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Scenes From A Movie
12+ albums
pop punkalternative rockpunk rockrockemo
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Just like a scene from a movie, the timing just isn't always right for two people. When Tony Bush and Jon Ewing met in high school in Charleston, West Virginia, they played in a few bands together, instantly struck by the symmetry between Tony's vocals and Jon's guitar riffs. But college intervened and the guys went their separate ways -- Tony off to Bowling Green and Jon sticking closer to home, attending the University of Charleston. Both expected their musical enterprises to go their separate ways. "I thought the whole school situation sucked," says Ewing. "I thought, 'I don't want to do this! I'd much rather do music!' I wanted to start a band and I wanted to actually get serious with it." Jon met someone else to play with, a guy named Luke Delpapa, who was a fellow guitar player. They got together to write songs and start a band, but the two guitarists weren't much more than melodies without rhythm or harmonies. "We needed a singer. Or a bass player. Or both," laughs Ewing. Testing out bass players proved frustrating, but more aggravating was not being able to find a singer who fit their pop-punk mentality. Their only gig was an appearance on the back of a parade float. They knew they needed a front man. Now. Suddenly the timing was right for Tony -- with a little push from Jon and Luke. "The only person I knew who could play bass and sing was Tony," says Ewing. "I pretty convinced him that quitting school and coming back to play in a band with me was a great idea." O
