Spring Break
Concert Review: Mere Mortals
Erin Jacobson, 2L
Issue date: 1/1/01 Section: Entertainment
February 2008
When a band sounds as good live as on record, you’ve found something good. Mere Mortals played The Troubadour in January to an enthusiastic crowd with a new lineup featuring existing members, Axel (vocals/guitar) and Mimi Star (bass), along with new members, Derek Walker (lead guitar) and Todd Demma (drums).
The group is now a musically tight foursome with a big sound that demands attention. Overall, the band sounded like it was made for a much bigger venue than The Troub, which might foreshadow its future.
Star continuously swayed to the music, while Demma kept a everstrong beat. Walker let his musicianship speak for itself in his epic solos, while physically staying in the side-stage shadows. Axel handled the role of front man well and carried a clear and prominent vocal over the music.
Mere Mortals is currently in the studio working on a new seven-song EP. If the new EP is anything like the last one -- a '70s-influenced, heavy, electric, British-esque rock that could be used as the soundtrack for a fast motion film sequence around London’s Underground -- it is going to be fantastic.
Definitely visit meremortalsmusic.com for more. More reviews at eclectric-ink.com. Comments welcome at Eclectric.Ink@ gmail.com.
When a band sounds as good live as on record, you’ve found something good. Mere Mortals played The Troubadour in January to an enthusiastic crowd with a new lineup featuring existing members, Axel (vocals/guitar) and Mimi Star (bass), along with new members, Derek Walker (lead guitar) and Todd Demma (drums).
The group is now a musically tight foursome with a big sound that demands attention. Overall, the band sounded like it was made for a much bigger venue than The Troub, which might foreshadow its future.
Star continuously swayed to the music, while Demma kept a everstrong beat. Walker let his musicianship speak for itself in his epic solos, while physically staying in the side-stage shadows. Axel handled the role of front man well and carried a clear and prominent vocal over the music.
Mere Mortals is currently in the studio working on a new seven-song EP. If the new EP is anything like the last one -- a '70s-influenced, heavy, electric, British-esque rock that could be used as the soundtrack for a fast motion film sequence around London’s Underground -- it is going to be fantastic.
Definitely visit meremortalsmusic.com for more. More reviews at eclectric-ink.com. Comments welcome at Eclectric.Ink@ gmail.com.
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