Silence is Broken Farewell Show – Saturday, June 30th
2012 – Regent Street Retreat – Madison, WI
I waited for a long time for the Silence is Broken Farewell
show. Now, I didn’t really want to go to a farewell show, because it is no
secret that I love this band and the lead singer in particular. Unfortunately,
change happens and bands sometimes break up and go their separate ways.
The Farewell show started out with the band Dreams Will
Fade, a rock band from Wisconsin. I really enjoyed this band’s bass heavy drums
and showmanship. The vocalist had a good voice that ranged from a deep,
gravelly singing voice to metal growls. The guitarists and bass players were
confident and spirited on stage.
I can’t pick out
anything in particular that makes Dreams Will Fade truly exceptional or unique,
but they were definitely enjoyable and highly talented musicians. Although it seemed disorganized at times to
me, the lyrics were memorable, there was a strong backbone in the drums and the
entire band was satisfying to watch.
Up next in the show was Mind Drop, a 5 piece rock band from
Rockford, Illinois. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again – I usually do
not like female singers in hard rock and metal bands. That is just my taste;
however, I have found some that I like. For the first few songs of this set, I
was really impressed with Shauna Lisse, the vocalist.
A few songs in, the band covered the 1980s song “Send Me An
Angel” and I will admit that I didn’t enjoy it. I really did like the rest of
the set and can appreciate how hard it can sometimes be to be a female in a
predominantly male position. Overall,
Mind Drop’s members were really great. The drums were strong, the guitarists
were beautifully blended and the bass was very steady and distinguishable.
After Mind Drop came Vintage Burning, an amazing band from Beloit,
WI. I have seen them before and always love it. Vocalist Amy Kroning was wonderful,
fiery and talented as usual, despite a slight wardrobe malfunction. Bassist
Charles Yount was incredible to watch. He knows how to entertain the entire
crowd and the entire band seems to truly love what they are doing. There isn’t
much I can say about Vintage Burning except get out and see them whenever you
have the chance.
Last but not least was the main event. Silence is Broken
took the stage for the last time. They
played an amazing set, including the songs One Bullet Away, A Plague Called
Failure and one of my favorites, Demons played acoustically. Vocalist Aaron
Fishel definitely played to the crowd and was as sexy as ever. He has the
frontman gig down really well. Guitarist Jamison Parker helped keep the crowd
involved, true to SIB style.
It is sad that Silence is Broken is done, but they are going
their own ways and moving on with life. They gave 7 years of their life to this
amazing band and they will be missed by myself and many others. I have been a
fan for about 5 years and have seen them over and over again. I may be a little
biased and must admit I've always had a little crush, but this is one of the best regional acts I’ve seen in a long time and
they are definitely hard to top.
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