18 • THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
WEDNESDAY,JUNE 19,2002
'Disagreements' rock from Subway to Lawrence
By Todd Smith Kansan staff writer
Subway sandwich employees are more than just sandwich makers; some are rock musicians, too. The band members of The Disagreements bring garage rock to the teenage crowd in the Lawrence area.
The Disagreements, from left, are Matt Herbert, Lawrence sophomore; Jon Lane, Lawrence junior; and Tim Morrell, Lawrence resident. The band's next public performance is June 27 at Coco Loco, 943 Massachusetts St.
Tim Morrell, Lawrence resident and Subway sandwich artist, plays bass guitar and sings vocals for the band. He described its musical style as happy rock.
"We consider ourselves a rock band," he said. "We write songs live, and our music has a punk style," he said.
Matt Herbert, Lawrence sophomore who plays guitar and sings vocals, said he and Morrell both lead the band together.
He said they both competed to be the frontman, and the competition added to their performance.
They both wrote songs and sung them at each performance, he said.
Herbert met Morrell when he was hired by him at Subway.
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He said Morrell was talking about starting a band and Herbert said he would play guitar for him and they have performed together since then.
The band was originally called Toast!, but it had to change its name in February 2001 because there were more than 13 other bands already called Toast!.
ridiculous," Herbert said.
"We were receiving some pressure from other bands named Toast! to change our name or face lawsuits, it was kind of
Morrell said the main focus of the band was putting on a stage show.
He said the band jumped around, broke cymbals and removed their clothing during shows.
Jon Lane, Lawrence junior and drummer, said Morrell seemed to drop his pants at just about every show.
Morrell said several people asked him if he was going to drop his pants at various performances.
He said he was not worried about being arrested for his actions.
"I am usually conscious that I have a good pair of boxers that cover it all, and I am not revealing too much," Morrell said.
Herbert said they had loyal fans in Lawrence.
Shane Minsey, Lawrence resident and fan, said the music was a good mix of rock and roll and punk with an eclectic range.
"They don't sing the same song over and over," he said.
Miguel Luevano, Lawrence freshman, has gone to most of the band's performances in Lawrence, and it finally came to the point that they stopped making him pay, Herbert said. He became their unofficial roadie.
Luevano said he liked the band's stage appearances and music.
"What I see coming out on MTV I cannot stand, and I am really into local bands," he said.
Morrell said that their most recent
showing of fan support was their engagement at The Bunker in Independence, Mo.
"Hardly anyone was there and we stepped off the stage and several people had on our T-shirts," he said.
Herbert said that it gave him a feeling of power to see people at the performance that he did not know wearing its T-shirts.
"We sold a whole bunch of shirts and none of those people really knew me," he said.
He said performing was the best aspect of being in a band.
Morrell said the band should release its debut album in July. It was recorded at Red House recording studios in Eudora.
The Disagreements' next performance will be June 27 at Coco Loca,943 Massachusetts St.
Contact Smith at tsmith@kansan.com. This story was edited by Jason Royer.