6/8/2009 2:10:00 PM Cover band LUBE brings
a new spin
LUBE is a versatile, Madison-based cover band that got its start doing Van Halen and Judas Priest.
Music
Music in the beer tent this year:
Thursday
7 p.m.
Open Sights, a veteran Hometown Days act playing classic rock, polka and waltzes.
Friday
8:30 p.m.
LUBE, a versatile rock cover band, makes its debut Hometown Days performance. $6 cover.
Saturday
8:30 p.m.
Cherry Pie, a "tribute to big hair '80s rock" returns. Expect hairspray, tight pants and plenty of 80s classics. $6 cover.
Sunday
2 p.m.
The Wundo Band, a mixture of new and old ranging from bluegrass to 1980s rock 'n roll.
Kelsey Dionne Verona Press correspondent
Verona Hometown Days is about to grease up its musical lineup with a new act.
LUBE, a rock cover group based out of Madison, will replace Super Tuesday for the Friday night beer tent show.
Dave Gafke, a member of Verona Community Betterment, said that Hometown Days wanted to give some new bands a spin this year.
"We just wanted to try to change up bands more often," he said. Super Tuesday had played at Hometown Days six times, while the returning headline act, Cherry Pie, has played twice.
LUBE has a cocktail of rock covers at its disposal, ranging from 20-year old hits to modern punk ballads.
"If we had to just pick one genre to play, we'd rock pretty hard," said Andy Barth, LUBE's bass player. "But we'll play everything form Green Day to A Flock of Seagulls to The Doors to Foo Fighters."
In addition to Barth, Mike Buzzell is the band's lead vocalist, Jeff Hermans and Nick Hanushewicz play guitar and Steve Schroeder plays the drums.
LUBE got its start playing Van Halen and Judas Priest covers 10 years ago. The band has had a successful four-to-five-year run performing at tent festivals, including setting the record for beer sales at Monona Fest last year by raking in over $35,000 in one show.
"I couldn't believe it, they were out of everything!" Barth said, adding that it was the first time LUBE had played at Monona Fest.
LUBE doesn't do much talking between songs, preferring to roll right into the music, he explained. But that doesn't stop the band from putting on an entertaining show - singer Buzzell is very animated on stage, "always jumping around" and doing goofy voices. He said the band gets the crowd riled up with fun, upbeat songs that practically demand dancing.
"We want people to be involved and dance and have fun and leave tired and sweaty," Barth said.
Cherry Pie, with a name taken from a 1990 song by hair band Warrant, sticks with hard-rock hits from the 1980s and has played 50 or 60 shows a year for most of its 10-year existence.
The Friday and Saturday shows come with $6 cover charges. Open Sights, on Thursday, and The Wundo Band, on Sunday, are free.
For information on LUBE, visit www.luberocks.com. For more on Cherry Pie, visit www.cherrypie.org.
