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Faceplant brings eclectic sound to Geno’s
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Kevin
Delury
Entertainment Beat |
Special to | The Appalachian |
Faceplant’s live shows are
not the place to come hear intimate personal lyrics or sit around
and appreciate complex song structures. Instead, they are a self-described
melee of “ludicrous debauchery, drinking and a frat-style environment
of naked hedonistic behavior,” as singer Brian Broussard passionately
explains.
That, in a nutshell, is Faceplant. Drunken antics
and a hyper-mix of rap, metal and funk are their calling card. Sitting
around joking, Broussard claims: “There should at least be
one or two unwanted pregnancies and a whole bunch of hangovers.
If there’s not, I haven’t done my job.”
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| Dr. Ralph Stanley in Farthing |
Stephanie Marshall
Entertainment Beat |
Special to | The Appalachian |
Appalachian Homecoming “Magic
in the Mountains” will continue tomorrow evening starting at
8 p.m. with a concert in Farthing Auditorium featuring Dr. Ralph
Stanley and His Clinch Mountain Boys, sponsored by Appalachian Popular
Programming Society (A.P.P.S).
“We wanted to present a homecoming show and have been calling
places since May,” said Joey Bullock, chairperson of the Concert
Council within A.P.P.S. “Dr. Ralph Stanley heard we were calling
around and gave us a date that they were free; the show just fell
into our laps.”
The sit-down show will consist of two 45-minute sets with a 25-minute
intermission, ending just before 10 p.m.
Born and now residing in Dickenson County, Va., Stanley returns
home when he is not on tour to relax and spend time with his wife,
Jimmi and their three kids, Lisa, Tonya and Ralph II. He has been
playing old-time and bluegrass music for 55 years, having learned
how to play from his mother.
The difference between old-time and bluegrass music is the instruments
used.
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