On Jan. 30, two Bucks students,
with their band “Out
of Reach,” had the opportunity
of a lifetime, opening
for three major bands at the
Crocodile Rock Café in
Allentown.
Bucks students Ben
Edwards and Alex
Appleton, members of “Out
of Reach,” played with
“Saosin,” “The Bled” and
“Armor for Sleep,” along
with several others.
When asked what the most
exciting thing about playing
a show like this was,
Edwards, 20, a music major
from Churchville and the
band’s drummer said,
“Getting the chance to play
in front of many new faces
that have never heard us
before.”
Appleton, 18, a cinema
major from Trenton and the
band’s guitarist said, “The
experience, and the people
you meet that are involved
with the business from playing
a high-profile show like
this.”
“Out of Reach” have been
together as a band since the
summer of 2006.
They have had various
singers, and Edwards did
not join the band as a drummer
until Jan. 30, 2007, exactly
one year before their show
at Crocodile Rock.
Edwards and Appleton
agreed that the biggest challenge
for the band to date
was getting a singer to bring
them together as a group.
“Out of Reach’s” newest,
and hopefully permanent
singer Anthony Masington
was just the push the band
needed to really get on track.
“We started out as a band
with our old singer Drew
Sroka, but later he quit to
handle personal problems,”
said Appleton.
“After that is when, in my
opinion, we became an actual
band. Anthony was the
energy that we were missing.
We didn’t really have a
front man until he joined up.
We were musically tight; we
just lacked the vocal drive
until Anthony joined up.”
Edwards said, “When we
first started, we wanted to
have fun doing something
we love, which we are still
doing today.”
In the future, “Out of
Reach” aims to grow and
mature as performers, as
well as getting their name
out.
Will “Out of Reach” make
it big? Only time will tell.
To find out more about
“Out of Reach,” visit their
website at :
www.myspace.com/outofreachpa.
If you like what you hear,
see “Out of Reach” at their
upcoming show at the
Trocadero Balcony on March
9 beginning at 6 p.m.