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« AggieLife ampus Invaders fexas A&M prepares for the MTV Campus ^Invasion, invaders include Injected, Starsailor THE BATTALION Monday, April 8, 2002 By Lycia Shrum THE BATTALION ^xas A&M University is best n for its traditions and least n for having any type of estab- |(J rock music scene, ter MTV and its campus inva- This is MTV’s fifth year to some of the music industry’s est bands, as well as some up- B-bomers, to the ears of eagerly iting college students. ■TV Campus Invasion alumni |de artists and bands such as 41, Moby and the Black Eyed and bands soon to join the s with the others are Default, ted, Starsailor and Nickelback. aving such a rock star-infest- £how gets one thinking how sA&M managed to snag such lid. “We’re notl will be.” ripe to forge a here Presidem Western stance, not in the wort' \ffica, where hr a once-in-a-;:® 1 t ' c * cet - ontinentoutofi» own Hall, along with The nj, assistance for If h Anniversary committee, have id opening v : conscience i the plight! searching since last summer Bthe perfect concert to help cele- He Texas A&M University’s th anniversary. Veronica Saenz, chair for The ,-erflow audience ■^Anniversary committee and a Center,withw»® or finance major, said this con- rooms. Manypeofw W 'U be the last of the three big it the door. » nts t0 ta k e place that were ■nned for the students. The first ■s the Birthday Bash held in es for arrests » to ber 2001, and the second was Burleson0o®i'Birthday Ball held in Sunday t\:x!i v »)vember 2001. ions, three air® |» lents, saidDi ible in Pci- ■ l ec s/>o rts.tamu.edu- tl arrested mote 2 Sundav. idded that nwsU i s were encoi® 1 he back [oo soft for cars k irs were relocate^ lot used in This caused e )ads directly t, Gaas said, iaas saidtl went snr is the c? a ded up the ever! ■ was set up st." Gass Melanie McFarland, concert chair for Town Hall and a senior computer engineering major, said Town Hall decided to pursue the show this year in hopes that it would be an outstanding concert for The 125th celebration and also give Texas A&M hope for future rock shows. “The success of the show will help prove that College Station is not just a country town,” McFarland said. Dave Salmon, Town Hall adviser and major player in getting MTV to be at the mercy of Aggies, said this concert will hopefully put College Station back on the map as a town that is sought out by tour promoters. Since 1999, endless efforts have been made to bring a rock show to Texas A&M University, and finally the planets have aligned and every thing has fallen into place. Salmon said since the begin ning of the pursuit for Campus Invasion. Town Hall members have been diligently researching groups that students were interested in seeing at A&M. “With various surveys and data collecting, it just so happened that Nickelback was one of the top three picks,” Salmon said. “We were lucky enough to have Reed Arena available and lucky enough to have the Campus Invasion in route through this area at the same time.” Salmon said in the concert busi ness, especially at a college or uni versity, he is often at the mercy of the tour when it comes to the who, when and where. McFarland said Town Hall offered MTV an enticing offer, which partly included the size of the audience for which the bands would perform. MTV could not refuse. MTV has decided to add a bit of a twist on this year’s campus inva sion. They added an MTV2 stage, featuring Starsailor, which will be free to the public. Vanessa Gill, a senior journal ism major and disc jockey for KANM radio station, has been try ing to keep an objective opinion about the MTV Campus Invasion. “Considering I’m only really anticipating hearing one out of the four bands on the tour, I still think this is a great progressive step in the Texas A&M music scene,” Gill said. “Although I tend to listen to music nobody is killing on the radio, you know, like more under ground stuff, I know Nickelback is one of the biggest bands out there right now and that for them to come to A&M is a big statement.” The MTV Campus Invasion activities will begin today at 1 1 a.m. at Rudder Fountain, and Starsailor will perform outside Reed Arena at 5:30 p.m. Tickets are still available at Reed Arena and the MSC Box Office. PHOTO COURTESY OF INJECTED Injected band members (left to right) Chris Wojtal - drummer, Danny Grady - vocals, Jade Lemons - guitarist, Steve Slovisky - bassist, will promote their debut album Burn It Black. PHOTO COURTESY OF STARSAILOR Starsailor band members (left to right) Barry Westhead - keyboards, James Walsh - vocals, Ben Byrne - drums and James Stelfox - bass, will perform a free concert at Reed Arena. Mariano Cf* Editor m editor@ttiebatf ; SN #1055-472®^ 1 Friday dunnl ^ I,S>SS t College address 1 Stt' ? B !r sity,iH lTAMU ' too news depaf ,s A&M Umv^ . a enit o' V 5 offices areLi;® 3tt.com Ucation ui -- jk;. endorsed fi).* nd nationalist lassified I interested? Pick up an application in the Natatorium, or in room 202 of the Rec Center. Please call Elizabeth at 862-4968 for more information.
