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SHOW PREVIEW The Main Line takes classic rock to New Brookland ByJENNI DILLARD THE GAMECOCK On a late Thursday afternoon in August, many college students are either still stuck in class or getting ready for an evening of partying; But in a practice shed not far away from campus, four musically driven students can be found ripping it up on their instruments to prepare for Tuesday night’s show at New Brookland Tavern. Maybe it was just fate that in the early spring break days of 2004, four music-loving guys came together to form the bluesy, classic rock band that would come to be named The Main Line. But whatever it was that first sparked it, the chemistry they share is something they knew was remarkable. Longtime friends Matt Ginley, who plays drums, and bassist Gregory Wooten met guitarist Jeremy Kolmin through a mutual friend, and after many tedious hours of auditions they found singer Scott Long. During late summer, Ginley left to study in Japan and Ben Dimond stepped up to fill in on drums for the fall semester. The band writes and plays all original music, which Long describes as “heavily classically rock influenced.” They cite rock greats The Doors, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Jimi Flendrix and myriad others as influences. “Personally I like a lot of blues based stuff such as Lightnin’ Hopkins and Robert Johnson,” Kolmin said. Over the summer they recorded an album, “SP,” that boasts 10 songs including the guitar solo driven “Speak to Me” and “The Girl,” an upbeat tune about the way it feels when you find someone you like. Inspiration for their music is drawn from several places. “These three guys that 1 play with inspire me,” Dimond said. “We all sort of feed off each other because you’ve got to be there for the other guys more than just for yourself,” Long said. Kolmin added, “An inspiration I have is just to make music that 1 can be done at the end of the day and be able to say I wrote a decent song.” All agreed that file sharing online is a benefit for the industry. “The whole concept behind music is to have other people listen to your music,” Kolmin said. “A lot of bands feel that way and they want people to be able to download their songs because they’d rather that somebody listen.” “There’s so much music that I got into and never would’ve if it wasn’t for” downloading on the Web, Long said. Wooten added “Bands like Metallica would’ve killed back in the 80s to have had something like that to get their music out when they were trying to hand out copies of their music during shows.” All the members of the band are full-time students at USC, which has its positives and negatives. “I think we do a lot better than high school bands,” Kolmin said. But finding time to get together to practice can still be a challenge. “If we were able to devote ourselves to our art by itself we’d get so much further so much faster if all we had to do everyday when we woke up was play music.” Kolmin said. But being students does have benefits, too. “It helps with getting people out to shows,” Kolmin said. “We never would’ve met and become a band if it wasn’t for school,” Long said. “Just as long as you don’t let your studies get in the way of your music you’re alright.” After six months together, The Main Line will finally get a chance to showcase its talent. “I look forward to having people to perform to besides the ants that gather out here where we practice,” Long said. “I love performing for people, whatever it may be. You get a connection with the audience. They get enjoyment out of music and I love being able to do that for people.” Although it remains to be seen what the gods of rock have in store for The Main Line, for right now the band members are just happy with Comments on this story ? E-mail gamecockfeatures@gwm.sc. edu PHOTO SPECIAL TO THE GAMECOCK The Main Line is made up of USC students Ben Dirruond, Scott Long, Jeremy Kolmin and Gregory Wooten.The classic rock-inspired band will perform their original songs for the first time this Friday. New Music ~ for the week of AllgUSt 30 "Medulla” / “Hell's Pit - Version f” /I “Beautifully blwnan..." Bjork / insane Clown Posse Jill Scott _ “Tbe Libertines”_/] “Passion of life Christ: Song?” /j “Genius Loves Company ” Libertines / Various Artists Ray Charles Peter Krause’s rare triple play: stage, screen, TV By MOIRA MACDONALD KRT CAMPUS If you happen to be in New York on a Sunday this summer, you can watch Peter Krause agonize in three different places: on television as rebellious son Nate Fisher in the HBO series “Six Feet Under,” on Broadway as tormented lawyer Quentin in Arthur Miller’s “After the Fall” and on-screen as unhappy husband Hank in “We Don’t Live Here Anymore.” And how does an actor manage to pull off a triple play? It’s all in die scheduling. On the phone from New York, Krause described how he squeezed in the film “We Don’t Live Here Anymore” last summer, just after the emotional final scenes of the TV series’ third season. “We were filming the scene where I get beat up in the bar, and the scene in back of a limo where I’m beings terrorized by my dead father and dead wife, filming until 2 in the morning.” For those not familiar with the delights of “Six Feet Under,” a dark comedy/drama set in a family-owned funeral home, rest assured that this kind of familial interaction is par for the course. “Then I got on a plane and flew to Vancouver, that very day. That night, (director) John Curran and Mark Ruffalo and I sat down and started rewriting the scene we would shoot next day. John said later, ‘I looked at Peter, and I thought, ‘Oh my God, what have I gotten myself into?”” Exhaustion aside, Krause’s star has been rising ever since “Six Feet Under” debuted in 2001. He’d originally gone in to read for the role of David, Nate’s gay younger brother, until series creator Alan Ball convinced him that Nate was a better fit. Until then, he was mostly known for playing sportscaster Casey McCall on' “Sports Night,” and occasional small movie roles. “We Don’t Live Here Anymore” is his first starring role in a high-profile film. Based on two short stories by Andre Dubus (“In the Bedroom”) and filmed in Vancouver, B.C., “We Don’t Live Here Anymore” is a two couple character study about married life and infidelity. Krause plays Hank, an English professor. Naomi Watts is his wife, Edith, who’s having an affair with Hank’s colleague Jack (Mark Ruffalo), whose wife Terry (Laura Dern) is Edith’s best friend. Krause said he was drawn by the simplicity of Larry Gross’ screenplay, “a story about people’s lives and relationships, not a lot of bells and whistles.” He was also impressed by Curran’s previous film, “Praise,” and by the early commitment of Ruffalo and Watts, “a couple of actors 1 greatly admire.” Hank, a writer who’s become emotionally distant from his wife, was a character Krause obviously enjoyed sinking his teeth into. “The redeeming thing about him is, he doesn’t expect anyone else to behave any differently from him ... I understand Hank’s feelings of the struggle in the moment-to-moment nature of life — the rigors of a social institution like marriage, with its shoulds and should nots. (The movie is) a different exploration of the problems that a lot of people face.” On stage this summer, his biggest challenge is adjusting his screen honed technique to fit a live performance. “There’s a lot that I can allow to happen in my mind that registers on film that doesn’t register on stage,” he said. “You have to make sure that the people in the back row are feeling as much of your performance as they possibly can.” “After the Fall” continues through September, and Krause looks forward to a break before “Six Feet Under” starts up again later in the fall. “I’m overstimulated!” he says, with a sigh that sounds part happy and part weary. Being an in-demand actor has its rewards, but rest isn’t one of them. Comments on this story? E-mail gamecockfeatures@gwm.sc.edu New Year! New Attitude! New Calendar! Points 75# Natural Light * $1.50 Bud Light * $2.00 Corona Every Night of the Week! TWOFor-TUESDAYS No Cover to All 21+ 2 for 1 Drink Specials ALL Night Long! 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