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PHOTO ESSAY
WEDNESDAY,OCTOBER16,2002
Performers emphasize the means, not end, of music
New group brings on guitarist, drummer, puts finishing touches on debut album
Story and pictures by Jared Soares
photo@kansan.com
Kansan staff photographer
Lawrence is home to many fledgling music groups. Conner is one band that is making waves in local rock clubs with its sound and live show reminiscent of The Stooges and The Velvet Underground. This stripped-down version of rock'n roll, with more emphasis on playing the music than on the actual production, is daily gaining popularity with bands such as The Hives, The White Stripes and The Strokes. Feedback mixed with Beach Boy Brian Wilsonesque melodies form catchy riffs that create the garage-rock sound. Conner falls into that genre of music well with their fast-paced melodic songs.
The lineup for Conner has made a few changes.
The four-piece band now consists of guitarist James Duft, Lawrence sophomore; bassist Phil Bonahoom, Lawrence resident; and two new musicians. Andrew Connor and Bryce Boley. Connor, Sioux Falls, S.D., senior, entered the studio as the second guitarist in early October to start recording the band's full length debut album. Boley, Lawrence resident, replaced the previous drummer, who left the band to go to school in Boston. With these two additions, Conner is putting the finishing touches on its album, which it is recording at Underground Sound, 1904 Barker Ave. It does not have a name for the album yet and does not know when it will be released.
Here are scenes from one of Conner's early October recording sessions at Underground Sound.
Edited by Katie Teske
Bryce Boley and James Duft, the new drummer and guitarist for the band Conner, work on getting the timing right for a song. Boley attended his first studio recording at Underground Sound earlier this month.
Possible cover artwork for Conner's full-length debut album rests atop a turn table. Conner does not have a release date planned but said it will schedule shows to coincide with the album's release.
From left, Phil Bonahoom, Andrew Conner and James Duft tune up their instruments while discussing the songs they will record. Conner recorded earlier this month at Underground Sound on 19th and Barker streets.
Andrew Conner and James Duft discuss which songs they will record. Conner is also the lead guitarist and singer for Ghosty.
Bryce Boley looks over some notes before the band begins to record. This session at Underground Sound was Boley's first time in a recording studio.
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