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Battle of the Bands 2011 Champion: Mascots
Battle of the Bands Champion: Mascots
by Nicole Walters
The final 2011 Battle of the Bands competition took place last night on December 7, 2011. The finalists, Avarice, Black Panther, and Mascots, each put on a competitive show to earn the audience's votes.
Mascots achieved the most votes and won the final competition. Mascots will have the chance to perform at a charity event called Connor’s Cause at San Dieguito Academy in 2012.
“I feel like Charlie Sheen because he’s always winning,” Bronson Young, drummer of Mascots proudly stated.
Performing on the theater stage was quite an exciting opportunity for Mascots. Mascots enjoyed performing in the theater over performing during lunch in the student center.
“I felt aroused,” Young said.
When asked what the future plan for Mascots would be, Mascots were looking forward to going home and relaxing.
“I’m just going to go home, play some Skyrim, and have a P.B. and J,” Young said.
Mascots were excited to win the 2011 Battle of the Bands Champion title and also gave some advice to future Battle of the Bands Competitors.
“Don’t do drugs,” said Young.
If you enjoyed seeing Mascots perform in the student center or had the chance to see them perform and win in the theater, then join them again in 2012 at San Dieguito Academy for Connor’s Cause.
Mascots
by Julian Sanz
The Mascots, a pop-punk band, rocked the school this week with their all new 21st century sound. Consisting of Bronson Young on drums, Max Shoenberger on guitar, Sean Jones on guitar and vocals, and Skylar McKee on bass, this group paints a vivid picture of life as a bandmate and the social effects of being in a band. The Mascots were inspired to form a band by their parents, who are avid musicians, and by their genre of music they play. “Pop-punk is superior to everything else. Its got every aspect of life you could ever need. We may be elitist, but I think we have proper backing with that because everything else sucks to us,” front man Sean Jones said. Next, the Mascots had to decide: what’s our name going to be? Over careful deliberation and the elimination of dozens of possibilities, The Mascots was the result. “We still are not satisfied with ‘Mascots,’” Jones said. To create the unique and triumphant sound that the Mascots boast of today, they needed inspiration. They needed role model bands to help shape the personality of theirs. “We all listen to, generally, like New Found Glory, Blink-182, and Reliant K . . . ,” Jones said. With their pop-punk sound, The Mascots express their feelings to their audience with an aggressive vigor. “ . . . we put it all into the instrument . . . We also all meditate about an hour a day; we’re all kind of really strict Buddhists . . . we are just really peaceful guys and really interested in eastern religions,” Jones said. Contrary to their passive theology, The mascots give some startling opinions to the social and personal aftermath of being in a band. “It [the band] has pretty much ruined everything in my life . . . the relationships I have deteriorate and the relationships I make are just plain bad. All my friends are horrible people and I’ve become a horrible person. I think I have become a monster through this band,” Jones said sarcastically. As far as relationships between bandmates goes, the years have taken a toll on the group’s friendship. “It [the relationships] has gone from bad to worse with us, honestly. Over the years we just fight more and more, and we really don’t get anything done ever. We kind of don’t really like each other,” Jones said jokingly. The mascots were only at the school for a day, but they decided to leave the school with some final words of somewhat pessimistic advice. “Don’t you dare start a band. It’s just going to ruin everything. It will probably take up all your time and . . . nothing you do [music] will be cool . . . Also, let hate drive your life because that will take you places,” Jones said.