Music Binge Tour comes to campus Saturday
April 2, 2003
KALAMAZOO -- The College Television Network's Music Binge Tour makes a stop at Western Michigan University's Miller Auditorium Plaza Saturday, April 5.
OK Go, the tour's headlining band, will play at 5 p.m. with
local guest artists, Zambonie. An activity fair is scheduled
from noon to 5 p.m. in the Miller Plaza.
During its initial run during the late 1970s and early '80s,
the new wave movement was largely looked down upon as a disposable
musical form by the critics. By the early 21st century, classic
new wave groups such as the Cars, Devo and Blondie had left a
noticeable mark on countless up-and-coming rock artists, including
the Chicago-based quintet, OK Go.
Founding members Damian Kulash (vocals/guitar) and Tim Nordwind
(bass) had been friends since age 11, and were members of other
bands prior to the formation of OK Go in 1998. The band soon
became a quartet, when additional members Dan Konopka (drums)
and Andy Duncan (keyboards, guitar) were welcomed aboard. The
outfit issued a few independent CD singles, which led to a recording
contract with Capitol Records in 2002. The same year, OK Go's
self-titled album, was issued. The album was buoyed by the radio
play success of the single, "Get Over It".
The Music Binge Tour is noted as the "hottest college campus
tour." The tour is sponsored in part by: Best Buy, the U.S.
Army, Clairol, Levi's Jeans and Nintendo.
For more information visit the Campus Activities Board on the Web at <cab.wmich.edu>.
Media contact: Ian Belanger, 269 387-2112, ian.belanger@wmich.edu