Spring Break
Fortyminusone doesn't fit the mold
Brad York/Senior Verge Reporter
Issue date: 3/6/09 Section: The Verge
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As listeners, we form opinions of these genres in order to find new music to love or demise.
The simple fact is that not all bands fit into a mold.
Fortyminusone is a Charleston-based band that certainly doesn't fit a mold.
"We don't try to be a certain style," said Todd Keating, the bassist for Fortyminusone. "We all brought our own influences and let it become what it is. I wouldn't want to be confined to say we're a ska band or we're a punk band.
"We don't like to watch a band play for an hour and every song is the same basic style, so we don't want to be like that. We just let things evolve as we write."
Fortyminusone formed in 1998 and performed only cover songs, but they have developed their own style of Christian alternative rock.
The band will be performing at 9 p.m. today at Friends and Co., 509 Van Buren Ave.
Through the years the band has underwent several changes. Craig Hunt, the guitarist and backup vocalist, remains the only founding member of the band.
Also in the band are the drummer, Aaron York, who joined little over a year ago, and Keating, the bassist.
The lead vocalist for the band is Hunt's wife, Heather Gustafson Hunt.
"I joined the band by accident," Gustafson Hunt said. "My friend was trying out for this band, and I just happened to come with her. They talked me into getting up there. I was always interested in music. I just never thought I would be in a band."
The common love for music and their faith in a higher being has continually helped the band keep their beloved hobby of performing alive throughout the years.
"We would rather have four people up in the front, having fun with lots of energy than 100 people sitting in chairs," Hunt said. "Our goal live is to be as high energy as possible. People come out to see a show. If they just wanted to hear good music they would just put in a CD."
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