You've probably seen the stickers around Columbus. You know, the round black one with the white crayon-like text on the inside that says 'The Crayons'. The local group is a conspicuous favorite in the city's rock / metal scene.I went to Bernies on Tuesday night to catch their show, and found the usual casual weeknight campus-bar atmosphere. There were perhaps seven old flittering television sets stacked on crates on and around the stage. Each one was displaying something different, random, and more importantly odd; looped and somewhat eerie vintage footage, video from a VCR with maladjusted tracking, etc. After some seemingly shy banter with some friends in the audience, the band readied to open the set. The lead singer gave what looked like a nervous nod. Two seconds later, however, she upped the attitude and threw pretty much any object that wasn't nailed down to the back wall with her opening vocal in 'WWth33'. The band stayed in groove with a rich, full sound throughout the set and it was obvious that they genuinely enjoyed the music they were playing. Good job guys, keep rollin' the good music out.
The Crayons have a show coming up at The Basement on February 8th. It's actually the cd release party marking the release of Human Incineration's new full length album. The event will include 10 other bands spread across two stages (The Basement and House of Crave). If you are in to metal at all (or even if you aren't and want to try something new), put away your Guitar Hero and your Rock Band for just one night, get out of the house, and go see how it's done.
You can find The Crayons on myspace here:
http://www.myspace.com/theothercrayonssuck
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