Flat Land will play at Friday’s Rage Fest, following a notable performance at the Okeechobee Music Festival. Doors open at 7 p.m. for the 8 p.m. show.
To end the first week of Summer classes, The Jam is bringing music and free beer to town.
Florida bands Morning Fatty and Flat Land will perform Friday at Gainesville Rage Fest, located at 817 W. University Ave.
Although the bands have had many shows at The Jam before, “this will be the first Rage Fest officially,” said John Pop, the bass player for Morning Fatty.
The band’s other three members include Miller Joyner on lead guitar, Andrew White on lead vocals, guitar and keys and Tim Mulberry on drums.
Pop and White started the band in 2004 when they were in high school, and a friend introduced them to the two other members.
Mulberry, the newest member of the band, recently finished playing a six-month world tour with the Black Eyed Peas. He then auditioned for Morning Fatty, passing with flying colors.
“We are rolling out some new songs,” Pop said. “We are getting into doing some sampling and getting into the dubstep-electro feel but fusing it with funk, rock and reggae.”
The members are currently trying to coin a new genre. They started out playing reggae, moved to punk and psychedelic rock and have recently been dabbling in dubstep electronic music.
“We are trying to stick to FRED music,” Pop said. “#FRED stands for Funk, Rock, Electro and Dub.”
Morning Fatty will headline The Jam’s first official Rage Fest on Friday. Tickets are $10 online or $15 at the door.
Morning Fatty has two studio albums and singles available on Spotify, Pandora and iTunes. Merchandise will be available at the show.
“Gainesville is our heart,” Pop said. “We have been to 500 cities, and we always keep coming back home — this is the spot.”
Pop said Rage Fest’s other headliner, Flat Land, will compliment Morning Fatty to bring a great night of music to The Jam.
“We have been to 500 cities, and we always keep coming back home. This is the spot.” — John Pop, bass player for Morning Fatty
“We’ve been friends with Morning Fatty for years now, playing several shows and just being supportive of one another in the music scene,” said Grant McLeod, the 26-year-old drummer of Flat Land.
Band members include vocalist and violinist Fae Nageon de Lestang, bassist Brandon Miller, guitarist Christopher Storey and percussionist and pianist Ian McLeod.
Flat Land has played on a wide range of stages throughout the Southeast, including the Okeechobee Music Festival in March and the Suwannee Hulaween in November 2015.
Flat Land has played together since the members graduated from UF four years ago. Each member of the band grew up playing different genres of music, but they describe the band’s sound as ethereal funk fusion.
The band has a new single called “Poco a Poco,” which is a part of its new album coming out June 17. In English, the song means “little-by-little,” Nageon de Lestang said.
“The chorus translates to ‘little-by-little one goes far,’” she said. “It is about getting where you want to be when you put your mind to something.”
Even with new music coming soon, Flat Land is working hard to make sure the band’s music stays true to its original sound.
Doors for Rage Fest open at 7 p.m., and beer will also be available at that time. The show will start at 8 p.m. Attendees must be 18 to enter. Tickets can be bought at the door for $15 or $10 in advance at squareup.com.
