Lost Point Plays Herman’s with Underride and RAINS Feb. 21

Tim Wenger | February 8, 2012 | 0 Comments

Denver’s own Lost Point will share the stage with RAINS, and Underride at Herman’s Hideaway Feb. 21. Underride from Seattle has proven themselves to be an act-not-to-miss:

These days, in the world of rock, too often do wires get crossed in a
snarly network of countless subgenres and categories. New bands that
are said to be the Second Coming are all too often the first to be
going. It’s fierce survival of the fittest out there, but it seems
like change for the better has started to take place out of some
cities.

From Seattle, a five-piece band called Underride has begun a revival
of sorts, zapping the apathetic scene, using their hooky,
guitar-driven brand of rock like a high-voltage cattle prod. “We’re
trying to save rock and roll. It feels like it’s kind of drifting
away…it’s time to bring it back up,” explains Rev, Underride’s lead
singer. He, along with guitarists Suzuki Sixx and Princess, bassist El
Barto, and drummer Double A, blast forth a sound which is a hybrid of
melodic hard rock with catchy choruses and a pop sensibility.

Within the sonic stew of Underride lies a myriad of musical influence
and flavor–a stew singed and seared from a recipe distinguishably all
their own. Crank up a song like the lyrically poignant, “Another Way
Out” and you’ll hear a sound like a hard rock love child conceived
from a wild, drunken hump on the hot hood of a nitro-burning funny
car. While real, day-to-day life subject matter is their songs,
Underride eschews the doomsday drivel which is the typical shit du
jour so many of their contemporaries are serving up.

Underride has garnered a strong following in the Pacific Northwest by
word of mouth alone from their dynamic live shows and regional events,
snatching airplay and concert promotion from Seattle’s KISW 99.9 FM,
and have begun to stab cities outward in the U.S. They’ve opened for
the likes of many national acts, including Static X, Duff McKagan’s
Loaded, Trust Company, 30 Seconds to Mars, Saliva, Blackie Lawless,
Divide the Day, and Jet Black Stare