Students discover Drowning Pool at Recher
McCombs did not forget to establish an engaging communication with the audience by giving brief comments before and about each song. He also wanted to create a supportive atmosphere by encouraging the mosh-pitters to help each other out if anyone fell or hurt themselves. The song "Soldiers," reflecting the band's support for the U.S. soldiers fighting in Iraq, was met with cheers from the crowd. Even though we did not agree with the band's perspective on the war, we enjoyed the melody of this song from their newest album.
Towards the middle of the performance, a girl who couldn't resist the attractiveness of the band decided to take off and throw her bra on the stage as a gift. Of course with such an eye-catching hair style, guitarist C.J. Pierce must have seemed undeniably sexy to her. While the same girl enticed C.J. to take sneak peaks at her breasts, in response, Pierce rsponded by showing her his nipples. This interesting interaction between one of the band members and someone from the audience during the performance was a rather unusual scene.
For their encore, the band decided to conclude the concert with "Tear Away" - a song hinting at someone getting raped and cherishing selfishness, with the chorus line "I don't care about anyone else but me." This choice of song seemed to contradict to the band's seemingly supportive attitude for reaching beyond selfishness and creating a safe and friendly concert atmosphere earlier in the performance.
As two freshmen who are new to the concert scene on the East Coast, we liked the concert experience overall. Not knowing much about the band, we were there to get to know them - even if in the end, it wasn't exactly a perfect match. Nevertheless even though their songs do not incorporate innovative styles or melodies, they provide a platform for the listeners to release their stress by screaming along to the lyrics filled with hatred, and we are sure that by the time people left the Recher Theatre with a reduced hearing ability, they had drowned their anger and stress in the furious yells of Drowning Pool's engaging songs.
Towards the middle of the performance, a girl who couldn't resist the attractiveness of the band decided to take off and throw her bra on the stage as a gift. Of course with such an eye-catching hair style, guitarist C.J. Pierce must have seemed undeniably sexy to her. While the same girl enticed C.J. to take sneak peaks at her breasts, in response, Pierce rsponded by showing her his nipples. This interesting interaction between one of the band members and someone from the audience during the performance was a rather unusual scene.
For their encore, the band decided to conclude the concert with "Tear Away" - a song hinting at someone getting raped and cherishing selfishness, with the chorus line "I don't care about anyone else but me." This choice of song seemed to contradict to the band's seemingly supportive attitude for reaching beyond selfishness and creating a safe and friendly concert atmosphere earlier in the performance.
As two freshmen who are new to the concert scene on the East Coast, we liked the concert experience overall. Not knowing much about the band, we were there to get to know them - even if in the end, it wasn't exactly a perfect match. Nevertheless even though their songs do not incorporate innovative styles or melodies, they provide a platform for the listeners to release their stress by screaming along to the lyrics filled with hatred, and we are sure that by the time people left the Recher Theatre with a reduced hearing ability, they had drowned their anger and stress in the furious yells of Drowning Pool's engaging songs.
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