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Lucky Scars offers no apologies
The punk rockers put style into rock 'n' roll
Shari Lesser
Issue date: 1/17/08 Section: Arts & Life
The world is a muddled and multifaceted place, and though everyone seems to be following the beat of the mass-laden drum, in retrospect everyone is just trying to look normal. Except for a select few and, of those, punk rock band Lucky Scars follows the disjuncture of its own personal percussion.
Formed as a side project of three other bands, the current quintet defaulted when their other groups joined the fairyland that broken bands magically drift off to.
"Lucky Scars came essentially from the ashes," vocalist Brandon Chopland said. "We wanted to create a different style that doesn't sound like any one band.
So pioneering in the singular fashion the music industry thrives upon, the five original cast members sought a form of expressionism that refuses classification.
"Don't call it one genre, it's American rock 'n' roll straight up," guitarist Mike Levin said. "We have such a diverse style that we can easily walk into any type of show and play."
While auditory illustration paints the American subculture at its best, when thinking lyrically, the group stays true to its own roots.
"Our songs are based on experience, concerning real life issues and things that people can identify with," said Chopland.
By evoking the "I know what is like" factor into its music, Lucky Scars finds a hearty medium between human familiarity and influence.
"Bands define themselves based on what's hot at the moment, and when its hot, neither are they," drummer Ben Marinelli said. "We don't write what's in the moment."
With the utilization and realization of the resonant underground culture, the five-piece has set a vast divide between themselves and other determinedly mainstream musicians.
"Music is essentially an art, but some people are just in it to make a quick dollar. Primarily it's Spam in a can," Chopland said.
While the Spam metaphor hardly induces salvation reflex, the ability to create a strong persona stays concentrated with a group whose name suggests the "hard knocks" that life sometimes chucks.
But, occasionally, in the anti-pessimistic fashion of life, those hard knocks can lead to the happy, blissful clichés that the unoriginal employ.
"Since starting the band two years ago, we went on the American Street Rock Tour, which stopped in Phoenix, Las Vegas, Memphis and other major musically inclined cities," guitarist Sam McChrystal said. "We also played in the Rockabilly Fest in St. Petersburg."
By establishing its aptitude for the auditory arts, Lucky Scars has seen the progression take place within its resonance as the band hones in on its targeted sound.
"By recording two albums, with the third in progress, we have seen an advance and maturation of ourselves," bassist Thomas Pollock said. "Our sound has become heavier, more involved, not stripped down. We don't want to make the same record."
With the utilization of the nonconformist attitude, the quintet has musically moved forward through the Tallahassee turbine.
"We are a punk edge, street rock sound who offers no apologies, we're just a group of working-class Americans who rock out to our own art form," Levin said.
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Ha, Thomas Pollock!
Lucky Scars offers no apologies
The punk rockers put style into rock 'n' roll
Shari Lesser
Issue date: 1/17/08 Section: Arts & Life
The world is a muddled and multifaceted place, and though everyone seems to be following the beat of the mass-laden drum, in retrospect everyone is just trying to look normal. Except for a select few and, of those, punk rock band Lucky Scars follows the disjuncture of its own personal percussion.
Formed as a side project of three other bands, the current quintet defaulted when their other groups joined the fairyland that broken bands magically drift off to.
"Lucky Scars came essentially from the ashes," vocalist Brandon Chopland said. "We wanted to create a different style that doesn't sound like any one band.
So pioneering in the singular fashion the music industry thrives upon, the five original cast members sought a form of expressionism that refuses classification.
"Don't call it one genre, it's American rock 'n' roll straight up," guitarist Mike Levin said. "We have such a diverse style that we can easily walk into any type of show and play."
While auditory illustration paints the American subculture at its best, when thinking lyrically, the group stays true to its own roots.
"Our songs are based on experience, concerning real life issues and things that people can identify with," said Chopland.
By evoking the "I know what is like" factor into its music, Lucky Scars finds a hearty medium between human familiarity and influence.
"Bands define themselves based on what's hot at the moment, and when its hot, neither are they," drummer Ben Marinelli said. "We don't write what's in the moment."
With the utilization and realization of the resonant underground culture, the five-piece has set a vast divide between themselves and other determinedly mainstream musicians.
"Music is essentially an art, but some people are just in it to make a quick dollar. Primarily it's Spam in a can," Chopland said.
While the Spam metaphor hardly induces salvation reflex, the ability to create a strong persona stays concentrated with a group whose name suggests the "hard knocks" that life sometimes chucks.
But, occasionally, in the anti-pessimistic fashion of life, those hard knocks can lead to the happy, blissful clichés that the unoriginal employ.
"Since starting the band two years ago, we went on the American Street Rock Tour, which stopped in Phoenix, Las Vegas, Memphis and other major musically inclined cities," guitarist Sam McChrystal said. "We also played in the Rockabilly Fest in St. Petersburg."
By establishing its aptitude for the auditory arts, Lucky Scars has seen the progression take place within its resonance as the band hones in on its targeted sound.
"By recording two albums, with the third in progress, we have seen an advance and maturation of ourselves," bassist Thomas Pollock said. "Our sound has become heavier, more involved, not stripped down. We don't want to make the same record."
With the utilization of the nonconformist attitude, the quintet has musically moved forward through the Tallahassee turbine.
"We are a punk edge, street rock sound who offers no apologies, we're just a group of working-class Americans who rock out to our own art form," Levin said.
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Ha, Thomas Pollock!
