Diverse sounds coming together
Josh Bell
Issue date: 11/19/08 Section: Juice
Five bands will march front and center onto the SDSU campus to sing, strum and beat their way to the top for this year's Battle of the Bands.
Sinner's Swing steps up from Sioux Falls to challenge all. Chris Kappen, a freshman journalism major, plays lead guitar for the band.
"If you like any type of rock and roll, you'll like us," says Kappen.
According to their MySpace page, the lineup also includes: Nick Kappen (vocals/ guitar); Joshua Barse (bass guitar); and Billy Baker (drums).
An interesting thing about this band is Kappen's 14-year-old brother sings lead vocals.
"A lot of people get turned off by that. I tell people to come out and see us before they judge us," Kappen says. "We have a lot of classic rock influences: Van Halen, Led Zeppelin kind of stuff. Velvet Revolver is also a big influence of mine."
Sinner's Swing contacted the concert coordinator but was rejected from the battle at first.
"I kind of went around and got people to ... check out our music. We actively wanted to let people know we wanted to play there. It's good exposure and seems like a lot of fun," Kappen says.
Lunar Funk Theory is another band coming up from Sioux Falls. Their MySpace page describes them as a "jam band/ funk/ psychedelic." Their lineup includes: Lee Walsh (guitar/ vocals); Angie Walsh (hand drums/ guitar); Rolo Mofaky (drums); Ben Baymiller (bass/ mandolin); and Matthew Summers (sax/ guitar).
Welcome to the Cinema, Brookings natives, participated last year. Although they did not win, they return with a vengeance. WTTC's lineup includes: Darin Dahlmeier (guitar/vocals); Ezekiel Richter, senior media production major (bass guitar); Tom Weismantel (synthesizer); Andrew Eide (keyboards/backup vocals); and Cody Brown, senior media production major (drums).
The band's MySpace page says, "Cinema will take your ears and your taste buds on an exotic pleasure cruise through several nostalgic ports of call, dabbling in familiar sounds, but never setting anchor for too long so as to keep the voyage enticing."
Sinner's Swing steps up from Sioux Falls to challenge all. Chris Kappen, a freshman journalism major, plays lead guitar for the band.
"If you like any type of rock and roll, you'll like us," says Kappen.
According to their MySpace page, the lineup also includes: Nick Kappen (vocals/ guitar); Joshua Barse (bass guitar); and Billy Baker (drums).
An interesting thing about this band is Kappen's 14-year-old brother sings lead vocals.
"A lot of people get turned off by that. I tell people to come out and see us before they judge us," Kappen says. "We have a lot of classic rock influences: Van Halen, Led Zeppelin kind of stuff. Velvet Revolver is also a big influence of mine."
Sinner's Swing contacted the concert coordinator but was rejected from the battle at first.
"I kind of went around and got people to ... check out our music. We actively wanted to let people know we wanted to play there. It's good exposure and seems like a lot of fun," Kappen says.
Lunar Funk Theory is another band coming up from Sioux Falls. Their MySpace page describes them as a "jam band/ funk/ psychedelic." Their lineup includes: Lee Walsh (guitar/ vocals); Angie Walsh (hand drums/ guitar); Rolo Mofaky (drums); Ben Baymiller (bass/ mandolin); and Matthew Summers (sax/ guitar).
Welcome to the Cinema, Brookings natives, participated last year. Although they did not win, they return with a vengeance. WTTC's lineup includes: Darin Dahlmeier (guitar/vocals); Ezekiel Richter, senior media production major (bass guitar); Tom Weismantel (synthesizer); Andrew Eide (keyboards/backup vocals); and Cody Brown, senior media production major (drums).
The band's MySpace page says, "Cinema will take your ears and your taste buds on an exotic pleasure cruise through several nostalgic ports of call, dabbling in familiar sounds, but never setting anchor for too long so as to keep the voyage enticing."
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