Motion City Soundtrack has been performing for 15 years and has never played in Bowling Green. Next week, that will all change.
MCS is set to perform at the Clazel on Oct. 9 with opening acts Now, Now and Jukebox the Ghost.
“We’ve played some college shows and it was great and we’ve played some where it’s like ‘What the hell is going on? Nobody seems interested in this at all,’” said Justin Pierre, lead singer and guitarist for MCS.
MCS have been a band since 1997 and have released five studio albums, as their latest album “Go” hit stores this past summer.
The band has worked and toured with musical acts such as Fall Out Boy, Blink-182 and Panic! at the Disco and have been featured in magazines many times throughout their career such as Kerrang! and Alternative Press.
“If we’re playing a show in a college area, I think that it’s just like any other show that we would play,” Pierre said. “I think that people will go if they are excited to see you.”
General manager at the Clazel, Banan Alkilani, said the fact about the show being held on a Tuesday night won’t affect the amount of people who will attend compared to if the show was held on the weekend.
“What we’ve seen is that if the artist is a good artist and if people haven’t seen the artist in the area in a long time and they have to travel to go see the artist, then they will go any day during the week,” Alkilani said. “Having MCS perform isn’t anything different from the past artists we’ve had here. We’ve had artists ranging from blues, heavy metal, indie/folk, rap, dubstep artists and many others too.”
Pierre said he thinks there are many different kinds of emotions the crowd goes through during a set.
“I know that a lot of people sing along to ‘L.G.F.U.A.D.’ and they seemed pretty amped to sing that and ‘Everything is Alright’ and ‘The Future Freaks Me Out,’” Pierre said. “A lot of people sing at our shows, which is pretty cool. I feel like there’s also this sort of sadness that over takes people when we play songs such as “Last Night,” which I dig because I like that sort of emotional response.”
Alkilani said there really isn’t any stress when dealing and hosting bigger artists such as MCS at the venue.
“As long as we treat everybody, small artist, big artist in what they are equally everything will be fine,” Alkilani said. “If we follow through with the hospitality and treat them with respect and appreciate them coming in, everybody is going to be happy.”
Junior John Berndt said he’s been a fan of MCS for over two years and plans to attend the show next week.
“My favorite album by them is ‘My Dinosaur Life’ and I just think the band is very catchy and they always have a lot of energy,” Berndt said. “I’m pretty happy with Clazel hosting the event and it’s a pretty big enough venue hopefully to get enough people to go and it wont be too cluttered and stuff.”
The doors open at 7 p.m. for all ages and tickets are on sale for $20.
“I was more passionate about stuff when I was younger and then for a while I hated everything and was angry and grumpy,” Pierre said. “Now in just the last few years I’ve gotten more passionate about music and have learned to appreciate things musically again.”
