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Band of BROTHERS I think they ' re awesome. One of those up and coming bands that I really expect a lot from because they sound really good, Dave Spiker, tuskabank guitarist and vocalist, said. On he stage.during t ir ' OPUS perfor- on Union laza, drummer Jbstin Pet-erson, junior in fine arts, and guitar vocalist Bran junior in 1 Ls, 1. Nev ght, the 4.1t kof Their set. , (Photo by Glasscock) fusion defined 7
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and ofikathers Three students come together to find their natural talent in the rock band Three Rivers Kennedy By Alison Vrtiska Pounding the rhythm, Justin Peterson, junior in fine arts, preforms for the OPUS competition. Three Rivers Kennedy was the first band to play in the competition in the Union Plaza Oct. 5. (Photo by Kelly Glasscock) Their name came from a road sign, they originated in a basement and their style came naturally. 1 saw a road sign my freshman year in south Texas on 1-37, Ben Gray, bass and vocals, said. it said Three Rivers Kennedy. ' l thought it had a ring. No meaning but a cool sound. We want to explain our meaning through our music. Gray, junior in electrical engineering; Brandon Eck, junior in fine arts; and Justin Peterson, junior in fine arts formed Three Riven Kennedy in May. A rock band with a punk influence, Three Rivers Kennedy played original works, such as Awake by Wednesday and State Line. Eck, guitar and vocals and Peterson, drums, began playing together in the eighth grade. We have listened to the old recordings and we were like, ' whoa we suck, Eck said. We would drive my family nuts. We would have 15 kids in the basement, and we thought we were cool. The pair came to K-State their freshman year and continued to play in a basement. As freshmen in Marisa Hall, Eck and Peterson had to store drums in a closet. Every Wednesday night, they hauled them down to rehearse. We had to go downstairs to the music room which was just a piano room and everyone was pissed, Eck said. It was the quiet dorm, and we were th e band in the basement. Eck and Peterson met Gray that same year, while looking (or others to start a band. Initially, Eck thought the bass player wasn ' t going to want to play with them. Ben had a beard and I thought he was a lot older than us, Eck said. We didn ' t think he would want to play with freshmen. But he did. The three teamed up with rapper, Kevin Regicr to create, Elemental, a punk rock band with a strong hip- hop influence. Their original song, Scandalous Nature° was on the KSDB- FM 91.9 top five for two weeks. Despite success. Elemental struggled to stay together. They decided to go their separate ways in March 2001. Only a month after Elemental split up Eck. Peterson and Gray decided to try again; this time with a different style. ' e realized that the style of Elemental wasn ' t really us and we were struggling to make it work ' Peterson said. What we are now is really natural. As Thrcc Rivers Kennedy, the group was tighter than ever, Eck said. We rarely fight, but every once in awhile it will be over something stupid and then we wind up saying, ' Hey, I am sorry, 1 didn ' t mean to be that way, ' Eck said. It is really not about band stuff, it is usually about Peterson being late. Gray said he didn ' t remember ever having an argument about the music. The band worked to balance busy schedules but understood the importance of an education. We know that right now we have to go to school and we want to have that to fall back on, so we are making the band as much of a priority as we are allowed, Peterson said. That way, someday it can be the number-one priority. 8 Student Life
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