"Anberlin" a Part of The End of Year Bash

The band “Anberlin” played Friday night at the Utah State University end of year bash. The concert took place in the street on Aggie Bull-evard. The band went on around 9 p.m. after local openers played.

The band arrived in Logan around 2 p.m. Band members Deon Rexroat and Christian McAlhaney wished they had more time to explore the city.

“Sometimes it’s really hectic and we’re flying a lot,” Rexroat said. “For example, this weekend we have flights at six in the morning every day. After the show we will probably just try to sleep a bit because thats like a 4 o’clock lobby call.”

“We are usually gone ten months out of the year, it’s kind of just the name of the game when you’re in a band,” McAlhaney said. “It goes hand in hand, being on the road and being a musician.”

The members of the band are used to the lifestyle of being on tour. When they aren’t traveling, they are waiting for shows to start.

“We only work an hour out of the day on stage you know give or take sound checks or other stuff so the rest of the day it’s like, whatever you want to do,” McAlhaney said.

McAlhaney, Rexroat and the other members of the band try to do something positive with that time.

“The last tour we were on in the states we worked with an organization called Down Time that works specifically with bands,” McAlhaney said. “We basically did a bunch of charity work during our day. We organized with local charities in the cities and they would set it up, then we would say ‘hey if you want to meet the band were going to go work in this community garden today’ and then fans would come and help.”

The band in between tours plays at many colleges all over the country.

“We play at Universities a lot, we were at purdue last weekend and USC a couple weekends ago,” Rexroat said.

Although the group travels a lot, McAlhaney tries to explore every place he goes.

“Logan is beautiful. I might walk around the campus and see what’s going on,” McAlhaney said. “We usually try to explore the city we’re in, like if we’re over seas, we try to see the sights.”