By James (JJ Rocks) Johnston
It wasn’t until after I heard this band that I noticed that they were in the “Indie rock” genre. Now discussing the differences between genres these days is very interesting and worthy of a column all its own. But right now I’m only concerned about writing something special about a very special band. This band has a refreshing sound that seems to draw a little from the clean, clear and catchy music of the sixties, while maintaining the adventures pursuits of a modern day rock band. This band is called “Go Panic”.
Their music is well constructed and well thought out. No bar jammers here. As soon as you hear them you can tell that all the parts of their songs are well placed like the gears in a fine timepiece. Every part has its purpose and function and is meant to take you on a journey through several minutes of a very enjoyable musical experience. Fresh is the first word that comes to mind when I hear this group. Listening to their first song just made me want to hear the next one. It didn’t leave me all wound up or depressed like some of the “new rock” that’s been coming over the air waves lately. I’m sure that you will easily recognize that the intentions of this band are to keep a clear focus on the song itself, not the playing abilities of any individual member. Along with having great vocals, this band has quite a nice package of tight instrumentation and a well balanced recipe of rhythmic, lyrical and melodic statements. And of course they make the whole thing fun by being as catchy as any song that you’ve ever hummed or whistled while still keeping their originality. That’s a hard formula to find.
This band is another fine example of some of the music that is part of this magazines effort to reach great bands on an international scale. Being an excellent group from Berlin, Germany, Go Panic is now part of the St Croix music magazine’s musical family along with the other five bands that we featured in our first two issues. And let me say as the publisher, that we are glad to have them onboard. We will always keep back issues so they, along with our other artist will always be here for you to enjoy! We will also have news updates on Go Panic as well as our other bands.
The members of this wonder group are Nic Olsen on lead vocals and guitar, Adam Conner on lead guitar, Jeremy Teigan on rhythm guitar, Cliff Alexander on bass and Ben Sander on drums. Anyone who enjoys any kind of rock or pop music would be missing out if they passed up the opportunity to download and listen to this band!
- JJ Rocks www.stcroixmusic.com
You can visit them http://www.gopanic.com or http://www.myspace.com/gopanic
November, 2006
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