Who: Amber Pacific
Where: Louie’s Backyard
When: March 18
Sounds Like: Green Day, Good Charlotte
Claim to Fame: Warp Tour veterans, Single “Fall Back Into My Life” appears on the “TMNT” movie soundtrack.
Seattle pop-punk rockers Amber Pacific need your help - if you can sing.
Vocalist Matt Young recently left the band, according to a recent post on Amber Pacific’s MySpace blog. The remaining members are soliciting audio clips from fans on MySpace in hopes of finding a replacement singer. The band will choose three finalists from the online submissions and audition the finalists in Seattle.
“We've decided to hold somewhat of an open audition to anyone who is seriously interested in singing for our band,” the band --
guitarist/vocalist Will Nutter, bass player Greg Strong and drummer Dango -- posted on its MySpace blog on March 2.
Fan comments to the blog post have been positive, with Amber Pacific’s mostly female fan base offering their support during the transition while making one common request.
“I kind of hope you don't get a girl singer. It would be weird,” posted MySpace fan “Nicole.”
Nicole’s view is shared by a number of the band’s online fan base. The fans, it seems, want Amber Pacific to remain a boy’s club. Still, there’s no telling who will front the band during its March 18 show at Louie’s Backyard on South Padre Island. The show will go on, according to Louie’s management, and the band might debut a new vocalist at the island venue.
Young isn’t the first member to leave the band. Former Yellowcard guitarist Ben Harper joined Amber Pacific in 2006 only to exit later that year. The band pressed on and released its first album, “Truth In Sincerity,” for Hopeless Records in May 2007. The spirited first single “Fall Back Into My Life” appears on the “TMNT” movie soundtrack. The band was part of the Warped tour from 2004 to 2007 and they played McAllen last April.
“At our shows, we spend most of our time with fans talking around our merch table," Nutter stated on the band’s Web site. “We generally
don't hang out in the back all that much, we just hang out on the floor, talking and listening to stories from people; often times telling us how our music has changed and saved their lives in so many different ways. It's really inspiring."
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