Find out the Truth About Moviestars time three
By Natalie Johnson | AVALANCHE-JOURNAL
Friday, July 11, 2008
Story last updated at 7/11/2008 - 1:45 am
The 21st century has brought instant messaging, blogs and MySpace, and for one aspiring musician it was those resources that helped formed his band.
In the summer of 2006, Kylan Savage started a MySpace profile, set out to make a band, and he did.
"With the MySpace bulletins and Facebook, I found a couple of guys who wanted to play in a band," he said. "Even though it didn't work out and they quit, and so the band went through some changes, I was still lucky enough to know friends who knew how to play and wanted to play."
The three who make the bill are Grant Stallcup on bass guitar, Brad Stallcup on drums, while Savage is lead vocals along with acoustic and electric guitar. They create the sound of a full pop-punk band for The Truth About Moviestars.
"The chemistry I found with Grant and Brad just worked," he said. "The band returned to its original acoustic sound, and it's great."
The story behind the band name comes from Savage being a fan of early movies, especially Gene Kelly's "Singing In The Rain."
"Gene Kelly says, Well, we movie stars get the glory; I guess we have to take the little heartaches that go with it. People think we live lives of glamour and romance, but we're really lonely, terribly lonely.' That is the idea behind The Truth About Moviestars, even if we idolize people and put them on a pedestal as the epitome of this or that, they're still just people," said Savage.
The music they make is in reference to that old-timey feel, Savage said.
"I am inspired by actors like Audrey Hepburn, and with our newest album, Black and White Affair,' it is a take on that feeling you get from old movies," he said. "I guess you could say I romanticize everything."
All three members are passionate about their music, and nothing is done half-heartedly.
When performing live, the three at times can choose a genre and run with it.
"We have a wide audience," he said. "We play what we feel people will enjoy."
Natalie Johnson | - LUBBOCK AVALANCHE-JOURNAL (Jul 11, 2008)