Event Details
Date: Thursday, July 19, 2012
Start Time: 9:00 PM
Event Type: Concerts, Special Events
Last Updated: July 09, 2012
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LocationHouse of Blues DallasCambridge RoomAllstar WeekendAllstar Weekend is a band started in Poway, CA. Their old name was Outerspace Politicians & Allstar. The band consists of Zach Porter-Vocals. Cameron Quiseng-Bass and Michael Martinez-Drums.Beyond their exceptional musicianship and stage presence, these guys write great pop songs: melodic, smart and edgy. Zach and Nathan do most of the writing (though Cameron and Michael weigh in). Moreover, they wield a mature craftsmanship beyond their years.Im a kid, says lyricist Zach, so I feel issues a kid my age would listen to. I try not to write every song about a girl. Adds Nathan, When we first came to this band, we just felt we had to write all the time. Thats all we did. We just developed this cool writing process, and people started liking it.Currently Allstar Weekend is in the studio working the likes of Howard Benson, Eddie Galan, Charlotte Caffey, John Feldman and Dave Bassett. But long before that, San Diego bands homegrown demos were good enough to wow siblings Richard and Stefanie Reines, founders of Drive-Thru Records, and now managers of the band. We dont freak out about bands too often, and we never insist every band we work with is destined for Top 40 success, says Stefanie. Allstar Weekend is one of those rare instances where we just know theyre going to be huge.Nathan credits his dad for teaching him the finer points of music appreciation. Zach was raised on a steady diet of Bruce Springsteen and Elton John, artists he credits for inspiring his artful approach to songwriting. Cameron fell in love with his parents 80s pop classics, from Prince and Michael Jackson to Duran Duran, later graduating to Jimi Hendrix and B.B. King.Zach and Cameron had been friends since middle school, but the makings of Allstar Weekend didnt begin until Nathan met Zach later in high school. Though a year apart, they saw in each other kindred musical spirits, and began a string of garage bands. Then Zach and I decided to take our abilities somewhere else, remembers Nathan. We wrote songs and recorded in our bedroom, then put the music up on Myspace.Not long after, first Cameron, then Michael came aboard and the line-up was complete. With key influences like the music of Queen and Blink-182 at their back, the band wasted no time getting serious about developing their careers. It wasnt just the artists who inspired us, recalls Zach, but the producers. We tried to figure out how they made things sound the way they did. It was a trial and error process, and when we first met, it was our entire life. Wed sit there all day figuring out how to get certain tones out of the guitars, how producers tracked vocals, how drums were mixed.