Reno
band records "9-11"....
Members
of local band's 13th Insight woke up September 11 expecting
a normal day, just like most of the rest of America. But 3,000
miles away, terrorists were attacking the World Trade Center
and the Pentagon. "My
first reaction was silence," said lead singer and guitarist
Asher Fay. "It was hard to believe this was happening in
our country."
After not
knowing how to react for a couple of days, Fay said he knew
what the band should do, something they were already familiar
with doing: writing a song.
Fay called
his brother Dru Fay, who plays keyboards for the band. Dru was
already thinking along those lines and had started work on a
song. By the night of Sept. 13th, the lyrics - scribed by Asher's
wife, Paige - were complete, and the band was ready to record
with the help of producer Tom Gordon.
The resulting
song, aptly titled "9-11" shows 13th Insights excellent
expression of eclecticism; hard rock, classic rock, punk and
opera thrown together with an ABC News broadcast from the morning
of the attack at the beginning of the song and "Taps"
at the end. Lyrically, the song is stripped down to convey their
initial shock at the events and America's steps in recovering
as a nation.
Bassist
Joel Secunda said that he felt it was important for the band
to do what they could to help out. Playing the song live brings
him back to the morning of the attack. "It
pumps me up, and at the same time, gives me a lot of reflection
on the day everything occurred," he said. "It gives
me a feeling of hope for the situation."
Asher said
the situation was too emotionally draining for him that he needed
help from his wife to write the lyrics. "I
just couldn't think straight," Asher said. " I was
too involved emotionally."
Band members
observed that the attacks have helped bring the nation together.
"At
first I was upset," Dru said, "Then I saw unity -
Americans coming together. This is what should happen."
He paused for a moment and asked, "Why does a building
have to come down for this to happen?"
Understandably,
13th Insight members want their single to go national. But that's
not their every goal. "I
just hope we get enough money to send to the victims,"
drummer Jake Thornton said. He wears a shirt emblazoned with
an American flag and the words, "America, Together We Stand."
The single
airing on several local radio stations should be out by October
1st. It will cost $5 and be sold at Mirabelli's and Tower Records
with all proceeds going to the victims and their families.
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