Artists leave bands, create Terrible Things
By Courtney Warner
FOR THE COLLEGIAN
Former band members from Taking Back
Sunday, Coheed and Cambria and Hot Rod
Circuit have come together to give fans
Terrible Things.
The rock band will perform at 6 p.m. Dec.
16 at the Archway Center in Altoona.
Other bands performing at the concert
are headliner Valencia and openers
Automatic Loveletter, Mercy Mercedes and
the Big Time.
Fred Mascherino, lead singer of Terrible
Things and former singer of Taking Back
Sunday, said the band's mission is to pre
serve classic rock influences and bring
them back to the mainstream music scene.
"It’s been hurting the past couple of
years, because people have resorted to
writing sappy love songs instead of an orig
inal raw sound.” he said.
Mascherino said he's excited to play near
a Penn State campus. He's already played
at the Bryce Jordan Center with Taking
Back Sunday and downtown with the Color
Fred.
Being from Coatesville. Pa.. Mascherino
said many of his friends went to Penn State,
so he has roots here.
Mascherino said Terrible Things will play
songs off its first album, some of which
were inspired by a string of arsons in
Mascherino's hometown and a fire that
destroyed drummer Andy Jackson's home.
"I write to counsel myself, so one song
turned into six, which turned into an
album," he said. “The album has some dark
elements because of the events, but its
main message is if there's something you
Terrible Things released their self-titled album in August.
If you go
What: Terrible Things opening for Valencia
When: 6 p.m. Dec. 16
Where: Archway Center, 410 sth Ave.,
Altoona
don't like, do something about it.
Mascherino said concerts should be
more about involving the audience in the
music.
“It's a show you don’t just go to see. We
play our music and then we sit with audi
ence members after,” Mascherino said. “We
want to be a great band live, but we also
want a strong connection with our audi
ences."
Ryan Wapner, Archway Center promoter,
said he's excited to hear the fusion of
sounds each member will bring from their
previous gigs.
“It's cool that members from Taking
Back Sunday and Coheed and Cambria
combined because even though both are
rock, they still have a distinct difference
within their styles," Wapner said.
Kelsey McDonnell said true fans will
accept the musicians' decisions to leave
their bands.
“Die-hard fans might be saddened but
people who appreciate music will respect
what the musicians have done because it's
all in good spirit,” McDonnell (freshman
nursing) said.
But David Krizauskas (sophomore-turf
management) said leaving the original
bands was a bad choice.
“They left bands that were doing really
Courtesy o*
Terrible Things will perform at the Archway Center in Altoona with Valencia Dec. 16.
good, only to move onto independent proj- ences and that's what he loves about
ects that probably won t gain as much fame playing music.
as Taking Back Sunday or Coheed and “Starting this band is like starting over
Cambria did," he said. for me,” Mascherino said. “I left my band
Mascherino said being able to do what he while it was at its peak because I wasn’t
wants with music opens him to new experi- happy, but now I am."
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