in half way through their set and as soon as we heard them, we were hooked! Ryan Jordan is the lead singer
of the band, which is from Missouri. He
sang with such passion and intensity in his voice and his band mates matched
it. My brother and I immediately bought
their CD Soma Holiday and if I remember correctly, we both wore out our own
copies and had to get new ones (oh the days before mp3’s). We would go on to see them again (coming in another Concert Story) and in 2007 they would change the name of the band to Go Van Gogh, which is sort of when I stopped paying attention. I will forever love Soma Holiday though, it brings back such great memories of my late teens and early 20s.
The headliner Default, who we were there to mainly see, gave a great show as well! I was starting to go through an angst filled phase after a confusing first year of college and "Deny" and "Sick and Tired" from The Fallout were on regular reply on my discman, yeah I'm old, I carried around a discman!
Overall it was a great night at Summerfest that night. Saw a band that let me dance (I wouldn't say dance, but I also wouldn't say moshed, basically jumped around like an idiot?) out my confusion and found a new one to love as well.
Here is the video for "Breathe". If this sounds familiar, Melissa Etheridge covered this song for her album Lucky and earned a Grammy Award nomination for it (and in my personal opinion ruined it forever but I guess the Academy disagreed with me on that).
The headliner Default, who we were there to mainly see, gave a great show as well! I was starting to go through an angst filled phase after a confusing first year of college and "Deny" and "Sick and Tired" from The Fallout were on regular reply on my discman, yeah I'm old, I carried around a discman!
Overall it was a great night at Summerfest that night. Saw a band that let me dance (I wouldn't say dance, but I also wouldn't say moshed, basically jumped around like an idiot?) out my confusion and found a new one to love as well.
Here is the video for "Breathe". If this sounds familiar, Melissa Etheridge covered this song for her album Lucky and earned a Grammy Award nomination for it (and in my personal opinion ruined it forever but I guess the Academy disagreed with me on that).
"Breathe" is good, but "Shelter" is probably my favorite
I have also created what has the potential to be the worst playlist on Spotify. Each week I'll add my favorite songs from the artist I've seen this week. Check out what I have so far, if you dare!
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