Local
Station Celebrates Birthday in Concert
Desiree Mendez, staff writer
A large crowd gathered at
the Lonestar
Event Center recently for the doors to open for the 25th FMX
birthday bash.
A
total of 2000 people came out to celebrate the birthday of Lubbock radio
station KFMX-FM. The concert was a soldout event. The band line featured
Neverset, Halestorm, Hinder, Flyleaf, Dark New Day, Shinedown, and Seether.
The afterparty was with Faktion.
The
first band to take the stage was Neverset. They are from Dallas, and they
have a CD titled, “Behind Every Door.” When they took the stage, the crowd
went wild. Neverset may remind some of
Linkin
Park
but 10 times better. As they performed, songs from their CD, one of the band
members climbed on top of the speakers and was signing from there, before
jumping into the crowd. The crowd caught him, and he crowd surfed back to
the stage. This drove the crowd wild.
The
next band to perform was Halestorm. The lead singer of this band is female.
She drove the crowd crazy with her amazing vocals, along with her metal
scream. Halestorm is from Red Lion, Pennsylvania. The band did a drum
circle, as the whole band was playing on the drums. The crowd loved it.
Hinder
was the next band to take the stage. The song they performed when they
walked out on stage was “How Long.” Hinder just released a CD title,
“Extreme Behavior.” The crowd loved Hinder. People were head banging, crowd
surfing and starting mosh pits. Everyone sang along with them when they
performed the number one single “Get Stoned.” They blew the crowd away.
The
fourth band that took the stage was a band from Temple, Texas. The band was
Flyleaf. The singer of the band was also a female. The crowd cheered for
Flyleaf when they were taking the stage. They have a single out titled, “I’m
so sick.” The crowd loved the song. It was the first time for them to
perform in Lubbock. Everyone sang along with them.
Everyone waited patiently for Dark New Day to take the stage, before
Shinedown and Seether would perform. The girls go crazy over Bret Hestla,
lead singer of Dark New Day, as he begins to sing their new song, “Pieces.”
The
crowd waits patiently for Shinedown to take the stage. The Florida-based
group has two CDs out, “Leave a Whisper” and “Us and Them.” The crowd loved
them.
The
last band that took the stage was Seether. As soon as they got on stage,
everyone was screaming for them. Everyone was crowd surfing and head
banging. They played songs from their old and new CD. They were awesome.
People were starting mosh pits and screaming for them to play “Remedy.”
The
afterparty took place after Seether in the Winchester. The space was limited
to 250 people.
Faktion is from Dallas and Brett Hestla, of Dark New Day, co-produced their CD.
They have their first CD coming out March 2006.
Josh
Franklin from Faktion said, “ I love being back in Lubbock, and it’s so much
fun being able to play for the FMX birthday bash.”
Faktion blew the crowd away with their single, “ Take it all away.”
If you
missed out on this awesome event, you can check out the Blind Date Bash on
Feb. 18. Don’t miss this event.
