2008 Woodie Awards
Rain keeps turnout low at rocking Radio concert
Aidan Skoyles
Issue date: 10/4/04 Section: Web Exclusive
Any unfortunate souls who tried to study Oct. 1 in the McDermott Library didn't get much work done thanks to the auditory onslaught provided by Radio UTD's Rocktoberfest.
In its second semester now, the free concert - co-sponsored by Late Night Programming - brought four Texan bands to campus - "Quiet, Lovely," "Stories from the Frontier," a UTD-based band "Spud" and "Those Peabodys."
Click Here to view a slideshow of Rocktoberfest 2004.
"We wanted to get 250 people there, and I feel that if the rain would not have come, we would have easily achieved that goal and probably more," said Keegan Knittle, psychology senior and Radio UTD station manager.
In an attempt to lure more students, radio managers decided to give away free food at the even. Despite a line of 30 or more at one point for the food, many left after rain and lightning brought things to a standstill for about an hour following "Quiet, Lovely's" performance.
At the end of its set, lead singer John Perkins declared, "This is going to be our last one, because we're about to die," as lightning crackled off in the distance.
But it would take more than just a little rain shower to dampen their amps, and after the stage crew manhandled thousands of dollars of equipment under the Student Union's awning, the rock continued unfazed.
"Stories from the Frontier" and "Spud" kept things going despite a dwindling audience as the rain continued unabated. Knittle said he was particularly impressed with "Stories from the Frontier."
The brave few who stayed for the final performance by "Those Peabodys" were rewarded with a screaming, high-octane blast of energy that brought most everyone to their feet. Guitarist Adam Hatley wailed on his electric guitar atop the concrete picnic table. Lead man Clarke Wilson roared into his microphone yielding a largely unintelligible, but vibrantly energetic performance. It was the sort of set one expected to end with the band smashing up everything in sight.
And, as if to stamp the mark of legitimacy on the volume of the evening, the UTD Police reported at least one noise complaint from a resident in Canyon Creek, the neighborhood adjacent to UTD east of Floyd road.
Knittle hopes to organize another free concert in the spring, but next time, he said, "we're going to try and get an indoor stage."
In its second semester now, the free concert - co-sponsored by Late Night Programming - brought four Texan bands to campus - "Quiet, Lovely," "Stories from the Frontier," a UTD-based band "Spud" and "Those Peabodys."
Click Here to view a slideshow of Rocktoberfest 2004.
"We wanted to get 250 people there, and I feel that if the rain would not have come, we would have easily achieved that goal and probably more," said Keegan Knittle, psychology senior and Radio UTD station manager.
In an attempt to lure more students, radio managers decided to give away free food at the even. Despite a line of 30 or more at one point for the food, many left after rain and lightning brought things to a standstill for about an hour following "Quiet, Lovely's" performance.
At the end of its set, lead singer John Perkins declared, "This is going to be our last one, because we're about to die," as lightning crackled off in the distance.
But it would take more than just a little rain shower to dampen their amps, and after the stage crew manhandled thousands of dollars of equipment under the Student Union's awning, the rock continued unfazed.
"Stories from the Frontier" and "Spud" kept things going despite a dwindling audience as the rain continued unabated. Knittle said he was particularly impressed with "Stories from the Frontier."
The brave few who stayed for the final performance by "Those Peabodys" were rewarded with a screaming, high-octane blast of energy that brought most everyone to their feet. Guitarist Adam Hatley wailed on his electric guitar atop the concrete picnic table. Lead man Clarke Wilson roared into his microphone yielding a largely unintelligible, but vibrantly energetic performance. It was the sort of set one expected to end with the band smashing up everything in sight.
And, as if to stamp the mark of legitimacy on the volume of the evening, the UTD Police reported at least one noise complaint from a resident in Canyon Creek, the neighborhood adjacent to UTD east of Floyd road.
Knittle hopes to organize another free concert in the spring, but next time, he said, "we're going to try and get an indoor stage."
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