Roots of Creation ROCS Harlow's!

Last weekend there was a record setting crowd at Harlow's pub in Peterborough, NH to see the locally based reggae/rock/jam band Roots of Creation. But ROC is not the only ones that deserve a standing ovation. Franklin Pierce College students demanded to be recognized and applauded on Saturday night for their turn out. Some on the faculty and staff at FPC might be quick to forget the recent grads of the school, but current students don't. The fans at Harlow's last weekend remember that ROC was founded at FPC and that 2004 saw the graduation of keyboardist Tal Pearson and frontman Brett Wilson from the Rindge campus.

It was great to have so many current students and other FPC alumni come out to the show, but many of these same people question why ROC doesn't play on campus more often. Here is a list of myths, followed by some myth busters, about why ROC does not play on campus more often:

Myth: ROC lives too far away to travel to FPC.
Buster: All members of ROC, including new bassist Chris Beam, live in the Monadnock region.

Myth: CAB has already brought ROC to FPC many times.
Buster: CAB has only sponsored one ROC show. The other show in the Outing Hut last semester was brought to campus by SSDP (which was acoustic and only featured 2 band members.)

Myth: There's not enough interest in reggae music at FPC.
Buster: First, ROC is reggae/rock/jam fusion. Second, unless FPC students are the only young people who haven't heard of Matisyahu, Sublime, Damian Marley, or Reel Big Fish (wait aren't they coming here???) then there's no way that reggae fusion isn't HOT right now!

Myth: FPC students should drive to Peterborough to see ROC and get drunk and then drive back to campus.
Buster: FPC might not necessarily be incouraging this scenario, but wouldn't it just be safer for everyone to just bring the band to campus? *Or provide a shuttle.

Myth: No one knows who ROC is.
Buster: Based on the number of FPC students at the show on Sat. it's obvious that ROC has quite a following at the school. But even if they didn't, someone on CAB has to know that these guys are alumni, that they are going places with their talents, that they should be seen as FPC success stories, and above all that they simply ROC!

So even though FPC hasn't made ROC a decent offer as of yet, it doesn't mean that the band will stop loving all the crazy dancers and big time fans on campus. It might mean though that they are very upset that they spent thousands of dollars on an education at an institution that won't even return their phonecalls. But keep packing Harlow's FPC because it makes the whole scene a lot more fun!