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Nothing More <\/b>
Tsongas Center
September 26, 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"

This fall, Five Finger Death Punch and Volbeat hit the road on a co-headlining tour. Our coverage on those bands is coming soon, but they also brought a couple of support acts on the road with them!<\/p>\n

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Nothing More<\/h3>\n

I had never heard of Nothing More before this tour, and as an opening band, I had low expectations. When they first hit the stage, I was surprised at how not-terrible they were. I guess I’ve just seen a lot of really terrible opening acts before. That said, while not terrible, at first they weren’t anything that was jumping out at me as amazing.<\/p>\n

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Nothing More’s Multi-Member Bass Solo<\/p><\/div>\n

After their second song, bass player Daniel Oliver took off his bass, and mounted it to a rig in the center of the stage. As it stood there, he then started a two finger tapping solo. Eventually guitar player Mark Vollelunga joined him, tapping on other strings, and occasionally running a slide up the neck. This carried on for a couple of minutes before lead singer Jonny Hawkins came over and started banging on the strings with drum sticks. It made for a very cool performance!<\/p>\n

Towards the end of the set, drummer Paul O’Brien performed a drum solo, while the remaining three members banged on miscellaneous floor toms around the stage. I’m a big fan of synchronized drumming, so that was pretty cool too!<\/p>\n

It’s obviously tough for opening acts to stand out in people’s memories, but they certainly made an impact! I had a chance to talk to them a couple days later, and Mark told me that they make a conscious effort to not just be musicians, but also performers of a show. This effort certainly was not lost on me!<\/p>\n\n\t\t