By Hilary Carignan (Zone 105’s Promotion Intern)
Wednesday February the 18th at First Avenue in concert was Save Ferris, Goldfinger and Sugar Ray. Save Ferris was the opening band. I didn’t get to see them but I heard that they were good. After Save Ferris was done playing their show, they sat back at these tables near the shirt stand signing autographs.
Goldfinger went on second. Goldfinger rocked the house. The band had the whole crowd jumping throughout their performance. The band opened with a tune from Metallica, “Enter Sandman’, making fun of metal heads.
Goldfinger was very entertaining. They also covered the song by Chumbawumba, “Tubthumping’, just to be funny. The drummer claimed he was “Mr. Hanky the Christmas Poo” from South Park. That got the crowd roaring. Toward the end of the performance, Goldfinger played a “Replacements” song, the lead singer’s favorite band from MN. Over all, Goldfingers show was exciting.
Last but not least was Sugar Ray. This band was wild. The crowd was totally into the band. The lead singer, Mark McGraph went crowd surfing constantly while they played on stage. He interacted with the crowd quite a bit. Mark McGraph jumped off the stage, climbed up to the V.I.P lounge area, and walked into the bar talking to the people and the crowd. Then he climbed down and dove into the crowd and made fun of his band, saying that they suck and wanted to stay with the crowd. Sugar Ray covered the song, “Ice Ice Baby,” by Vanilla Ice and, “Beat It” by Michael Jackson.
Mark picked a person out of the crowd, “Jason, from Minneapolis” to come up on stage with the band. Jason rapped and danced on stage. The crowd loved it. Jason did so well on stage, Mark, of Sugar Ray, didn’t know if he could get the crowd back, so he started to sing, “Quit playing games with my heart” by the Back Street Boys.
Obviously Sugar Ray was making fun of the Back Street Boys. Some people actually liked the group so they booed. Second to their last song, Sugar Ray played their hit single, “Fly” a song about Mark’s mother, who had passed away a few years before. The concert was excellent in my opinion.
The only place to hear Save Ferris and Goldfinger is on Zone 105, Alternative radio.