3OH!3 'rocks the party' at McGuirk Arena
3OH!3 performs as part of the Central Michigan University Program Board's Spring 2019 Concert March 29 in McGuirk Arena.
With various students dressed in black crop tops, faux leather platform boots and 2008 reminiscence, hundreds of students sought angsty nostalgia for crunkcore duo 3OH!3.
Out of 20 acts available for student-voting on social media in December 2018, 3OH!3 came out of the polling as being one of the top two most selected performances for the 2019 spring concert, said Program Board president Galen Miller.
Right before jumping onto a stage in McGuirk Arena and being greeting by screams of "3OH!3" and hands forming their pyramid sign logo, they enjoyed a trip to O'Kelly's Sports Bar and Grill and took an evening excursion to Thursday's downtown bar scene.
"It seemed like people were turning up in there (for the) Thursday night," group member Nathaniel (Nat) Motte said, explaining he expected the same high party-centered energy to take over the setting.
Motte said the duo loves doing college shows, as they immediately remind him of meeting Sean Foreman at the University of Colorado, creating their first-ever music and embracing the fun and intensely-spirited energy surrounding them.
"Selfishly for us, it's so much fun (having) the kids there to party," Motte said. "I think our music aligns itself so well with that because our shows are honestly more about rocking a party than a performance."
First-year medical students Manasvi Pinnamaneni and Katie Brucia said they were "CMED repping" in their unplanned matching black skinny jeans and spaghetti strapped tops.
Pinnameneni said the duo's arrival reminded her off an entire middle school career of attending Californian Bar Mitzvahs full of adolescent angst throughout her hometown of Los Angeles.
Similar to when she was 13, she said she was waiting avidly for "DON'T TRUST ME" to thunder through the venue and make everyone howl lyrics, "that I'm a vegetarian and I ain't scared of him."
Brucia, of Rochester Hills, said the evening offered a much-needed and stress-relieving throwback to days of buying fake gauges from Hot Topic.
"They're just so angsty and bring me back to 10th grade of high school and going just too hard and emo at the school dance," Brucia said.
Erie senior Liz Skryzmoski said purchasing a ticket to the show allowed her to become the diehard and unapologetic scene kid Catholic school never allowed her to be.
"The vibe in here is obviously so hardcore and I'm loving every second of it," Skyryzmoski said. "Just looking around, everyone is coming in some form of black. This is exactly what I came for."
The duo was opened by rapper Bryce Vine, who performed songs like "Drew Barrymore" and "La La Land."
Miller, a Bad Axe senior, said Program Board combined the two acts in order to mix sensations of nostalgia and more than a decade's worth of familiarity with the excitement of being exposed to someone rising in the musical industry.
While Miller said Central Michigan University's parade of snow day cancellations made the show difficult to plan, he believed the group achieved their goal as entertainment planners.
"We don't focus on how many people attend a show here or the number of tickets we sell, we worry about giving them an experience so the people who are here are going to get the same experience as if there was a packed house. It's all about (them)."
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