Down to Earth Approach, a rock band that landed the coveted record deal, released two CDs, toured all over the country, and won over more than a few fans, was formed in Batavia a decade ago.
The band hasn't played together since 2007, but for tonight they've booked a reunion show at (the former) Main Street Coffee. Tickets are $15 at the door and 10 percent of the proceeds will be donated to the Salvation Army.
The video above is from a previous show at Main Street Coffee. There's more videos of the band on YouTube, including the fun one at the bottom of this post.
Pete Metzler, an original member of the band, e-mailed us this history of the group:
I, along with the other 4 members of the band are Batavia natives. We formed in 2000 and after about a year or so we decided to go for it, and all dropped out of college. We then packed up and moved to Los Angeles. We lived out there for a couple years playing shows and trying to make a name for ourselves and in late 2003 we signed a record deal with Vagrant Records. In August 2004, our first record 'Another Intervention' was released. At that point we commenced what turned into almost 4 years of touring the US and Canada regularly. Over this time we played about 350 or 400 shows all over the country including the entire Vans Warped Tour 2006. In 2007 we released our second record 'Come Back to You'. Unfortunately life started to catch up with us and we decided to call it a day right after our 2nd record was released.
Here's the band's MySpace page, and more about the band on their record label's site.
Besides Metzler, band members include: John McCampbell, Daniel Shepard, Ryan McClurg and Jonathan Lullo.
Also on the bill tonight, The Hoodies and Justin Reynolds.
