Tuesday, November 18, 1997
The University Daily Kansan
Section A · Page 5
Lawrence band offers alternative
George Frazier, Lawrence, sings and plays the guitar at the Granada. Frazier is one of the members of the band, Julia Surrendered, which played Sunday night. Photo by Augustus Anthony Piazza
By Tom Winter
twinter@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
It is one of the few true alternative bands in town.
Its music has been influenced by the Foo Fighters, Everclear and Letters to Cleo.
And tonight, Lawrence grunge band Julia Surrendered will be playing at the Bottleneck with Deege and the Playthings at 9 at the Bottleneck. Tickets are $3 for people older than 21, $4 for those vonger.
Julia Surrendered formed in June of 1996, but the current line-up didn't materialize until June of this year.
"We had a specific idea of the sound we wanted, but we just didn't get it from the previous players," guitarist George Frazier said.
"We love playing Lawrence," vocalist Derek Neharger said.
"We played guitar for a couple of nights and thought we'd need a couple more musicians to make this work." Hailey said.
Frazier and Steve Haight, bassist,
founded the band while at the Ui-
versity of Kansas.
They found two of the other band members, drummer Shawn Diercks and Neibarger, through ads in the "Pitch." The last member of the five-piece group was Dan "Puma" Mellott.
The band plans on spending the next year performing, negotiating label contracts and playing at some summer festivals.
"We hunted Puma down after we saw him playing in Subtle Rebellion." Frazier said.
Julia Surrendered has been looking for a label to sign with it can get its next record underway. The band has recorded one album, "Seven the Gift," on its own.
In September, the band played at Spirit Fest on the Lazer stage.
"My very favorite show with Julia Surrendered was at Spirit Fest this
Who: Julia Surrendered, a local grunge band
Where: the Bottleneck
When: 9 p.m. tonight
Tonight
The band members said they eventually wanted to tour as a career.
year," Diercks said. "It felt like a big show."
"We're in it to win it," Mellott said.
Although the path they are going down is tough, Frazier said that he had personally received a lot of support from his family and friends. However, he was not naive about the future.
The band does have a safety net in case things don't turn out how they'd wish.
"We're rational about it. I'm getting my degree, and they've all got their jobs," Mellott said.
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