Spring Break
Opposing the arrow: Being the mixture of music
Anica Wong
Issue date: 4/18/08 Section: Verve
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The members of Opposing The Arrow, a local Fort Collins who play April 19 at the Buckhorn Barn, don't believe in having only one particular sound.
"Instead of trying to portray one sound, we incorporate different sounds," said senior equine science and business double major Chris Seegers, the lead singer and guitarist of the band.
Their sound is reminiscent of samba, pop, funk jams and harder metal music with a little bit of jazz and blues thrown into the mix.
All of the band members bring different musical backgrounds to the group, creating this unique sound. Seegers has played in several different bands over the years, focusing on acoustic guitar music. Junior landscape architecture major Thom Whitney, the bassist of the band, brings a funk background; he is known as the master of grooves. To bring out the jazz sounds within the music, the group looks to drummer Alex Bennett, a senior natural resource management major and keyboardist Trevor Simonton, a junior journalism major and reporter for the Collegian, who also has a little bit of a blues background as well.
"It's definitely a different type of group," Simonton said.
Not only are the sounds different, but the lyrics and the basis for the band's songs are also out of the ordinary. Seegers grew up in Mexico and some of the lyrics he writes for the band are in Spanish.
"I don't think as an American," Seegers said. "I think like a Mexican."
Having been raised in the Spanish culture has also inspired the lyrics, as Seegers analyzes the American culture versus other cultures. Naturally, a band will write lines about love, lust and passion. Opposing The Arrow sings songs that look at bigger problems in life, like domestic abuse, political corruption, child abuse and troubles within the educational system.
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