‘Lucky Boy’s’ bring Chicago ‘Confusion’
Maybe promoters are tuning in to Cache Valley’s market for nationally recognized bands.
Maybe it’s just luck.
But whatever the reason, Logan has been hit with a slew of nationally recognized bands this school year including Switchfoot who played at the Spectrum last week.
Lucky Boy’s Confusion is the next band to set their sights on Logan. They will be playing at the Cache Valley Fun Park Wednesday, Oct 21.
The Chicago-based quintet is currently on the road promoting their sophomore album, Commitment. Even with only two albums out (their first album, Throwing the Game, premiered in 2001) the band already considers themselves successful.
“I already think that we’re successful,” said Adam Krier, the guitarist and co-songwriter for Lucky Boys Confusion. “We never really had set the goals, we just wanted to keep doing it as long as we can. Right now, that’s exactly what we’re doing and all the touring that we’ve done is kinda paying off. Now we’re doing out first headlining tour in almost three years, we finally get to notice what we’ve accomplished by opening for other bands for so long.”
The first wave of success came when the band was signed to Elektra Records in 2001. The band was able to get signed to a label without having to relocate to another city.
“We stayed in Chicago. They came to us,” said Krier. “You know back then we were selling out the House of Blues before we even got signed. That helped a lot.”
What also helped was the nonstop touring the band did during their early years. With the backing of Elektra the band was able to do what they were doing in Chicago, but on a more nationwide scale.
“Basically we just got a chance to tour and spread it around everywhere, not just Chicago,” said Krier.
But it seems that the band, made up of lead vocalist and songwriter Stubhy, Krier, Joe Sell on guitar, Jason Schultejann on bass and Ryan Fergus on drums, enjoy touring.
“It’s kinda weird because we get home from tour and we’ll be excited to be home and then a week later you’ll realize that you just wanna be back on the road again and you wanna be moving around again,” said Krier. “I guess the thing I miss the most is seeing all my friends, my family, being in one place more than 24 hours.”
Playing on larger tours, such as the Warped Tour, and opening for bands like the Juliana Theory and Something Corporate, Lucky Boy’s Confusion is looking forward to playing a smaller tour where they are the focus.
“I think we prefer being on the road with a couple of bands and doing clubs,” said Krier. “You really get to spend time with the people that you’re on the road with. And the clubs, especially the small ones, are intimate you can be right in front of the band and it’s not far away and out of it.”
This tour will be over a week before Thanksgiving and the band plans to take some time off to relax and begin work on their next album. Like their previous albums, audiences can expect something different from the self-proclaimed eclectic, punk/rock/reggae fivesome.
“We’re really not sure what kind of record we’re going to make this time,” said Krier. “It will be good. We have some old records where we’re playing a kind of hip-hop all over the place, then we did a fun pop record for Elektra and then our last record we did what we wanted. We made a rock and roll CD and I don’t know what we’re gonna do this time. It kinda depends on what direction we take.”
Above all else, the band wants its audience to enjoy their music.
“I think that as long as people can get something out of the music and people put it on in their cars or at their houses and get something out of it,” said Krier. “Whether it helps them relax or gets the psyched up or whatever. I hope that’s still around when we’re not.”
The band is also proud of its ability to please their audience in concert.
“We put on a good live show, I think,” said Krier. “It’s an important part for us as a band. We spend a lot of time in the studio and everything, but it really comes down to live shows. We really put a lot into it, there’s a lot of energy and we’re having a good time and I think it shows.”
The band will be playing the Cache Valley Fun Park Wednesday at 7 p.m. Tickets are $7 and can be purchased at the USU ticket office, any Smithtix outlet or at the door. The opening bands, picked by Lucky Boys Confusion, will be the Plain White T’s and the Army of Freshman.
“We have a revolving opening band kind of thing, it changes like three or four times on the tour, but we got exactly who we wanted,” said Krier. “We got the Matches for a while, the Plain White T’s, the Army of Freshman and we got a chance to take a bunch of our friends’ bands out with us as well.”
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