Spring Break
Champaign rockers to play Uptowner
April McLaren/ Staff Writer
Issue date: 4/23/04 Section: The Verge
Plan for the walls to shake at The Uptowner when two Champaign bands take the stage to rock out Friday.
Temple of Low Men and Lorenzo Goetz are set to step in the light to show Eastern students what they are all about.
Ian Shepherd, drummer of Temple of Low Men, described the band as a guitar-driven, pop band in disguise.
Shepherd said the band sounds like their vast amount of influences. He said their sound varies, and it's hard to pinpoint. The band's influences range from Peter Gabriel to Radiohead to Rage Against the Machine, he said.
Larry Gates, vocals and guitar player for Lorenzo Goetz, said they have more of a groove-pop or down-tempo sound.
Regardless of what music each band plays, they both agreed their music and shows are full of high energy.
"We're trying to keep the entertainment level up there," Gates said. "It's more than four guys playing together."
Since both of the bands are Champaign-based, playing in a show together is not new business to them.
Gates said they have played together many times, and they are all good friends. Such good friends, they even vacation together.
"We get to watch each other grow," Gates said.
While both bands have played around the Midwest, Temple of Low Men is currently focusing their shows in Chicago.
Sheperd said there are bigger places and venues, and a lot more people, to get their name and music out in the city.
The bands are more familiar with playing in places such as Chicago, Champaign, Minneapolis and St. Louis, but Charleston is not a new location for them. Shepherd said this is Temple of Low Men's second time playing in Charleston, while Gates said Lorenzo Goetz has played about eight or nine times in Charleston establishments, including Friends & Co. and The Uptowner.
Gates said playing this show in Charleston is going to be special for the band because they are debuting their new drummer, Jeffe Greenlee.
"He's a super new young man and we are very excited," Gates said.
Temple of Low Men and Lorenzo Goetz are set to step in the light to show Eastern students what they are all about.
Ian Shepherd, drummer of Temple of Low Men, described the band as a guitar-driven, pop band in disguise.
Shepherd said the band sounds like their vast amount of influences. He said their sound varies, and it's hard to pinpoint. The band's influences range from Peter Gabriel to Radiohead to Rage Against the Machine, he said.
Larry Gates, vocals and guitar player for Lorenzo Goetz, said they have more of a groove-pop or down-tempo sound.
Regardless of what music each band plays, they both agreed their music and shows are full of high energy.
"We're trying to keep the entertainment level up there," Gates said. "It's more than four guys playing together."
Since both of the bands are Champaign-based, playing in a show together is not new business to them.
Gates said they have played together many times, and they are all good friends. Such good friends, they even vacation together.
"We get to watch each other grow," Gates said.
While both bands have played around the Midwest, Temple of Low Men is currently focusing their shows in Chicago.
Sheperd said there are bigger places and venues, and a lot more people, to get their name and music out in the city.
The bands are more familiar with playing in places such as Chicago, Champaign, Minneapolis and St. Louis, but Charleston is not a new location for them. Shepherd said this is Temple of Low Men's second time playing in Charleston, while Gates said Lorenzo Goetz has played about eight or nine times in Charleston establishments, including Friends & Co. and The Uptowner.
Gates said playing this show in Charleston is going to be special for the band because they are debuting their new drummer, Jeffe Greenlee.
"He's a super new young man and we are very excited," Gates said.
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