Messer chups band members12/31/2022 ![]() ![]() Crossing bells at Kalamazoo Avenue started dinging, the train blasted its horn, and the band launched into a classic that was dangerously loud from the start. “We probably broke into ‘Rumble’ at that point, right?” guitarist Shawn Gavan says. ![]() Under a full moon on downtown Kalamazoo’s east side, where the city’s industrial past is never completely eliminated by the many brewpubs that have sprung up there, a loud train blew through on the tracks just yards from the stage. It can spawn visions of a moody night in a gritty urban setting, as when the Kalamazoo band Guitar UP! was playing the Old Dog Tavern’s outdoor stage a couple years ago. That mid-century instrumental twangy rock ‘n’ roll that some call “surf” can conjure many moods other than those spurred by beaches, waves and bikinis. ![]()
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