Chapter 9: indie band
"Are you sure you don't need me to take you there?" Gu Luobei stuck his head out of the window on the left, looking at the pretty Blake Lively in front of him. Although both of them are a little sloppy after a journey of dust, Blake Lively, who put on a bright yellow vest and black shorts, still has an invincible youthful vigor, and his slender and fit body makes many passing skateboard teenagers blow up. whistle.
From New York to Los Angeles, it took them nearly four days to reach their destination, mainly because Blake Lively could not drive, only Gu Luobei was the driver, so it was a little slower. After entering the city of Los Angeles, Gu Luobei will go to Eagle Rock in the northeastern part of Los Angeles, which is the opposite direction from Blake Lively's brother's house.
"No, I grew up here, and I'm more familiar than you." Blake Lively showed his white teeth again. "You go and join your band. I wish you a happy music festival." Said After finishing, Xiao Nizi put on her rucksack and turned around to leave, but she seemed to think of something, and turned around again, "By the way, you promised to teach me to drive, this time because you are in a hurry, If it doesn't work out, next time you have the opportunity, you must fulfill your promise."
Gu Luobei put his right hand on his forehead and made a salute, "Ma'am, I'm here for you at any time."
Eagle Rock is part of the Los Angeles area, in the northeast of Los Angeles, not in the city. When it comes to the Eagle Rock Music Festival, not many people actually know it. This is only the third one, and the current main audience is also the aborigines in the Los Angeles area. Therefore, Eagle Rock Music Festival has also become the festival of Los Angeles musicians.
The so-called music festival is that under the call of a certain theme, many bands gather together to bring a series of performances to fans in a few days. This is a veritable festival. This kind of music festival is usually held in the open air. As a result, the venue of Cobb's song is limited and as many fans as possible are accepted. There are quite a few bands that have made a name for themselves by performing well at music festivals. For example, the famous heavy metal music festival "Monsters.Of.Rock", many heavy metal bands are proud to participate in this music festival. If they can win the top deal at this music festival, then the status of the band is undoubtedly already. Is a superstar. But the most influential rock festival in history is none other than Woodstock. In 2009, Chinese director Ang Lee made a film about the Woodstock Music Festival, "Making Woodstock", telling the story of the festival's birth in 1969.
Like most music festivals, the Eagle Rock Music Festival, known as "the most rock, the most romantic, the freshest, the most hippie, the sexiest, and the most loving", is also a grand event for bands. In the midsummer of each year, the Eagle Rock Center is as long as Bands and singers of various styles and genres will gather on the streets of one mile, calling on independent bands and underground bands in the entire Los Angeles area to perform together and play a role in promoting the development of bands in the Los Angeles area. This year is the third year of the Eagle Rock Music Festival. With the expansion of its influence, the organizer Eagle Rock Art Development Center has also begun to invite some guest bands to add color to the music festival. However, the so-called guests are not stars, they are both independent bands or underground bands. It is more a musical exchange than a performance. This year, Gu Luobei's band was among the invited ones.
Although Gu Luobei is only 18 years old, it is not difficult for him to study in American middle schools. Coupled with the abundant extracurricular activities and excellent dedication activities, he applied for the world two years ago. The top prestigious school Harvard University, and successfully got the admission letter. After entering the university, in addition to the busy schoolwork, in addition to studying on Broadway during the holidays, Gu Luobei's extracurricular life is also very colorful, and joining a band is part of it.
The band named "Blue.Cheer", because the lead singer graduated from college and entered the company to work, and needs to add fresh blood, Gu Luobei replaced him as the new lead singer of the band. Melancholy was a nickname for a high-quality psychedelic drug in the 1960s. I heard that the band was named after the lead singer before, with a low-key rock style. In addition to the lead singer, this band only has the most basic equipment, drummer, bassist and keyboard player, Gu Luobei must also be a guest guitarist. However, although the sparrow is small and complete, the strength of the band is absolutely beyond doubt.
Eagle Rock Music Festival is a mixed large-scale music festival. It does not stick to musical styles, such as rock, jazz, rap, country, blues, and Latin. It can be said to have everything. As a rock band, Melancholy is still well-known among Boston's underground bands, and this is the first time they have been invited to an off-site music festival.
By the time Gu Luobei arrived at Yingyan, it was already past four in the afternoon. The entire Eagle Rock Long Street was crowded with people. Although it was only the third edition, it is undeniable that the Eagle Rock Music Festival is still very popular in Los Angeles. At least three or four people poured into the one-mile long street. Thousands of people, very lively.
The performance time for Melancholy will be at 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon, and there will be half an hour. Fortunately, Gu Luobei set off from New York in time and arrived today, otherwise, as he said, he would have missed it. At the entrance of the Art Development Center, Gu Luobei met three teammates who he hadn't seen in the summer vacation.
"We thought we were abandoned by you. The person who said he was going to come over last week to inquire about the situation turned out to be the last one." A very gentle-looking young man came up and punched Gu Luobei in the right shoulder. This is the drummer in the band , Jacob Tebow. When meeting for the first time, everyone will be deceived by his gentle appearance with glasses. In fact, he is definitely a muscular man, especially his arm muscles. But after getting acquainted with it, everyone knew that he went to the gym just to pick up girls. And his eyes, which are hidden behind his glasses, are always rolling, and he is obviously a person with a very active mind, definitely not the type of nerd he looks like on the outside.
Gu Luobei put a punch on his right shoulder, then walked up with a lunge and gave Jacob Tibo a big hug, but his hands clapped under his back and slapped hard - it's not so much a slap. Said it was a smash, and directly made this kid cough, as if he was about to vomit blood. Jacob Tebow wanted to complain a few more words, but he accidentally choked on his own saliva, which made his cough worse.
The tall young man with long hair came over cheerfully, "I told you not to provoke Evan for a long time, your muscles are just empty shelves, you have lost a few times in fights." The back of this long hair fluttering , plus the height of 1.8 meters, the model's "devil figure" is definitely the representative of a flower behind and a dinosaur on the front. He is the band's bassist Gillen Haas. Of course, it's not that he is ugly. On the contrary, he is still very temperamental. Not only is he very good at playing bass, he is also an artistic man. The main reason is that, from the back, it looks like a beautiful woman, but from the front, it's actually a man.
Gillen-Haas came over and beat Gu Luobei with each other's fists, "Is the road going well? Road trips are a hotbed for Yan Yu. Do you have any special experiences?" sentence is correct.
Before Gu Luobei could answer, Jacob-Tibo, who was relieved, ran over, his face was full of smiles, but with that gentle face, it was really wretched, and his eyes were so wide. Shi Shi turned around quickly, "Let's hear it, say it and listen." Every time he joked with Gu Luobei, he was at a loss, so he had already gotten used to it, and his recovery ability was comparable to Xiaoqiang's.
Gu Luobei first greeted the silent cool guy Bruce Sterwood standing next to him, and then said with a smile, "On the way to start, I met a girl who hitchhiked." He described it vividly. Looking at Blake Lively's appearance and temperament, Jacob Thibaut sighed in bursts. "It's a pity she's only fifteen years old." Although Gu Luobei is very good at dealing with women, as can be seen from his performance in the Lotus Bar, he still doesn't have much interest in underage girls.
Jacob Tebow was the first to protest, "What's wrong with fifteen years old! Even if you're not in a hurry now, it's good to cultivate and cultivate." It is estimated that he was thinking of loli cultivation and so on. It's a matter of time, looking at the rippling expression of spring, and the sparkling eyes behind the lens, UU reading www. uukanshu. com makes it impossible to guess.
At this time, Bruce Sterwood suddenly came out next to him, interrupting Jacob Tibo's random thoughts, "Why don't you go to the stage of tomorrow's performance?" He is the keyboard player in the band, and he usually speaks Poor little, coupled with those tough facial features, the changes in expressions are always too small, the team often jokes that he is a robot, a zombie face, but after taking the stage, Bruce Sterwood's performance is absolutely passionate, so People are impressed.
In the face of Bruce Sterwood's speechless facial paralysis, Jacob Thibaut's enthusiasm was instantly extinguished, and he could only touch his nose, nodding helplessly in agreement.
The Yingyan Music Festival actually started today. The music is loud and lively not far away. It has long made people anxious. It's just that Gu Luobei had just reunited with the band members, so he chatted a little. Now that Bruce Sterwood mentioned it, Gu Luobei parked the car in a parking space, and the four of them walked into the scene of the Eagle Rock Music Festival.
No matter the size of a music festival, as long as there is music and an audience, there will be carnivals. At the Art Development Center, the only sound of drums and bass could be heard, but after walking into the crowd, they were immediately overwhelmed by the amazing carnival, as if a drop of water melted into the sea, Gu Luobei's four people instantly It was swallowed up by the sea of people and disappeared without a trace.
In the crowd, there is no need to think about anything at all, and there is no need to make any response, just simply blending into the music into the atmosphere, and you will naturally start cheering and screaming, and start to beat the rhythm with your body, making people lose their minds. At this moment, music is the whole world, and this long street is the end of the world.
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