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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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All members seem to
concur with that sentiment.
Hailing from Houston, Texas, the outfit consists
of singers Billy Hargrove and Brian Broussard, guitarist Jason Self,
drummer Charlie Carlisle and bassist Chris Goudeau.
For the past year, Faceplant has been touring
throughout the East Coast and Midwest in support of their albums
“Get Some” and “Hell Yea,” with no signs of
slowing down. Tonight’s show will mark their fourth show in
Boone over the past year. After their most recent gig at Murphy’s
Restaurant and Pub went over with tremendous success, the band was
invited back to play Geno’s Sports Restaurant & Lounge
only weeks later.
“We actually had off this Thursday,”
Broussard said, “but we’re going to be in the area to
play Winston-Salem on Saturday, so instead of having a day off we’re
just going to play Geno’s.”
While dabbling in a scene that most claim is on its way out, the
band feels confident their music will reach beyond stereotypes that
have been slapped on the rap-metal scene and they will be able to
bring their music to all audiences.
“Our songs have a universal appeal,”
Broussard said. “Within each song there’s elements of
heavy, funk, melody and harmony, hip hop, country and western, and
world beat music. All of these elements are in each song. It transcends
genres.”
Aside from transcending genres, their music has also transcended
the world of mainstream music. Faceplant’s music can now be
heard on television shows such as “The Osbournes” and
“Road Rules.” Their most recent victory came when their
music was announced to be featured on the made-for-TV movie “Up,
Michigan,” starring Eric Estrada.
Faceplant has also racked up an impressive number
of sponsorships, which include brands such as Red Bull, Hurley Clothing
Company, GHS strings, and most notably, Jagermiester. It was actually
the Jagermiester sponsorship that prompted the band to make Faceplant
their full-time job.
“There’s certain qualifications you
have to meet,” Hargrove said of the sponsorship. “You
have to play so many shows a month and you have to tour. If you
meet those qualifications you can submit your music. We just happened
to know someone in the company, and we changed our lifestyle to
meet the qualifications. We quit our day jobs and jumped on the
road.”
Aside from their musical prowess, the band also gains acclaim for
their stage shows. Part rock show, part carnival, their shows feature
everything from handmade signs designed to instruct the crowd with
certain words or actions and huge cowboy hats to three-foot tall
homemade pieces of female anatomy and the figurehead of all dangerous
backyard recreational equipment, the trampoline.
“We used to have trampolines, but we broke
them,” Hargrove said. “We still have them, but we just
need to do a little welding to get them back up to par.”
“All our music is hyper music and jumping is a regular part
of it,” Self said. “There’s a lot of bands that do
the jumping thing, and sometimes you just get tired and lazy, so
instead of exerting a bunch of energy we just use trampolines.”
Faceplant aims to please, and if it takes the sacrifice of a few
sprained ankles, they’re more than willing. After talking about
their lack of trampolines at the Boone performances, Hargrove finally
declared, “That’s it, we’re bringing the trampolines.”
Faceplant will be performing tonight at Geno’s. The show begins
at 10:30 p.m. with a $5 admission. |
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